May, 19 r I. 



American Hee Joornal 



houses-building, doves-cote, slaves- 

 driver, etc, 



Then that Scotchman goes to throw- 

 ing bricks at me by telling me of the 

 bad English in use on this side of the 

 water. Right enough ; we do many 

 bad things, but that doesn't make it 

 right for us to do another bad thing 

 that we know is bad; and we who are 

 yet somewhat in the raw look for good 

 examples from cultured men in the 

 older countries. I confess with shame 

 thSt I live in the land where " shook- 

 swarming" was born, and am very glad 

 to see that Mr. Macdonald repudiates 

 it so far as to say he uses itonly in quo- 

 tation, and says it is un-English and 



not Scotch. 



He says : " I remember a dreadful 

 word coined over there — ' queenright.' " 

 Beg pardon, that was hardly coined 

 here. It's a direct importation from 

 Germany, being merely a translation of 

 the German word, " weiselrecht." F. 

 Greiner was the importer, I think, and 

 at the risk of losing caste in Mr. Mac- 

 donald's estimation, I must say that I 

 have felt indebted to Mr. Greiner. 

 " Queenright " seems to be needed to 

 e.xpress what otherwise can be e.x- 

 pressed only by the use of a number of 

 syllables. Will Mr. Macdonald tell us 

 the shortest way otherwise to express 

 a " queenright colony ?" C. C. M. 



Miscellaneous m> News Items 



A Japanese Apiary The picture on 



the first page shows that in Japan they 

 have as neat and up-to-date apiaries as 

 anywhere in the United States or other 

 countries where modern bee-keeping 

 exists. We believe this is the first 

 picture of a Japanese apiary that has 

 ever appeared in the American Bee 

 Journal. We are sorry not to have a 

 description of it, and also something 

 concerning its owner, but all we re- 

 ceived was the picture, which, of course, 

 is interesting. Some day Japan will be 

 heard from along bee-keeping lines, 

 which will show that they have been 

 catching up very rapidly in adopting 

 ideas and methods of the newer coun- 

 tries. 



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"Bee-Keeping in Dixie." — In this num- 

 ber we begin another new department, 

 called " Bee-Keeping in Dixie," which 

 will be in charge of Mr. J. J. Wilder, of 

 Cordele, Ga. Mr. Wilder is one of the 

 most extensive bee-keepers of the 

 southeastern part of our country, hav- 

 ing many years' experience. He will 

 no doubt be able to give something of 

 much value, not only to bee-keepers in 

 Dixie, but also for those in other parts 

 of the country. We would invite all 

 bee-keepers who consider themselves 

 in Dixieland to send their questions, 

 etc., to Mr. Wilder, who will answer 

 them in this new department, if of suffi- 

 cient general interest; otherwise he 

 will answer direct. 



Owing to the large amount of im- 

 portant matter that seemed to be nec- 

 essary to include in this new depart- 

 ment this month, we had to put it in 

 smaller type, being crowded for space. 



World-Production of Sugar. — The In- 

 ternational Institute of Agriculture 

 gives out the following information as 

 to the sugar of the world : 



"The total suirar yield of the suearcane 

 LSafiharum o/fuinarum) in 1008 was about 

 5.i'ii.«X) Ions; the production of beet-sugar 

 appears to iiave been 6.527.800 tons. 



"Java, with Cuba, produces most of the 

 cane-suKar, and the Kreatest producer of 

 beet-suKar is Germany. 



"The production of maple-sugar in North 

 America has srreatly increased, but there is 

 no hope of its extending frreatly. It is the 

 same with palm-suKar India ana Java;. ' 



Bee-Inspection in Winter The ques 



tion of inspection for foul brood in 

 winter has been brought up in Colo- 

 rado. One man's bees were inspected 

 while he was absent; and several hives 

 being declared foul were ordered by 

 the inspector to be taken up. The 

 owner resented the winter inspection, 

 which had been made without his 

 knowledge; but the work did not dis- 

 turb the clusters, as it was carried on 

 primarily to find any colonies that 

 would be a menace in the spring. This 

 inspection to find colonies that are 

 dead from foul brood or infected will 

 lessen the work in May, June, and July. 

 No intelligent inspector will go into 

 an apiary and open the brood-nests on 

 cold winter days ; but finding dead and 

 badly affected colonies before there is 

 any chance for robbing in the spring is 

 a feature that will go a long way to- 

 ward preventing the ravages of the dis- 

 ease later. — Wesley Foster, in Glean- 

 ings. 



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Importance of Ferments in Honey. — 



The Bulletin of the Association Chim. 

