Nov. 28, 1901 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



761 



tlio iiicxiiiTicnced would have from hi to - j No. 2 luid culls. 

 For llic past ten years I put iny own general averas" at 40 

 pounds. My {jeneral average price has hccii, for all fjrades, 

 about $2 a case — SJj cents a pound. Sections, foundation 

 and casi'S cost 2 cents, or 80 cents a colony. Investment for 

 "-'00 colonies and equipment being, as per previous tables, 

 SI.-tOO, I allow on this Lu percent for interest, and l" per- 

 cent more for wear and tear — '20 per cent of $Lo00 is $ciO0, 

 or SI, .50 a colony. A 40- pound yield at 8'i cents makes the 

 ^ross income per colony $3.8o. Deduct from this the cost of 

 sections, foundation and cases, interest and wear and tear — 

 the 20 per cent on capital invested — $2.30 a colony, leaves 

 me $1,03 a colony, 2i '0 colonies giving me the sum of S-iOO 

 for my labor and caring for them. 



If this is the way it turns out with one of so large an ex- 

 perience, what must bi' the result when an inexperienced per- 

 son is doing the managing? There is no money in the busi- 

 ness here except in the hands of practical apiarists. 



Larimer Co., Colo. 



^ The Afterthought. ^ | 



The "Old Reliable " seen through New and Unreliable Qlasses. 

 By E. E. HASTY, Sta. B Rural, Toledo, O. 



SELLING EXTRACTED HONEY IN PAPER SACKS. 



So she thoug;ht a gallon crock went with three pounds of 

 honey, and incontinently packed it full of butter I All right 

 to deliver her honey in a paper sack, if you tell her to pour it 

 out into somethingelse directly. And the actual storage in 

 flour-sacks of i ,000 pounds of honey, taken from badly leak- 

 ing (and badly warranted) barrels is certainly worth putting 

 in the papers." They were second-hand Hour-sacks at that. 

 remember. Page 631. 



MIXING OF SWARMS. 



Boomer's experience, on page 633, touches one of tlic 

 standing bee-puzzles. When two swarms mix, some think it 

 well and some think it ill, but whatever happens, they seldom 

 separate. Yet when a swarm forces Itself into another hive 

 thev usually separate. Why is this thus? I rather think 

 that in the latter case they don't really mix. but stand with 

 their toes on a line making faces at each other. The case 

 Boomer gives is a little unusual as to the short time No. 1 had 

 been in possession. 



FLORAL DISPLAYS ON HIVE-TOPS. 



Looking at the very beautiful apiary of J. W. Tucker & 

 Son. on page 634-. I see pots of flowers on some of the hive- 

 roofs. That's not new, but the contemplation of it pops a 

 a ni'W thought into my mind. Could we put a "Wandering 

 .lew." <ir some equally rampant vine, into a big pot and make 

 it weigh down the cover and shade the whole establishment 

 at the same time? I see some objections, but nuiybc tlii'y 

 could all be surmounted. They wouldn't l)low away as easily 

 as tall plants do. 



GROWING MULBERRIES FROM THE SEED. 



Considering how shy of germination many similar sn-ds 

 are, it is quite a success to have mulberry seeds sown August 

 15. not only up but an inch high September 2l). Little ex- 

 cuse left now for not having all the young plants we think we 

 need. Page 637. 



BOUNTIFUL CROP REPORTS HELP SALES. 



Quite interesting to see so competent authority as 1{. A. 

 Burnett & Co. adopt the opinion that the cry of •Honey 

 scarc<' and high this year'' scares off customers: and that the 

 publication of news that there has been a bountiful crop pro- 

 motes sales. This is not a popular view with our brethren; 

 but it's well for them to ri'member that there is such a view. 

 Of course, yarns about an enormous overplus would not comc' 

 under the same head. I fear there are usually quite as many 

 trying to lie the crop down as try to lie it up. What does a 

 liar estimate himself at. anyhow? Manifestly one Ananias 

 Bull is more than a match for a dozen of Ananias Bear, Ksq. 

 The latter can not possibly see any less than none in any given 

 locality. If there are five" car-loads somewhere, tlien live car- 

 loads Is the limit of his mendacity: while the former chap has 

 no limit, and can see five car-loads as a tliousand. Belli r we 

 make il hot for the whole Ananias tribe. Page 643. 



