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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Nov. 1 1900 



eight-ounce bottle into the syrup, and stir 

 ■well. We make all ouv syruji by niixinsr sufrar 

 and cold water, etjual ])roportion. in the ex- 

 tractor; that is to say, after the two are 

 placed in the machine we turn the reel viyoi-- 

 ously for a few minutes. The next move is to 

 pour in the requisite quantity of the drug in 

 solution, and turn the reel again till the ingre- 

 dients are thoroly uiixt. If one wishes to 

 feed a less quantity he can tigure out for him- 

 self just what the proportions will be. 



Mr. Cowan, just referred to aliove, says that 

 beta naphthol has been thoroly tested in Eug- 

 hmd, and its etiieacy jjroved, and that it is 

 now tlie common ])ractice of the most ad- 

 Taneed bee-kee]iers in that country to medi- 

 cate all their syrup before giving it to the 

 bees. We are medicating all the syrup fed to 

 our bees this fall, with the naphthol solution. 

 We are doing it as a matter of safety; for no 

 one knows in these days when one of the 

 dread diseases may visit his apiary. 



Beta naphthol can be obtained at most drug- 

 stores. 



Carbolic acid crystals can be furnisht at tlie 

 drug-stores in pound bcittles for about 7.5 

 cents; but on account of a very decided re- 

 pugnance for it on the part of the bees, the 

 beta naphthol should lie used. 



We have been trying the carbolic-synip 

 mixture in the proportion recommended by 

 Cheshire, but our bees positively refuse to 

 take it. They will go to the feeder and smell 

 of it. and then turn away in disgust. ^Ve 

 have even reduced the quantity of the acid. but 

 that seems to make butlittle difference; and I 

 conclude, therefore, that liee-keepers had bet- 

 ter not waste their time with it. I remember 

 when we used to spray with a solution of car- 

 bolic acid and water, when we had foul brood, 

 the odor would sometimes drive the bees clear 

 out of the hive. 



But it must be distinctly understood thai 

 neither carbolic-acid nor beta-naphtho! syr- 

 ups will cure a case of foul brood after it i.s 

 well started. I woulil waste no time in .spi'ay- 

 ing-solutions of eitlier in water on foul-hmody 

 combs. They are valuable only as jn-evt'iit- 

 ives — that is, to catch the disease at the start. 

 A pail of water at the beginning may put mit 

 what would otherwise be a million-dollar lire, 

 when it would be worthless after it had got 

 well going. 



Beta naphthol can be ordered from the of- 

 fice of the American Bee Journal at 30 cents 

 per ounce, postpaid. 



Commercial Value of Propolis. — 



Reports in foreign journals say that propolisin 

 has proved of great value in surgical eases in 

 the British army in South Africa. The name 

 suggests that this is some preparation of 

 propolis. It is said that serious results had 

 been attending wounds, which results became 

 very much modified on the application of 

 propolisin, when prompt healing took place. 

 When the supply of propolisin became ex- 

 hausted, the wounds again assumed their viru- 

 lent character. Interesting it would be if it 

 should turn out that those who have been 

 grieved to think they were living in a region 

 where propolis abounded should find they had 

 an article of much value on hand. 



Maiden Ladies as Bee-Keepers. 



We have always favored women taking up 

 bee-keeping at least for a partial livelihood, 

 believing that it woald be to their physical, 

 spiritual, and financial betterment should they 

 get out into the country and "keep liees." 

 Well, it seems from the following, taken from 

 the American Bee-Keeper, that a couple dozen 

 ladies have gone West for the very jiurpose 

 of taking up bee-keeping; 



The Western Bee-Keeper is informed that 

 24 maiden ladies arrived at Denver, Colo., on 

 one train recently to engage in the culture of 

 bees in that Slate. Our contemporary is of 

 Ihcopiidoii that Colorado offers to women in 



quest of profitable investments for their sav- 

 ings a very desiralile field as apiarists. Cali- 

 fornia, we believe, would offer even greater 

 inducements to such a traiuload of aspirants 

 for fame in tlie realm of apieultui-e. There 

 would be abundant opportunities for them to 

 become equal partners in well-establisht api- 

 aries without the expenditure of capital. 



Editor Hill, who wrote the aliove paragraph, 

 makes a very catchy suggestion in his last 

 sentence. Provided the other '■ e<pial part- 

 ner." which the prospective lady lice-keeper 

 got in the deal, should be exactly to her lik- 

 ing, we don't see why it wouldn't be an easy 

 and inexpensive way for her to get " into bee- 

 keeping" "with both slippers," and "right 

 on the ground floor." 



But we know several better chances than 

 that. It is where the young lady herself is a 

 bee-keeper, and has a fine apiary. But! it 

 would take a mighty good fellow to be an 

 " equal partner " there. She'd always be the 

 "better half." 



Attachments of Section-Combs to 



the separators are usually cut thru with 

 a knife. F. Greiner says in the American Bee- 

 Keeper that he uses a thin-bladed compass^ 

 saw. " The saw would cut away without 

 denting the capping; the knife would only 

 crowd thru and not infrequently injure the 

 capping, especially when the honey is cold." 



I Weekly Budget g 



LE.iVES AND HONOKS. 



