AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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sugar to one quart of water. (Five 

 pounds of sugar to one quart of water 

 Fall feeding.) To prevent the granu- 

 lation, I put an even tea-spoonful of 

 tartaric acid to 20 pounds of sugar. It 

 is important that bees now become 

 strong in numbers.— Dr. C. C. Milleu, 

 in the Stockman and Farmer. 



Rosy Prospect for the Season. 



The outlook for the season has a rosy 

 tinge, and with the copious showers of 

 recent date, indicates a good growth of 

 the sages for the year. Southern Cali- 

 fornia has need of a good honey yield, 

 as the last season did not pan out well, 

 and the year before was not rated as an 

 average. -C. N. Wilson, in the Rural 

 Californian. 



Bees and Fruit Growing. 



It is simply an aggravated case of 

 base Ingratitude on the part of the fruit- 

 grower, if he finds fault with his bee- 

 keeping neighbor on account of the in- 

 jury done to fruit by bees. The fruit- 

 grower, in fact,, has no warmer friend, 

 no more useful agent, than the pollen- 

 carrying, honey-seeking little insect. 

 The interests of the fruit-grower and 

 bee-keeper, far from being antagonistic, 

 lie indeed so nearly in the same direc- 

 tion that we urgently advocate the com- 

 bine of the two avocations in the same 

 person. 



The leading cause of barrenness in 

 fruit trees and brush fruits is lack of 

 proper pollenation, due again, in many 

 cases, to the absence of the right kind 

 of pollen, and in others to its non-trans- 

 fer from the stamens to the needy 

 pistils. Many trees are not self-fertiliz- 

 ing, either because their own pollen 

 upon their own pistils has no potency, 

 or because the pollen is not discharged 

 at the time when the pistils are receptive. 



We believe bees are a good thing, and 

 a number of colonies should be kept in 

 or near every orchard. — Popular Qard- 

 ening. 



President Harrison has ac- 

 cepted the invitation, conveyed to hira 

 by a committee, to attend the dedication 

 ceremonies of the World's Fair buildings 

 next October. Every member of the 

 President's Cabinet, and of the Supreme 

 Court, and nearly every senator, con- 

 gressman and governor, also, will be 

 present on that occasion. 



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