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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



September 



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I EDITORIAL. 



The honey market is "looking up.' 



A general exchange of ideas on prep- 

 aration for winter would be seasonable 

 and profitable at this time. Shall W3 

 have it? 



Accoding to recent reports of several 

 bee-keepers in Gleanings, the plain sec- 

 tion and fence arrangement has given 

 highly satisfactory results this season. 



Editor Root, of Gleanings, says it is 

 his impression that "the majority of 

 progressive bee-keepers use hybrids, 

 because they secure as much honey as 

 Italians, and more than blacks." That 

 the hybrid is the most common bee in 

 use today is doubtless true; but will the 

 "cause" stated justify the inferred pref- 

 erence? In a general sense, such may 

 be the fact, but from personal experi- 

 ence, we think not. 



An idea that honey stored by Italian 

 bees is superior to that gathered from 

 the same source by the "blacks," is 

 now a wandering outcast of unknown 

 parentage. It's a delicate thing and 

 probably doomed to die young. 



Everything at present betokens a 

 large and successful meeting at Omaha 

 on the 13th, 14th and 15th of this month. 

 Secretary Mason says, "the program is 

 a good one," and Secretary Mason is a 

 competent judge of such matters. 



J. H. Martin, in Gleanings, seeks to 

 alleviate the discomfort of adhering 

 wax and honey to his shoes by the use 

 of a rubber sole. We can beat that 

 remedy by "long odds." Keep wax and 

 honey off the floor. In some honey 

 houses of California, the birthplace of 

 Mr. Martin's idea, one would require 

 frequent changes of rubber suits. 



In a very interesting paper on the 

 early history of the honey bee, read be- 

 fore the Ontario County (N. Y.) Bee- 

 Keepers' convention, reported in 

 Gleanings, it is stated that, "in the 

 Koran Mohammed devotes a whole 

 chapter to bees and bee-keeping." This 

 must be a "chapter" that has not yet 

 been translated into English. 



The Canadian Bee Journal for August 

 has a very sensible editorial under the 

 heading, "Courage in Journalism." 

 That criticisms of an adverse charac- 

 ter should be rendered as openly and 

 with the same degree of frankness 9.S 

 the more pleasant task of commending 

 another, and that this is not done in 

 the journalism of today as in days past, 

 is the trend of Editor Holtermann's 

 muse. He very truly concludes: "The 

 man who withdraws his support the 

 moment his wishes are crossed does 

 not encourage independence." Verily, 

 criticism, honest, unbiased criticism, 

 is the life of journalism. Without it 

 there can be no progression. 