Now in clouds the leaves are falling 



Silently and slow — 

 Fitting types of human frailty 



And of honor here below. 



— Stenog, in Gleanings. 



Mk. W. J. Brown, of Ontario, Canada, 

 writing us Oct. 19th, said; 



" I receive the American Bee J^iurnal regu- 

 larly, and would not like to he without it. 

 The honey cro)) here has been jioor f(_ir the 

 yiast two seasons, an average for 1900 of 16 

 pounds per colony, spring count ; in 1899,20 

 pounds; and in li>98, 55 pounds." 



The Voter's Duty. — We do not regard it 

 as within the province of the American 

 Bee Journal to discuss political or religious 

 issues, but it is a duty, in all places and at all 

 times, to stand for political righteousness and 

 truth, no matter whom it may injure or over- 

 throw, be he king or president of a nation, or 

 the humblest otiicial, who has betrayed the 

 sacred trust reposed in him, and thus endan- 

 gered the very existence of a free people. 



Without going further into the subject here, 

 we want to ask our voting readers to remem- 

 ber the following truthful statements when 

 they exercise their sovereign prerogative next 

 Tuesday, Nov. B, at the ballot-box : 



It is the duty of the voter to vole his con- 

 victions, not to carry the election. It is not his 

 duty to win, hut to record his honest convic- 

 tions. Any other theory of politics is that of 

 partisanship, not of free voters. To say that the 

 voter must choose between two candidates or 

 jiarlies is holli false and mischievous. It is 

 built u|iou llie assumption that the |iolitical 

 parties are Ihe bosses of the voters. My party 

 is my servant, not my master. It is my duly 

 to vote my will at the polls, even if I do not 

 clioose either of the dominant iiarties. I pro- 



te.st against any party telling me what I shall 

 vote ui)on. To consent to tliis is to wear a 

 party ehain and to come when 1 am whistled 

 for. It is repugnant to any man who does his 

 own thinking or says his prayers. The true 

 worth of the independent voter to his country 

 can never be over-estimated. It is the only 

 hope of civil salvation. — Rev. Charles A. 

 Chaxe, of Boston. 



And when the victory shall be complete — 

 when there shall be neither a slave nor drunk- 

 ard on the earth— how proud tlie title of that 

 land which may truly claim to lie tlic birth- 

 place and the cradle of both those revolutions 

 that shall have ended in that victory! How 

 nobly distinguisht that people who shall have 

 planted and nurtured to maturity both the 

 pfilitical and moral freeilom c»f their species. — 



AERAHA.M l.INCOLX. 



"No vote for principle is ever lost." 



Mr. WiTjL Ward Mitcthet,!- will hereafter 

 take ilr. R. B. Leahy's place' as editor of the 

 Progi-Essive Bee-Keeper. Mr. L. says that in 

 makiing this change he feels that greater suc- 

 cess awaits him in another directioD, so he 

 deems it for the best to have Mr. Mitchell as- 

 sume the editorial pen. Wdl, Mr. M. is a 

 poet, ami as apiculture has been called the 

 poetry of agriculture, we don't see why he 

 shouldn't! fit his new position tO' aidot. We 

 wish hinii alt kinds of success, evi;m tho we 

 know thaitSeditingahee-paper isn't the greatest 

 siiaji in th« world. 



Dr; C. C. Mn.i^ER has recently been: in ill- 

 health again. We don't know what bee-keep- 

 ers will recommend as a proper treatment for 

 him, if h^ doesn't stop trying to do so much. 

 When a nia,n gets to be nearly 70 years old, it's 

 about time he began to " let up " a little oiiL 

 hard physical labor, and enjoy himself by 

 doing as little as possible of work that others 

 can do. Evei-y reading bee-keeper in the 

 land wants the Doctor to keep on for a long 

 time, yet telling his experience and answer- 

 ing questions about bees and bee-keeping. He 

 can't he spared yet, either by his loving fani^ 

 ily or by the bee-keepers. And, personally, 

 we want liim to stay here below many years 

 more. Oi com-se, we can't hope to keep him 

 always on earth, but we don't want him to do 

 anything that will shorten his stay here. 



Doctor, take things easy. But, like the 

 Irishman said, " If you can't do that^ take 

 things as easy as you can." 



Mr. H. W. Bartlett, of Plymouth Co., 

 Mass.. wrote us Oct. 24th. that he wisht to 

 purchase some bees near his home. He said 

 he noticed Mr. Chas. A. Holmes, of Suffolk 

 Co., Mass., reported in the Bee Journal re- 

 cently that he rears bees for sale. We wish 

 to suggest that Mr. Holmes could hardly do 

 a lietter thing than to advertise in this jour- 

 nal wlien he gets ready to offer bees again. 

 There are many others who doubtless could 

 increase their business by doing some adver- 

 tising in these columns. 



The American Bee Journal is ready to help 

 all who do an honorable business, and trusts 

 that such will patronize it in an advertising 

 way. As a matter of mere justice and right, 

 we must require that any who wish to do 

 business with our subscribers sliall do it thru 

 the advertising columns, and pay for the 

 space used, just as do our other advertisers. 

 We can not conscientiously charge one man 

 for publishing his advertisement, and then let 

 anotlier man work in a free notice with regu- 

 lar reading-matter. 



