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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



August, 1917 



FROM THE FIELD OF EXPERIENCE 



fact that his name never appeared in the 

 advertising columns of any bee journal. 

 The few connections he made during the 

 first years took his entire output. " Old 

 customers first " was his fixed policy ; and 

 even to this day he will drive several blocks 

 out of his way to serve a former patron. 



With mother's aid he helped solve the 

 problem of a suitable candy for mailing 

 queens. Later he contributed his part to 

 the perfecting of plans for artificial cells, 

 tho of late years be has prefeiTed to use 

 drone comb for this purpose. Indeed, it is 

 liardly too much to say that he has been 

 right at the front in every advance move- 

 ment with bees, either of his own accord or 

 thru the call of Gleanings to try out this 

 or that. 



Being a true naturalist, his close com- 

 munion with nature has brought him into 

 a closer relation with God. So vital has 

 been my mother's interest in his work and 

 experiments that I have never been able to 

 draw the line between what he did of him- 

 self and what came by way of suggestion 

 from her. Their union has been most corn- 

 plete, and they have taken God into all their 

 plans. This is why their golden wedding 

 (Dee. 30, 1916) will always linger as such 

 a precious memory. 



Augusta, Ga. ' Frank Fooshe. 



Good Things for Beekeepers at the 

 Massachusetts Agricultural College 



The beekeepers' section at Farmers' Week 

 at the Massachusetts Agricultural College, 

 Amherst, was well attended by beekeepers 

 from all parts of the state, and proved most 

 profitable and interesting. 



The apicultural work at the college has 

 been raised to a very high level by Dr. 

 Burton N. Gates, Associate Professor of 

 Beekeeping. The building is of concrete, 

 and is well equipped with bee-cellar, wax- 

 rendering outfit, honey - extractors, etc. 

 The museum, which probably has no equal 

 in the country, contains among other inter- 

 esting things several original hives used by 

 the pioneers of American beekeeping, such 

 as Langstrolh, Dadant, and Quinby, also an 

 interesting collection of straw skeps, some 

 of which came from over the water. For 

 those of literary inclinations the splendid 

 private library of Dr. Gates in the Entomol- 

 ogy Building was available. This library 

 contains many very old and rare beebooks — 

 French, German, English, and Italian, as 



well as the first editions of some of our early 

 American writers on the subject. 



The extracted-honey exliibit this year 

 was especially fine. There were samples of 

 many varieties — clover, of course; sumac, 

 goldenrod, elethra, orange, sage, wild 

 thyme, buckwheat, etc. There was some 

 very nice gTanulated clover honey of a fine 

 smooth grain. 



Wax in all shades and shapes formed an 

 attractive and interesting pai't of the ex- 

 hibit. 



The first lecture was on Tuesday morning, 

 March 27, by Dr. Gates, followed by Mr. 

 J. L. Bj'ard, Superintendent of the Apiary, 

 which lecture was primarily for beginners. 

 Dr. Miller's bottom-board and the swarm- 

 catcher in use at the College were demon- 

 strated. The swarm-catcher consists of a 

 box made of slats perforated with round 

 holes, bound at both ends with tin and set 

 on a pole lengthwise. It contains a frame 

 of brood. The bees enter very readily thru 

 the open end and the holes, and will re- 

 main permanently if desired. 



A class in beekeeping at the beekeepers' section 

 of Farmers' Week at the Massachusetts Agricultural 

 College. 



Tuesday afternoon Miss Shapleigh, of the 

 Department of Foods and Cookery, Teach- 

 ers' College, Columbia University, New 

 York, demonstrated the uses of honey in a 

 very able manner. Tho honey can not al- 

 ways be used in place of sugar she showed 

 many ways in which it could be successfully 

 substituted. During the afternoon she 

 made muffins, cake, baked custards, boiled 

 frosting, and sandwich filling, using honey 

 in each. ' When cooking with honey half a 

 teaspoonful of soda should be used to coun- 

 teract the acidity of the honey. 



The program Wednesday morning includ- 

 ed lectures by Dr. Gates; Mr. G. P. Wood, 

 of Peekskill* New York; P. W. Latham 



