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Vol. mi. Me 28, 1690, No. 26, 



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Affloyr with her roses, June days will die — 

 The bees are busy ; the winds are gay — 

 A chorus of birds chant roundelay, 



And winged things float on the sunbeams by. 



The world is glad, and never a sigh 

 Breaks on the joy of the longest day — 



Aglow with her roses June travels by, 

 The bees are busy ; the winds are gay. 



HF^" Excessive swarming interferes with 

 gathering honey. To prevent this, destroy 

 the queen-cells as fast as they are built, 

 and give the bees abundance of room to 

 store honey. 



1^°" By paragraph 230 of the Saxony 

 Book of Laws, bee-keepers in that county 

 are sole owners of an absconding swarm 

 for two days after swarming, the swarm- 

 ing day not included, if found on any 

 property ; but damages, if any occur, must 

 be paid by the bee-keeper. After two days 

 the swarm is considered ownerless. 



1^" Shade for hives, in excessively 

 warm weather, is desirable. It may be 

 done with cloth or boards on a light frame. 



It^" ' ' First Principles in Progressive 

 Bee-Culture," by G. K. Hubbard, is the 

 title of a pamphlet of 68 pages, just issued 

 by the author, whose Catalogue of 40 

 pages is added. It contains a digest of the 

 art of bee-keeping, which will be very 

 valuable to the beginner and the amateur, 

 who have none of the larger and more 

 extensive books. 



Supply Dealers who desire to handle 

 a good Bee- Veil, should write for our dozen 

 rates on the"Globe" Bee-Veils, to sell again. 



Xo Sell the llwuey 4,'i'wp, let all 



now prepare ill advance. The home mar- 

 ket is the place In sell all that is possible, 

 and in this way the city markets will not 

 be overstocked, and good prices can be 

 maintained. 



Remember that a liberal distribution of 

 Honey Almanacs among those you expect 

 to buy your houcy, will prepare them for 

 purchasing, and create a demand for it. 

 These should be distributed in advance, 

 and you will be surprised at the market 

 you have at your very doors. 



When selling Ijoney, leave an extra copy 

 to be given to friends of those buying it. 

 The experience or' all who have used them 

 is uniform as to the result — large and un- 

 expected sales ! Try at least 100 copies, 

 and surprise yourself at the result. See 

 page -137 of this Journal for prices. 



L,ady Il<-e-Iieepers seem to have 

 almost completely occupied the " corres- 

 pondence" columns of the Bee Journal last 

 week — did you notice it ? Messrs. Shuck 

 and Timpe were ably and gracefully fol- 

 lowed by Mrs. J. N. Heater, Kit Clover 

 and Miss Dema Bennett, in three respec- 

 tive articles descriptive of general bee- 

 keeping, a graphic report of the condition 

 of bees in the spring, and closing with a 

 complete chapter on " Queens." In the 

 articles of this trinity of "queenly" cor- 

 respondents is illustrated quite clearly the 

 fitness and adaptability of women to the 

 art and industry of modern apiculture : 

 and that with patient and persevering 

 application and devotion to the demands of 

 the proper culture of bees, our worthy 

 sisters may achieve honor as well as 

 pecuniary success. 



We have just heard of the death of 

 Mr. S. B. Ryder, of Brandon, Vt. He was 

 the editor of the Brandon Union, and a 

 vigorous and pleasing writer. His wife 

 writes thus : 



He was much interested in bee-culture ; 

 but from press of business and jioor health, 

 the practical part fell to me, which I en- 

 joyed, and I still keep the bees, and hope to 

 increase and build up a business, as they 

 are doing well. Your book, "Bees and 

 Honey," was the first bee-literature that I 

 invested in, and I find the revised volume 

 delightfully new and fresh. 



C. W. Dayton has published ten 

 pages of additional matter to his recent 

 book, entitled. "The Queen-Restrictor," 

 with an engi'aving which shows his method 

 for fastening 5 brood-frames together with 

 queen-excluding zinc at the bee-spaces and 

 outside frames. 



By the Patent OfBce Report we 

 r>otice that a patent was issued on June 17, 

 1890, to Henry Alley, on his Bee-Swarmer, 

 which was described and illustrated on 

 page 27, of the Bee Journal. 



■ 'utlK-i- I.,au{;Mlr«>lli is again heard 

 from through Mrs. Cowan, his daughtei-. 

 In acknowledging the reception of our 

 subscription to his Annuity, she writes as 

 follows : 



Datto.v, O., June 18, 1890. 



Mh. TnoMAs G. New.max. —Dcrir Friend : 

 — How I wish that you might have the 

 pleasure of a letter from my dear father 

 himself, conveying the appreciation of your 

 frieudshii), which bis loving heart knows 

 so well how to express. He is still, how- 

 ever, unable to write, and is no better 

 than when I wrote you last. He feels your 

 kindness deeply, and said, when I read him 

 your letter, "Mr. Newman has been a 

 faithful and most kind friend to me always. 

 The Lord will reward him." 



AVith the kindest regards from my father 

 and myself, Your sincere friend, 



Anna L. Cowan. 



We hope all those who subscribed to that 

 Fund will remember to send the amounts 

 to him as soon as they can spare them. His 

 address is : " Rev. L. L. Langstroth, 928 

 Steele Avenue, Dayton, O." 



Uno'wleds'e, a new weekly magazine, 

 occupies a new field, and if it accomplishes 

 what it undertakes, it ought to be indis- 

 pensable to every owner of a Cyclopedia. 

 It proposes to answer the almost infinite 

 number of questions upon which one ordi- 

 narily consults a Cyclopedia, and Jails to 

 find the ansicer, generally because the 

 Cyclopedia is not "up to data"— it was 

 published, probably, five years ago, or, 

 mayhap, ten or more years ago. "The 

 world moves," and the most important 

 questions that want answers are of to-day. 

 not of yesterday. For instance, Caprivi 

 succeeds Bismarck as Chancellor of Ger- 

 many ; who is Caprivi ? How do you pro- 

 nounce his name ? A terrible storm at 

 Apia. Where is that ? How do you pro- 

 nounce it ; A revolution in Brazil a few- 

 weeks ago. What is the new status ; And 

 so on. If you consult any Cyclopedia, and 

 fail to find the answer to your question, or 

 you find authorities differing, send a postal 

 card to Knowledr/e, and find your answer 

 in the next week's issue. The magazine is 

 published in handsome and handy form, 

 and a complete index is promised twice a 

 year, with bound volumes at a nominal 

 price to its subscribers. A specimen copy 

 of the magazine will be sent free to any 

 applicant. The price, like all the issues of 

 this publisher, is hardly more than nominal 

 —$1.00 a year. J. B. Alden, Publisher, 393 

 Pearl St., N. Y., also Chicago and Altanta. 



Eg" The excellent article in this issue of 

 the Bee Ji.iurn.u,, by Mr. R. McKnight, on 

 the " Composition of Honey," was written 

 for competition last winter in response to 

 the offer of prizes for essays on Extracted 

 Honey. Its extreme length ruled it out of 

 competition — the limit being 3.000 words 

 — but it will be considered a very valuable 

 contribution to bee-literature by our read- 

 ers generally, and will be read with more 

 than ordinary interest. 



