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September an<l the Bees. 



BY W. P. DOLE. 



Shorn liarvest-flelds lie warm beneath the glow 



Of cloudless lisht that holds the charmed trees 



In dreamy trance ; an idle, vagrant breeze 

 Just kisses the calm river's face below. 

 Nor tempts this upland air— seeming to know 



How Nature here at length doth take her ease. 



Where, of the hive forgetful, drowsy bees 

 From lingering clover-blooms Hy droning slow 

 On lazy wings, deep in soft couch to hide . 



Of regal golden-rod. My aimless feet 

 Rouse silent grasshoppers, which start aside, 



As wary skirmishers a space retreat ; 

 Nor beast nor bird, with sound of strife or mirth. 

 Breaks the sweet spell that rests on all the earth. 



St.John.N. B. —Selected. 



Judsre W. II. Andrews, of Mc- 



Kinney, Texas, died on Aug. 6, 1890, of 

 paralysis. He was an experienced bee- 

 keeper and an interesting writer, and in his 

 death the apiarists of Texas have sustained 

 a great loss. 



BWe Regret to learn that Jacob T. 

 Timpe, of Grand Ledge, Mich., has been laid 

 up with the typhoid fever, malaria and La 

 Grippe. This will explain the delay in 

 filling orders. 



Motli-AVorms and Comb Honey. 



-Mr. J. C. Bechtold, Bippus, Ind., asks the 

 following question to be answered in the 

 Bee Jocrnai, : 



How must I put up honey (such as in 

 brood-frames and brood combs) for spring 

 feeding, to keep moths or worms out of 

 them i I was very much bothered last 

 spring with worms in mj* frames of honey. 



We are not sure that we catch the idea 

 Mr. B. wishes to convey. If the combs of 

 honey are taken out of the hive in the fall 

 and put away " for spring feeding," there 

 will be no danger of the ravages of the 

 moth, for the worms cannot develop with- 

 out warm weather. It is true that they 

 will live a long time in a dormant state, if 

 not killed by a freezing temperature of 15 

 or 20 degrees, Fahr. 



If the combs of honey are removed in 

 the spring or summer, to be kept over 

 until the following spring for feeding pur- 

 poses, they should be hung up, two or more 

 inches apart, in a room, and thoroughly 

 fumigated with sulphur, and this should be 

 repeated as often as necessary. 



Preparing: Bees tor ^Vinter.— 



Mr. Thos. A. Anderson, of Gamma, Mo., 

 writes thus in reference to this subject : 



In the second paragraph of the article by 

 Prof. Max Brose, on page6ia,is a state- 

 ment which, aside from the rest of the 

 article, is very misleading, viz : " At least 

 •t frames should be covered with young 

 bees, and 35 pounds of sealed honey." It 

 is impossible to confine bees to 4 frames 

 and have 35 pounds of honey. As I was 

 mislead in my earlier experience by similar 

 statements, I call attention to this. No 

 greater mistake can be made in preparing 

 bees for winter, than to allow more space 

 than the cluster will cover. 



Orause-Blussoni Honey — ndis- 

 sa.etc. — Mr. W. M. Crutcher, of Zellwood, 

 Fla., writes thus about ''orange-blossom 

 honey :" 



I saw on page 580 of the Bee Journal, 

 an item taken from the Rural Callfornian, 

 headed ''Orange-Blossom Honey." Now I 

 do not deny that there may be many vile 

 compounds sold by grocers for orange- 

 blossom honey, but it is a mistake to say 

 that there is "no such thing as orange.- 

 blossom honey." If you were here when 

 the orange-trees were in bloom, and cotild 

 see the bees swarming on them, and then 

 taste the honey, you would be convinced 

 that what I say is true about it. 



The Rural Cad'/oriiiaii forgets thatthere 

 is another State in America that produces 

 orange-blossom honey, and it is strictly 

 pure, too. 



The Rural CaJifornlan may be correct 

 as far as California is concerned, but the 

 orange-blossom honey in this i)art of 

 Florida (Orange county) is as jjurc as you 

 can get it. There is no other honey-plant 

 in bloom here before or at the time the 

 orange-trees are, so the honey must be 

 pure. 



The next honey we get is palmetto ; it is 

 not as fine as orange-blossom honey, and is 

 darker. I know of uo other of any value 

 for surphis hopey. Cow-peas produce 

 enough for bees to live on. A neighbor 

 bee-keeper sent some orange blossom honey 

 to Mr. A. I. Root, to sample, and he re- 

 ported that it was equal to clover honey. 



