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tionable, though its exact character and 

 extent, are interesting problems which 

 may only be conjectured at this time, 

 but to be soon revealed by current de- 

 velopments. 



The cargo of the Spanish schooner 

 "Gallite," captured July 5, near Isle of 

 Pines, was said to consist in part of 

 honey and wax. What is interesting 

 The American Bee-Keeper now is to 

 learn where the Gallite "shipped" that 

 part of her burden. 



We are sending a number of sample 

 copies this month to bee-lteepers who 

 are not subscribers. Please accept it 

 as a personal invitation to become a 

 regular reader. See our special offer 

 to new subscribers. The American Bee- 

 Keeper from now until January, 1900, 

 for only 50 cents. 



The article on the prevention of in- 

 crease by C. Theilmann, in this num- 

 ber, is worthy of a studious perusal. 

 The plan recommended has several ad- 

 vantages, which space will not permit 

 us to enumerate. Mr. Theilmann is one 

 of our western bee-keeping veterans 

 who keeps over two hundred colonies, 

 has made "big money" in the business, 

 and is therefore competent to give 

 solid advice. We are glad to add his 

 name to our list of occasional con- 

 tributors. 



Mr. C. Theilmann, in American Bee 

 Journal, concludes an interesting ar- 

 ticle with this interrogation: "Did any 

 bee-keeper ever see drone-comb built 

 the first day of swarming with a young, 

 prolific queen; or drone-brood reared 

 the first two or three days after the 

 swarms were hived?" If any bee- 

 keeper has ever seen either of these 

 conditions under the circumstances 

 named by Mr. Theilmann, in less than 

 three weeks after hiving, we would be 

 pleased to have them report their ex- 

 perience in The Bee-Keeper. 



Quite a good "yarn" regarding the 

 capture of a ship by a swarm of bees 

 is being related by certain of our ex- 

 changes. The story is quite laughable 

 and timely, just now, when everyone is 

 interested in accounts of "captured 

 ships." Our subscribers may read it 

 by turning back to the January num- 

 ber. 



From Australian Bee Bulletin: "A 

 good way to clear sections is to place 

 several supers in a bee-proof box with 

 strips of wood between each, and have 

 one or two bee-escapes in the box." A 

 writer in the same journal says: "We 

 have had a plague of swifts, bee mar- 

 tins and other bee-eating birds this 

 summer. In the mouth and throat of 

 one swift that I shot I found fourteen 

 bee stings." He also complains of a 

 spider, as a destroyer of bees. An- 

 other says: "We have had no rain to 

 speak of for two years, and everything 

 is completely dried up." A half-column 

 of lamentations from still another 

 writer who has had three years of fail- 

 ure, concludes: "Very happy to say 

 that the drouth has broken up." 



In the Ruralist, J. 0. Grimsley sounds 

 this note of warning: "Look out for 

 the so-called Cyprian queens. Some 

 dealers are offering them who have not 

 a Cyprian bee in their apiary." This 

 is, of course, a swindle and should be 

 exposed. But, frankly, wouldn't an in- 

 experienced buyer profit by the decep- 

 tion? We think so. Mr. Grimsley has 

 also recently discovered the fact that 

 without the stimulating effect of a 

 honey flow, the golden Italians are 

 "scant and scattering layers." Truer 

 words were never penned, and, accord- 

 ing to our experience, a continued 

 dearth of honey will too frequently re- 

 sult in a total loss of the queen's fe- 

 cundating power, and the "scant and 

 scattering" brood will develop instead 

 of workers, cute little golden drones. 



