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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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honest that comes aloug, tliat they are indi- 

 rectly to blame as well as the man v/ho told 

 the falsehood, yet I feel that such is the case, 

 and could 1 take both parties by the hand, I 

 do not know bnt that it would be my duty to 

 speak as kindly to one as to the other. There 

 is not a community in which there are not peo- 

 ple who ivill get trusted for goods without any 

 idea of ever paying lor them. Are they alone 

 at fault, or is it also the fault of the one who 

 incautiously trusts them '? Both parties need 

 educating, or rather, perhaps, Cliristianizing. 

 Is it not the business of the journals to help 

 to do this, and to do it in the kindest manner 

 possible, consistent with showing up at once, 

 all that is wrong and deceptive? 



My patent h on the insertion of the trough in the upper 

 liart of ihe frame ; it may be eillier raovable or liied and 

 rKteiid through ;i part or the entire length of the frame. 

 1 claim for it several advantages. It is always in place, 

 always in order, never !eak.s feed, drowns bees or attracts 

 robbers. It takes no space except tliat actually occujiied 

 iiy the trough, the remainder of the frame being tilled 

 with comb and serving its otiice in the liive just as any 

 "ther frame. I believe you will consider it the best de- 

 vice for feeding that has ever come before the public. I 

 would like to sell you the state of Ohio, I «ill sell it low. 



W. E. Hamilton, Plum Hollow, la., .Jan. 11th, 1877. 



The abovG was sent us in answer to an ap- 

 plication for a patent feeder advertised in one 

 <rf our journals. The feeder consisted of a lit- 

 tle wooden trough to be fastened just under 

 the top bar to any frame. The sample was 

 very rough, bad workmanship and cost GOc, 

 nlthough very neat ones can easily be made 

 jor 5c. at a profit. The objection to such a 

 feeder, is that wc must either uncover the bees 

 to use it, or cut a hole through our quiUs or 

 honey boards, something we believe lias been 

 voted a bad lunsance. Again we fear our 

 t'riend who has invested money in patenting 

 the device, was poorly posted iu bet -culture, 

 for the same device was used a long time 

 ago, and has been illustr-itcd in our Journals. 

 As he is a minister of the gospel, we 'eel sure 

 he will not wish to take money for rights,- af- 

 trr having the matter pointed out to liim. 

 We have here again another illustration of the 

 !'act that granting a patent, by no means 

 proves the invention to be new. Very likely 

 it is beyond the power of the Patent Ofiiee to 

 determine, and still worse, they seem of late 

 incapable of determining what has already 

 been patented. 



Last summer I gave German Bee-stiug Cure'.a pretty 

 diorough trial on myself and others, but so far as any ef- 

 fect was perceptible it is of no value whatever. The sel- 

 ler refuses to refund the money and the proprietor will 

 not even answer. The Cure is warranted. You may pub- 

 lish the above cvor my signature. S. W. IlALi. 



La Moille, Iowa, Jan. -'nh, 1877. 

 Let us try to think, friend II., that those who 

 no\d tlie '-Cure," honestly believed it to pos- 

 sess virtue ; as it is now offered fior sale no 

 more, we presume they are aware of their 

 '■rror. Many do not feel it a duty lo refund 

 money when goods jjvove unsatisfaclcry. Let 

 i;s be charitable, and more careful in future. 



A friend has a very pretty honey box tliat is 

 alented, and he charges ifo.OO "for a right. 



Tills patent comes nearer being worth the 

 money, than any other we know of, but if it 

 be (X(Ui-able in this case, why not in all 

 the others? The worst we can say of this 

 friend is, that he seems to be in bad company. 

 There is one more ti-ouble: our friend sells in- 

 dividual rights, town and county rights, and 

 also allows manufacturers to sell boxes, and 

 pay him a royalty on all that are sold. This 

 last man sells as many as he can, and soon en- 

 croaches on somebody's territory, and wc soon 

 have a t;nigkd-np mess of it, in trying to de- 

 cide wdiose "rights" are trampled on. The L. 

 hives were, a few years ago, purchased and 

 brought into our country in considerable num- 

 bers, with the L. lirass trade-mark on them. 

 The man who had paid quite a large sum of 

 money for the county "right," threatened, and 

 was finally told, that he must collect damages 

 fi'om the maker of the hives, because he did 

 not enquire where the purchaser lived, before 

 selling iiim the goods. We believe all parties 

 soon dtcided they were quarreling about some- 

 thing that lacked substance and so dropped it 

 peaceably. 



Another of our readers has patented a honey 

 box within the past two mouths. From the 

 sample at hand we should decide it to be anin- 

 fringment, it is not new, and is so complicated 

 and expensive that he will soon abandon it 

 himself, unless he gets, stubborn and head- 

 strong because somebody finds fault with it. 



VINEGATl.— IIov,r made in jO hours from Cider, 

 Wine or Sorghum wilhout using drugs. Name paper 

 and addre^^s F. L. Saoe, Springlield, Mass. 



The above has appeared in many papers for 

 years past, and we believe, in the ScientijU 

 American constantly. As many inquiries 

 were made in regard to honey vinegar, we 

 thought best to iuvestiijate. The result is 

 that our friend wants if^S.OO, for his great se- 

 cret, and the printed circulars he sends, would 

 lead one to think he might get rich out of it 

 in a few days. The story is very ingenious, 

 as they usually are, and one finds himself al- 

 most before he is aware of it, wishing he had 

 the money, to send and see what the g;eat se- 

 cret is, until we consider that .^5.00 M"ill buy 

 quite a library on almost any sul)ject. Far- 

 thermore, out of all the money we have paid, 

 and have ever seen paid for such receipts, not 

 one lias ever proved oi any value at all, and 

 the greater part of them, are already given in 

 the proper books, and are well known. We 

 have given friend Sage a free advertisement, 

 and so he should not complain, and if there 

 are those among our readers who do think it 

 right to buy and sell receipts, we presume it 

 is our duty to let them do so without arguing 

 the matter. 



A few days ago we sent 75c. for a bee-feeder ; 

 it was made of tin., ahd held a pint. They can 

 be made by the quantity for ICc, and it does 

 seem as if they should be retailed at 25c. even 

 if it did cost ijj^fiO. or more to patent it. If oui" 

 friends are willing to pay the price, perhaps 

 there is uotliing wrong in the transaction af- 

 ter all. The only point with me to decide, is 

 v>?liether 1 feel right in receiving advertise- 

 ments, of such a nature. As I really do not, I 

 hope our friends will excuse me for returning 

 their money, when sent for such a purpose. 



