1898. 



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the better way is to wait until climatic 

 conditions favor the work, then pro- 

 ceed in the accustomed way, with 

 feathers, clubs and smoke. 



ITEMJ or INTEREJT. 



Dr. Besse thinks that honey may be 

 kept indefinitely without granulating 

 by bringing it to the boiling point, ad- 

 ding about one tablespoonful cream of 

 tarter to each 100 lbs., and then sealing 

 it in air tight cans. 



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By a biographical sketch in the A. B. 

 J., of C. Theilmann, of Minnesota, it is 

 learned that this venerable, thorough- 

 going and ever-successful bee-keeper, 

 in 1872, secured from one colony, five 

 good swarms, which, together with 

 the parent, gave him 600 pounds of 

 honey. This is noted in connection 

 with the canvass for the champion re- 

 cord. 



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J. A. Bearden, in A. B. J., attaches 

 great importance to having the honey 

 thoroughly ripened upon the hive. He 

 judges of the proper condition for ex- 

 tracting by the hum of the bees. A 

 cessation of that evaporating roar at 

 night, indicates that the honey is ready 

 for the extractor. May it not also 

 indicate that robbers will be on hand 

 to assist ? 



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Now this is going the rounds of the 

 newspapers: "That the bee is not 

 gluttonous and does not consume more 

 than it earns is proven by the fact that 

 164,000,000 pounds of honey are annu- 

 ally sold throughout the world for the 

 enjoyment of the human race. The 

 United States stands at the head of the 

 list of honey producers with 61,000,000 

 pounds, and Germany comes next with 

 40,000,000 pounds." 



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J. A. Golden, in Gleanings: "People 

 may talk about smoker fuel, but dried 

 sunflower stalks, leaves, stems, crown, 

 and all together, lay all other fuels in 



the shade so far as controlling vicious 

 bees is concerned, giving a pleasant yet 

 dense smoke, holding fire much longer 

 than the majority of fuels recom- 

 mended. Cut up while green, cured in 

 the sun, then stored away, it is both 

 handy and inexpensive. Try it." 



Editor Thomas Wm. Cowan, of the 

 British Bee Journal, England, has for 

 some time past been visiting American 

 apiarists. He was in attendance and 

 made an honorary member of the Cali- 

 fornia State association at its Los An- 

 geles convention in January. Mr. Cow- 

 an gave a very interesting talk before 

 that body on bee-keeping in England, 

 which is our authority for several 

 items relating to that subject, herein 



The effect of the bee space upon the 

 wintering of bees, is being earnestly 

 discussed through the American Bee 

 Journal. The arguments of all who 

 attach no importance to its detrimental 

 influence are promptly met in oppo- 

 sition, by a series of logical articles 

 over the nom de plume, "Common 

 Sense Bee-Keeping;" by whom it is 

 averred that the bee-space over and 

 around the frames, is fatal in its ef- 

 fect upon bees in winter. 



The February issue of Table Talk is 

 full of general and useful information 

 for housewives. Some of the principal 

 articles this month are: "How to 

 Read," the second paper of a series by 

 Mrs. Burton Kingsland; "Short Ser- 

 mons from Gastronomic Texts," by 

 Dominie Doublewit; "The Codfish," by 

 Virginia Lyndall Dunbar; "Cuts of 

 Beef and Their Uses," by Cornelia C. 

 Bedford; "Home Amenities, by Mrs. 

 Stevens, and many other excellent ar- 

 ticles appear. A free sample of the 

 magazine may be had by any of our 

 readers who send their name and ad- 

 dress to Table Talk Publishing Co., 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



