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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mar. 1 



Let us take a peep at his office. There 

 he is, sitting down at his desk busy at work. 

 The room is heated with a steam coil, the 

 pipe running from his dwelling, some hun- 

 dred feet or more, under ground. He has 

 all the modern office conveniences, and 

 sometimes has a pretty stenographer to 

 help him out (he did not have one when I 

 was there); and that reminds me that our 

 friend is a bachelor. He is a good fellow, 

 is honest, well fixed financially, and a real 

 genius. Mr. Salisbury objected to having 

 his picture taken; but kodak fiends are re- 

 lentless, you know; but finally, after all 

 sorts of persuasion and threats had been 

 hurled at him, he sat still while my kodak 

 clicked from a near-by desk. We then 

 went out of doors and took some pictures of 

 his warehouse. 



"But, say, Mr. Salisbury, where is that 

 immense house-apiary that you had the last 

 time I was here? " 



" Torn it down." 



"What for?" 



"Bees died too much in winter in it. 

 Say," he said, looking at me, "I wish 

 you would take that picture of that house- 

 apiary of mine out of the next edition of 

 your ABC book. I am afraid some other 

 man will be fool enough to make one like 

 it, and then blame me." 



I said that friend Salisbury is a bache- 

 lor. I purposely emphasized the fact; but 

 he is to be pardoned, for he has one of the 

 most delightful mothers that anj' man ever 

 had. Then he has a married sister across 

 the way, just as good, so that he does not 

 lack the training that naturally comes from 

 one of the gentler sex. My friend may not 



thank me for saying so much about his 

 family history; but I can assure him I do 

 not mean him any harm. I am only think- 

 ing that so)ne time I can wish him more joy 

 and happiness. If our bee keeping sisters 

 on/y knew what a whole-souled fellow he is 

 — well, I will not complete the sentence. I 

 may get into trouble as it is. 



SCIENTIFIC NAMES. 



Rules Governing their Use and Application ; Apis 

 Mellifera Linn, the Correct Term. 



BY PROF. FRANK BENTON. 



In Glkanings, Vol. XXXII., No. 1, for 

 Jan. 1, 1904, the question is raised, on page 

 11, whether Apis mellifica or Apis nielli/era 

 is the proper term to use as the scientific 

 name of the honey-bee. The editorial com- 

 ment is as follows: 



Apis mellifica is the term used by Cowan and Chesh- 

 ire in referring to the honey-bee, and by Prof. Corn- 

 stock, of Cornell, in a recent work on entomology. 

 The same term is also recognized by the grtat C< ntu- 

 ry Dictionary, the Jnternational. and the Standard. 

 The onlv authority that I have run across so far that 

 uses Apis mellifeia in a late work is Prof. Cook I can 

 not now fiuci Benton's work ; but my impression is he 

 uses Apis mel ifica. Either is right, but the first is 

 more common. 



As my own book (Bulletin No. 1, n. s., 

 Division of Entcmology, "The Honey Bee,") 

 was the first work on apiculture, so far as 

 I am aware, to use the term Apis mellifera, 

 I may be allowed to explain the matter. 



Regular rules adopted by the interna- 

 tional zoological and botanical societies 

 govern the giving of scientific names to an- 



SALISBURY'S warehouse. view from THE STREET. 