HONEY-BEES AND TEXAS CATTLE. 



Adrian Getaz says an important but rather disccmraging 

 thing on page 647. Can we by skilled breeding make Texas 

 cattle more tough and hardy than they are? Probably not. 

 Nature has already done the job and finished it. Well, then, 

 how about bees? Has not nature for thousands of years been 

 developing hardiness and honey-gathering, the very <iualities 

 we propose to breed for? 



A woodpeckers' "bee." 



Thanks to Prof. Cook for his verification of '•l)ees'' 

 among woodpeckers — bees not at all zoological, but indus- 

 trial. It's ]ileasanl to see how many human things we can 

 find dujjlicated among our lower down (in this case liigher up) 

 relations. So the w'oodpecker does sometimes actually "make 

 a bee " and invite his fellows to help him— and they good- 

 naturedly respond, and pick away for awhile, and then go 

 back to their own work. Page 6 49. 



EVENING PRIMROSES AS NECT-\R YIELDERS. 



How mysterious are the kinds of honey-flow and seasons 1 

 Why did the evening primroses this year abound with nectar 

 — both in Missouri (page 652) and here in Ohio— notwith- 

 standing the fact that they usually do not attract bees very 

 much. Prize of five cents for the "boy that can tell. 



I ^ The Home Circle. ^ | 



Conducted bij Prof. fl. J. Cook, Claremont, Calif. 



INDULGENCE. 



The greatest lesson Christ taught the world was the bless- 

 edness of sacrifice. " He'came not to be ministered unto, but 

 to minister." " My father worketh hitherto, and I work." 

 " He that saveth his life shall lose it, but he that loseth his 

 life for my sake and the gospel's shall surely find it." He 

 was not simply willing, but rejoiced to give himself for men. 

 No wonder his most devoted, and so, of cour.se. his most effi- 

 cient disciple — the great Paul — could say, " I count not my- 

 self dear unto myself," No wonder he could rejoice in beat- 

 ings, shipwrecks", standing the hardest trials and most Dur- 

 densome sacrifices. He had right in sight the greater sacri- 

 fices of the Master, "who spake as never man spake," who 

 '■ went about doing good," and in " whose life was no guile.'' 



The dear Christ life and nature knew no such word as 

 selfishness, but were guided and gilded by sacrifice. No won- 

 der He lifted the world. No wonder He shines in lives and 

 hearts today. No wonder that He is to work as most blessed 

 leaven until the world is redeemed unto himself. 



I believe that this greatest lesson is one that we keep too 

 little in mind in our home circles. We as parents love our 

 children. We love to gratify them. To minister unto them 

 is easiest, for our greatest pleasure comes when they are hap- 

 piest. Our love, unless we are wary, will trample our judg- 

 ment under foot, and will hide the teachings, the life, the in- 

 comparable example of the Christ standing as a wall between 

 them and their application to our children. To be served, 

 petted, indulged, often clothes a child with the murky gar- 

 ment of selfishness. To serve, to be buffeted for faults, "to 

 wor'ic out one's own salvation with fear and trembling," all 

 these go to make character, and develop within the boy or 

 girl a moral and intellectual jihysique and stamina that will 

 stand alone if cruel circumstances remove all the props which 

 kindly hands so fondly place and hold in position. 



1 have seen many a boy. and many girls, made pulpy, in- 

 eflicient. and, worst of all, irredeemably selfish, by just such 

 indulgence. The finest charact<>rs I have ever known have 

 been those who have been strengthened in fiber and gripe by 

 entire self-dependence and self-support in all their college 

 life. Such persons can appreciate Christ's rugged philosophy, 

 and, if occasion requires, can rival Paul in battling against 

 hardships and calamity. 



My mother was very indulgent. I tliiiik she enjoyed that 

 I lay hat. coat or books on chair or sofa that she inight havo 

 the "joy of putting them in place— of waiting on me. My first 

 rooin-mate in cullege had not bei'n so treated. He was older 

 than I, and I justly looked up to him with great admiration 

 and respect. He (-ould not have clone a kinder thing to me 

 than he did do. He taught me right at the threshold of our 



