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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



p^ The Hon. Judge George H. Wright, 

 of Sioux City, Iowa, volunteers tlie follow- 

 ing statement : 



" I have kept bees in various places from 

 Western Ntnv York to Western Iowa, for 25 

 years, and in that time I have taken all the 

 bee papers and read the various authors on 

 the subject of bee-keeping. " For clear, con- 

 cise and practical mstruction, valuable 

 alike to the advanced apiarist and the 

 beginner, I cheerfully recommend The 

 Amekican Bee Journal as par excel- 

 lent! And I wish it that success which 

 the energy of the publisher, coupled with 

 the editorial ability it displays, so richly 

 deserves. Geo. H. Wright." 



[[^"Friend A. H. Hart made us a visit a 

 few days since, and as he had a model of 

 his Badger State Hive with him, he exhibited 

 it in our office. Mr. H., has had nearly a 

 half a century's experience and study of the 

 subject, and is well posted in the art of 

 keeping bees for profit. The hive can be 

 worked in any way desired, from a necleus 

 colony in a hive of 2,000 cubic inches, to 

 12,000 inches and a mammoth colony. It 

 can be run wholly for box or extracted 

 honey, or for both as required. He adds to 

 the original hive until he has it six times as 

 large as at the first, giving room to prevent 

 swarming and get a strong colony. 

 The following is his modus operandi : 

 "Begin in the spring with a swarm in a 

 single standard hive, and stimulate early 

 breeding until more room is needed, then 

 take a right and left Side off of two hives, 

 and bring the two together, making 4,000 cu- 

 bic inches. Hang a division board by the side 

 of the combs, and to add frames or cards, 

 move the division board until the room is 

 filled. Then add another story on the top 

 and arrange for box-honey and the extractor, 

 or for long, low, broad chambers. If for 

 box-honey, place one-half the cards in 

 the center of the lower story, and 

 the other half in the center of the upper 

 story, which will leave a space on each side 

 for a tier of boxes 24 in number; if run ex- 

 clusively for box-honey, put sixteen more 

 on the top by adding a super; or, to use 

 the extractor in part, operate with the combs 

 in the upper story. The boxes will be close 

 to the cards." 



i^^ Many seem to think that they can 

 write a letter, put in an envelope, not 

 seal it, and send it for one cent. Of course 

 it is forwarded, but when such come to us, 

 we have to pay five cents on it. Nothing 

 written except on a Postal Card, will go for 

 less than three cents. 



' We learn with regret that friend H. 

 A. Burch lias lost a workshop, two house 

 apiaries and 163 colonies of bees by fire, be- 

 sides the appurtenances of the business. 

 He reckons his loss at $3,000, with insurance 

 of $1,.500. 



Bingham's Smoker.— Friend Bingham 

 has sent one to this office. It is similar in 

 shape to the Quinby, but of larger tube, and 

 heavier bellows. It burns any hard dry 

 wood, and keeps it ignited. After laying it 

 down five minutes, it has sufficient fire to 

 start again. It is supplied with full instruc- 

 tions for use, and will be kept for sale at 

 this office. 



A correspondent asks, " which is 

 right — apiarian or apiarist — when speaking 

 of a keeper of bees ?" 



We answer, the word apiarian is an ad- 

 jective, and should be used only when re- 

 lating to bees; thus— apiarian goods, apiar- 

 ian products, apiarian supplies, etc. 



An apiary is " a place where bees are 

 kept; a stand or shed for bees;" so says 

 Webster, who also asserts that an apiarist 

 is " one who keeps an apiary." There can 

 be no doubt, therefore, about the use of 

 these words— the bee-keeper is an apiarist 

 and not an apiarian ! 



Friend L. J. Diehl has sent one of his 

 hives to this office, whicli is described on 

 page 131. Also an improved Quinby 

 smoker, as made by him. It is provided 

 with a double-curved spring and is fastened 

 one on each side of the centre board. The 

 bellows are made firm and durable. 



Mrs. T upper was tried for forgery 

 recently at Davenport, and upon the plea of 

 insanity she was acquitted, and is now in 

 Dakota on a farm. The " insanity dodge " 

 is quite an institution for all kinds of mis- 

 demeanors now a days, and gets "many a 

 one " out of trouble. 



Ill health has compelled H. N. Ten- 

 nant to give up his honey-box business for 

 the present. Therefore, let no one send 

 him orders till further notice. 



Any one in Canada who has white ex- 

 tracted honey can find a buyer by writing 

 to " W. G. Walton, 70 Vine St., Hamilton." 



'L. C. Root wants us to ask who in- 

 vented the round-pointed honey knife. Who 

 will tell us? 



II^°The Y. M. C. A. have established a 

 free employment bureau at 145 Fifth Ave., 

 Chicago. If any of our readers need farm 

 hands, gardeners, nurserymen, dairymen,or 

 boys, they can communicate with J. M. 

 Hitchcock, the Sup't of the bureau, and ob- 

 tain them. 



