THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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CONDUCTED BY 



Prof. A. J. Cook, Lansing, Mich. 



Delhi, 111., Aug. 27, 1877.— " Please inform 

 me of the name of the enclosed plant or 

 weed; it seems to be a very fine honey-pro- 

 ducing plant. Bees work on it from early 

 in the morning until late at night. It has 

 been in bloom for about three weeks; it 

 gi'ows to the height of 8 or 9 feet." 



H. D. Edwards. 



The plant is the scrofularia nodosa or 

 figwort. The flowers are most too minute 

 to recommend it, nor is it common enough as 

 a weed. 



New York, Sept. 15, 1877.—" I wish you 

 would publish wnat is known about Apis 

 Dorsata. I once made a fruitless effort to 

 import it. If it promises well, as the fruit 

 culturists say, I hope the societies will unite 

 in importing it. Bee-keepers have leisure 

 at just the season to go for it." 



E. Parmly. 



We know but little about the Ayis Dor- 

 sata. Will our friends who know anything 

 of it, favor us with a report concerning it? 



Ottawa, 111., Sept. 18, 1877.— " Please give 

 the name of the enclosed plant. The two 

 tied together I suppose are wild asters. 

 Bees are and have been for last ten days 

 working heartily on the yellow plant. The 

 fourth plant {Eupatorium I suppose) is 

 abundant near the river banks, and yields 

 honey, as the bees up to 10th of this month 

 were very busy on it. Have collected sev- 

 eral quarts of seed from wild sweet clover; 

 it is very fragrant, grows 6 to 8 feet high, 

 flowers white about three inches long. The 

 bees last week were on it by thousands. 

 One crop of flowers is succeeded by the 

 second, it must be a very valuable honey 

 plant." H, L. Brush. 



The plants are: Eupatorium, or bone- 

 set; aster, two kinds and golden rod. All are 

 excellent honey plants. Honey rather dark 

 but excellent in flavor. I should like a 

 little of the sweet clover seed. 



Limerick, 111., Sept. 30, 1877.—" I send a 

 sprig of a plant that I would like to know 

 tne name of. It grows 4 to 5 feet high and 

 from 3 to 4 feet across to tips of branches. 

 At tlie base the stem is a full inch in diame- 

 ter. It is dark red with little spots on it. 

 The stem is rough and stout. At 8 to 10 

 inches high, it branches and re-branches, 

 and looks almost like a well trimmed bush 

 or low apple tree. It has pink blossoms. 

 It blooms from about the 4th of July till 

 frosts. It has a little dowu on it like a 

 thistle; it is covered with bees all day long. 

 We save the seed." E. Pickup. 



This is Cleonie integrefoUa or Rocky 

 Mountain bee-plant, one of the very best 

 plants for honey, as it blossoms early, and 

 persists through the season, thus bridging 

 the drouth of July and August, and fur- 



nishes exquisite honey. It is too bad if it 

 has no other use, though if any plant de- 

 serves to be planted just for honey, this 

 does. It ranks with borage, tall Chinese 

 mustard and Mignonette, as a honey plant. 



Burlington, Kansas, Sept. 9, 1877.— "The 



East has been a poor season. The fruit 

 lossoms gave no honey on account of the 

 wet weather. Bees are doing well now on 

 fall flowers. We shall get enough to winter 

 on but no surplus. What is the name of the 

 enclosed plant? What is the best location 

 to carry on the business of bees and honey?" 

 J. F. Henderson. 

 It is a golden rod. There are many good 

 locations in every State, and as good as any 



in your present State. 



• » # » » ■ 



New Music. 



Don't Put the Poor Wokking-Man 

 Down!— This is the title of the greatest 

 motto song ever published in America. 

 Written and composed by Bobby Newcomb. 

 Will be sung in almost every theatre in the 

 land. Price 35 cents per copy. If you can- 

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 send to the publisher, F. W. Helmick, No. 

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Let capital shake hands with labor. 



Let tlie poor have the bread that they earn 

 For surely they need every penny.. 



Is a lesson quite easy to learn. 

 Remember the poor love their children, 



So give them a smile, not a frown. 

 Live and let live, be your motto, 



Oh! don't put the poor working-man 

 down. 



Dear Old Homestead.— Is the title of 

 a very fine new song, by Miss Anna C. 

 Hilts. This song has taken a strong hold 

 on the popular fancy. No doubt there are 

 thousands who never forget the " Dear Old 

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 splendid lithograph of a country home- 

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'Tis a place I shall ever remember. 



Should I live to be fifty years old; 

 'Twas the home of us all in our childhood. 



And we prize it, yes higher than gold. 



Address all orders to F. W. Helmick, pub- 

 lisher, No. 50 West Fourth St., Cincinnati, 

 Ohio. 



111^° The Western Illinois B. K. Society 

 will meet at Ooiiawka, Henderson Co., 111., 

 on Oct. 2 and 3, 1877. All bee-keepers and 

 persons that are any way interested in bees 

 or honey, are hereby respectfully invited to 

 attend our convention, and have a good 

 time in general. Bring witli you anything 

 you think will be of interest to bee-keepers, 

 such as hives, bees, extractors or honey. 

 Reduced rates will be given at hotels. 

 Meeting will commence at 10 a. m. Come 

 prepared to give your summer's work and 

 profit. Hardin Haines, Sec. 



