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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Jan. 15, 1903. 



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I FROM MANY FIELDS | 



The "Charge" of Dr. Gallup. 



Just see the Dr. Gallup 



On a wild and ruthless charge. 

 To wreck the reputation 



Of the queen-breeders at large. 



All methods give us worthless queens. 



Excepting his alone. 

 And this the Doctor hurls at us 



In no uncertain tone. 



But in a sortie up H. Alley — 



Which proved to be not blind — 

 He found it hot on either side, 



And hotter still behind ; 



And ere he reached the end of it 



He ran against a Root 

 Which " shook " him up in Ernest, 



And barred his way, to boot. 



And alter all the Doctor's said. 



And all the Doctor's done, 

 I doubt it from his favorite plan 



One queen-breeder he has won. 



From their years of wide experience 



His charges seem so brittle. 

 That to change the course of queen-breeding 



He surely will Doolittle. 



And he must think he's bullet-proof, 



Or else he is a '• Shriner," 

 To face the great guns of the craft. 



Including Brother Greiner. 



Volusia Co., Fla., Dec. 15, 1902. 



Ginseng Growing and Bee-Keeping. 



In reply to F. Durant's question on page 

 S12, I would say, as a rule, it takes ginseng 

 seed IS months to germinate and grow, and 

 when the plant is 5 years old it is at its best 

 stage to dig for market. 



I generally stratify the seed for 12 months, 

 and then plant. I get best results in this way. 

 I have been cultivating ginseng for some 

 years. It is easy tocultivate, and goes well 

 with bee-keeping. It takes some time to get 

 started in business, but after once started, by 

 planting the seed every year you can have a 

 nice bed of roots to harvest every year, and at 

 present prices it is quite profitable. 



W. G. M. Shaffer. 



Berkeley Co., W. Va., Dec. IS. 



Little Queens— Robbep-Bees. 



1 hatched out seven queens from a mother 

 direct from the Island of Cyprus. One queen 

 was so small but for her form she could 

 scarcely be distinguished from the workers. 

 I removed a black queen from a hive and in- 

 troduced her. In two weeks she was as large 

 and line a queen as you would wish to see, 

 and a splendid layer. 



For prevention of trouble from robber-bees 

 I always use cheese-cloth (cheapest grade). 

 I cut the pieces so as to tit tight over the 

 front of the hive, and draw it back and tack 

 on the sides. It gives plenty of ventilation. 

 I use it on hot-beds and cold frames. It is 

 cheap, and with care will last many seasons. 

 O. M. Blastos. 



Washington Co., Wiss. 



A Poor Year for Honey. 



I am well pleased with the " Old Reliable " 

 for the year that I have taken it, and think it 

 a very good investment. While the past year 

 has been a poor one for honey, I have learned 

 some new things. 



I have y9 colonies on the summer stands, 

 some in good shape and some in poor shape. 

 The bees gathered honey here only the first 

 and second weeks in .luly to amount to any- 



