June, 1913. 



American Hee Journal 



187 



that was not already paid for by the 

 bees in honey. Of course the labor 

 was not reckoned in this because it was 

 not a cash expense. 



Glucose Again 



A correspondent, in a friendly criti- 

 cism, takes exception to our statement 

 that glucose would be injurious to 

 queens, in the candy for mailing cages. 

 He says he has tried a small propor- 

 tion, and that the queens did not 

 suffer. 



As the only advantage to be derived 

 which is claimed by the supporters of 

 this method is the greater softness of 

 the candy, it is very clear that as long 

 as we can make a sufficiently soft candy 

 out of pure sugar, or sugar and good 

 honey, this advantage is more fanciful 

 than real. As to the cheapness of the 

 article, it is well known that glucose 

 does not contain half as much saccha- 

 rine substance as honey d-^es. At half 

 the price it would be too dear. This 

 has been proven in the making of grape 

 clarets. The Concord grape does not 

 contain sufficient sugar to make a last- 

 ing claret, and vintners use sugar 

 added to the grape juice. Glucose was 



tried, because less expensive than good 

 sugar, but it took twice as much to 

 secure the same result, although some 

 chemists who were evidently paid to 

 make a favorable report, asserted that 

 the glucose produced more alcohol 

 than sugar. 



Let us have only the best sugar and 

 honey as feed, and we will have no 

 cause for regret. 



A Trip to Europe 



Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Dadant will start 

 for Europe at the end of this month, 

 or as soon as the usual spring rush of 

 activity lessens. This will not be alto- 

 gether a pleasure trip. Mr. Dadant 

 proposes to examine for himself the 

 local differences in quality of the bees 

 of Switzerland, Italy and Carniola. For 

 years the Swiss bee-keepers have as- 

 serted that they find the Italian bees 

 inferior to their own Swiss bees. It 

 has also been asserted that the bees of 

 Italy differ in different localities. These 

 matters are worthy of investigation, 

 especially at a time when the Italian 

 bee is so much in the lime-light, owing 

 to its greater immunity from Euro- 

 pean foul brood. Being acquainted 



on both continents, our editor will 

 have great facilities to do this. 



Communications to the American 

 Bee Journal will be cared for in his 

 absence by M. G. Dadant, the Manager. 

 Urgent letters for C. P. Dadant himself 

 should be addressed to him a.i follows : 

 For July, in care of R. Gariel, 2 Ter, 

 Quai de la Megisserie, Paris; for Au- 

 gust, in care of E. Bertrand, Nyon, 

 Switzerland ; for early September, in 

 care of L'.Apicoltore, 18 Via Cappuccio, 

 Milan, Italy. 



Breeding for Eggs 



The Practical Farmer discourses 

 upon a plan for getting an increased 

 number of eggs from hens, and charac- 

 terizes it as "the most important new 

 wrinkle that has been brought out for 

 a long time. Here's the " wrinkle :" 



Now and then a hen is found that 

 will lay 250 eggs, and perhaps up- 

 wards, per year. We are likely to raise 

 all the pullets we can get from her 

 eggs, in the expectation that she will 

 transmit her unusually great laying 

 qualities to her daughters. In practice 

 it is found that the pullets raised from 

 her eggs may be quite indifferent, or 

 at least verv common layers. The 



Mr. Frank Hinderer Came Very Near Losing His Bees When the Illinois River Overflowed this Spring. 



