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Vol mi, Not. 1, 18 



No. 44, 



The IVIay of life is sweet, 

 For blossoms sceut the air ; 

 But sweeter Autumn's somber days, 

 If golden fruits are there. 



Eugene Secoh. 

 Forest City, Iowa, Oct. 23, 1890. 



It is Proposed to hold the last ses- 

 -sion of the International Convention at the 

 residence of Messrs. Dadaut & Son, about 

 live miles from where the other sessions 

 will be held. This will accommodate many 

 ■who desire to visit their establishment, and 

 ^vho would not want to stay over another 

 .<lay to do so. 



In agreeing to the proposition, Mr. C. P. 

 Badant remarks thus : " We have lately 

 built a new bee and honey house, 20x33, 

 which is not yet occupied, and would do for 

 a dining-room, and Mrs. Dadant, Jr., feels 

 equal to preparing, with a little help, one 

 meal for the fraternity of the International 

 American Bee-Association. So we might 

 adjourn at 1 1 a.m. of the last day, and call 

 up the closing meeting at Hamilton, after 

 dinner." 



It is still further proposed to sample the 

 • different kinds of honey and honey cakes, 

 which may be brought to the Convention. 

 ■Jlr. Root is to bring quite an assortment, 

 ^nd many other samples are expected. 



Mr. Dadaut also propo.ses " to start a 

 subscription to offer a premium of, say 

 -<20, for the most palatable dish of any 

 kind — cake, pie, preserves, etc., prepared 

 with honey — the dish to be tested by com- 

 jietent judges at this meeting, and the man- 

 ner of preparing this dish to be published " 

 in the Convention report. This is a good 

 idea, and we hope that many samples will 

 •be there to be ". judged. " 



Honey from Red Clover.— P. C. 



Gween, of Smi,i-k, Pa., asks the following 

 questions : 



Do bees work on red clover to such au 

 extent that you regard it as a valuable 

 honej'-plaut '. 



I enclose flowers of a wild plant upon 

 which I have seen my bees working with 

 great energy. What is it, and does it pro- 

 duce much honey and pollen * 



I like " Bees and Honey " very much, and 

 could not do without it. Same as to the 

 Bee Journal, which is a weekly visitor 

 always welcomed by me. 



The plant is an aster — and is excellent 

 for honey. 



Ordinary bees do not work on red clover 

 to such an extent as to make it a valuable 

 honey plant. When the nectar is plenty, 

 or the corollas are "stunted" by drouth, 

 the bees having the longer tongues get 

 honey from red clover. The Italians and 

 Syrians have longer tongues than other 

 varieties. 



Bonanza Bcc=House. — Mr. S. 



feraentigam went to the St. Louis Fair,and 

 while there a hand-bill, being distributed, 

 was given to him by some one who wanted 

 to sell him a " Right" to build a bee-house. 

 It was patented last year, but we imaging 

 that the patentee will not get rich in selling 

 the "rights," unless he works among those 

 who know nothing about bee-keeping. 



Is is said to save all labor — because the 

 bees do not swarm at all ! It saves buying 

 hives for the same reason ! It saves the 

 honey from being eaten " by the worms or 

 moths !" The bees do not die, etc., as they 

 do in hives ! 



In his house, swarming is annihilated, 

 and bees never die ! He has a bonanza ! 

 But for all that, the bees will swarm ! and 

 they will cJie— house or no house ! ! Disap- 

 pointment and disgust will be the only 

 result to those who invest in the enterprise ! 



California Honey. — The crop of 

 honey in Southern California seems to have 

 been a very large one this year. The Rural 

 Californian for last month contains these 

 figures : 



During the month of July, 1890, one 

 firm at Newhall.Los Angeles county, Calif., 

 shipped 22-t,63f) pounds of extracted 

 honey. Large quantities of comb honey 

 are produced in the same locality, but most 

 of it is shipped by the producers either to 

 Los Angeles or San Francisco. About 

 350,000 pounds of honey have been ship- 

 ped from the vicinity of San Jacinto during 

 the months of July and August of this year. 

 Most of the comb honey of that section was 

 of supei'ior quality, and has been sold. 



The Cause of the small honey crop 

 for 1890 is thus stated bj' an exchange, and 

 it is a very concise statement, too : 



The excessive rains and cool weather of 

 early spring kept back the flow of nectar, 

 and the drouth following in a greater por- 

 tion of the country, has cut down the crop, 

 and the returns this year will not be very 

 encouraging. 



R. Colony of Bees.— A beginner, 

 who is somewhat perplexed by the terms, 

 "swarm of bees," "hive of bees," and 

 "colony of beos," asks fordeflnitions. 



A swarm jjroperly means the bees that 

 leave the hive in natural divisou — the bees 

 that collect in a cluster. When put into a 

 hive they will begin anew their labors, 

 constructing combs, rearing brood, etc., 

 thus establishing a new colony. The term 

 " colony " is used to signify the bees of one 

 hive. 



A hive is the box in which the bees live 

 and work. A hive of bees is often erron- 

 eously alluded to as a swarm. — Exchange. 



New Postal Cards are now being 

 prepared by the Department at Washing- 

 ton. The Boston Globe says : 



There will be two new varieties, a large 

 card, perhaps a third larger than the pres- 

 ent ordinary card, and another size just 

 the least bit smaller than the present card. 



"These cards," said Postmaster General 

 Wanamaker, "will be very nearly a penny- 

 postage. Their size will enable one to in- 

 dite quite a lengthy epistle on them, all for 

 one cent." But it is the pale-gray or pearl- 

 colored card that will be the greatest bar 

 gain. It will not hold so much, but it is to 

 be an uncommonly attractive affair. 



The nifalfa Fields of the West are 

 becoming the bee-keepers' paradise. Even 

 California must now take a back seat. It 

 is reported that alfalfa will not secrete 

 nectar or furnish honey in the Eastern 

 States, owing to the nature of the soil. 

 This may be the case, as it is often true 

 that honey-producing plants will in some 

 localities produce honey and in others not. 

 —Exchange- 



To Trial Trip Subscribers.— 



If this paragraph is marked with a Blue 

 Pencil, it means that we have sent you the 

 American Bee JouRNAL,as agreed, for four 

 weeks, free of charge. Your subscription 

 for 1891 is respectfully solicited, and the 

 earlier you send us -?1.00 for the same, the 

 more of the numbers of 1890 you will 

 receive. 



By adding 35 cents to the dollar before 

 mentioned, we will send you the Illus- 

 trated Home JouKN.VL for 1891, with the 

 rest of this year free : the November num- 

 ber of which will be sent you, as a sample, 

 when issued. 



All W^lio Subscribe for the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal can hereafter have our 

 Illu.strated Home Journal also, from the 

 time their subscriptions are received to 

 Jan. 1. 1892— both papers for only $1.35. 

 We can also furnish Oleanings in Bee- 

 Culture for same time with the above, for 

 $3.15 for all three periodicals This is an 

 offer that should be accepted by all who 

 keep bees, and desire the regular visits of 

 these standard publications — all three pe 

 riodicals from now to Jan. 1, 1892, for the 

 price named. 



