1905 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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We observe another thing — that, when the 

 combs are badly broken, the corrugated paper 

 becoming soaked with honey loses all of 

 its cushioning property, because the corru- 

 gations will flatten out ; but this is an ex- 

 treme case. 



The Root Co., at least, proposes to furnish 

 this corrugated paper to its customers for 

 Tgo6 as an option at one cent extra per 

 case. Probably we may in time buy it in 

 large enough quantities so we may be able 

 to send out cases equipped with this paper 

 at the same price as those containing no- 

 drip cleats. — Ed.] 



A FRAME BONE- YARD. 



Experience a Dear School. 



BY W. A. PRY.\L. 



Did you ever see a frame "bone-yard" ? 

 You never heard of such a thing? Well, 

 1 am not surprised, for it never occurred 

 to me that such a thing existed until I dis- 

 covered one a few weeks ago. I was elated 

 with my fmd, for it appealed to me as some- 

 thing unique in the bee-line. 



The accompanying illustration shows the 

 result of my discovery. Did you ever see 

 any thing like it from a bee-keeper's point 

 of view? Just study the frames individually! 

 They remind one of human faces, inasmuch 

 as no two of them seem to be alike. Yet 

 there are hundreds of them that are alike 

 if one were to examine them closely. Some 

 old discarded hives, covers, and bottom- 

 boards are to be seen in the mix-up, and 

 there are a lot of brambles, poison oak, and 

 other things too. 



These frames were discarded, I should 

 judge, because the owner has adopted a 

 style of Hoffman frame more to his liking. 

 I noticed that he made his own hives and 

 frames, he having a Barnes-saw outfit for 

 that purpose. He uses redwood for the 

 entire hive equipment. (Here I may re- 

 mark that my experience is against redwood 

 for frames, as it is too brittle. I prefer 

 Oregon pine to any thing else I have tried). 



I was told that the proprietor of this 

 apiary, is a bachelor. If he were otherwise, 

 it is more than probable that his wife would 

 have seen that all the old frames were con- 

 verted into nj plus ultra kindling-wood. A 

 frame "bone-yard" is all right as an occa- 

 sional curiosity, but it is a menace to the 

 apiary. 



I have not written the foregoing as a re- 

 flection on the owner of the yard, but have 

 simply taken the opportunity the pile of 

 old and exposed frames presented to point 

 out the danger they are to the bee-keeper. 



Oakland. Cal., Oct. 25, 1905. 



[I have seen "frame bone-yards" in some 

 localities in the West ; but they were usually 

 the result of some bee-keeper buying up all 

 the bees in the locality from a dozen or so 

 different bee-keepers, each using a different 



hive and frame, making it necessary for the 

 new owner to get them all down to one 

 size. The natural result was a lot of old 

 discarded hives and frames of all sizes. 

 The one here shown, however, is one of 

 the biggest piles I have even seen. But there 

 are times when a frame bone-yard of this 

 kind reminds us of Josh Billings' question, 

 "What's the use of knowmg so much when 

 so much j'ou know ain't so?" That is to 

 say, every once in a while we run across 

 a bee-keeper who gets an idea into his head 

 that the veterans do not know how to make 

 a hive or a frame ; and then he proceeds 

 at once to discard all his old hives for one 

 of his own get up. After investing more 

 money than he will ever earn he becomes dis- 

 gusted, and declares "bees don't pay." If 

 you go around to his bee-yard you will find 

 a "frame bone-yard" a good deal after the 

 style of the one here shown. That kind of 

 bee-keeping is a travesty on the profession. 



While it may look like poor policy to ex- 

 hibit a picture of this kind in an up-to- 

 date bee journal, yet Glf...\nings believes it 

 ought to show up the foibles and follies as 

 well as the Alexander type of bee-keep- 

 ing. — Ed.] 



OUR , 



BY A.l. R OOT. 



THE ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE OF AMERICA. 

 And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and 

 let them alone, for if this counsel or this work be of 

 men, it will come to naught; but if it be of God, ye can 

 not overthrow it, lest haply ye be found even to fight 

 ag-ainst God.— Acts 5: 38, 9. 



I have just returned from Indianapolis, 

 where we have had a session of the above 

 league, commencing on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 

 and closing on Friday evening following. 

 Our text, it seems to me, seems to be spe- 

 cially applicable to this organization, and it 

 it now called the Anti-Saloon League of 

 America, for it now has branches in almost 

 every State in the Union, if not all of them, 

 and these States were all pretty fully repre- 

 sented by delegates. I should estimate that 

 tl.ree-fourths of the delegates and field work- 

 ers were ministers of the gospel, and al- 

 most every denomination in the United 

 States was represented. Quite a few of 

 these eminent divines had also studied law; 

 and among them were some of the finest and 

 brightest politicians of the age. Governor 

 Hanly, of Indiana, gave the opening address 

 of welcome, but before I begin to tell you 

 about it I want to say something about the 

 opening prayer. 



I fear there are a good many people who 

 are not in the habit of listening to the open- 

 ing prayer on Sunday morning in the same 

 way that they listen to the sermon that fol- 

 lows. To tell the truth, I know of some 



