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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 1 



But here comes a chap who sa3-s, "My 

 honey was partially capped and ripened 

 before extracting-." They must say, "No, 

 sir," to him. "We are going- at this thing 

 right now, and we v ill have nothing to do 

 with a liquid honey that is not just as good 

 in quality as it c.in be." 



This very way I am writing about has 

 gradually educated the people in this sec- 

 tion of the country, so I consider the dispos- 

 ing of oOOOor 4000 pounds a very sm ill mdt- 

 ter. I have seen the time when I was pret- 

 ty well discjuraged peddling around from 

 house to house; but the time finally cams 

 when I had them educ ited so far as quality 

 is concerned. 



Now, I wanted to do some more educat- 

 ing, and that was that they m-ist buy a 

 12 pound gallon can, and I dropped the 

 small paciages. Now I can sell a custom- 

 er 12 pounds just as easily as I once did 

 a small tumbler of hone} ; and here is a 

 point worth looking after. Don't you know 

 many have been educating the pe iple that 

 honey is a luxury by using bjt Us and 

 tumblers, in this way many times making 

 extracted as dear as the best comb houe} ? 

 One of these packages would find its way 

 in a family. It was soon licked up by the 

 children; then it would be a long time be- 

 fore any more honey found its way in that 

 house. You see, I want to find a market 

 that will dispose of large quantities for my 

 brother bee-keepers. What we want is to 

 dispose of large quantities of honey in cities 

 and villages where at present very little 

 honey is consumed. I will now give my 

 plan. I should certainly adopt it if I had a 

 large surplus. I would get a small gaso- 

 line-stove, and learn how to make small 

 biscuit. I would go to city No. 1, call up- 

 on a leading grocer, and ask him to ^et me 

 start him in the honey trade. With his con- 

 sent I would start my baking-oven. Then 

 every customer would be invited to eat bis- 

 cuit and honey. While they were eating, 

 of course I would be talking. I would tell 

 them we were going to have this very quali- 

 ty of honey here for sale in gallon packages; 

 give them the price, and show them that 

 this was the way to buy cheaplj', and that 

 they could afford to use it as liberally as 

 any thing they use upon their table. I 

 should certainly make some sales right on 

 the spot. They would get suitable read- 

 ing-matter from me, telling them all about 

 liquid honey. I could tell them to let their 

 neighbors know all about this good honey, 

 and just where to find it, and give them to 

 understand that they could always depend 

 upon this fancy grade of honey sent di- 

 rect from the bee- man to their grocer. I 

 would label it "Nj. 1 Fancy Extracted 

 Honey. ' ' 



Possibly I would stay in this place two 

 or three days, when I would be ready for 

 the next place. 



Now, when the bee-keepers organize or co- 

 operate they can put a man on the road. 

 Find out the bee- men who want help, and 

 those who put up only No. 1 fancy honej', 



then secure a market for his product Com- 

 missions will not be much when sold in this 

 way. Then after the first seasor , marlets 

 would be established for the following sea- 

 son. 



Now, Mr. Editor, I have said much more 

 than I expected to; but I want to add that 

 I have, from time to time, sent for honey 

 that cost m? double what it was worth, 

 simph to sitisfy myself what quality of 

 honey was being offered by tome who have 

 mort honey than th< yean easily dispose of; 

 and for years past I hnve never stepped in- 

 to a grocery where 1 quid honey was in 

 sight when I did not s.mple it. I am glad 

 to say that I have found seme No. 1, but 

 sorry to say more than h ilf was all the way 

 from medium good to unripe stuff unfit to 

 be cal ed honey. 



Is this way going to educ ite the misses 

 to eat honey? I fear n t; acd can our ways 

 be made better? 



New London. Ohio. 



[I wish our friends c-uld see Dm White 

 and hear him talk, for he writes just as he 

 talks. He is one of those sturdy practical 

 dollar-and-cent bee-keepers whom it is a 

 pleasure to meet. He does not write very 

 often; but when he does he gives us some- 

 thing that is like his h mey—/irsf class 



It is too true that much cf the honey that 

 goes on the market is not ripened as it 

 ought to be. The poor quality of some of 

 the pure honey, and the vileness of the glu- 

 cosed imitations on the market, have done 

 much to disgust people with extracted 

 honey. 



It is E. D. Townsend, of Michigan, who 

 preaches and practices the same thing 

 taught so forcibly and plainly by Mr. 

 White ; namely, that honey must all be 

 sealed and left on the hives until it attains 

 that richness and flavor that is possible 

 only when the bees have had time to ripen 

 it as nature has designed they should. The 

 extra price paid more than pays for the 

 bother. 



Once in a while one of our correspondents 

 writes an article that is so true and good 

 that I feel like asking our readers to " paste 

 it in their hats." This is one of them. Yes, 

 I propose having it struck off in pamphlet 

 form to be sent out with every extractor 

 made by The A. I. Root Co.— Ed.] 



THE SHALLOW HIVE. 



An Interesting Discussion of this Question ; Sballow 



Hives and Double Brood-chambers ; a 



General Rejoinder to Critics. 



BY W. K. MORRISON. 



In spite of all that has been written re- 

 ferring to the shallow hive, there are still 

 some in the dark as to what it really is. 

 Mr. Gill, for example, thinks it is too 

 small, when, as a matter of fact, he uses a 

 smaller one, in his own apiary. Mr. Grei- 

 ner evidently thinks I am advocating- double 



