Aug. 9, 1900. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



505 



actually toucht the liquid itself. What he obtained later in 

 pound cans at the higher price of 40 cents a pound, altho it 

 seemed equally effective in destroying- worms, would only 

 burn slowly without explosion when a lighted match was 

 dropt into it. 



Bisulphide of carbon is far ahead of sulphur, in that it 

 destroys eggs and worms of all ages, and apparently with 

 equal facility, for when you find one worm dead you may 

 count all dead, whereas with sulphur it is very difficult to 

 kill other than the smaller worms, and eggs are apparently 

 unaffected by it. But it is important that the bisulphide be 

 rightly used. The combs to be treated must be put in some- 

 thing that can be closed perfectly' tight. Then a consider- 

 able quantity — say a small tumblerful — must be used; no 

 danger of using too much, for as soon as any of the larvae 

 are found dead, the bisulphide can be poured back — that is, 

 what is left unevaporated — and it will be as good as ever. 

 The bisulphide is simply left to evaporate in an open dish 

 in the tighth' confined space. This better grade of bisul- 

 phide seems to have no bad effect upon section honey, and 

 may prove a "boon to those who find it necessary to fumigate 

 section honey. 



Mr. James A. Stonk, of Bradforton, 111., secretary of 

 the Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Association, has been nomi- 

 nated for the office of State Auditor, on the prohibition 

 ticket. Here's a chance for Illinois bee-keepers, and all 

 others in this State who wish to do so, to vote for a candi- 

 date who is not owned or controlled by the liquor crowd — 

 who dares to speak out against that terrible curse — the 

 American saloon — army canteen and all. 

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Mr. Chas. Clarke is a bee-keeper located about 14 

 miles south of Chicago. We called on him Friday, July 20. 

 He has some 30 colonies right in the midst of a fine sweet 

 clover region, and his bees were putting up as fine white 

 comb honey as could be found anywhere. He has since 

 taken off 54 sections of beautiful honey from one colony 

 that had the third super about half full besides. He will 

 get a good crop. 



Mr. Clarke is a splendid florist as well as careful bee- 

 keeper. His flower-garden is worth going a long way to 

 see. We may have the privilege of showing a picture of it 

 in these columns soon. 



Mr. Clarke's father is a justice of the peace, and has 



been occupying that honorable position for many years. 



His parents built the house they live in, about 30 years ago, 



and the three are living together as cosily and happily as 



can be, the good father and mother nearly 70 years of age, 



we should judge, yet retaining their youthfulness and vigor 



to a remarkable degree. That many more happy years may 



be theirs is our wish. 



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Dr. C. C. Miixer, of McHenry Co., 111., writing us Aug. 

 1st, says : 



" In this ' locality ' the season is anything but a satis- 

 factory one for bee-keepers. It isn't as bad as with Mr. 

 Doolittle, who reports no honey since apple-bloom, which 

 many of us, I am sure, will hear with sincere regret, but the 

 storing has been fitful and unsatisfactory. For once, I 

 think it may be fair to lay the trouble largely to the cool 

 weather. A hot day will come, and bees will work busily, 

 then will come two or three days so cool that winter cloth- 



ing feels comfortable in the morning and evening. As a 

 rule, I don't believe you can expect much storing when 

 nights threaten frost.' When nights are so hot and sultry 

 that you go about trying one sjiot after another to find a 

 place cool enough to sleep, then is the time you may expect 

 honey to 'give down.' I mean tlie next day, for of course 

 bees can't be expected to gather much at night, no matter 

 how hot. Clover is the main dependence here, and the usual 

 season for white clover honey is now over, altho much of it 

 is still in blossom, but I don't know whether the bees are 

 getting anything from it. I have taken off less than 50O 

 pounds of honey, all told, and perhaps 20 to 25 pounds to 

 the colony may remain on the hives nearly ready to remove. 

 Whether more is to follow remains to be seen." 



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Mr. Thomas G. Newman, of San Francisco, Calif., one 

 of the directors of the National Bee-Keepers' Association, 

 wrote us July 23d as follows concerning his inability to at- 

 tend the Chicago convention, and also in regard to his 

 sadly unfortunate blindness : 



Friend York :— I should be delighted to attend the next 

 National convention at Chicago, but the fates are against 

 it, and I must be reconciled to the surrounding conditions, 

 so will dismiss the matter from my mind. I wish you would 

 say to any inquiring friends, at the convention, that I 

 should have been present had it been possible. With my 

 vision so much impaired, it is difficult for me to go around, 

 and unsafe for me to be away from home without some one 

 to guide me. Hence I very seldom go out without my wife, 

 unless it be to cross the street to the postoffice, or some- 

 thing of that kind. I hope that the convention will be a 

 great success. Yours truly, Thomas G. Newman. 



Mr. Newman's many old friends will regret very much 

 to learn of his continued affliction, and also that he cannot 

 be at the Chicago convention the last of the present month. 

 All would be glad to take him by the hand once more, and 

 express to him their heartfelt sympathy in his sad affliction. 

 It should be some consolation to Mr. Newman, however, to 

 know that tho far away, and with darkened vision, yet there 

 are many who often think of him with kindly feeling, and 

 wish down deep in their hearts that he might soon have his 

 sight fully restored. 



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Mr. Anton G. Anderson and His Apiary are shown 

 on the first page this week. He furnishes us with the fol- 

 lowing : 



Editor York : — I was born in Denmark, 27 years ago, 

 and came here when but five years old. Ten or eleven years 

 ago I caught the bee-fever from a farm journal, and of 

 course I was anxious to " try my luck." I think it was in 

 the spring of 1890 that I bought my first colony of bees for 

 which I paid $5.00. It cast two swarms the first season, and 

 they left for parts unknown, which, however, was my own 

 fault. 



A year or two after that I purchast three or four colo- 

 nies, and got hold of " A B C of Bee-Culture," when I studied 

 the habits of the busy bee. 



My apiary now consists of 27 colonies in dovetail hives, 

 and a few 12-frame Gallup hives. The dovetail hive is best 

 adapted for comb honey. 



There has seldom been a total failure here, as we have 

 always gotten some surplus honey. There is a good market 

 for honey in Council Bluffs and Omaha. The retail grocery 

 men pay 10 to 14 cents per section. These two cities are 

 only 12 or 14 miles from here. 



I was successful in wintering my bees in the cellar, till 

 the winter of 1898-99, when two or three of the colonies 

 died. Last winter I did not lose a single colbny. 



The main honey crop here is from sweet clover, which 

 grows in great abundance on the public highway. 



Besides the bees, I also take care of about 50 acres of 

 corn, which keeps me quite busy during the summer 

 months. 



The American Fruit and Vegetable Journal is just 

 what its name indicates. Tells all about growing fruits 

 and vegetables. It is a fine monthly, at 50 cents a year. 

 We can mail you a free sample. copy of it, if you ask for it. 

 We club it with the American Bee J. urnal— both papers one 

 year for $1.10. 



