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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



July 14. 1904. 



Italians are as complete a failure as I 

 ever expect to see. On examination of 

 their brood-combs I find more drone- 

 brood than worker — all scattered over 

 the combs. They don't hustle in the 

 early morning hours like my native 

 browns. Then, I have some Carnio- 

 lans that I can't complain of. They 

 love to swarm, it is true, but they are 

 not behind in storing at the same time. 

 My native brown bees have filled the 

 fourth super this season, and their 

 storing commenced about May 1, as 

 during all of April it was so cold, and 

 having an east wind that lasted all of 

 April. 



My entire apiary came very near 

 starving in April; but fortunately 

 they had stored sufficient during latter 

 part of February and parts of March 

 to tide them over the dearth of April. 

 So we, here, can only count our present 

 crop since the first of May. 



The native brown bees surpass all 

 others I have ever tried, in every way. 

 They build the whitest comb, the 

 straightest combs, and do it more 

 quickly than any other race of bees. 

 Although the Carniolans buildstraight 

 combs, and whiter than some, they 

 don't come up to the browns. 



Now, then, this is what I have to say, 

 and I will now ask the fraternity if any 

 one or more of them will be kind 

 enough to reply to this, whether my 

 experience with golden Italian and 

 others I have named is their expe- 

 rience. 



Another thing I would ask : Are all 

 golden Italians as small as mine? I 

 always thought Italian bees were 

 larger than the native bees of this 

 country, but I find they are much 

 smaller than our natives. The Carni- 

 olans are even smaller than the na- 

 tives. The native black bees, noted 

 for their cross nature, but are indus- 

 trious, have become almost extinct in 

 this country, the brown bees becom- 

 ing the natives. John Kenneiiv. 



Adams Co., Miss., July 2. 



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ROCK-A = BY BABY. 



BY EUC.ENE SECOR. 



Rock-a-hy baby 



On mother's warm breast, 

 CuJdled as closely 



As birds in their nest. 

 Sleep and dream, sweet one — 



But O, do not cry ! 

 Tears are for older ones — 



Rock-a-by, baby by. 



Smiles are the angels 



Of our belter selves, 

 And babies are lent us — 



The dear little elves — 

 To light up the windows 



Of hearts — (_), don't cry — 

 Smiles are tiod's angels — 



Rock-a-by, baby by. 



(iDoe I was sleeping 



On mother's soft arm, 

 Once I was sheltered 



By her from all harm. 

 Now she is slunib'ring 



Where none ever sigh. 

 While I remain, crooning, 



" Rock-a-by, baby by." 



—Children's Home Herald, 



[While the foregoing is not exactly about 

 bees, still it will touch the hearts in a good 

 many homes of bee-keepers. It will be no- 

 ticed that Mr. Eugene Secor wrote it— often 

 called the " Poet-Laureate of Bee-Keeping," — 

 — Editor.] 



On Thoroughness, Perseverance and 

 Specialty. 



I am sorry that such a large percent of the 

 people who keep bees do not realize the neces- 

 sity of being thorough in everything con- 

 nected with the business. Far too many of 

 them are looking for " some other business to 

 go with it," not knowing that hardly one 

 man in a thousand is smart enough to be cut 

 in two, and two men made of him, I have 

 always known that / never was; therefore, I 

 have given my bees my whole attention, as a. 

 business, for nearly .50 years. 



The chances to succeed in bee-keeping are, 

 I think, better now than I have ever known 

 them to be: but, like all other lines of busi- 

 ness, you must be thorough in all the details. 

 The lime is past when the lazy, careless, 

 shiftless man can compete with the man who 

 puts lots of hard work, energy, and perse- 

 verance into his business. 



In conclusion, 1 will say, either attend to 

 your I)ee5 as they should be, or else sell them 

 to some one who will, and then turn your 

 attention to something else,— E, W, Alexan- 

 der, in Bee-Keepers' Review. 



A Nailing Table. 



I used to get down on the floor when nail- 

 ing up hives and wear out my knees and back, 

 straddle around like a spider, and sometimes 

 entertain some other worldly thoughts; the 

 hammer, the nails, the square and everything 

 needed seeming to have a fashion of getting 

 out of reach just when needed. 



An ordinary lablc is too tall and not strong 

 enough for nailing on ; so about two months 

 ago 1 made what 1 call a nailing-table. This 

 table is made of Ihree-inch yellow pine, the 

 top of two pieces ■iKVi inches by about S^^ 

 feet long. The legs are made of the same 

 material of suiiabie length, and reach clear 

 across near each end. It is well nailed to- 

 gether and tttorouj.'hly braced, and the top is 

 planed so as to mnke it as nearly level as 

 possible. The wa\ I decided on the proper 

 heighlh was by ta: ing a nail in the left hand 

 and holding it agtti^i the wall or some up- 

 right object at just le right beigbtb to receive 

 a downward blow with the hammer while 1 



