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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



July 16, 1903. 



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 famous long-tongued red-clover breeders whose 

 bees "just roll in the honey," as Mr. Henry 

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dustry and gentleness of the bees, would 

 slowly dig his hand into the bees and scoop 

 up a handtul and put them in his hat on his 

 head, and then " work his jaw " some more, 

 presumably, etc. After he paused the little 

 deaf lad went up to him, and in the sign 

 language, asked tlie seller to be allowed to try 

 the trick himself. On the consent of the 

 man the crowd widened out to a safe distance, 

 laughing and winking. Up marches the lit- 

 tle boy to the box, goes the seller one better 

 by dipping his hand in twice, not reckoning 

 on the low crown of his hat. He put it on 

 slowly, but pinched one bee, and she gave it 

 to him on the very top of his head. With all 

 the crowd before him he controlled his nerve, 

 made obeisance to the crowd, took his hat olf 

 and shook the bees out; then, as soon as he 

 could, without attracting attention, he slunk 

 off and put a cake of mud over the sting. 



The story, to be appreciated, should Ije 

 acted out in the graphic sign-language. The 

 way he grimaced the moment of the sting 

 brought convulsive laughter and tears. 



Chas. R. Neillie. 



Cuyahoga Co., Ohio. 



Honey from the Maples. 



We are having very much rain and damp- 

 ness. Basswood is yielding some honey. I 

 took off of two hives about 65 pounds of maple 

 honey. It looks amber, just like maple 

 syrup, and also has a decided maple taste. It 

 is extremely mild. This was taken off on 

 June 13. The supers are full again. After I 

 take them off I will let you know the results. 

 Charles E. Kemp. 



Baltimore Co., Md., June 26. 



Bees Did Well— Arizona. 



Bees in this locality have been doing well 

 this spring. One of my colonies stored over 

 100 pounds of extracted honey from raspberry 

 and white clover during June. 



Swarming, so far, has not been very exten- 

 sive, but for swarms I am not so particular. 



Basswood buds are nearly ready to burst. 

 Then the bees will have a big time. Why is 

 it that we do not hear from some of the fra- 

 ternity in that " Land of Sunshine," the Salt 

 River Valley, Ariz.? Possibly it is because 

 they are too busy ; if such is the case we can 

 excuse them, but 1 believe if they tried they 

 could spare a few minutes to let their friends 

 know if they are still in the bee-business. 



As far as I can see the only report for Salt 

 River Valley during the past four or Ave years 

 must be credited to A. J. Bridenstine. 



Now, bee-keeping friends, I used to live in 

 Arizona and keep bees. I am acquainted 

 with a good many bee-keepers there who 

 could give glowing reports of honey crops. 

 Now, let us hear from you. I am still inter- 

 ested in my old home, and all the bee-keepers 

 there. L _ '' r-_^J C 



If the ''Old Reliable " is a visitor at your 

 place I am sure the editor will grant you a 

 small portion of space for a report on bees 

 once in a while, or oftener. 



Enclosed please find a specimen of plant 

 the name of yvhich I would like to know. I 

 do not know if it is of much consequence as 

 a honey-plant, but the bees seem to be busy 

 on it at times, but whether they gather honey 

 or pollen I have not been able to ascertain. 



Benzie Co., Mich., July 2. B. L. Bter. 



[Our botanist is on a vacation in Pennsyl- 

 vania for two months. Doubtless Prof. A. J. 

 Cook, of Claremont, Los Angeles Co., Calif., 

 will name plants on receipt of specimens with 

 postage stamps. — Editor.] 



An All-Around Bee-Keeper. 



In our locality white clover was never liner 

 and it is 1" years this summer since we have 

 had near its equal. I am the bee-doctor of 

 the neighborhood. This p.m., from 2 to 5 

 o'clock, I rode 10 miles on my wheel, changed 

 a swarm from an old box to a frame hive, re- 

 moved 50 pounds of honey, and examined 13 

 other colonies to see- to their needs, visiting 

 two separate yards for the work. 



June 30, I went to the ridge of a two-story 



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 Batavia, III., Aug. 21, 1901. 



Dear Sir:— I thought I would let you know as 

 to results of the nucleus sent me. They were 

 placed in lO-frame hives and now they are in 

 fine condition. From one I removed 24 pounds 

 of honey and bad to ^'ive b of them more room, 

 as they were hanging out. They have more 

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Yours respectfully, E. K. Meredith. 

 Davenport, Iowa, Dec. 31, 1901. 



Yonr queens are fully up to standard. The 

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 for winter. The goldens can be handled with- 

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John Thoeming. 



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