I think that Florida is a good place for 

 bee-keepers ; there is no bother about win- 

 tering the bees, for it is never cold enough 

 to take them in. I think that 5 or 6 cents 

 a pound for honey is giving it away. The 

 people of Florida have had a sore lesson by 

 shipping their oranges to commission mer- 

 chants. If the bee-keepers had some other 

 way to dispose of their honey, I think that 

 they would get better prices. 



What time of the year and how should 

 we plant melissa ? 



We had a very poor season this year for 

 honey, as the drouth last spring ruined the 

 honey crop in this section. 



What time do you put the second story 

 on the hive for surplus honey i 



The remarks about obtaining orange- 

 blossom honey, unmixed with nectar from 

 some other flowers, was based upon the 

 California product and climate, and evi- 

 dently Florida was not thought of in that 

 connection. We are glad to learn that 

 Florida can give us the pure, unmixed 

 orange-blossom honey. 



Perhaps Mr. A. C. Tyrrel, of Madison, 

 Nebr., will tell us when and how to plant 

 melissa. 



When the hives are full of worker bees, 

 and the honey-flow is abundant, is the time 

 to put on supers. 



Xbe International American Bee- 

 Association will meet in Keokuk, Iowa, 

 Oct. 29, 30, and 31. Parties desiring to 

 attend will please write to the Secretary 

 for copies of the programme and for rail- 

 road and hotel rates. As this is the first 

 meeting west of the Mississippi, in the 

 twenty years of the existence of the Asso- 

 ciation, a large attendance is expected, 

 especially as our leading publishers and a 

 number of bee-keepers of note will be there. 

 All communications should be addressed to 

 C. P. Dadant, Hamilton, Ills. 



ITse a Veil. — Mr. W. M. Barnum very 

 sensibly remarks thus in the last issue of 

 the Farmers' itaijazinc, under this head- 

 ing : " Don't be Afraid to Wear a VeD ;" 



As the Irishman said, "A man can get 

 used to 'most anything, if it only lasts long 

 enough." With a bee keeper, stinging 

 generally lasts long enough so that he 

 "gets used to it." It is .so in my case. 

 Bee-stings cause me very little pain, and 

 generally no inconvenience, except when I 

 get a stray " jab " in or near the eye. I 

 need my eye-sight as much as my wits, and 

 hence I believe in being "green" enough 

 to wear a veil when circumstances require 

 one. 



It is well while at work among the bees 

 to have a bee veil handy. We have found 

 this to be a good rule to follow, and the best 

 "bee-veil," by-the-way, is "the Globe," 

 manufactured by Thomas G. Newman & 

 Son, Chicago. We have used this Veil for 

 years, and have found it to answer the 

 purpose the best of any. All timid or 

 nervous persons should invariably wear 

 one. Good eyes are too scarce to wantonly 

 neglect, in any way. 



A B C ot Strawberry <"'HUMre is 



the name of a neat pamphlet of 150 pages, 

 by Messrs. T. B. Terry and A. I. Root. It 

 covers the whole subject in an interesting 

 manner, is nicely illustrated, and is just the 

 work for those beginning to grow delicious 

 strawberries. Price, postpaid, 40 cents. 

 For sale at this office. 



Cons'ress ought to abolish Postal 

 Notes, and authorize the issuance of Paper 

 Fractional Currency. It is much needed 

 to safely carry on the business of the coun- 

 try done through the mails. 



Xiie Inter State Hay Palace will be 

 held atMomence, Ills., Oct. 1 to 11, 1890. 

 Forty-two dollars are offered as premiums 

 on bees and honey. 



I>r. A. B. niason, of Auburndale. O., 

 wrote us as follows, a few days ago : 



The Home Journal is so bright, clean in 

 make-up, and tone of its contents, that I 

 wish every home in the land could be vi.sit- 

 ed and blessed by it every month, and it is 

 now so i'cn/ cheap in price that "every- 

 body ought' to subscribe. Mrs. M. and the 

 " baby " try to see which shall have the 

 first look at it when brought from the post- 

 oflice, and it generally terminates in a 

 "draw game," both sitting down together 

 aad taking a good look at its contents. 



The Globe Bee-Veil is just "a dandy." 

 The first few times I used it I did not just 

 like it, but now that I have got the " hang 

 of it," I like it. I can sit out-of doors now, 

 in the shade, and read and bid defiance to 

 the "pesky llies," and if (by chance) I fall 

 asleep they cannot disturb my " sweet 

 slumbers" and dreams by "waltzing" 

 around on my face. 



Handling; Bees.— This is the title of 

 a nice pamphlet containing 28 pages and a 

 cover, published by Chas. Dadant & Son. 

 It is a chapter from their book, Langstroth 

 Revised, and is an excellent thing for be- 

 ginners. Price, 8 cts. For sale at this office. 



