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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 





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SuL' article by A. T. Uoilaiaii 



woukl follow his usual custom of hiring 

 two or three men for a day to prune and 

 trim the trees and shi-ubs of the garden ; 

 and if the bees were allowed to remain, it 

 meant their discovery, and the opportunity 

 of my being a defendant in the police court, 

 together with the confiscation, or at least 

 banishment, of the bees from the confines of 

 the city. In the language of Grover Cleve- 

 land, I was " confronted with a condition, 

 not a theory," and that meant that some- 

 thing had to be done. 



Where the true nature of a condition is 

 understood, there is, as a rule, some way 

 in which to meet it. While Robert Burns 

 stated a truism Avhen he sang — 



The best-laid plans of mice and men 

 Gang aft aglee, 



and uttered a thought that has been a pop- 

 ular saying ever since, nevertheless the only 

 reason for the sad accident recounted by 

 Burns was a lack of knowledge of the con- 

 ditions; for had the mouse known and 

 taken care to build its nest lower down than 

 a plow-furrow. Burns would never have had 

 cause for lament. For my part, I took the 

 initiative, with the result that the procla- 

 mation of the mayor, the deed of the care- 

 taker, and the acts of the laborers came to 

 naught, and the bees remained within the 

 confines of the city. 



To be continued. 



TENNESSEE BEEKEEPERS' ASSOCIATION, NASHVILLE, JANUARY 30 



BY J. M. BUCHANAN^ SEC. 



A most interesting and instructive meet- 

 ing of the Tennessee Beekeepers' Associa- 

 tion was held at Nashville on Jan. 30, with 

 perhaps the best attendance in the history 

 of the Association. Papers and addresses 

 on vital toiDics, together with lively discus- 

 sions, took up the entire day. 



The opening address was by the Presi- 

 dent, Mr. J. M. Davis, of Spring Hill, 

 whose subject was " The Bee as Man's Co- 

 worker." He gave an outline of the history 

 of beekeeping, and showed the value of the 

 work of the bees, both in the production of 

 lioney and wax, and in their aid in the 



fertilization of fruit-bloom. He pointed 

 out the fact that the apricot is the only 

 stone fruit that is not dependent on the 

 bees or other insects for the proper pollin- 

 ation of its blossoms. 



" Fancy Comb Honey in Spite of Foul 

 Brood " was the subject of a talk by L. F. 

 Watkins, of Nashville. Mr. Watkins told 

 how, in addition to managing a farm of 

 200 acres, he had cleaned up an apiary of 

 neai'ly 100 colonies badly affected with 

 American foul brood, and at the same time 

 had produced a good crop of fancy comb 

 honey. 



