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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



203 



ol the Honey Bee," "Nelson's Embry- 

 ology," "Mclndoo's Olfactory Or- 

 gans"; also Phillips' independent 

 book, "Beekeeping." 



Will the list be too long it we add 

 several splend.'d modern works? 

 "How to Keep Bees," by Anna Bots- 

 ford Comstock; "The Honey Mak- 

 ers," a delightful book of traditions 

 on bees by Margaret W. Morley; Al- 

 exander's Writings in pamphlet 

 form; Townsend's "Bee Book," and 

 recently "Productive Beekeeping," by 

 F. C. Pellett. 



Several works have also come to 

 us from Europe, besides Cheshire and 

 Cowan; four of the leading ones be- 

 ing: Maeterlink's "Life of the Bee," 

 "Simmiu's "Modern Bee Farm," Dig- 

 ges' "Practical Guide," and Edwards' 

 Lore of the Honey Bee." 



But the best evidence of the impe- 

 tus given to beekeeping by the dis- 

 coveries and improvements men- 

 tioned in the four previous install- 

 ments of this review, is shown in the 

 number of periodical publications 

 which came to life in the United 

 States since 1877. Naturally bee-cul- 

 ture is too small a branch of farming 

 to sustain many periodicals; so these 

 magazines had but a short life. The 

 only ones which have endured to the 

 present day are the following: 



The American Bee Journal, estab- 

 lished in 1861, had as its first editor 

 Samuel Wagner, its founder, to 1872; 

 Geo. S. Wagner, his son, to 1873; W. 

 F. Clarke to August, 1874; then the 

 National Bee Journal was merged 

 into it, with Thomas G. Newman and 

 Mrs. Ellen S. Tupper as editors, until 

 March, 1876, when Mrs. Tupper was 

 dropped and Newman continued 

 alone. Later he took his son, Albert 

 J. Newman, in partnership. In June, 

 1892, it passed into the hands of Geo. 

 W. York, who retained it until May, 

 1912, when it came under its present 

 management. 



Gleanings, established in 1873 by A. 

 L Root, is still published by the A. L 

 Root Co., with his two sons, E. R. 

 and R. H. Root, as associate editors. 



The Beekeepers' Review, estab- 

 lished in 1888, by W. Z. Hutchinson, 

 an excellent editor, already men- 

 tioned in these articles, was pub- 

 lished by him until his death in May, 

 1911. E. B. Tyrrell published it for 

 two years, when it was handed over 

 by him to its present editor and man- 

 ager, E. D. Townsend, a man of great 

 experience with bees. It now ap- 

 pears under the name of "Domestic 

 Beekeeper." 



The Booster, published at Redkey, 

 Ind., by Geo. W. Williams, is devoted 

 to the distribution of honey. It ap- 

 pears irregularly. 



The Western Honey Bee, now four 

 years old, is published by the Cali- 

 fornia State Beekeepers' Associa- 

 tion, with J, D. Bixby as editor. It is 

 a lively little magazine. 



We have also compiled a list, which 

 is quite lengthy though incomplete, 

 of the various periodicals on the 

 honeybee, which have appeared in 

 the United States from the early 

 days to the. present, and which have 

 had a life of one single number to 



ten years or more. As there are 40 

 or more of them and the list may be 

 interesting to peruse, we will publish 

 it in our next issue, with the por- 

 traits and names of the few veterans 



who have been readers and contribu- 

 tors of the American Bee Journal for 

 more than 30 years. It will end this 

 review of "Seventy Years of Bee- 

 keeping." 



Bee-Keeping ^ For Women 



Conducted by Miss Emma M. Wilson, Marenco. III. 



Bee Proof Armor for Women 



There is nothing that will help more 

 to give a woman the confidence and 

 composure necessary to handle bees 

 than the knowledge that she is clad in 

 such a way as to reduce to a minimum 

 the danger of stings. 



A man can put on a veil and a pair 

 of sleeves, tuck the bottom of his over- 

 alls into his stockings, and know the 

 bees can touch no part of him but his 

 hands. Unfortunately a woman's ordi- 

 nary apparel is not easily converted 

 into bee proof armor. 



