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SDITOR. 



Yoinv. Jflly20,1889, No. 29, 



Ebitqriel Bueeimgs. 



Some murmur when their sky is clear, 



And wholly bright to view ; 

 If one small speck of dark appear 



In their great heaven of blue. 



Honey has been gathered in abundaoce 

 during the past few weeks. There is every 

 prospect now for a large crop of honey this 

 year. 



Asrain We Caiilion the small honey 

 producers not to be in a hurry to put their 

 honey on the market, unless they get good 

 prices for it. 



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Xlie Canadian honey crop promises 

 to be a satisfactory one. Swarming has 

 \ been quite profuse, and the lindens and 

 white clover blossoms are abundant. 



Xlie Aui«tralasian Bee Journal has 

 added a Poultry Department to its paper, 

 following the lead of the Canadian Bee 

 Journal and the Dee-Keepers^ Advarice. 



Carniulan Itees are rapidly coming 

 into favor. Among all those who have 

 tried them, we hear of none who are not 

 pleased with their many points of excellence. 



Capt. Evan P. HoMell, of the 



Atlanta Constitution, who is a capital 

 story teller, illustrated the persistent in- 

 dustry of the Chattanoogans by an anecdote 

 of a man in Georgia, who kept bees, and, 

 not satisfied with their proverbial industry, 

 actually attempted to cross them with light- 

 ning bugs, in order to secure a continuation 

 of honey gathering through the night.— 

 Boston Herald. 





Father l^ansTKiroth, as we stated 

 last week, sliould not be forgotten in these 

 days of plenty. We hope that all who sub- 

 scribed to his annuity last year, will be 

 prompt in sendin j the same this year. We 

 sent to him our subscription a few days 

 ago, and here is the acknowledgement of it 

 from his daughter : 



Dayton. O., July 9, 1889. 



Thos.G.Newman & So^—Kind Friends: 

 —1 write in behalf of my father, to thank 

 you for the received expression of your in- 

 terest in, and frieurtsliip for him. Father 

 has been very feeble for the past four 

 months— a partial return of his old "head 

 trouble," accompanied by unusual prostra- 

 tion. 1 often teel that it may be he is 

 slipping away from us, but still hope for his 

 restoration. He desires me to express to 

 you his "love, friendship and grateful 

 thanks for the enclosure (825.00) you sent 

 him," which I may add was a real " God- 

 send." Very kindly yours, 



Anna h. Cowan. 



:Vo :>'ui!<ance — Mr. W. H. Fletcher, 

 of tSauk Rapids, Minn., wrote us as follows 

 on July 5: 



It has occurred to me that a full history of 

 the Arkadelphia lawsuit, in pamphlet form, 

 would be an interesting, if not valuable ad- 

 dition to the bee-literature of the day. 

 Should you publish such a pamphlet, you 

 may put me down as a subscriber for sev- 

 eral copies. 



The " Union " has published such a 

 pamphlet. Any one interested can have it 

 by sending a stamp to pay postage. We 

 hope thousands of bee-keepers will now so 

 far appreciate the efforts of the Union in 

 their behalf, as to send a dollar to theMana- 

 ger and become members. A dollar will 

 pay for all dues till January, 1890. 



The Orieinal Home of the honey- 

 bee is a matter of considerable conjecture. 

 An exchange says that "C. J. Robinson 

 thinks that bees had their original home in 

 Egypt, and notes that with the Egyptians 

 the picture of a queen-bee was an emblem 

 of royalty. In the Egyptian picture-writing, 

 the p icture of a bee represented Lower 

 Egypt or the Delta ; and probably implies 

 that the Delta was the sovereign mother 

 country of the rest of the Nile valley." 



Xlie Prospect is a magnificent one 

 for bee-keepers. Sugar is dear (made so by 

 asugar trust) ; small fruits are scarce, and 

 not well developed ; but the honey crop will 

 be a very large one. Prices of honey ought 

 to be good, and the demand lively. 



Our Friend, A. I. Root, editor of 

 Oleaiuiigs, gave us a short call on Friday of 

 last week. He was on his way to see the 

 honey-flow in the great linden belt in Wis- 

 consin, and wanted us to accompany him, a 

 thing we should have been delighted to do, 

 but a " rush " of business at this time made 

 it impossible for us to leave home. The 

 time was short, but we spent it very pleas- 

 antly until separated by the departing train 

 at the depot. 



Xlie -Manag^enient ofihe Apiary 



is the title of a new work on apiculture, by 

 Mr. Ed. Bertrand, of Nyon, Switzerland. 

 The book has 178 pages, and is arranged so 

 as to give a detailed management for each 

 month in the year. It describes three types 

 of hives (Dadant, De Layens and Jeker), 

 and has SO illustrations. Of course it is 

 printed in French, as that is the language 

 used in Western Switzerland, where our 

 friend Bertrand lives. 



We remember with a very great deal of 

 pleasure our visit to M. Bertrand's very 

 beautiful residence, and also to his apiaries. 

 He is an enthusiastic apiarist, and his book 

 is written in his happiest vein ; with de- 

 tails so plain that any one can thoroughly 

 understand it, and will in all probability 

 become " enthused " like the author. The 

 large folding-sheet illustrations at the end, 

 are marvels of information concerning 

 each of the three types of hives named, and 

 give full details for their construction. It 

 is published at Geneva, Brussels and Paris. 



Sliippine :\uclei in Switzerland is 

 thus described by M. VogI, of San Anselmo, 

 Calif., in the Western Apiarian for J uly : 



In Switzerland (my old home), I got my 

 Italian nuclei from the Italian side of the 

 Alps (Canto Ticiuo), each separately packed 

 in a little box of ;,; and ,'4 inch stuff 0x9x9 

 inches, with four little combs (no frames) 

 filled in, separated by little sticks, fastened 

 by the bees to the sides ; no wire-cloth is on 

 the top, and instead of costly wire-cloth, it 

 has only a few slits in the top and sides, 

 sawed into the wood with a key-hole saw, 

 each box corded with a strong string. 



Bees settled in the top of a house near 

 Atlanta, Ga., eight years ago, and the other 

 day, when the gable end was removed, the 

 entire roof was found to be filled with 

 honey. So says an exchange. 



A Busy Xlmo tvitli Busy Bees.— 



Fred Lincoln had six swarms come out in 

 less than two hours,five of them alighting in 

 the same place, and following each other in 

 such rapid succession that he could hardly 

 clear the the tree before another swarm was 

 ready to take the place.— Brajidon, Vt., 

 Un ion. 



A Generous Pliysirian. — Mrs. 

 Blinkers— Well, did you go to the doctor to 

 see about that bee-sting on little Johnny ? 



Mr. Blinkers— Yes. He said we should 

 put mud on it. He charged me $i for the 

 prescription, but he gave me the mud for 

 nothing.— AVu) York Weekly. 



Prangr's ITational Flower is the title of a 

 beautiful pamphlet wliiuh contains two colored 

 plates of the two most popular candidates for 

 selection us tlic National Flower of America. 

 It also has two poems, and a postal card 

 addressed to Messrs. L. Pruns: & Co., Roston, 

 Mass.. with a vote to be filled up for the 

 selection of a National flower. The pamphlet 

 costs 25 ceDt«, and can be obtained at this 

 office. 