 (French) says : 



"Tliere are a number of diastatic, proteo- 

 lytic and inversine ferments in natural 

 honey, which give it its nutritive value. 

 These enzymes are destroyed at a higher 

 temperature than 70 degrees C, and do not 

 exist at all in artificial honey." 



According to the United States De- 

 partment of Agriculture, these ferments 

 continue to act after the honey is de- 

 posited in the cells, and it is a matter 

 of importance to avoid destroying 

 them by heat. Seventy degrees centi- 

 grade is 1.58 degrees Fahrenheit, and if 

 honey be heated to KiO degrees, as is 

 sometimes advised, it will be injured 

 thereby. Perhaps it is wise not to go 

 beyond 1.30 degrees. 



Honors to an Old Bee-Keeper The 



following is furnished by .Mr, C. P. 

 Dadant, who has visited the bee-keeper 

 mentioned : 



At Grand Island. Nebr.. on April 6. iqii. a 

 reception was given in honor of Wm. .Stolley 

 on his 80th birthday and the 40th year of his 

 services as Director of School District No. i, 

 southwest of the city. 



Mr. Stolley is one of our most practical 

 bee-keepers; he is one of the original set- 



tlers of his (Hall) county, and it is sai d tha 

 his record as wise manager of the school in 

 Question is the longest in the history of the 

 State of Nebraska. 



It appears that the entire school, many of 

 the citizens, and the County Superintendent, 

 managed the reception, which was an entire 

 surprise to Mr. Stolley. 



In an address by Miss Kolls. the school 

 superintendent, Mr. Stolley was likened to 

 his bees— thrifty, industrious, generous— all 

 his life has been devoted to providing not 

 only for himself, but for others, as is evi- 

 denced by his great hospitality. But he had 

 come there in time of strife, when the coun- 

 try was new, and, like the bee, hehad learned 

 to defend himself, which he was fully cap- 

 able of doing when he knew' himself to be in 

 the right. 



Those of our bee-keepers who are ac- 

 quainted with Mr. Stolley will heartily join 

 in congratulations. May his example be fol- 

 lowed, and each of us become an honor to 

 the neighborhood where we live, 



C, P, Dad.int. 



We, too, have met Mr. Stolley at 

 several National conventions, and are 

 glad to give place to the foregoing; 

 also to join in the congratulations. 



Nanihot in German East Africa. — "The 

 Bulletin of the Bureau of .Agricultural 

 Intelligence" gives the following : 



" The introduction of Manihot in Dahomey 

 furnishes a new source of honey for bees. 

 In July, when it flowers, the wild bees neg- 

 lect the native vegetation and prefer the 

 Manihot. The abundance of flowers and 

 the prolonged bloomingof the Manihot allow 

 the production of Ceara rubber to be sup- 

 plemented with that of honey and beeswax. 

 It remains to be seen whether this honey 

 originating from an Euphorbia has a good 

 flavor," 



This Manihot seems to have been in- 

 troduced from South America. Does 

 any one know anything of its value in 

 this country ? 



Early-Reared Queens. — Here is some- 

 thing from F. Dundas Todd's Bee- 

 Bulletin for British Columbia that 

 should be heeded as well by the inex- 

 perienced bee-keeper outside of King 

 George's dominions: 



"(.lueens reared in a weak colony during 

 fruit bloom are of very little value, and are 

 almost sure to be supplanted again in June 

 or July, provided they live that long. There 

 is also great risk that they will fail to mate 

 on account of the cool weather. The writer 

 has had queens hatched out in the end of 

 April and do all right, but the instance is 

 rather unusual. Most beekeepers have lit- 

 tle use for a queen that is not reared during 

 the normal swarming.season. or in the time 

 of the honey-flow." 



Prices of Honey and Butter D. M. 



Macdonald says in tlie British Bee 

 Journal : 



" Hereabout some years ago, i pound of 

 honey would buy 2 pounds of butter. Now- 

 adays I pound of the one about meets the 

 cost of the other." 



In this country, 40 or 50 years ago, it 

 was the common thing for honey and 

 butter to stand at about the same price, 

 just as the rule is in Scotland today. 

 Now, the pound of butter that will buy 

 a pound of honey in Scotland will buy 

 2 or 3 pounds of honey in America. 

 Queer world. 



Whey for Bees Dzierzon was rather 



enthusiastic about feeding milk to bees. 

 Now comes from France the following : 



Boiling water, fl parts ; fresh whey, 9 ; 

 granidated sugar, Ki ; very fragrant 

 honey, hy^ ; phenix syrup (whatever 

 that may be) Yi. — /,' /ndustrif I.aitierc. 



