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large quantity of unfilled scetious 

 when removed at the close of the 

 whole honey harvest. After assorting 

 out all those not sufficiently tilled for 

 market, the honey may be eithei- ex- 

 tracted, or the sections returned to 

 the hives in order that the liees may 

 remove the honey below, when they 

 can be stored away for next season's 

 use. 



The brood-chamber is again enlarged 

 to its full capacity for securing the 

 benefit of a fall flow, should there be 

 one, or for inserting well-tilled combs 

 from the top stories of other colonies. 



I have on!}- to add. should any one 

 think there is too much labor involved 

 in following out this system, and 

 knows of a better plan (there are 

 other good ones), yet has not the time 

 or inclination to attend to either, let 

 me advise them to stick to producing 

 extracted honey exclusivelj', as this 

 can be done with less time and atten- 

 tion, and also the controlling of the 

 swarming fever, brought more under 

 subjection. Apiculture unfortunately, 

 like many other pursuits, is not alto- 

 gether devoid of its hardships, and to 

 him that vvould succeed, a determina- 

 tion to overcome all obstacles is im- 

 perative. Failure is sure to come 

 sooner or later, and if any here pres- 

 ent, thinlc of entering it from a doUar- 

 and-cent point of view only, with 

 little or no love for the pleasure there 

 is in it, they had better think a second 

 time before investing much capital 

 therein. 



Nothing is further from me than 

 that I should, by any remark of mine, 

 discourage those contemplating a trial, 

 as I entertain no motive whatever, 

 much less one of selfishness, other 

 than advising the amateur to go slowly, 

 for experience can sometimes be pur- 

 chased too dearly, as many already 

 know to their sorrow. Again, " noth- 

 ing succeeds like success," and there 

 is no reason why you should not suc- 

 ceed as others have already done. 



Stratford, Ont. 



LINDEN. 



But Little Basswood Honey tlii§ 

 Year. 



Written for the Prairie Farmer 



BY MRS. L. HARRISON. 



This tree {Tilia Americana) is also 

 called the "lime." and Prof. Cook has 

 it enumerated as a July honey-plant, 

 which, no doubt is true for the States 

 of Michigan, Wisconsin, and others of 

 the same latitude. It bloomed this year 

 in this locality June 25, which is about 

 one week earlier than usual. 



About twenty years ago Dr. Lucas, 

 who was then a very enthusiastic and 



scicntilic bee-keeper, planted linden 

 trees around a city square, of Ijoth the 

 American and European varieties. He 

 has since passed over the divide, but 

 the trees bud and blossom, shedding 

 their sweet perfume as incouse to his 

 memory, and aftbrding refreshing 

 shade to weary travelers, joy to merry 

 songsters, and yielding precious nec- 

 tar for bees and man. Such a monu- 

 ment affords more joy and pleasure 

 than one from chiseled marble. 



To-day I visited these trees, and 

 found that the bloom was sparse, fcs is 

 common with all other trees of this 

 kind, in this locality, owing no doubt 

 to the May freezing. There is very 

 little bloom remaining now, and that 

 onlj- upon one side of a tree. The 

 remainder contained neither seed-balls, 

 buds nor blossoms. The seed-balls 

 resemble the buds before they open so 

 much that many watch for the bloom 

 when it has flitted by. The bloom 

 yielded nectar this year, but there was 

 so little of it — there was hardly enough 

 to pass around. 



THE WHITE HONEY HARVEST. 



I am glad to say that I am not feed- 

 ing bees at present. During the past 

 fortnight they have been able to gather 

 a little more than a living, but the sur- 

 plus of white honey amounts to almost 

 nothing, and white clover is almost 

 gone. Sweet clover (raelilot) is just 

 commencing to bloom. 



VERY FEW SWARMS- 



The increase has been small, very 

 few swarms issuing. If I had not had 

 comb to give them, most of them 

 would have been returned. I never 

 had as many prime swarms, when the 

 sun was past the meridian as this j'car, 

 or lost as many queens during swarm- 

 ing. A bee-keeper of a dozen colonies 

 living near, has been watching eagerly 

 for his bees to swarm, but has had 

 none ; and one day lately, seeing many 

 bees in the air, he went out to see 

 from which hive they came, and was 

 surprised to see that the bees were not 

 coming out, but down, and entering 

 one of his unoccupied hives. He had 

 noticed before, that bees were going 

 in and out of that hive, and as it con- 

 tained comb, inferred that they were 

 seeking hone}', but was now convinced 

 that they were cleaning it out. pre- 

 paratory to taking possession of it; 

 and he gave them a hearty welcome. 



HOT WEATHER VENTILATION. 



The thermometer has been playing 

 around 100 degrees in the shade for 

 eight or ten tlays, and ye't no combs 

 have melted down, as bees understand 

 the art of ventilation so well. By 

 giving ample ventilation, enlarging the 

 entrances and raising the covers. 



fewer fanners will be necessary, and 

 more laborers can go to the fields. It 

 is better, during such extreme hot 

 weather, to shade the hives, although 

 SLuishine is preferable during spring 

 and fall. 

 Peoria, Ills. 



BOGUS HONEY. 



What ]TIcai«ure§ Should be Taken 

 Against this Business ? 



Read at the Missouri State Convention 



DR. C. C. MILLER. 



As this essay is merely intended to 

 open discussion, I will make it sugges- 

 tive rather than attempt to treat it 

 fully. The discussion of members will 

 bring out more fully the particular 

 local phase of the question, and in that 

 the proper steps to be taken may be 

 discovered more fully than can be 

 done by one not fully informed. 



I suppose the bogus honey under 

 discussion to be adulterated extracted 

 honey. One of the first questions oc- 

 curing is — how much adulteration is to 

 be found ? I had supposed not so very 

 much of late, as the statement has 

 been frequently made that honey is 

 now so low, and glucose so high, that 

 adulteration is not profitable. Strin- 

 gent laws against the adulteration of 

 all food products are eminently proper, 

 and may do much good. 



Without saying what may be the 

 best means to drive out adulteration, 

 let me suggest one means within the 

 control of bee-keepers that is too much 

 lost sight of. A good many years ago 

 when I was young in the business, 

 some honey that I put on the market 

 was objected to on account of its 

 quality. I stubbornly defended it, 

 taking the ground that " honey is 

 honey," and that this was a pure article 

 just as it came from the bees. This 

 was very true, but it was also true 

 that however pure it might be, it was 

 a very vile article in smell and taste. 



As nearly as I can remember, at this 

 distant time, it was a very dark 

 and very ill-tasting sample of plant- 

 louse honey, withal somewhat soured. 

 Instead of withdrawing it from the 

 market, I left it until all was sold out, 

 and I suspect ray home market is 

 poorer to-day in consequence. I surely 

 think I educated a number of people 

 that honey was, or might be, a much 

 poorer article than they had supposed. 



Now if I was allowed to sell such an 

 article, why should not a good article 

 of glucose with a better taste and a 

 better appearance be sold, always 

 providing it be sold under its real 

 name ? 



If, on the other hand, a customer 

 has never tasted any but the best 



