Jan. 28, 1904. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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seen them tripping gaily and nonchalantly over salt that I 

 have scattered about a bee-hive. The best remedy that I 

 have found for keeping ants away from hives, was to anoint 

 the legs of the bee-stand with kerosene, using it, of course, 

 judiciously, so as not to injure the bees. 



When one is wearied from housework, or when a list- 

 less, tiresome visitor has just ended a call, what a relief and 

 tonic to the nervous system it is to go out among one's 

 bees. Here one beholds cheerful activity, and hears delic- 

 ious melody. Ah ! what pastoral delights are encompassed 

 within a bee-garden, even if perspective and foreground 

 should happen to be small ! 



In reflecting upon the wonderful lessons that these lit- 



tle creatures teach, of industry, patience, and order, this 

 extract from Swedenborg, in relation to bees, comes as a 

 closing and fitting ending to our sketch : 



"Many other eurprising tacts are related of these animals; but 

 the fore-mentioned' are a sullicient proof that on account of their uses 

 to mankind, they are instructed by a divine influx, through the spir- 

 itual world, to model for themselves such a form of government as ex- 

 ists among men on earth, and even among angels in heaven. How 

 plainly must every man of uncorrupted reason perceive that such in- 

 stincts are not communicated to bees from the natural world! for 

 what virtue is there in the sun of the natural world, to contrive a 

 form of government so exactly corresponding with the celestial?" 



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A Good Report— Prospects Good. 



The bees did wonders this season. I got 

 nearly 5000 pounds of comb honey from 48 

 colonies. The flow lasted here from the be- 

 ginning of June to the first part of August, 

 but the fall crop was lost by too much rain 

 and cool weather. I was more than pleased, 

 as I sold the honey as fast as the bees could 

 produce It. 



The outlook for next season is good. White 

 clover will be well preserved if the snow stays 

 on the ground. Chas. Ltjebke. 



Rock Co., Wis., Dec. 21. 



Bee-Houses— A Coppeetion. 



I notice, on page 30, I am made to say that 

 my bee-houses are open at the top in very 

 warm weather. It should read that the hives 

 open at the top. My bee-houses are shingled 

 with the best shingles I can buy, and have a 

 door at each end to let the air through. 



I have taken the American Bee Journal 

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Linn Co., Mo., Jan. 15. Irving Lons. 



Hasty's Ballads and Texas 

 "Critteps." 



Mr. Editor :— If there is any difficulty io 

 filling up the " Old Reliable " with suitable 

 matter during the winter months, when bee- 

 keepers may be supposed to be less " strenu- 

 ous " than at other times, might 1 suggest 

 that you get Mr. Hasty to dive into the caver- 

 nous recesses of his mind after more ballad? 

 (Seepages.) That little snatch he favored 

 us with was irresistibly droll, and you know 

 " A little nonsense now and then is relished 

 by the best of men." May be it owes some- 

 thing to the application he gave it, as a rather 

 indifferent jewel might gain by a fine setting. 



I wonder if the man of H's [H. H. Hyde] 

 will feel called upon to give an exhaustive 

 answer to those questions. Lest he should 



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