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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Aug. 1 



It is a matter of sincere regret that the 

 whole Gleanings family was not able to 

 hear Bro. Doolittle. He is a most interest- 

 ing and forcible speaker, with a voice that 

 can be plainly heard over a vast audience 

 outdoors. His talks are always spiced with 

 interesting anecdotes of the pure and whole- 

 some sort that not only start a roar of 

 laughter, but fasten indelibly on the mind 

 of the hearer the truth that he is teaching. 

 Those who heard him get off some of his 

 good stories at the Buffalo National conven- 

 tion a few years ago will remember that he 

 was the uncrowned king of that convention; 

 for repeatedly did the members try to make 

 him President — an honor which he as often 

 gracefully but firmly refused. 



There was one demonstration that we did 

 not make that day, nor did any one volun- 

 teer his services; and that was the handling 

 of a colony of Cyprian bees. As it was, we 

 put a big placard in front of the one hive of 

 them, announcing "danger, "as will be seen 

 by one of the illustrations herewith given. 

 While the crowds freely assembled around 

 the hive they seemed to have a wholesome 

 respect for the bees. 



In our next issue, and perhaps the one 

 following, we will give other snap-shots of 

 this Jenkintown meeting, the like of which 

 was never held before in the United States; 

 and, as Prof. Surface said, it was the larg- 

 est, as well as the most notable, gathering 

 of bee-keepers that was ever held in the 

 United States in one place. Others asserted 

 it was the largest ever held in the world. 

 While this may be true, the editor has some 

 doubts about it. 



Continued in our next. 



THE FERRIS SYSTEM OF PRODUCING 

 COMB HONEY, AND SWARM CONTROL. 



Conditions that Lead to Swarming; Comb- honey 

 Supers Constructed Wrong. 



BY A. K. FERRIS. 



When I think over the different makes of 

 supers I do not wonder that people go home 

 scratching their heads and lie awake nights 

 trying to plan something to prevent or con 

 trol swarming. In the first place, nearly all 

 supers are put up on a wrong principle. We 



"HEY, THERE, MR. MAN ! WHAT YOU DOING? DON'T ALLOW THAT. COME OFF THE ROOF." 



[Dr. Lyon was on the roof of the honey-house poising the tripod of his 8x10 camera when Mr. Doolittle caught 

 him in the act. His abrupt interjection at the moment so scared the camerist that he nearly fell " off the roof." 

 But Doolittle didn't know that ye editor^iwith his camera had elbowed his way through the crowd and snapped 

 it at him, just at the moment he was ordering-the other camera fiend off. The smiles of the people opposite 

 show something of Dr. Lyon's surprise, not to say consternation.— Ed.] 



