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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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Jjvuny fevf days wc iiiid Bome individual laboring wi- 

 (\cr -.i m-ptake thnt vost^ him moro than the prise of all I 

 the Joninain, ,v»'t hr rrnmrks that h« wijnnol .ifTord to J 

 ■iubsertbc. ThfT siiiKl their money to unlni>t\Yorth.r i.vvr- j 

 lies, )!>y TnoR! than the market prico tor thinjrs, kcej) 

 Iheir honey 011 h:ind un-^uld, ar sell it iti hM i)r5oe, and 

 MOinetimt K pnj' travelini; fthsrpers for patents that Ivivc 

 Vieen pubiie pi-operty for o year or two. 



Po yon rt»meinber what we said last season about the 

 )i«'es hiiildinj? e(imb so x*i>istcntly between the frames in | 

 the upper and lower stories J Well, this season we ran ! 

 .•wooniodiite ibem by by p\Utine » case of scrlion boxes be- 

 tween the two stories. 'I'hiii is ou« of the beauties of the 

 hoop hive ; if dcsiied, we ean eslrai-t from the upper set | 

 while they arc at work in the boxes. If it slops work in j 

 the boxes as Mr. Dotilittle says, we will stop doing it, l 

 that's fill. _ _ _ I 



A MOKE lengthy trial of the two buzz saws meiitsoned | 

 hist month, shows that the one made by the Combined | 

 I'ower Co. h is, aS'ter all, some very decided atlvaj>tn;r«;s 

 over the ISarnes saw ; partjcnlaily in sawing very thick | 

 fttulV, of short lejisth. By treading the machine up to | 

 speed, the balance whf-cls aecuinu!at« power enough to do i 

 considerable heavy work, even jificr wc stop treading en- I 

 tirely, but it takes tiiBi'. of eourse, to arcumuiate this 

 power. Each machine will have its favorites, and as the I 

 little one requires almost no practice to work it success- | 

 ftdl.>', it will probably [jlesse best on a short trial. ; 



So much complaint has been made of i^nr small i>pr,: 

 and the way in whic.fe we have orowdod so many words 

 into a line, and so many lines into a pfiire, — trying to give 

 you the worth of jour money, — that we have commented \ 

 this naonlh to have all the smal' tyf>e leaded, that is, have | 

 the lines pl.ictd a little distancs apart. We dislike this i 

 because it prevents us fi-om hearing from a,s many of you 

 fiach month, and iicrhaps also because oar eyes are good 

 <niough for the smallest tyjje used. As we wish to con- 1 

 duct Gi.i;A.MS(;a as far as may bo, according to the wish- j 

 rts of those who have chosen us to conduct it, we woidd ! 

 be pleusesl to get a kind of vote on the matter. Tell us on 

 a postal what you think about it. "We can'* put in anj ! 

 itiore leaves for S'l.t®- 



Tor can make ehe^ts ©f wtix as thin as paper, and very 

 riqaidly; and fvr that matter wo believe you can if you 

 ohoose. make the same of a composition of wax and paraf- 

 Mne .tt a cost, it is said, of not more than 25c per lb., while 

 white wax is nealy 60e., aad then you are never sure of 

 its being pure unless you make it yourself by the old plan 

 (if sun bleaching. You can cut the^se sheets into strips 

 with a pair of -;hears or with a knife, if you keep the cut- 

 ting parts wet with thick soap-sud«. Now, our sections 

 .ire made just right t« hold the cornb foundations, and 

 the op'.-ning is therefore too wide to hold these thinslir-ets. 

 As there are lint ten sti'ijjs to fasten, to till the wlioiu thit- 

 ty boxes, it can lx> doiir^ (juite. rapidly with melted wax, or 

 \yith w;ix dissolved in ben/.ine. With tke latter you are 

 (ibli'^ed to lei them stand for the benz ine to evaporate, be- 

 fore handling them. There is another way we like very 

 well, and it answers for bits of comb or aay kind of sruides, 

 if they are hf Id in such a way that the bees canned roll 

 them over, it is gimply to invori the whole case of Iwxes 

 or scciions, a?id ihen lay the guides where you wish them 

 j>ut ilicin (in the hive thug and the bees will (juiekl.v stick 

 rliem fist. Yon c^n let tliem got fairly at work, willi 

 them in this posi ion if you choose, and then when turned 

 over, t lift lx!es wdl be nicely started on all the top birs. 

 The Itali'ii.s seem i):^rticul:irly to I'ancy this way of work- 

 in;. With one of i!»e methods you are obliged to fuss 

 with W3X; witk the other with bee»; take your choice. 



THE CUliB I'OUXDATIONS AXD THH WAUNKK TATEXT. 



When inclined to censure any of the parties connect- 

 ed with lhi:i bu:ii«c8:-, we thulit a very good idea to 

 read tlie ch-ipter on cUnritv from which wc take our 

 text this moBtk. 



