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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Apr. 1 



colonies were nuclei, too weak to winter 

 outdoors, and yet they all seem to be heal- 

 thy. There are no dysentery marking^s on 

 the hives worth mentioning-, and the drop- 

 pings are the voidings of healthy bees. A 

 dry cellar and plenty of fresh air seemingly 

 hold dysentery in check. 



m'evoy's plan of stopping the outcom- 



ING of two of more SWARMS AT ONE 

 TIME, AND MIXING TOGETHER. 



In this issue, Mr. Wm. McEvoy, of foul- 

 brood-inspector fame, tells of a very unique 

 plan for preventing several swarms from 

 mixing up, or, rather, preventing them from 

 coming- out entirely. His plan of covering 

 the entrances tight with sheets or blankets 

 of all such colonies as are casting or pre- 

 paring to cast a swarm is one that I should 

 have said would not accomplish the object 

 sought, for the reason that the bees would 

 boil out under the blankets through every 

 available opening. But Mr. McEvoy is not 

 a man to recommend a thing of this kind un- 

 less it would work; and, assuming that it 

 does exactly what he says it does, he has 

 offered a little kink to the trade that will 

 be worth many dollars to many another 

 person. It would then behoove the bee- 

 keeper to have half a dozen blankets handy. 

 If he uses the whole six he could purloin 

 some of his wife's sheets. Probably these 

 last would require to be held down with 

 bricks, stones, or other objects, so thatthey 

 would not leave gap-holes for the bees to 

 escape. I should be glad to hear from 

 some of our subscribers as to whether they 

 ever tried a plan like this. I intended to 

 make this a footnote ; but it got crowded 

 out of its proper place, so I put it here to 

 direct attention to Mr. McEvoy's article. 



" FOUL BROOD SOON TO BE A THING OF THE 

 PAST IN ONTARIO." 



Mr. McEvov says that "foul brood will 

 soon be a thing of the past in Ontario." 

 When we remember that at one time the 

 province had more of this disease in it than 

 any other equal area in North America, it 

 reflects no little credit on the inspector, 

 backed by a good law. He goes on further 

 to state that Ontario sustains " more sound 

 and very choice apiaries, for the number 

 kept, than any other country in the world." 

 I learn with some degree of surprise that 

 an effort has been put on foot, in spite of 

 this excellent showing, to get an inspector 

 for each of the 43 counties or 344 townships. 

 It is estimated this would make an expense 

 of over S10,000. Surely the Canadian bee- 

 keepers will be content to let well enough 

 alone by continuing Mr. McEvoy and Mr. 

 Gemmill as inspectors. The plan of coun- 

 ty inspection was tried in Michig-an and 

 New York, and abandoned; and the only 

 State where it gives any degree of satisfac- 

 tion is California, some of the counties of 

 which are larger than some whole States. 

 I believe I am within the truth when I say 

 that the Ontario bee-keepers know enough 

 to let well enough alone. 



DE.\TH OF THOMAS G. NEWMAN. 



Within the last eight months time has 

 taken away four of the old veterans — 

 veterans of the veterans in the bee-keeping- 

 industry. First, July 16, came the death 

 of the venerable Charles Dadant, one whose 

 name was revered by bee keepers both in 

 Europe and America. Next followed our 

 genial Dr. A. B. Mason, on Nov. 12, one of 

 the most enthusiastic workers and officers 

 of the National Bee-keeepers' Association 

 we ever had. Then on Jan. 13 our corres- 

 pondent, J. H. Martin, went to the great 

 beyond, the much-loved Rambler, who ram- 

 bled all over the United States, and finally 

 passed his last days in Cuba. Now we are 

 compelled to record the death of another, 

 the old Roman, " the old war horse," Thom- 



TUOMAS G. NEWMAN. 



as G. Newman, who died in San Francisco, 

 March 10, at the age of 69, of gastritis. 



Mr. Newman was born near Bridgewater, 

 England, in September, 1833. At the early 

 age of ten he was left fatherless, the moth- 

 er being left penniless bj' reason of the fa- 

 ther indorsing for a large sum. Young New- 

 man was put out at work, learning the 

 trade of printer and book-binder. Next we 

 hear of him in Rochester, N. Y., 1854, where 

 he secured a permanent position in the job- 

 room of the American. Several months lat- 

 er he was promoted to assistant foreman- 

 ship of the Rochester Democrat. Again we 

 find him as publisher and editor of a paper 

 called the Bible Expositor and Millennial 

 Harbinger. Once again he moves to Cedar 

 Rapids, Iowa, where he published his first 

 daily paper. This he subsequently sold, 



