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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Jan. 2S, 1900 



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I)i:i>ARTMENT I-I)IT0R5: 



Vk. C. (.■. MII.IJCIv-, !■;. i;. HASTY, 



"yuustiniis acul AnswiTs." * ♦ "Thi- A fu-rllinni; 111.' 



LKADINO CONTRIBUTORS: 



C;. M. Diior.nri.n, O. P. Dadant, I'kok. A. J. Cook, 



1'. A. Snui.i., R. C. AiKiN, "Oldi;i<imi;s.'' 



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VOL. 40. 



JANUARY 25. 1900. 



NO. 4 



NoTi; 1 he Anieru.in lice J.nun.il adopts the Ortlioifraphv of the follow- 

 Ui(f Rule, recommended by Ihe joint .action of the American Philoloir- 

 lc.ll A.ssociatloii and Ihe IMiiloloiflcal Society of Eii(rland: — Chance 

 'd" or "ed" linal lo "t" when .so pronounced, except when the "e" at- 

 feclB a preceding sound. Also some other chanires are used. 



The National Bee-Keepers' Union, in all probability. 

 l)y Feb. 1, will be iiierfred with the United States Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association, and the resulting- society be known here- 

 after as the A'alioiial />'<r-AV(-/>cV.v' Assorialioii. There 

 will then be but one general organization instead of two, as 

 has been the case the past l.S years. It will have about .silii 

 members to benin with, and oughl to push on to l,Ot)0 right 

 away. 



Mr. Newman presents in this niimhcr liis l.Sth, and liUelv 

 his last, annual report for the llniiMi. He has done strand 

 work in the position he has held and acceptably tilled for so 

 long a time. We clearly remeuiber when the Union was or- 

 ganized for the purpose of defentling its members ill their 

 rights. As Mr. Newman well says, it has been wonderfully 

 successful in its elViu-ts during the whole of its existence. 

 If the amalgamated organization will always do as well, no 

 r.iiilt can justly be f<niiid. 



The HlKKinsvMIe Hive.Cover is shown in the January 

 Progressive 15ec-Keeper by two very neat and distinct pict- 

 ures. No. 1 showing tlie cover complete, and No. 2 "with 

 one cleat removed to show how tlie joints are constructed." 

 This latter |)icture shows the projecting shoulders to the 

 main |)ieces, and the channeled ridge-pole to tit over them, 

 so that no water can get thru witlioiit traveling upliill. This 

 was given on page 760 of this journal for 18W, as an im- 



provement by the A. I. Root Co., and to this the Progressive 

 Uee-Keeper took exception. On page 824 (18')')) it was ex- 

 plained that any error made was unintentional ; and now 

 that the illustration in the Progressive Bee-Keeper shows 

 what the error was supposed to be, our worthy contemporary 

 will see that we were merely quoting from Gleanings in 

 Bee-Culture, and a second look on page 760 will show that 

 a direct tiuotation was made from that journal, in which 

 was distinctly claimed as an addition to the old Higgins- 

 ville " that the two side or gable pieces have perpendicular 

 shoulders, and the ridge piece is channeled so as to straddle 

 over these two shoulders." So if there is any error in the 

 case, it should be settled with Gleanings in Bee-Culture, 

 and not with this journal. 



Some Appliances for flovlng Bees When Rambler 



holds himself down to bee-t.ilk he is instructive and inter- 

 esting. Ramble 17'J in Gleanings in Bee-Culture is oncof 

 the right .sort ; that sort that doesn't ramble too far out of 

 sight of a bcc-hivc. He takes a midnight ride witVi a friend 

 on a load of bee-hives, and discourses as to some of the 

 appliances used. A novel and exceedingly simple plan was 

 taken to close the entrances, as follows : 



" The entrances to these hives were of the orthodox 

 order, and clear across the front. Into this long space was 

 thrust a piece of wireclolh cut about 1 '2 inches wide, and 

 bent V-shape the entire length. The spring of the V ordi- 

 narily holds the piece from working loose, but our boss took 

 the precaution to drive in .1 few nails to hold it secure. 

 Screen wireclolh was placed over the entire top of the hive, 

 with only a bee-space between it and the frames." 



That did well enough for moving at night, but for day- 

 light in hot weatlij'r Rambler would have a special cover 

 for ventilation. One way is to have a rim 3 ruches deep 

 covered with wirecloth, so that the bees could cluster in that 

 3 inches over the frames. If hives are to be piled one upon 

 another, then the top must be of board, and holes in the 

 sides covered with wirecloth for ventilation. In this case 

 the cover is made about f) inches deep. As an additional 

 protection against the heat, a light frame-work supports a 

 covering of cotton-cloth sufliciently elevated to allow a free 

 circulation of air over the hives, and this is made more 

 .soothing to the bees by being occasionally sprinkletl with 

 water from a spray-pump. 



In moving bees an important "appliance" is the driver, 

 and Rambler thinks this should in all cases be a bee-keeper. 

 Then if a bee gets out, or some other thing goes wrong, 

 there will not be .1 ruinous panic. 



Apiculture and the (lovernment. In the Annual Re- 

 port of the Secretary of Apiculture for 1899, just to hand, 

 we tind the following : 



WOKK IN AI-ICUI,TIIRK FOK 1899. 



Tlie work in apiculture has included further observa- 

 tions on lioiiey-i)roduciiig and continuation of the experi- 

 ments of last year in the wintering of l)ees and tests of va- 

 rious methods of preventing swarming. The results thus 

 far olttaincil appear in a revised edition of Bulletin No. 1. 

 new series. Kxperiineiits in iiueenreariiig, which promise 

 new results of practical value, are in progress. The acipii- 

 sition of the Philippine Islands has gt;eatlY increast the in- 

 terest which bee-keepers have long felt in the large honey- 

 bee of the far Rast, the .so-called giant East Indian bees, 

 ami very many requests for information concerning this 

 species ami ap]ilications for queens of these bees have 

 been receivcil. Private enterprise has tried to imi>ort these 

 bees into the United States in the past, but all attempts 

 have failed, and the Department h.is been repeatedly re- 

 cpicsted to undertake the work. 



RKCOMMKND.\TIONS FOK l')00. 



I wish to repeat the recommendation of a year ago, that 

 the sum of S2,500 be added to the lump sum of $20,0(X1, pro- 

 vided for " Kntomological investigations," the added 



