August. 191;; 



American Bac Joornalj 



best m?de, bought of a large firm that 

 guarantees its food products pure. It 

 had been used in roasted wheat to 

 make our cereal ' cofifee.' I got the 

 can and looked at the label carefully, 

 and, behold ! there it was, in small let- 

 ters that I had not noticed; 'Contains 

 sulphur dioxide ' This is the same as 

 sulphurous acid. I thought we were 

 not eating any of the cursed poisons. 

 We gave up evaporated peaches be- 

 cause they are bleached with sulphur ; 

 so are apricots, white raisins, etc. We 

 will buy no more molasses, and no 

 more candy, as pure candy cannot be 

 made from poisoned molasses and 

 sugar. 



" What can we get in place of those 

 that are sweet and pure .■' Well, we 

 have 2 gallons of pure white honey, 

 strictly guaranteed. We don't believe 

 there is any sulphurous acid in that. 

 We have maple syrup made by neigh- 

 bors which is undoubtedly pure, and 

 we buy the dark colored, unbleached 

 raisins instead of the white bleached 

 ones which are poisoned, and ;;o on. 

 Perhaps you think the little poison we 

 would get from eating molasses, or 

 candy, or dried peaches, etc., would not 

 do any noticeable harm. It would not 

 kill us directly it is not likely. But 

 every little drop of poison must pull 

 down on one some. When there are 

 poisons in almost everything we eat, 

 we cannot be at our best physically or 

 mentally, cannot live out our full num- 

 ber of days." 



If so keen an observer as Mr. Terry 

 has been deceived into eating poisoned 

 molasses, it is no wonder that thou- 

 sands of others are deceived in like 

 manner. His endorsement of honey 

 as a wholesome substitute for the un- 

 wholesome molasses will do no small 

 good, for T. B. Terry has been so slow 

 to recognize honey at its true value as 

 a conserver of health and strength. Let 

 us hope that he will get into the light a 

 little more fully, and inform his readers 

 that it will be greatly for the health of 

 the nation, and especially for the chil- 

 dren of the nation, if, instead of the 

 harmful quantities of sugar consumed, 

 pure honey shall be used, since honey 



is directly assimilated, while excessive 

 quantities of sugar make ruinous de- 



mands on the digestive organs in pre- 

 paring it for assimilation. 



No, 



-The Settled Swarm. 



Bee-Keeping 



In Dixie^ 



Conducted by J. J. Wilder. Cordele. Ga, 



Some Questions Answered 



"Mr. Wilder; — Do you think the 

 Caucasian bees better than the Italians, 

 and in what ways ?" 



Ans. — They are better for the South 

 with the exception that they propolize 

 more. That they are a superior race 

 of bees has been tested by a number of 

 our most progressive bee-keepers. If 

 you do not think it would be safe to 

 adopt this breed entirely, you might 

 purchase a few queens and make a test 

 for yourself, as we have done. 



" How much and what kind of foun- 

 dation do you use in supers .'"' 



Ans. — Full sheets of thin surplus 

 foundation. 



"When do you put supers on ?" 



Ans. — I put one on for a starter just 

 before each honey-flow, then add on 

 more as the bees get ready for them, 

 always inserting the empty super un- 

 der the others. 



"What kind of supers do you use ?" 



Ans. — I prefer shallow extracting 

 supers for bulk comb honey, and their 

 equivalent for honey in one-pound 

 sections. If I were operating solely for 

 extracted honey, I would use only full 

 depth supers, same as for brood- 

 chambers. 



"How should I prepare my bees for 

 winter ?" 



Ans. — No special preparation except 

 to see that each colony has a good 

 queen and a frame of honey on either 

 side of the brood-nest. 



" How can I keep combs from be- 

 coming infested with moth ?" 



Axs. — Place them in the care of the 

 strongest colonies. 



" How can I rear a few prolific 

 ijueens ?" 



Ans. — Divide your best colony into 

 two equal parts, and put one-half with 

 the queen on a new stand. In nine 

 days, in the other, you will have some 

 nice ripe queen-cells, which you can 

 carefully remove and place in cell- 

 protectors. Look up and kill inferior 

 queens and give their bees these cells. 



Introducing a Valuable Queen 



"Mr. Wilder; — I have had an un- 

 fortunate experience in introducing a 

 fine queen I recently received. I divided 

 a very strong colony in two equal 

 parts, and took the old queen, about 

 half of the old bees, and most of the 

 brood to a new stand. I tried to in- 

 troduce the queen to the half left on 

 the old stand, but soon noticed that 

 these bees seemed to be demoralized, 

 crawling out of the entrance all over 



