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Vol. XXIX 



JAN. 15, 1901. 



No. 2. 



Isn't that a foul proceeding for Fowls to 

 go fowling af er such fowls as owls and Mil- 

 lers the way he does on page 13? 



Clarifying extracted honey is urged in 

 Deutsche Bienenziicht. Heat slowly to not 

 more than 145°, so as to melt all the granules; 

 then let cool slowly ; the more slowly, the 

 brighter the honey. Some people will say 

 slow cooling makes no difference, but I'm 

 only giving it as I find it. 



The uncapping - fork continues to be 

 vaunted in the German bee-journals as supe- 

 rior to an uncapping-knife. Has any one tried 

 it in this country, or does it work well only in 

 the German language ? it is now made with 

 adjustable forks or needles, so that, if one is 

 broken, it may be replaced. Price, with 4 ex- 

 tra needles, 33 cts. 



More progress in bee culture has been 

 made in the past 60 years than in the entire 

 previous history of the world. In 1842 ap- 

 peared the Dzierzon theory; in 1851 Lang- 

 stroth gave us movable combs; in 1857 Johann 

 Mehring comb foundation ; in 1865 Hruschka 

 the honey-extractor ; Hannemann the queen- 

 excluder, when ? Then there's the smoker, 

 sections, etc. ; when and by whom were they ? 

 It's well for us at the beginning of the new 

 cen'ury to make an inventory of our blessings, 

 and to be thankful for them. 



DooLiTTLE is reported in Deutsche Bienen- 

 zucht as distinguishing between drone cells 

 and store -cells (unterscheidet geradezu Drohn- 

 enz-^llen und Vorratszellen). In proof of this 

 he is quoted as saying (Gleanings, p. 438) 

 that store-cells "den Drohnenzellen an Groes- 

 se gkichen" (resemble drone-cells in size). 

 Doolittle's exact words were, "store comb, 

 which is of the drone size of cell." I hardly 

 think he meant to teach that a drone-cell dif- 

 fers from a store-cell except as to its use. 

 [This is a good example, showing how Ameri- 

 can ideas are sometimes perverted simply be- 

 cause the language is misunderstood. — Ed.] 



Sweet clover in Ireland is reported as 

 growing 5 ft. high, p 9. Now some one re- 

 port what it can do in this country, say out 

 west, where it isn't thickly settled, and where 

 it has room to grow. [Sweet clover grows 

 right here in Medina, along the sides of the 

 roads, a great deal more than 5 feet high. I 

 have not measured it, but I am sure I have 

 seen it along the road for a quarter of a mile 

 a great deal higher than I could possibly 

 reach. — A. I. R.] 



C. A. Green, editor of Green's /^rttzV-Croze/- 

 er, says : " But as regards bees injuring fruit, 

 there is no doubt in my mind that this is a fal- 

 lacy which should be corrected by the agri- 

 cultural and horticultural press throughout 

 the country. Make it plain to all inquirers 

 that bees do not injure fruit, but that they are 

 the friends of fruit-growers." [This is most 

 important testimony, coming as it does from 

 a representative of the fruit-growing interest. 

 When we get right down to it there is no real 

 antagonism between the two interests, fruit 

 and bees. — Ed ] 



If I understand rightly, Doolittle advises, 

 p. 16, to extract partly filled sections, and use 

 them for bait without having the bees clean 

 them out. Now, will there not be particles of 

 candied honey in those sections? and will that 

 not hasten candying in them when filled ? 

 [It does not seem to me that Mr. Doolittle re- 

 ally meant this ; for among practical bee-keep- 

 ers it has always been laid down as a rule that 

 unfinished sections, when extracted, should be 

 cleaned out by the bees, else there will be par- 

 ticles of candied honey in the sections when 

 they are filled the second time. — Ed ] 



According to the report in American Bee 

 Journal, all but one member of the National 

 convention voted in favor of the reform spell- 

 ing used in that paper. Now, was that an 

 " unbiast " vote, or were all those sensible 

 people hoodooed by that man York? [If I 

 remember correctly there was a large number 

 who did not vote on either side. If there was 

 any " hoodooing " it was by that man Mason. 

 But, nevertheless, I believe in short spelling, 

 but do not see how it is practicable to carry it 

 into effect at the present time in our own es- 

 tablishment. — Ed. ] 



