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THOMAS G. NEWMAN, EDITOR. 

 GEO. W. YORK, ASSISTANT Editor. 



Vol. XXIX, May 19, 1892. No, 21. 



Editorial Buzzljigs. 



TXrhat makes you think the woi'ld is round ? 



Give me a reason fair. 

 Because so very few are found 



Who act upon the square. 



Mr. X. 'W. Cowan, editor of the 

 British Bee Journdl, is traveling in 

 Northern Africa, looking up the bees of 

 that locality. He intends to return next 

 month. 



Mesquite Honey.— Mr. John L. 

 Gregg, of Tempe, Arizona, says : " When 

 I work for mesquite lioney alone, I ex- 

 tract on Mondays and again on Thurs- 

 days — thii'd and fourth days, and my 

 bees averaged all around 485 pounds to 

 the colony, Spring count. Has any one 

 ever beaten that record? I think not. 

 Mesquite honey, to my taste, is far 

 ahead of any other variety, and it is in 

 the true sense of the word white honey, 

 as it is as clear as water." 



The I^ate Season we are having 

 may not be wholly an unmitigated evil, 

 as warm and moist weather is just 

 such as is required for the secretion of 

 the greatest amount of nectar for the 

 bees. While it may be a very late 

 Spring, it is quite probable that the 

 honey season will extend further into 

 the Fall, and thus balance the back- 

 wardness of the i)resent spring-time. 

 Amongthose depending upon farm crops, 

 there is no little uneasiness in this re- 

 gion, as very little corn has been planted, 

 though very fair crops of corn may be 

 secured by planting early-maturing 

 varieties as late as June 10, should that 

 be necessary, if the season thereafter be 

 favorable. Late-planted corn will ma- 

 ture in a less number of days than corn 

 of the same variety planted earlier. One 

 advantage of the lateness of the season 

 for bee-keepers, is the fact that they 

 will have more time to provide all neces- 

 sary things for securing tne harvest of 

 honey when it does come. But there 

 may be danger of forming the bad habit 

 of delaying or "putting off" until "a 

 more convenient season," which is very 

 discreditable, indeed. It pays to be 

 prepared for any emergency in life — 

 and especially in bee-keeping. In some 

 places clover has made a very encourag- 

 in start, and it is also quite plentiful. 

 When the season once opens, it is earn- 

 estly hoped that it will remain open.^ 



Sweetened essence of peppermint 

 is used to advantage while introducing 

 queens. This scented water is put into 

 an atomizer, and the bees and combs 

 thoroughly sprayed with it, then the 

 queen is placed on one of these scented 

 combs, a little of the spray thrown on 

 her, and the hive closed. This plan is 

 said to work more successfully than 

 many of the old plans, and admits of 

 immediate introduction of the queen. 



Queenless Colonies and those 

 which are weak should be united. E^eed 

 the bees if it becomes necessary. 



