THE AMERICAN APIGULTURIST. 



York, imported a number of Egyptian 

 queens, he intrusted tliem to Mr. 

 Gary, having, as I know, as strong 

 confidence as myself in his sagacity 

 and fidehty. Mr. Gary first called my 

 attention, in his own apiary, to the 

 inferior appearance of the comb honey 

 of those bees. It was capped in such 

 a way as to look like honey damaged 

 by "sweating" — so-called — after be- 

 ing kept in too damp a place. He 

 was also the first to notice that Egyp- 

 tian bees, in extending their combs, 

 built their lower edges almost per- 

 fectly square throughout their whole 

 length — in marked contrast to the 

 way in which black bees build them — 

 and improving in this respect even 

 upon the Italians. Although. I im- 

 ported the first Egyptian queen, Mr. 

 Gary had the largest experience with 

 this variety, and after a fair trial we 

 both discarded them as very much 

 inferior to the Itahans. 



While Mr. Gary was a great enthu- 

 siast in bee-culture, and always ready 

 to accept every discovery and im- 

 provement, he was not carried away 

 by plausible novelties or conceits. 

 When near him, I always took pecu- 

 liar pleasure in communicating to him 

 all matters that from time to time 

 were engaging my attention, and our 

 occasional meetings in later years 

 were highly prized. He seldom 

 failed to detect any flaw in what was 

 submitted to his judgment, and his 

 deliberate "yes" or "no" had greater 

 weight with me in bee-matters than 

 that of almost any other person. 



Mr. Gary's location was inferior in 

 honey-resources to those who in this 

 country have achieved the greatest 

 pecuniary success from the keeping of 



bees ; he was also quite lame from an 

 accident in his youth, yet notwith- 

 standing these and other obstacles, 

 he built up gradually a large apiary. 

 He was not only a strictly honest 

 man, but a highly honorable one in 

 all his dealings ; and in cases of doubt 

 he made it his rule to give his cus- 

 tomers the benefit of that doubt, 

 instead of claiming it for himself. 

 Like myself he had the help of an 

 only son in the management of his 

 business, but happier in this respect 

 than myself, he was not called to 

 lament his premature death. 



Mr. Gary's interest in bees ceased 

 only with his hfe. A few weeks be- 

 fore his death he was able to be 

 out in his apiary, where he witnessed 

 with much pleasure some novel ar- 

 rangements for the safe wintering of 

 a colony in the open air. 



Samuel Wagner, Moses Quinby, 

 Richard Golvin, Adam Grimm, Ros- 

 wellG. Otis, Wm. W.Gary — they have 

 all passed away ! And probably no 

 one knows better or appreciates more 

 highly than their old friend who still 

 survives to honor their memories, 

 how much their various labors con- 

 tributed to the splendid success of 

 the movable-frame principle in 

 America. 



Oxford, O., Nov. lO, iSSj. 



BEE CULTURE IN THE 

 SOUTH. 



By G. W. Demaree. 



BEE HIVES, PATENTS, ETC. 



I REPEAT what I have said on sev- 

 eral occasions heretofore, viz. : that 

 most persons who write on bee hives, 



