1896. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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tion, it would appear that perhaps his own is not one of the 

 " unbiased minds " he refers to. At least, we think "bee- 

 keepers of ability and intelligence" will view it in that light, 

 for we can see no good reason why he should for any cause 

 oppose the New Constitution. 



Again, we believe that "those having ordinary intelli- 

 gence," will easily be able to mail their Dues in a sealed en- 

 velope to the General Manager, and the postal card ballot to 

 the committee or. counting, especially when both the return 

 envelope and the card have the addresses printed on them. 



Is it possible that among all the bee-keepers there is no 

 one, aside from Mr. Newman, who is "watching their in- 

 terests and defending their rights," etc.? It may be all of us 

 need to have a guardian appointed — or several of them — "to 

 prevent the serious mistake of 'too hasty' and premature 

 action " in this and all other of our important matters. But 

 we believe the Advisory Board will not thus discount the 

 "ability and intelligence " of real bee-keepers to look out for 

 themselves and their own best interests. 



Honey Xea-Cake. — Miss Mathilda Candler, of Wis- 

 consin, sends us the following recipe for making honey tea- 

 cake : 



One cup of honey, half a cup of sour cream, two eggs, 

 half a cup of butter, two of flour, scant half teaspoonful of 

 soda, one teaspoonful of cream-of-tartar. Bake 30 minutes 

 In a moderate oven. 



We wish that others would send in recipes in which honey 

 is used. Let us all try to get people to use more honey and 

 less sugar. It would help the demand for honey. 



Ho-w Dost Thou Read?— Mr. S. E. Miller, of 

 Missouri, in the Progressive Bee-Keeper, has the following 

 helpful suggestions along the line of making our reading more 

 valuable : 



The evenings are becoming long, and the bee-keeper finds 

 a little more time to read up ; at least, as a rule, he will find 

 more time for reading in the winter than during the busy 

 summer months. 



But there is one disadvantage about reading in the win- 

 ter. We are not able to put into practice or test the many 

 hints and new devices that we find given in the journals, and 

 before the time comes around when we might put them to a 

 test we are likely to have forgotten them. 



Have you not, at times, read something that made you 

 feel like going into the apiary and putting it into practice, but 

 as the proper season was not at hand you were obliged to 

 postpone it, and probably by the time the proper season ar- 

 rived you had forgotten it? 



Now, would it not be well to keep a memorandum in 

 which to write down these things, so that we could recall 

 them to mind when the proper time arrives, say, something 

 like this: "Progressive, Dec. 1, page 360 — How to start 

 bees to work in sections — June 15." This would mean that 

 the article was seasonable June 15. 



I would give the title of the article and tell the name of 

 the journal, the number and the page where it could be found. 

 Thus, an article that we consider valuable could be noted 

 down, and it would be very little trouble to find it when the 

 proper time arrived for us to post ourselves on any particular 

 subject. 



Mr. Miller has given a good hint in the above. It would 

 be an easy matter to keep a vest-pocket note-book in which to 

 Jot down important things in the manner suggested. Try it 

 the coming winter, and see what a help it will be when the 

 time comes to put into practice the many kinks that will be 

 published between now and the next honey season. (Of course 

 you'll need a big note-book to keep track of all the good 

 things in six months of the old American Bee Journal !) 



QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. 



(Continued from pwje T.)l.) 



frozen to death, all the cells in the cluster will be found filled 

 with bees, probably. Sometimes when the cluster moves from 

 one part of the hive to another, some bees will be left to per- 

 ish in the cells, being perhaps too sleepy or too cold to go with 

 the crowd. 



4. I'm not certain I ever tried it but once, and then didn't 

 succeed very well. I think the bees will work better on 

 ground corn and oats. Rye-flour doesn't give a very good foot- 

 hold. But if you prefer to use rye-flour, put it in any kind of 

 a shallow dish or box— and I should prefer to have some bran 

 mixed with it— and if the bees don't take to it with sufficient 

 readiness, use a little honey to bait them to the place. If they 

 can get natural pollen it isn't likely you can get them to fool 

 with the substitute. 



5. M. M. Baldridge, and perhaps others, have reported 

 injury to the eyes from such veils. Probably wire is just as 

 good as threads of cotton or silk, only it is too coarse and ob- 

 structs the vision too much. 



6. Perhaps there is nothing better. 



Suwins Sweet Clover in an Orchard. 



I have an apple orchard that I do not want to plow any 

 more. I had intended to sow it to red clover, let it grow and 

 remain on the ground for the benefit of the trees. How would 

 it do to sow sweet clover instead, or sweet clover and Alsike 

 mixed? If so, how much seed to the acre? If I could beneflt 

 my trees and bees at the same time, I should be pleased. 



S., Mansfield, Mo. 



Answer.— I'm afraid I don't know enough about the case 

 to give a very satisfactory answer, but I'll answer as well as I 

 can, and if I get far out of the way perhaps some one will 

 correct me. I have some doubts whether Alsike would do 

 much mixed with sweet clover, but I don't know anything 

 about it from experience. If the sweet clover should make its 

 usual growth it wouldn't give the Alsike much chance to see day- 

 light. I believe I would as soon risk sweet clover as red in an 

 orchard. In some respects it would be better. The roots run 

 deep, and when they rot, as they do every two years, they will 

 leave a lot of holes in the ground where they were that will 

 have somewhat the effect of tiling. If white clover prevails 

 to some extent in the neighborhood, it would be well to cut the 

 sweet clover just as it begins to bud for bloom, or at least be- 

 fore it blooms, leaving the hay on the ground to enrich the 

 trees, then the plants will bloom a little later, after white 

 clover is over. One trouble with sweet clover, at least in some 

 places, is that it blooms with white clover, but early cutting 

 will secure at least some of its bloom after white clover is 



gone. 



If any one has had experience with sweet clover in an 

 orchard, I wish he would rise and speak. 



Paste for L,at>eling: on tin, when other things fall, 

 is made simply of water and flour not boiled, So an exchange 

 says. It can be proven by trii^l. 



A Ke-w Binder for holding a year's numbers of the 

 American Bee Journal, we propose to mail, postpaid, to every 

 subscriber who sends us 20 cents. It is called "The Wood 

 Binder," is patented, and is an entirely new and very simple 

 arrangement. Full printed directions accompany each Binder. 

 Every reader should get it, and preserve the copies of the Bee 

 Journal as fast as they are received. They are invaluable for 

 reference, and at the low price of the Binder you can afford to 

 get it yearly. ^^ ^--_». 



Xlie Alsike Clover Leaflet consists of 2 pages, 

 with illustrations, showing the value of Alsike clover, and 

 telling how to grow it. This Leaflet is just the thing to hand 

 to every farmer in your neighborhood. Send to the Bee Jour- 

 nal ofBce for a quantity of them, and see that they are dis- 

 tributed where they will do the most good. Prices, postpaid, 

 are as follows : 50 for 25 cents ; 100 for 40 cents ; or 200 



for 70 cents. 



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XHe McEvoy Foul Brood Treatment is 



given in Dr. Howard's pamphlet on " Foul Brood ; Its Natural 

 History and Rational Treatment." It is the latest pub ication 

 on the subject, and should be in the hands of every bee-keeper. 

 Price, 25 cents ; or clubbed with the Bee Journal for one year 

 —both tor $1.10. 



