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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Jan. 15 



came through the winter in very good condi- 

 tion. " 



"How many 3'ears did you use these 

 hives?" 



"I tried them for several years, putting 

 colonies from other hives in them each 

 spring, as often as those left in during win- 

 ter died, but with no better success than at 

 first; and finally, becoming disgusted with 

 them, I tore them to pieces and made the 

 lumber into other hives." 



"Then you think I had better not try 

 such hives, do you?" 



"Not on a large scale at first, at least. 

 It will do no harm to try two or three as I 

 did, till you are convinced for yourself. 

 But I will say this: for my locality, and 

 when working for extracted honey, I know 

 of nothing better than using any of the or- 

 dinal ry hives two, three, and four stories 

 high, according to the populousness of the 

 colonies being worked." 



Thf. Auierican Bee Journal has reintro- 

 duced 'he Question-box department under a 

 new name — "Some Expert Opinion. " The 

 question asked is, " Would you use separa- 

 tors? If so, what kind, and why?" The 

 responses are nearly all in favor of separa- 

 tors of some kind. The m'jority favor wood 

 as against tin. Quite a number who have 

 tested the fence separator like it and claim 

 that the sections are belter filled out. 



Our apologies are due to our subscribers 

 for being late with our last issue — in fact, 

 for several numbers back. The tremendous 

 jump in our subscription-list has made it 

 necessary for us to run our presses longer 

 hours. In fact, we have been running all 

 night to catch up. We are making plans 

 for increasing our facilities, and hope ere 

 long to get our journal out on time. 



The American Bee Journal begins its 

 44th volume. It was founded by the lament- 

 ed Samuel Wagner, and most ably edited 

 by him for eight or ten years. When he 

 died Langstroth assumed the management 

 temporarily till it went into the hands of 

 W\ F. Clarke, who kept it for a couple of 

 years when he sold out to Thos. G. New- 

 man, who continued to be its publisher and 

 editor up to the time the present proprietor 

 took charge. With one exception \.\\& Jour- 

 nal has never failed to be on h ind prompt- 

 ly, and that was during a strike last year 

 in Chicago. 



FOUR-PIECE SECTIONS. 



It begins to appear that theie are many 

 friends of the four-piece section. It is ar- 

 gued that the extra time and cost of putting 

 them together does not cut very much figure, 

 because they can be put up by cheap help 

 during the winter. The main argument in 

 their favor seems to be that thej' will stay 

 where they are put — that is, when pushed 

 into a square position they will not try to 

 assume the diamond shape. 



PRIZES FOR PHOTOS OF BEE-SUBJECTS. 



We particularly solicit fine photos show- 

 ing any new idea or kink connected with 

 the management of bees. For the best we 

 will pay anywhere from Si. 00 to $2.00, and 

 even SvS.OO for some of extraordinary' merit. 

 The picture must be sharp and clear, and, 

 wherever possible, be printed in red or pink 

 tones, as these are best adapted to half-tone 

 work. We can use black platino prints 

 when the contrasts are sharp and the pic- 

 tures are not printed too dark nor too light. 

 They must, in fact, be just right. 



We also request our correspondents, 

 wherever practicable, to send us a rude 

 pencil-sketch, or a model of the thing de- 

 scribed, by mail. Our artist, Mr. Murray, 

 will be able to work the rough sketches in- 

 to first-class drawings. If you can't make 

 a drawing yourself get some boy or girl out 

 of the public schools to do the work for you. 

 If the article or idea is acceptable we will 

 pay for the drawing. Get the sketches any- 

 how; for as a rule we pay more for illustrat- 

 ed matter. 



DEATH OF CAPT. J. E. HETHERINGTON. 



It is with much regret that we record the 

 death of one of the most extensive bee-keep- 

 ers the world has ever known — a man who 

 for a period of over 20 yea's actually kept 

 and maintained more than 3000 colonies of 

 bees. His son writes as follows: 



Mr. Root:—'is\y father. Captain Hetherington, died 

 Dec. :;i, after an illnes.s of three weeks. He would 

 have been 64 years old January 7. 



Cherry Valley, N. Y. H. B. HETHERINGTON. 



Since the above was in type the following 

 has come to hand from P. H. Elwood: 



Frieyid Root: — The closing hours of lf03 bereft us of 

 our beloved Capt. Hetherington. To his faruilj' and 

 intimate friends the l-'ss is immeasurable. j>imong 

 bee-keepers the one has fallen who for more than a 

 generation has stood at the head of progressive, prac- 

 tical bee keeping in this country. P. H. Klwood. 



Starkville, N. Y., Jan. 9. 



In our next issue we will have an extend- 

 ed biographical sketch of the captain, a 

 man who has had a most remarkable ca- 

 reer, both as an army officer, as a bee- 

 keeper, and as an inventor. He was the 

 first one to use super-springs, wired foun- 

 dation, no-drip shipping-cases, the tall sec- 

 tions, etc., etc. The size he introduced was- 

 3/,sX5. which is practically the same as 

 the 4X5, which has begun to have such a 

 large sale. He was a remarkable man in 

 more ways than one, and the whole bee- 

 keeping fraternity will much regret his. 

 death. 



