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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Feb. 18, 1904. 



they at once. dried up in tlie cells, and very few would be developed. I 

 then adopted the plan of ffiving the larya? two days old, which were all 

 soon on their way to beooine queens; when the cells were half-lmilt I 

 removed these larv:i> and put in others just hatched from the egg, so 

 that they tumbled, as it were, into a perfect bath of royal food; these 

 queens invariably hatched out into splendid specimens. 



Always on the " mend," I now used drone-larva- two days old, for the 

 following reasons: The bees start queen-cells on them just as readily 

 as on wurker-larvip, and should one get missed or overlooked, it devel- 

 ops into a drone and not a small queen to play " old Harry " two days 

 too soon ; and when one has to depend upon help, it does not do to 

 take risks. 



A Milk and Honey Farm in Maine. 



" A land flowing with milk and honey " has been a familiar ex- 

 pression for more than three millenniums, but a modern milk and 

 honey farm is not very common. C. D. Wiuslow is reported, in the 

 American Bee-Keeper, as the proprietor of such a farm in Maine. The 

 young man has so fur reached 20 cows and 40 colonies of bees, and 

 daily visits the city with his milk-cart, on which appears writ large: 

 " Pure Honey and Jersey Milk." 



A Natural Remedy for Foul Brood. 



Swarming is given by a writer in Praktischer Wegweiser as the 

 best remedy for foul brood. Much the same as in the popular treat- 

 ment, the swarm is thrown upon foundation or empty frames, and 

 why should not much the same result follow? The trouble is that 

 foul brood does not predispose to swarming. 





Miscellaneous Items 





The National Convention. — Announcement is made that the 

 annual convention of the National Bee-Keepers' Association will be 

 held in St. Louis, on or about Oct. 1, 1904. 



Kditor Moreliouse, of Boulder Co., Colo., wrote us Feb. 1, 

 as follows: 



We are having a very balmy winter, and I note that you in Chi- 

 cago are having an unusually cold one. One morning the mercury 

 was 4 below, but otherwise the lowest temperature of the season was 

 10 above, and since last September we have had almost continuous 

 sunshine. _ H.C.Morehouse. 



3Ir. E. France, the father of General Manager N. K. France, 

 celeljrated his 80th birthday Feb. 4. He might perhaps be called the 

 "Father of Wisconsin Bee-Keeping." That he may be spared yet 

 many years will be the hearty wish of all. 



N. E. France wrote us Feb. 6, that on that day his liees had their 

 first flight since November, and nearly all were alive. 



Mr. C. H. Stordock, of Winneliago Co., 111., calls attention to 

 an error made in referring to his honey crop, on page 51, in the editorial 

 on " Big Average Yields of Honey." His crop for 190.3 was 15,500 

 pounds, 15,400 of which was extracted honey. It appeared as 15,500 

 pounds of comb honey and 15,400 of extracted. We are glad to make 

 the correction. The same error is found in the Annual Report of the 

 National. ,.„..«•. 



A New Organization of bee-keepers was formed at Galesljurg, 

 111., Jan. 30, and the following offloers were elected : President, J. E. 

 .Johnson; Vice-President, J. H. Moore; Secretary, E. D. Woods, of 

 Galesburg; Directors— for 3 years, A. H. Bridge; for 3 years, F. E. 

 Brooks; for 1 year, C. H. Putnam. The next meeting will be held in 

 April, the exact time and place to be announced later. Ever\ bee- 

 keeper within reach of this new association should lieeome a member. 



A Good Reason for discontinuing one's subscription to ;in.\ 

 paper is all right, but here is a queer one that we received recently : 



Gentlemen ;— I thought I told you to discontinue the Americiin 

 Bee Journal on account of that Weber formalin treatise you got olT. 



D. C. Bacon. 



When we got the card with the above notice we showed it to a 

 friend of ours. Alter reading it he said, ■' The foolkiller seems to i>e 



negligent." That expresses it exactly. He must be a veritable igno- 

 ramus who would stop taking a paper because it published a new idea 

 or new experiment. We have often heard the expression, " He just 

 saved his bacon." But here's a kind of Bacon that we fear is too far 

 gone ever to be saved. He deserves the pity of sensible people. 



Apiarian Advertising Novelties.— From time to time we 

 receive samples of the advertising novelties used by dealers in various 

 lines. Apiarian supply dealers are beginning to use them. Calendars 

 seem to lie those most generally used. We have received nice ones 

 from The A. I. Root Co., Jos. Nysewander, V. H. Fisher, and others. 

 Also from Walter S. Ponder comes a good-sized thermometer. All of 

 these have the card of the sender printed on Ihem. And all are use- 

 ful. Perhaps the thermometer has the more lasting qualities, as it 

 need not be sent out annually. But both calendar and thermometer 

 are very useful. All have our thanks for remembering us. 



Keports from Diflferent Localities.— Mr. I. T. Osburn, of 

 Santa Clara Co.. Calif., wrote us as follows. Fell. 2: 



" I don't see any letters about bees from this part of the country. 

 We have 23 colonies, all doing nicely. I read the American Bee Jour- 

 nal, and find it very interesting. 1. T. Osburn. 



That Is all Mr. Osburn wrote, and, so far as we know, it is the 

 first time he has reported. Now, we can't manufacture reports. If 

 they are not sent in, we can't publish them. Suppose, Mr. Osburn. 

 that you set the example for your locality, and send in a report once 

 a year. Then there would lie at least.one reporting from your part of 

 the country. 



Mr. Geo. W. Brodbeck, of Los Angeles Co., Calif., the new 

 secretary of the National Bee-Keepers' Association, has been very 

 sick. In a letter dated Feb. 4, he writes as follows: 



Dear Friend York:— I am sitling up a little to-day, so I am 

 tempted to scribble these few lines to tell you that I have quite re- 

 covered from a severe attack of pneumonia It was a hard tight, but 

 good nursing, prayer, and a kind Prov.de.ice, seeuiingly have given 

 me a new lenso ul life. I have been condned to my bed for over a 

 month, and I am very weak, but the doctor says I am doing finely. 



My trouble developed from having a fire at one of my apiaries. 

 Geo. W. Brodbeck. 



Mr. Brodbeck's host of friends will lie pleased to learn of his re- 

 covery. He is not very strong physically, I lut with proper care, and 

 in the glorious climate in which he lives, he will likely last as long as 

 the most of us, if not longer. We hope he may be spared many, 

 many years to carry on the good work he is doing. 



