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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Johiiiiy-Cake Bee-Feeders, 



we should think, would be something 

 new under the sun. Rev. James An- 

 drews, of Red House, N. Y., in Glmn- 

 i?igs for June 1, says that a friend of 

 his, who has 150 colonies of bees, 

 " bakes johnny-cakes, 2 inches thick ; 

 splits them in the middle ; soaks with 

 sugar syrup ; puts them in front of the 

 hives, and the bees carry off syrup, 

 johnny-cake, and all, into their hives." 

 This is certainly a new use for johnny- 

 cake, and evidently the bees that use it 

 "take the cake," and no mistake 

 about it. 



IHr. C. J. Rotoinson, of Rich- 

 ford, N. Y., who has an article in this 

 number on the subject of foul brood, is 

 writing a series of articles on the " Man- 

 agement of Bees," for the American 

 Farmer, one of the oldest agricultural 

 periodicals published in the United 

 States. The readers of that paper will 

 be well repaid for the time spent in 

 studying the articles written by the 

 graphic and practical pen of Mr. 

 Robinson. 



To Use Old Sections, especially 

 if soiled and much propolized, will not 

 pay any bee-keeper who expects to com- 

 mand anything like a fair price for his 

 honey. It is a disgrace to have fine 

 white honey stored in sections that have 

 become stained and maimed with age 

 and careless handling. Mr. C. H. Dib- 

 bern, that tireless toiler for the produc- 

 tion of the very best in the line of mark- 

 etable honey, writes thus in the Western 

 Ploioman upon this matter : 



As we have had several poor years 

 when many sections have been on the 

 hives all summer, only to be removed in 

 the fall, stained and propolized, it is 

 likely many will be tempted to use such 

 sections, to have filled with the nice 

 honey that we expect to get this year. 



If intended for market, it is poor 

 policy, as it is discounting the crop in 

 advance. Sisctions are cheap, the old 

 comb or foundation rendered into wax, 

 will usually pay for new foundation, and 

 the time saved in scraping the old sec- 



tions will much more than pay for the 

 new sections. Why, then, use the old, 

 soiled sections, and have a sorry looking 

 lot of honey to work off at a reduced 

 price in the fall ? 



The Initial Number of the 



National Bee Gazette copied a last year's 

 advertisement of the W. T. Falconer 

 Manufacturing Co., Jamestown, N. Y., 

 in which the company offer 5 per cent, 

 discount on all goods. This advertise- 

 ment (no doubt intended as a favor), we 

 were informed by the company, was in- 

 serted without authority, and, therefore, 

 it causes them a good deal of annoy- 

 ance, because they are not now offering 

 any discount on their good . By the 

 way, it is a rather bad idea to insert an 

 advertisement, free or otherwise, with- 

 out first consulting the parties in ques- 

 tion. — Gleanings. 



Did You Kno'W that "a lie never 

 stops to put its hat on ?" That " Wiley 

 lie" about manufactured comb honey is 

 still rushing around hare-headed ; and if 

 it isn't bald-headed soon, it won't be the 

 Bee Journal's fault, for wc whack it 

 every chance we get ! It is dying hard 

 — from exhaustion and prospective heart- 

 failure ! 



Injurious Insects cause a sur- 

 prisingly large amount of loss of food 

 crops, when we think of the estimate 

 which is placed at the sum of $500,- 

 000,000 per annum. What an enor- 

 mous field is this for the entomologists 

 to illustrate their ability to cope with 

 such an army of destroyers ! 



The NetorasUa State Fair Pre- 

 mium List for 1892 is on our desk. We 

 will publish the list of premiums as of- 

 fered, next week. They are many and 

 liberal. Mr. E. Whitcomb, of Friend, 

 Nebr., is the Superintendent of the bee- 

 department. For any general informa- 

 tion about the Fair, which will be held 

 S<^pt. 2nd to 9th, address Mr. Robt. W. 

 Furnas, Brownville, Nebr. 



