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A MONTHLY JOURNAL 



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W. Z. HDTCHINSON, Editor and Proprietor. 



VOL. IX, FLINT, MICHIGAN, FEB. 10. 1896.' NO. 2. 



Work at IVtidiigan's 



Experiinental 



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K. L. TAYLOK, APIARIST. 

 CARELESS AND UNFAIR CRITICISM — HEREDITY 

 IN WORKER BEES. 



FOR the second 

 time, the edi- 

 tor of " Glean- 

 ings, "in a "foot- 

 note" on the 

 first page of that 

 journal for Feb. 

 1, of the current 

 year, intimates 

 that my honey- 

 heating experi- 

 ment amounts to 

 nothing because wax heated with honey 

 darkens it. I fail to discover the pertinence 

 of the remark. The wax was removed when 

 the temperature of the honey reached IG.5% 

 at which point there was scarcely a percep- 

 tible change either in the color or the flavor 

 of the honey. The change took place almost 

 entirely after the wax was removed. Edi- 

 tors are no doubt a busy folk, worried about 

 many things, often overworked to the point 

 that the grey matter of the brain is com- 

 pletely exhausted, but, to say nothing of the 

 harrowed feelings of the poor writer whose 

 work is assailed with groundless criticism. 



doesn't the editor owe it to himself to take 

 care to secure sufficient rest and recuperation 

 to enable him to grasp the leading points of 

 the matter in hand before criticizing it ? 

 Would it be profane to suggest to Dr. Miller 

 that he advise said editor to change from a 

 beef diet to a fish diet ? 



The above doubtless suggests the weakness 

 of the so-called foot notes. They have a 

 sort of freshness and lucidity that suit the 

 taste of the masses, but they are written, al- 

 most of necessity, on the spur of the mo- 

 ment, without investigation and without 

 much thought, so that it is only a natural 

 consequence that oftener than otherwise 

 they add nothing new, sometimes they ex- 

 press a half truth, or a misleading one, and 

 occasionly an idea that is without founda- 

 tion. I am not an editor nor was my father 

 an editor, but may I not ask, would those 

 same matters, if treated more deliberately 

 in a column by themselves, be equally lia- 

 ble to the same weaknesses ? 



In the same number of Gleanings already 

 referred to, Mr. C. P. Dadant remarks ; 

 " From the tone of Mr. Taylor's writings it 

 is evident that he is, or has been, trying his 

 best to show his pet hobby. Given founda- 

 tion, as superior to other makes. " I am 

 much mistaken in my opinion of friend C, 

 P. if, on consideration, he didn't find that 

 utterance left a bad taste in his mouth. 



He goes on in the same article to show 

 from my tables that a pound of Dadant's 

 foundation goes farther, i. e., in the end 

 contains a greater amount of honey than a 



