Gleanings in bee culture . h you, forming units of yourgreat nation ? and blood is thicker muchthan water. Do we not both speak thesame language? and, being related in kin-ship, are also related in the currency ofthought and literature. These are strandsin the mighty cable which lashes us insepa-rably together. But we beekeepers—have we not anotherlink to unite us? There is a freemasonryin beekeeping; a beekeeper is a brother tofellow beekeepers all the world over. Thesegolden words were said to me by Mr. T. Would you have an object-lesson,an example? There is one at yotir
Gleanings in bee culture . h you, forming units of yourgreat nation ? and blood is thicker muchthan water. Do we not both speak thesame language? and, being related in kin-ship, are also related in the currency ofthought and literature. These are strandsin the mighty cable which lashes us insepa-rably together. But we beekeepers—have we not anotherlink to unite us? There is a freemasonryin beekeeping; a beekeeper is a brother tofellow beekeepers all the world over. Thesegolden words were said to me by Mr. T. Would you have an object-lesson,an example? There is one at yotir to the November issue of your con-temporary, the American Bee Journal, andits very last words in the article, With theEditor in Sunny France. We are gettingbadly spoiled, for we are welcomed andfeasted, and comiDlimented everywhere. Wedid not realize that we could find so manyfriends in Europe. This, of course, mightbe expected to happen to Mr. Dadant, whosename, of course, is known where beekeeping DECEMBER 15, 1913 887. Fig. 14.—Arthur F. Hodgsons ventilated bee-escape board; heavy wirecloth is substituted for the thin board, and two escapes are used. is known; but wandering over sunny Franceand fertile Italy with our Mr. Herrod, I,too, have had the same experience, the sameopen-hearted fraternal welcome. The factof being a beekeeper was sufficient. Theword was an open sesame to the heartsand welcomes of other brothers of the craft;ay, it was even a kej to the knowledge ofour hosts; for what beekeeper keeps hisexperiences locked within himself? Wehave no trade secrets. Your paper andevery bee-paper in the world teems withenquiries from correspondents, neophytes,who would learn their faith, and you arepleased to teach them the A B C of BeeCulture, so that some day they may arriveat the X Y Z of perfect , England. there is danger of get-ting some of this in thenext comb that is drawnout. My plan is to shakeall the bees and queensinto any kind of box offair
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