July 19, 1900. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



457 



cell-cup, then after a little pressure withdraws the transfer, 

 and the cocoon with its larva is left in the cell-cup ready 

 for the acceptance of the bees. 



The question now is, Which is better, the larg-e bottomed 

 cell-cup with its ration of royal jell}', or the smaller bottom 

 with its transferred cocoon ? The large bottom has on its 

 side the advantage of prioritj', with a possible tendency 

 toward preference for a plan already familiar. With the 

 small bottoms, a piece of the comb must be cut out, care 

 must be taken to have comb of sufficient age to make the 

 cocoons sufficiently tough, and in cutting out the comb a 

 lot of larva- and young bees may be wasted. On the other 

 hand it is replied that with proper care a piece of comb can 

 be cut out containing larva;' all of the right age, and an 

 inch square of such comb will furnish SO larv;t, and a patch 

 of dry comb can be put in to fill up the hole ; that there is 

 no trouble getting royal jelly and stirring it up to get it of 

 the right consistency, but each cocoon carries with it its 

 ration of food of just the right sort, and that such cells are 

 more readily accepted by the bees. 



Each side claims its plan as that of least labor, and it 

 will probably take time to decide which is right, if indeed 

 each is not right from its own stand-point. 



Improvement in Stock is a topic that has sprung into 

 prominence as never before during the past year. Mr. J. 

 E. Crane has been working upon it in several successive 

 numbers of Gleanings in Bee-Culture, and now discusses 

 it in the Bee-Keepers' Review. Mr. Crane thinks it would 

 be well if some of the energj' displayed in getting up im- 

 provements in fixtures had been devoted to the bee itself. 

 "If half the efforts," says he, "that have been spent in 

 producing a non-swarming hive had been spent in produc- 

 ing a non-swarming breed of bees, I believe we should now 

 have been far in advance of our present position." 



In working for improvement, it should be not merely 

 for gentleness, color, or purity of breed, but rather for best 

 results in storing. 



The best part of his article appears on another page 

 this week. 



Needs Laxative Nervo=Vital Tablets Editor Leahy 



is in " pain " because the advertisement of the Modern 

 Remedy Co. is running in this journal, and says "the ' Old 

 Reliable ' gives space to a 'quack.'" Mr. Leahy, if you 

 will read carefully the advertisement, you will find in it the 

 following words : " We give the formula with every box. 

 You know exactly' what you are taking." When the ingre- 

 dients of a remedy are given in full, it is not customary to 

 denominate such remedies as " quack " remedies, nor the 

 compounder as a " quack." If it were, then no physician 

 or druggist would be free from the title of "quack." Bet- 

 ter send for a free sample of the remedy, Mr. Leahy, and 

 perhaps it will relieve you of some surplus bile. 



Editor Leahy closes his painful editorial with these 

 strange words : 



" I do not believe I should enjoy paying S200 a year for 

 an advertisement in a publication that would sell some one 

 else three times the space for only S50 to ask me each week 

 if I was full of ginger, or had the blues.'" 



Editor Leahy, in the words quoted, does not say in plain 

 terms that he would have to pay twelve times as much for 

 advertising as do the Modern Remedy Co., but it can so 

 easily be understood to bear that meaning, that we com- 

 mend to our contemporary an ancient injunction which 

 reads: " Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy 

 neighbor." 



The National Convention Next Month — don't forget 

 it. The dates are Aug. 28, 29 and 30. The place— Chicago. 



Mr. Harry LaThrop, of Green Co., Wis., writing us. 

 July 8th, said : 



" Our honey-yield has been fair, and is still coming, 

 but basswood was cut short by storms." 



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CiosHD Saturday Afternoons. — Those who might 

 desire to call at the office of the American Bee Journal on 

 Saturday afternoons during July, August, and September, 

 will please remember that the office will be closed then. It 

 is the custom of this office to close up during the time men- 

 tioned. We all need a little fresh air, and decided that 

 there is no better time to take it in the whole year. So 

 please call at any other time than that mentioned above. 



Mr. John Calvert, business manager of The A. I. 

 Root Co., sailed for Europe July 3, going with the Christian 

 Endeavor hosts to the International convention in London. 

 Here is what he said further about his trip across the water i 



" After spending ten days in London and vicinity we 

 sail to Antwerp, and spend three weeks on the continent, 

 visiting points of interest in Belgium, Germany, Switzer- 

 land, and the World's Fair in Paris. Returning to Great 

 Britain we spend about three weeks longer visiting business 

 acquaintances and friends, and may also attend the Inter- 

 national Bee-Keepers' Congress in Paris in September." 



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An Error Corrected. — Some time ago we publisht 

 an item from a California newspaper which said that a Mr. 

 Crowder, in that State, had 3,000 colonies of bees. Editor 

 Root questioned the correctness of the statement, and so 

 Mr. John H. Martin investigated the matter, reporting his- 

 finding in this paragraph in Gleanings in Bee-Culture : 



" About that Mr. Crowder and his3,000 colonies of bees, 

 the statement of which was publisht in the American Bee 

 Journal, and quoted from a Tulare paper. I am informed 

 by parties who live near Mr. Crowder, that he has only 

 about 800 colonies. The 3,000 story was a sensational and 

 gross exaggeration." 



We are glad to be able to make the correction, and can 

 only regret having publisht the erroneous figures in the 

 first place. However, as doubtless no real harm has re- 

 sulted, perhaps we ma}' be forgiven this time — provided we 

 promise not to do it again. 



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One on Hasty. — Like Bro. Doolittle's old Dutchman, I 

 should like to " arise and ask " what's the matter with E. E- 

 Hasty ? Let me quote what he says on page 343, American 

 Bee Journal : " Your best girl, if rescued from the ruins of 

 a house wreckt by a tornado." That's a whole romance in 

 a nutshell. When a staid old bachelor like Hasty gets to- 

 raving about best girls and tornadoes, there's something 

 worse than a tornado behind it. Yes, sir ; it is a strong in- 

 dication of matrimony. Didn't think that of you, Bro. 

 Hasty (tears, onions in my handkerchief). — J. H. Martin, 

 in Gleanings in Bee-Culture. 



Now, that's a pretty how d' ye do. First thing we 

 know, both of them — Hasty and Martin — will be " taken 

 in " by " best girls." Then there zuill be tornadoes and 

 sich like. But, then, any man — or two men — that will per- 

 sist in going it alone as long as Hasty and Martin have 

 been at it, deserves a good shake up. And if it takes two 

 "best girls" to do it — and they do it well — we'll hurrah 

 for the " best girls." (Please signal us when it's time to 

 hurrah.) 



Queenie Jeanette is the title of a prettj' song in sheet 

 music size, written by J. C. Wallenmej'er, a musical bee- 

 keeper. The regular price is 40 cents, but to close out the 

 copies we have left, we will mail them at 20 cents each, as 

 long as they last. Better order at once, if you want a copy 

 of this song. 