Briefly ; Mr. Weiss sent us some sanjples over a yeai« 

 ago as we have nacntioned. but w« then paid little Ht- 

 teulion to the matter more than to admire and test- 

 them, Hnd afterward wlicn Mr. Long wrote i*s in re- 

 gard to them we rather threw cold water on hisevi- 

 thusJasra of building-up a "ar^e trade on them. AinV 

 it is due Mr. Long to say here that tbo credit of nni- 

 kiiis the i)ublic take notice of them ie to placed to Bis 

 account, even if we can not approve bis using an as- 

 .sunied aamc for the purpose. Wo snpposed he xxfTUt^ 

 platea lor making ihcm, aor can wc nnderstaiid yet. 

 why he refused to make them more th;iu 1(> incht'^ 

 "long'" — unless hirt name bas something to do with ii 

 —if he and Weiss had rollers, ;4S it has recently co'ijc 

 to light they Jsad. Wo certainly kncA' all about tile 

 Wagner patent, bnt as It was nearly run out, we, lite 

 every one else, supposed the owners of it would make 

 their wishes known it the experimrnts of last seasfin 

 ever amounted to anj thing. Just cm our machine Mfu'' 

 fairly in shape to fill orller.^, we received a visii frOJtj 

 Mr. Perrine, and a right pleasant vs^it wo hivl, even iV 

 it did result iin stepping a work that wo had fondly 

 hoped woidd be of .great benefit to bee-keepers. Ir 

 was a privilege to have a good long talk with a mun 

 who has had such an experience with the honey tra»I>? 

 of our country, oven if we did not quite agree on 8om»: 

 points. The resnlt was, that ho paid us our advertis^iS 

 price for our rollers and the white wax we had pur- 

 cha'^ed to work up. As he paid Mrs. Wagner her 

 price for the patent— we believe ttie money came t<> 

 her at a very .«icceptable time— ol course wo sould not, 

 do other than respect his pretVrence to supply the en- 

 tire demand for the article himseli. There are sevei'Ul 

 morals to be gathered from the result of all th€^t- 

 changes, and I beg in making your deductions you not 

 only exercise charity towards your fellows, but re- 

 member also the golden rule. Wc subjoin the ttvn 

 following notes : 



1 have bought from the widow of Samitol Wagn^i-. 

 his patent, covering the manufacture of all ArtijieHr' 

 llorieii (Jntifb FaifT/c'.tf'oii, />;/ iv ha iever prices s inaile, ilti \ 

 have given notice to those who have been iulringing 

 tbe said ])atent. and do now hereliy give geuerai' 

 ii(>uce,thftt 1 shall enjoin its further ih:iinifacliire by 

 any and all i)arlies in the United .States, and its n^e, 

 except that which is m;ide and sold by myself. 



Mr. Weiss, the original inventor (invention and ma- 

 king of lirst machines dating back nearly two yeaiv> 

 of the Rolls for making said Fomnlaiion — the only 

 practical mode of manufacture — is in my employ .iiKl 

 1 have in my possession and am using the machiiK;- 

 that he forrnerly used in New York, on .vliich he mtMU; 

 the Foundation sold by John Long and E. C. Hazari 

 & Co., also the machine gotten up by Mr. A. I. Root, 

 which I have purchased of him, and which has be<i)i 

 lately much improved in making tr^ater length of 

 cells. 



Only worker comb is made at present, 2.5 cells on 

 each side to the square inch, and there is material 

 enough in the thick shallow sides of ohe cells to 

 I'.'ngtheri them out and probably cao them over. The 

 onlv really perfect Artiiicial t'oni') Foundation errr 

 made. C. O. Pkkrine. 



MR. IIDITOH :--! woidd like to state in reference ti> 

 the patent taken out by ray husbami. the late Samuel 

 Wagner, for ihe manufacture of Ariiticial Honey 

 Comb Foundations, that ftlr. V. O. Perrine, of Chicago, 

 wrote to me asking for an individual riirht to make 

 and use the same, and 1 answered t).\ saying that 1 did 

 not wi,-h to HcU imlividiial rights, but would msike 

 him -.1 complete as-^igniuon;, of the whole |)ati.'nt for so 

 much money, cash. .Mr. I'errine came here and paid 

 me the price asked without tryisig to get it lor any 

 less. Others have in(>ingcd the patent for sotne titue, 

 bnt have never oiVered to buy it, probal)ly knowing my 

 ago and clrciimstancj.'j woiild not pciinii me to pros- 

 ecute thera. 



I write this to give a moral weight to a reason why 

 all persons who wish to buy the ('omb Foundations 

 should get thera of Mr. Perrine. ,ts I hi re may He those 

 who will still infrinse. Hmzai;i;th R, Wag.vki:. 



York, Pa., March 2;J t, IS7<i. 



