. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. (ajr-. u Jounml DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE PRODUCERS OF HONEY. VOL. XIX. CHICAGO, ILL., NOVEMBER 28, 1883. No. 48. Published every Wednesday, by THOMAS G. NEWMAN, Editor and Proprietor, Call Things by their Right Names. For a long time we have contem- plated writing an article on the above subject, but deferred it, because of the labor necessary to cover the entire ground. Mr. F. L. Dougherty lately gave the following, on this subject, in the Indiana Fanner, wliich we quote as an introduction to what we wish to say. He says : " Do not call a
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. (ajr-. u Jounml DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE PRODUCERS OF HONEY. VOL. XIX. CHICAGO, ILL., NOVEMBER 28, 1883. No. 48. Published every Wednesday, by THOMAS G. NEWMAN, Editor and Proprietor, Call Things by their Right Names. For a long time we have contem- plated writing an article on the above subject, but deferred it, because of the labor necessary to cover the entire ground. Mr. F. L. Dougherty lately gave the following, on this subject, in the Indiana Fanner, wliich we quote as an introduction to what we wish to say. He says : " Do not call a frame, a ' rack ' or a 'sash ;'call it a frame. Wlien filled with comb, it may be called a comb. A rack is a form which rests on the hive, to hold sections. Sections are for surplus comb honey. A hive is a box or other receptacle for bees. A hive full of bees is a colony. When a colony is on tlie wing or clustered, it is a ; That is the whole thing in a nut- shell; but to reform this extensive abuse of language, we think will require more tlian a passing remark. The nomenclature of bee-keeping is sadly out of harmony, and it needs a thorough over-hauling to induce cor- respondents to use proper terms, when writing on bee topics. Quite often it is very difficult to determine what idea is meant to be conveyed, because of this habit of calling things by their lorong names. Some writer astonishes us with the remark that he "wintered" his " stands in the cellar," and that " they came out in bad ; The "stands" are the supports upon which the hives rest, and as they may be left on the places where the hives stood in the summer, we cannot think that the writer meant that they were taken into the cellar at all, so we have to imagine tliat he meant that his colo- nies of bees were "wintered in the cellar," though he does not say so ! He also says that his " stands" 'came out in had shapeP' What! Did the "s
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