GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Feb 



poisonous. I lliink any candid i)erson wlio reads (he 

 reports of all tiic cases of poisoning by galvanized 

 water pipes wliicli liavo occurred iu Massaciiuselts 

 alone, since the introdiu-lion of said piijes. \vill con- 

 clude that oxide of zinc is truly ''a h.^rrible an<l dead- 

 ly poison." lIUNitv A. f^^rr.AGUK. 



r. S— I liave somelimes purdiased l)lacli rubber tips 

 for my friends, but they are olten ratlier hard to linil. 



Charlotte, ftlaine, Jan. 8th, '70. 



You have doue us more of a favor than you 

 are really aware of friend S., and to show liow 

 ucces.sary il is that each one of us should re- 

 alize the iiuportancc of telling what we know, 

 I will state that on the receipt of the above 

 letter I was on the point of decidioff to use 

 galvanized iron iu the manufacture of our 

 honey extractors. We learned they used this 

 in England, and thought they should Icnow if 

 It were unwholesome; but if such is the ver- 

 dict on water pipes, we certainly want none of 

 it about our honey, or any of our culinary 

 aftairs. 



Jan. IStli — A point comes up right here that 

 induces nie to lake up the next chapter, and I 

 beg to be allowed to choose the text from 

 Mat. VII : 13. 



CHAPTER X. 



"Therefore, all things whatsoever ye would that men 

 shcnld do unto jou, do ye even so to them." 



S I am personally interested in the con- 

 tents of this chapter, it may be out of 

 the t[uestion for me to take an unbiassed view 

 of it, I will therefore try not to be tenacious of 

 mv own views. 



Mr. Coe writes in the Feb. No. of .1. B. J. in 

 a way that shows that he feels as if he had 

 been wronged, and perhaps ho has, but I really 

 cannot see how I can treat all my readers as I 

 would have them treat me, and take any other 

 course than the one I am takiiig at present, in 

 regard to the house apiary. It is true, had I 

 told Mr. Coe in plain terms just what I 

 thought, when he was a guest at our house, 

 and when I was a guest at his own, there 

 would probably have been no misunderstand- 

 ing. 



Header, can you do this V Do you really feel 

 it to be a duty? When one pays you a visit 

 you treat them pleasantly, even should you 

 feel they arc very much in the wrong; and 

 when Mr. Coe, during his visit to us admitted 

 that he could not advise his house for the use 

 of the extractor, after the strong language he 

 had used in print — see page 112, ^1. B. J., '75— 

 i really felt that the man had wilfully misrep- 

 resented. His explanation, that it was a mis- 

 take, changed my opinion then, but since he 

 has never said as much in print where the 

 statement now stands, I can but revert to 

 my former opinion. I ilid admit'e, and do now, 

 his itonse apiary ; but declined then, and 

 shouM now, one like it for real use. When he 

 told me in answer to an inquiry, that he should 

 want iij''2.00 per hive, or §100.00 for a right to 

 use a house of 50 hives, I did tell him plainly, 

 oven when I was his guest, that I might think, 

 even should he build me a house gratis, that it 

 was my duty to advise my readers to build 

 houses without i)urchasing a patent. His re- 

 ply was that ho would take care of all of that 

 part of it himself. Mr. Coe and his sister wore 

 very friendly indeed, and he was very liberal 

 in ollering nic the'right. gratis, and to superin- 



tend building the house for reasonable wages ; 

 but dear readers, how about yoii who have 

 been so ready to invest in everything I have 

 advised V You have also Ijeen kind and indul- 

 gent and are just as near to me, although I 

 have never seen your faces, as any friend on 

 earth. tSince I have mentioned the house in 

 Glk.vnings, more than a dozen house apiaries 

 have been brought to light. Many have been 

 in use for years, and I really cannot think that 

 either Mr. Coe's or Faulkner's — tliey seem the 

 same thing to me essentially — possesses any 

 needed featui'e, that is patentable. The idea of 

 the house apiary I first got from friend Moore 

 of Binghampton, N. Y. Prof. Cook did tell 

 me that be feared I had not given Mr. Coe the 

 credit he deserved, but in justice to my read- 

 ers who certainly should have facts, without 

 any regard to the friendly way in which Mr. 

 Coo had treated me, I can but think that 

 my report of that visit did him viore than jus- 

 tice, and hence my present inconsistency. 



It is a hard matter to do to all your fellow 

 beings just as you would be done by. And 

 when one sets about defending himself he is 

 pretty sure to do as I have done in the above 

 lines — made it appear that Mr. Coe is all 

 wrong, and that I am all right. It is very 

 probable that in my dislike of patents, I am 

 looking with prejudiced eyes ; but I do dislike 

 to see hard-earned money go, without bringing 

 a fair equivalent. It might be worth while to 

 look over the claims that have been allowed on 

 these two house apiaries to see what is patent- 

 ed. 



I confess that all this seems rather out of 

 place in "Our Homes," but it was chosen to il- 

 lustrate th(? difficulties of applying the text 

 unless it is taken in the broad sense, as applj'- 

 ing to (dl mankind. 



In doing to A, as we would be done by, we 

 must also include his neighbor C, and likewise 

 D, or we shall have but a selfish mess of it. It 

 might be very pleasant for me if the editor of 

 some paper would recommend my wares in- 

 stead of mj^ neighbor's whenever he was in- 

 quired of, but if it were the neighbor's instead 

 of mine, I should feel very indignant, and tell 

 him it was his duty to let merit alone decide 

 the matter ; that he had no business having 

 favorites or showing partiality. We are all 

 willing to be shown favors, but very few of us 

 arc content to see privileges given others to 

 our own exclusion. 



It is comparatively a simple matter to do as 

 we would be done by iu money matters, com- 

 pared with the feelings and passions that Ire- 

 qucntly sway humanity. One may have work- 

 ed zealously for Gi-eanings, and may have 

 sent mo large numbers of subscribers, or he 

 may have entertained me most courteously; 

 but for this reason shall I pul)lish an article 

 because it came from him even though it be a 

 very indiflerent one':' Suppose the same person 

 is wronging our bee-keei)ers in some way, shall 

 I hold up others and let him go free because for- 

 sooth he has been my frieiul 'r* I do not want you 

 to bo my friend to that extent, but I would have 

 you the friend oi (dl hunianity and in that way 

 I shall feel that you are more sincerel}' a friend 

 of mine. 



A new commandment .tcive I unto yo¥. That ye love 

 ouc another. — John, xiii, 17. 



