1905 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



529 



one near the city of New York, as already 

 stated. We shall be glad to have our bee- 

 keeping friends call at any of the yards; if 

 they desire to see practical demonstrations, 

 be free to ask for them. But before visit- 

 ing any yard make arrangements in advance 

 with either the New York or Philadelphia 

 office— the former at 44 Vesey St., and the 

 latter at 10 Vine St. There might be days 

 when there would be no one in charge, hence 

 the advisability of writing to either of the 

 offices in advance. 



Of course we are always glad to see vis- 

 itors at any of our Medina yards, and our 

 bee-keeping friends from near and far are 

 invited to come and see us and look over 

 the work that is going on. Queen-rearing 

 will be under full pressure a la Swarthmore 

 about the time this journal reaches our 

 readers. The demand for bees is getting to 

 be quite extensive. From our home yard 

 and the basswood apiary we have made a 

 good many shipments of bees and queens, 

 and shall be sending out every day. 



It has always seemed strange to me that 

 there were not more bee-keepers who were 

 willing to sell bees. In looking through the 

 poultry journals I notice that nearly every 

 breeder and fancier has eggs or trios to sell. 

 There is good money in selling bees early in 

 the spring, and our friends are invited to 

 investigate this one department of the bee- 

 business. 



THE FIRST-PRIZE PHOTO OF AN APIARY, SEE 

 PAGE 537. 



In our issue for March 1, under the head 

 of Special Notices we announced that we 

 were in need of certain photos relating to 

 bees, and that we would award certain 

 prizes for the best pictures. 



In response to this we received a number 

 of fine and interesting pictures. A commit- 

 tee from our office was selected to classify 

 the pictures and award the prizes according 

 to their merit. The scoring-points were to 

 consist of clearness and artistic beauty as 

 well as something interesting and instructive 

 for every-day practical work. The commit- 

 tee knew none of the bee-keepers who sent 

 the photos in, and awarded the prizes solely 

 on the scoring-points above named. 



The first prize for a view of a bee-yard 

 was won by Ernest W. Fox, of Hillsboro, 

 Wis., and the picture is reproduced on page 

 537. Whether E. W. Fox is related to Elias 

 Fox, of the same place, so well known to 

 the bee-journal readers, I can not say. 



In the prize-winning picture there is a 

 fine blend of high-light and shadow, or what 

 an artist calls " atmosphere "— in short, 

 nature as it is, and not as it would be after 

 man has made it over according to his ideas 

 of landscape effect. 



We received other photos showing the 

 hives arranged with geometrical regularity, 

 and grass mown down as in a park; but 

 this picture combines a beautiful touch of 

 nature just as she is, with the practical 

 every-day affairs of life. The background 

 of the woods is suggestive of coolness. 



peace, rest, and quiet. The ferns in the 

 foreground, with the leafy stillness, com- 

 bine to set off the view as in a wreath. 



As to the practical part of the picture, the 

 location is ideal in that it is a side-hill. The 

 winter repository on the right is reached by 

 an easy grade of path that permits the loads 

 of combs to be run down hill and extracted 

 and brought back empty, and put on the 

 hives again; and when winter finally comes 

 on, the hives can be carried down hill toward 

 the cellar and then put back on their 

 summer-stands in the spring a good many 

 pounds lighter. The side-hill cellar offers 

 the advantage in that it makes it possible to 

 enter the bee-cellar without going down 

 steep steps as into a cistern, as it were. 

 As those know who have tried it, carrying 

 heavy colonies up and down steps mto and 

 out of a dark cellar is not an easy job. 



But the picture suggests another feature, 

 and that is the two solid windbreaks on one 

 side and on one end. The yard is probably 

 not entirely closed with woods, else there 

 would not be the need of the stones on the 

 hive-covers. (By the way, the stones are 

 the only things that mar the picture.) The 

 tent on the left is strongly suggestive of 

 outdoor air and good appetites— two things 

 that help make life enjoyable. The medical 

 fraternity has just begun to discover that 

 tent life is the best cure for diseases hither- 

 to regarded as incurable. What is good for 

 a sick man must indeed be invigorating to a 

 well one. 



The hives tiered up two and three stories 

 high, the kegs or barrels of honey, the 

 honey-extractor, all betoken prosperity. It 

 is, therefore, fortunate that the picture was 

 taken when the yard was wreathed out in all 

 its glory. 



This is the first of the series of prize pic- 

 tures that will be presented, and others will 

 follow from time to time. 



Below we give the list of the successful 

 prize-winners. There are some other excel- 

 lent pictures that did not win any prizes 

 that we shall be able to use, and will pay 

 for according to their merit. 



The object of this prize contest was to 

 secure certain pictures for our industrial 

 publications on bees. 



For best photo of apiary: 



1st prize. — Ernest W. Fox, Hillsboro, Vernon Co., Wis. 



2d prize.— Chas. Macklin, Morrison, Whiteside Co., Ills. 



3d prize. — Adam A. Clarice, LeMars, Iowa. 



For best photo of any other object interesting to bee- 

 keepers: 



1st prize (swarm).— A. L. Errett, Madison, Westmore- 

 land Co., Pa. 



2d prize (swarm).— W. C. Naftel, Naftel, Montgomery 

 Co , Ala. 



3d prize (bee-tree).— Geo. A. Fenton, Mazeppa, Waba- 

 sha Co., Minn. 



"THE SENATE PLOT AGAINST PURE FOOD." 



In the World's Work, a beautifully illus- 

 trated and ably edited magazine, published 

 by Doubleday, Page & Co., New York, ap- 

 pears an article by Edward Lowry, with the 

 foregoing heading. It would appear from 

 this article that the interests of the people 

 —those who are and should be most vitally 



