April 12, 1900. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



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a day. The points arising- may not always concern lionev- 

 bees, but as all insects are much alike, any point could be 

 explained by referring- to the bee, -which is the most fullv 

 developt and perfect of insects. The superiority of the 

 manikin over printed plates or maps is described by Prof 

 Woodworth, who remarkt that "it makes the difference be- 

 tween seeing: a man and seeing his photograph." 



The International Apicultural Congress at Paris.— 



This office is in receipt of an invitation to attend the 

 Congrress to be held Sept. 10, U, 12, 1900. The membership 

 fee IS $2.00. M. de Heredia is president of the committee of 

 org-anization, and M. Caillas secretary. 



The program looks strange to American eyes, being 

 divided into seven sections, with a different president and 

 secretary for each section, as follows : 



FIRST SECTION.— APICULTURE PROPER. 



Advantages of bee-culture to agriculture. 



Fecundation of flowers by the bees. 



Quest of proper means to favor the sale and disposition 

 ot direct and indirect products of the hive 

 tion^of'^ne"trr°^ s°'l' climate, and altitude upon the produc- 



_ Means proper to fill vacancies in the supply of nectar 

 in a given country. ^^ ^ nectar 



Culture of bees for selection and sale of swarms 

 Culture of bees for the sale of their products. 

 Investigations upon swarming-. 

 Advantagres and disadvantag-es of feeding bees 

 a rurlr i"du"str;!'"^ '° ""'^' '''' manufacture of hydromel 

 Study of ferments. 



SECOND SECTION.-ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE BEE. 



Secretion of wax. 



honey.^""""'' °^ '^^ ^^"^*^ °^ *'^^"' *°°&"«^ ^^ gathering 

 Parthenogenesis. 

 Role of drones in the hive. 



THIRD SECTION.— APICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY. 



Hive and frames from an international point of view 

 the sttll Sf" ^'-^-"^-^- of the ^arge frame-of 

 Comparative study of different hives 

 Which IS better, the warm or cold system of frames ■> 

 Kemarksupon wintering;; ventilation. 



FOURTH SECTION.— APICULTURAL INSTRUCTION. 



and^teach"e*;*i°° '" "^^"keeping by professors of agriculture 



Means to be employed to popularize bee-keepinir there 

 by bettering the lot of the workman and small f^rm^er"" 

 Apicultural publications. 



FIFTH SECTION.-DISEASES OF BEES ; PARASITES. 



n°.fr^^?^^~'^^ ravages, diag-nosis, prevention, cure. 

 Bee-moth— prevention, destruction 



May sickness— does it exist everywhere' diao-nn^;^ 

 causes, treatment. ciywriere. aiagnosis, 



Diarrhea — prevention, cure. 

 forth:[rt:?ru°ctio:.''~'^^'="P"°°' ^^'■^ '^^^ '3°- --ns 



SIXTH SECTION.-APICULTURAL JURISPRUDENCE 



fere^t'?oun^rie"."^"'^*""^ '"^^ location of apiaries in dif- 

 their'^dtrivftleL:'^""'''"^"''""^''"*'"" °^ honey, wax, and 



Success is the name of one of the very best monthly 

 periodicals devoted to young people who desire to make an 

 honored name and fame for themselves in this life. Its 

 moral tone is of the highest, too. We wish it might be in 

 the home of every one of our readers. Its subscription 

 price IS $1.00 a year (easily worth $10). We will club it with 

 the American Bee Journal— both papers for one year for 



The 1899 Edition of the " A B C of Bee-Culture" is 

 about exhausted, we learn, and any one expecting- to order 

 will do well to wait for the 1900 edition, which is under way 

 It IS being thoroly revised again this year, and a great deal 

 of pains will be taken with the whole book. It is likely to 

 be Sept. 1st, or later, before the new book will be ready, but 

 orders may be entered at any time for the new edition to 

 be sent as soon as ready. We still have a few of the 1899 

 edition left, which we will use in filling orders, unless we 

 are requested to hold the order until next fall for the 1900 

 edition. 



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Mr. S. a. Niver, of Tompkins Co., N. Y., recently ad- 

 drest the hig-h school at Olean, N. Y., on " Bees, their Cul- 

 ture, Habits and Peculiarities." He talkt for about 45 min- 

 utes, and of course amazed his hearers with the mysteries 

 of the hive. Later on he had to repeat the talk before a 

 ?/*u 'i!"^ °^ ^°"^^ ^'^ teachers. It wouldn't be a bad idea 

 if the National Bee-Keepers' Association would arrange to 

 have some leadings bee-keeper and interesting speaker 

 spend some time each year visiting the schools in cities and 

 lecturing on bees and bee-keeping. It would be helpful to 

 the scholars, and might help to extend the demand for 

 honey. Rev. E. T. Abbott, of Missouri, would be a good 

 man to start out on such a mission. He enjoys talking, and 

 we have never yet failed to see him interest his audience- 

 provided he didn't " preach " too long-. 



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Somnambulist, the "delightful dreamer" of the Pro- 

 gressive Bee-Keeper, whose dreams are nowadays based 

 upon the good things to be found in other bee-periodicals 

 does considerable browsing in the pages of the American 

 Bee Journal, introducing his "finds "by words so kindly 

 and withal so brightly, spoken, that even at the risk of en- 

 dangering the editor's hatband, they must find a place here 

 and are as follows : 



seventh section.— apicultural statistics. 



state of apiculture in different countries (hives honev 

 wax, derived products). (mves, none^ , 



th..'^T"''"°°-°^ .^^^ apicultural press and members of 

 the conference, in view of the general and rapid dissemhia 

 tion of discoveries and documents apicultural. °'^^''"'"^ 



Dr niller's Honey.Queens are offered as premiums 

 on another page, for sending us new subscribers to «ie 

 American Bee Journal. The offer is limited to our prese t 

 regular subscribers, and the queens are to be mailedfn ro- 

 tation, beginning about June 1st, so first come first served 

 Look up a new subscriber, send in his name with $1.00, and 

 we will enter your order for a Dr. Miller Honey-Queen 



Another bee-keeping sheet bearing upon its title-page 

 the sweepingly comprehensive inscription, American Bee 

 Journal, may be confidently expected to call once a week, 

 and because of this, along with many other reasons, it has 

 honestly earned the now quite familiar cognomen, the 'Old 

 Reliable.' 



" I sometimes wonder if in these days of wagging of 

 tongues on the subjects of imperialism and expansion, just 

 according to which of the two great political parties the 

 speaker belongs, ye editor's heart swells with befitting 

 pride as he finds his rightful territory extending into what 

 was formerly foreign islands of the sea. How's this, Bro. 

 Loose apparel getting tight-fitting? Hatband still 

 sound ? At any rate I am convinced, inasmuch as the spirit 

 of reaching out has so far developt as to become dominant 

 Editor York will not be left out in the cold, but will be 

 found right in the crowd, reaching out for all he can catch, 

 with which to .serve the readers of the American Bee Jour- 

 nal. I came near putting it A. B. J., but didn't we catch it 

 tor thus abbreviating only a short time ago ? Presume he 

 did not want his paper called a bee-jav, as that kind of a 

 bird IS one of the worst known enemies to bees. They will 

 dart down and pick a bee from the alighting-board as deftly 

 and surely as a sharp-shooter does his man. Can one con- 

 demn them ? They know a toothsome or sweet morsel on 

 sight, and are governed by the laws of self-preservation, 

 just as ye editor knows relishable and appreciable articles, 

 and hustles around to secure them with which to maintain 

 life in his journal." 



