AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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^F~ Do not write anything for publication 

 on the same sheet of paper with business 

 matters, unless it can be torn apart wlthou 

 interfering: with either part of the letter. 



Dr. Miller's Case of '• Gastralgia." 



Mr. Editor : — I am a little afraid of 

 Dr. Miller, and so I send this to you. 

 After reading what W. F. Haines has to 

 say on page 647, I would suggest that 

 perhaps Dr, Miller's cistern may have a 

 case of "Gastralgia," and "got it bad." 

 Perhaps he had better quarantine it, to 

 be safe. He can, if he likes, follow the 

 treatment laid down by Mr. Haines, 

 which is very effective. But I believe if 

 he will submerge the lime in "aqua 

 pure " when he has it in the cistern, 

 that it will germinate gas enough to kill 

 all the 'crobes on his whole 35 acres. 

 But perhaps to make certain sure, he 

 had better give it a new location. 



I hope you see the point, Mr. Editor, 

 and I think he will, for I see his "pic- 

 ter"in"Bees and Honey," and think 

 he knows a good thing when he sees it. 



It is now 5:30 a.m., and I must hustle 

 and get to husking corn. Neddy. 



Deer Park, 111. 



Short Honey Crop. 



I have 7 colonies. The honey crop in 

 our locality was short, owing to the con- 

 tinued drouth, white clover being about 

 the only dependence for the bees. They 

 have stored no surplus, but have about 

 20 pounds of honey per colony for win- 

 ter. C. H. Storm. 



Reynoldsville, 111., Nov. 24. 



Printer's View of the " Bee Journal." 



By stepping far enough away to get 

 a sort of " bird's-eye yiew " of the whole 

 "American Bee Journal," the "Contrib- 

 utions " department appears as bread 

 and potatoes, and the other smaller de- 

 partments as spiced foods. Originally 

 these departments were comprised in 

 that of " Contributions," but, by going 

 through the editorial extractor, which 



has a briskly moving reel, the depart- 

 ments result, enabling the reader to 

 more easily secure the part he desires. 



Thus some read the " Editorial " first, 

 some "Sunny Southland," and others 

 the " Letter Box " — pie and cake first, 

 and substantials last, and vice versa — a 

 good deal according to their " bringing 

 up " — but the one as essential as the 

 other to complete a hearty intellectual 

 meal. Time was when it was relishable 

 all jumbled together, so to speak, be- 

 cause they were very glad to get it in 

 any shape or style, just as our oldest 

 relatives remember before desserts were 

 invented, and the food placed in a single 

 dish on the center of a wide board, and 

 tallow candles were a luxury. But in 

 the passing age, what the consumer 

 takes must contain spice and electricity 

 to be appreciated. 



Now, if there were only "Contribu- 

 tions " it would be far better the old 

 way ; but, with the numerous accom- 

 panying departments, it would puzzle 

 the casual observer to distinguish the 

 principal or original; and it also re- 

 stores to the main department its rela- 

 tively prominent and broader aspect. 

 Thus I look upon the recent change in 

 the "make-up" of the " Contribution " 

 department as a systematic, consistent, 

 and demanded departure, and as an al- 

 together " nice " perception of the print- 

 er's art, and a grand improvement of 

 the " Old Eeliable." C. W. Dayton. 

 Downey, Calif. 



An Experience With Bees. 



On May 30, 1893, I received a colony 

 of Italian bees from South Carolina that 

 I had purchased of an Ohio dealer. They 

 were five days en route, and arrived 

 with empty combs. Poplar was just 

 coming in bloom. In a short time their 

 hive was full of brood and honey, and 

 17 pounds of honey was stored in the 

 sections. I bought a queen of a Texas 

 breeder, and divided the bees, and in a 

 couple of weeks the old colony sent out 

 a swarm. As the severe drouth which 

 now set in cut short the honey crop, I 

 had the three colonies to feed for win- 

 ter. 



My neighbor had 7 colonies of black 

 bees, and my Italians began robbing a 

 very weak colony of his, which wound 

 up with a general pillage of nearly all 

 his hives. To save his bees, I moved 

 mine two miles into the country, where 

 they behaved all right until March, 

 1894, when they began robbing a neigh- 

 bor's bees, who notified me of the case. 