When I first began to work exten- 

 sively with bees, I tried overalls. I 

 found, however, that they are not very 

 satisfactory. They are hot and heavy 

 over other clothing, and where one's 

 bee-yard is in view of the public high- 

 way are somewhat objectionable on 

 that account. They are especially un- 

 desirable where there is outyard work 

 requiring journeys of several miles or 

 more, in that an almost complete 

 change of costume is necessary when 

 arriving at and leaving the outyard. 

 Then I tried bloomers, made knee 

 length, and worn as a petticoat. I dis- 

 covered, however, that stings on the 

 shins and calves hurt as much as any- 

 where else, and thatthe swishing of the 

 skirt is likely to make the bees more 

 liable to sting just above the shoe tops. 



Last summer I made a pair of bloom- 

 ers that reach to the instep and fasten 

 under the shoe like a legging. These I 

 found entirely satisfactory. The bloom- 

 ers serve as a petticoat, and are worn 

 under a simple one-piece wash dress. 

 They may be worn out of the bee-yard 

 as well as in. When one leaves the 

 yard the bottom of the bloomers can 

 be pushed up to the knees, and thus be 

 entirely hidden by the dress skirt. 



Pattern for these bloomers can be 

 got in any of the well known patterns 

 under the name of tango bloomers. 

 Light colored cotton material such as 

 unbleached muslin or seersucker is the 

 best goods to use, for it is easiest laun- 

 dered and can be boiled when being 

 washed. 



At first I tried elastic in the hem at 

 the bottom of the bloomers, but found 

 that as I worked the elastic was likely 

 to slip up to the shoe top and leave a 

 vulnerable spot which the bees were 

 sure to find. After experimenting, I 

 discovered that a piece of tape about 18 

 inches long is the best. This is run 

 through the casing at the bottom of 

 the bloomer legs. When the bloomers 

 are put on, the tape is drawn close 

 about the foot at the ankle, having the 

 ends uneven in length. The short end 

 is used to tie the tape about the ankle 

 on the inside of the foot. The long 

 end is then slipped under the foot like 



a legging strap, brought up and tied to 

 the bottom of the bloomer on the out- 

 side of the foot, thus preventing the 

 bottom of the bloomer from slipping 

 up on the shoe. A safety pin is handier 

 than a hook or eyelet of any kind, as 

 an eye into which to tie the tape after 

 running it under the foot. Merely pin 

 the safety pin in the hem, run the tape 

 through the eye at the end opposite the 

 clasp and tie the tape. The safety pin 

 is also handy for other reasons. 



Wheri through working in the bee- 

 yard, slip the lower edge of thebloomer 

 up to the knee, tie the tape about the 

 knee, and use the safety pin to pin the 

 bloomer to the stocking. One can then 

 walk about without having the bloom- 

 ers show below the dress skirt. If the 

 tape should slip out of the casing the 

 safety pin makes a handy bodkin for 

 running it back in. 



With any favorite bee veil, a pair of 

 oversleeves with elastic at elbow and 

 wrist, and a pair of these bloomers 

 worn under a comfortable one-piece 

 dress, a woman can do bee work with 

 ease and comfort, and what is more 

 important, with peace of mind. 



Cecili.\ H. Hendricks. 



Powell, Wyo. 



Possibly the trouble you had with 

 your bloomers slipping above the shoe 

 top was because you did not make 

 them quite long enough. I have worn 

 bloomers with an elastic band run in 

 the hem at each ankle, and also around 

 the top for some years, and as long as 

 the elastic was kept snug and tight have 

 had no trouble. 



If, however, yours is inclined to slip, 

 why not sew an elastic tape to each 

 side of the bloomers at the ankle, so 

 when drawn on the elastic tape would 

 pass under your shoes, and thus do 

 away with the bother of tapes and 

 safety pins, said safety pins being rather 

 hard on stockings, I should imagine. 



One of the things I have enjoyed 

 about my bloomers is the ease with 

 which they are donned, and also the 

 feeling of perfect security, as there are 

 no tapes to come untied just at a criti- 

 cal moment. 



Percale makes very nice bloomers. 



Hiving the Swarm 



If there are no low growing shrubs 

 or small trees near the hives, it will 

 save a lot of bother to have a few ever- 

 green shrubs five or six feet high cut 

 and set upright a few feet in front of 

 the hives. Bees don't always do just 

 what one wants them to do, but will 

 almost always cluster on these nearby 

 evergreens, where it will be easy to get 

 them. A common tin pail of eight or 

 ten quart capacity is a good thing to 



