. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 230 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. [April, " Tlmuder ! You don't say so, do you ? Why didn't tlie pesky fellow tell me of this, and then I could have bouf^ht of you in the first ; Now, Mr. Greenhorn, there is no use in mincing the matter. In the first place, be sure to ascertain whether you ai-e purchasing an im- provement, or the genuine article itself. In the second place, ascertain whether the so-called im- provement is worth anything to you, or not. The patent hive man never takes the trouble to inform you that Mr. Laugstroth was the or
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 230 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. [April, " Tlmuder ! You don't say so, do you ? Why didn't tlie pesky fellow tell me of this, and then I could have bouf^ht of you in the first ; Now, Mr. Greenhorn, there is no use in mincing the matter. In the first place, be sure to ascertain whether you ai-e purchasing an im- provement, or the genuine article itself. In the second place, ascertain whether the so-called im- provement is worth anything to you, or not. The patent hive man never takes the trouble to inform you that Mr. Laugstroth was the origi- nal inventor and patentee of the movable comb hive ; but usually impresses the idea that the hive he offers, movable combs and all, was in- vented by himself. Take my advice. It costs you nothing. Remember, the form of the hive is not patented or patentable. All manner of forms of hive were used before the movable comb liives were thought of. It is my candid opinion, that but very few of the hundreds of hives pat- ented are any improvement on the Langstroth movable combs ; and ninety-nine out of every bundled are entirely worthless, when compared with the Liingstroth hive. We will take one for example. It has a slanting bottom board, mova- ble combs, &c. But the patented features claimed are slides to cut off the communication to the boxes ; and the hive could be separated in the middle into two half hives, and an empty half attached to each full half. This, you will readily see, was doing away Mnth the movable combs to a certain extent; and you Avill as readily see that the patented i^eatures are entirely worthless, while the movable comb feature, which is what sells the hive, belongs to Mr. Langstroth. Elisha Gallup. Orchard, loioa. [ the Araericaa Bee Jourua!.] Pain d'Epices Prancois. {Frenth Giiifferbrea'l.) In order to comply with the deeire of my friend Dufteler, I give hereinafter a recipe for the French pain d'epices. Dissolve half an ounce of soda in half
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