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EDITOR. 



VoinV. N07. 9,1889, No, 45. 



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The goldeu-rod , tho goldenrorl, 

 The flower aliove all others 



To wave its plumes from sea to sea, 

 O'er English-speaking brothers. 



This is my vote for the national flower. 

 EucEXE Secou. 



Doolittle on <tneeh-Reai-ing:. 



Queens ean be reared in the upper stories 

 of hives used for extracted honey, where a 

 queen-excluding honey -board is used, which 

 are as good, if not superior, to Queens 

 reared by any other process ; and that, too, 

 while the old Queen is doing duty below, 

 just the same as though Queens were not 

 being reared al)ove. This is a fact, though 

 it is not generally known. 



By employing these methods, colonies are 

 never (lueenless. and no queenless bees need 

 be bothered with, by uniting them with 

 other colonies, or otherwise. 



If you desire to know how this can be 

 done — how to have Queens fertilized in up- 

 per stories, while the old Queen is laying 

 below— how you may safely Introdwe any 

 Queen, at any time of the yeai- when bees 

 cay fly— all about the different races of 

 bees — all about shipjjing Queens, queen- 

 cages, candy for queen-cages, etc. — all 

 about forming nuclei, multiplying or unit- 

 ing bees, or weak colonies, etc. : or, in fact 

 everything about the queen-busine.ss which 

 you may want to know, send for"Doolit- 

 tle's Scientific Queen-Rearing:" a book of 

 180 pages, which is nicely liound in cloth, 

 and as interesting as any story. Price, 

 ^1.00. 



An edition in strong paper covers is is- 

 sued for premiums. It will be mailed as a 

 present to any one who will send us two 

 new subscribers to either of our Journals. 



Crooked SlatissticM. 



Prof. A. J. Cook gives an experience, in 

 GlciininijK. showing the carelessness with 

 which many statistics are gathered. 



A report from the Department of Agri- 

 culture stated that the chinch-bug had done 

 serious damage in five counties in Michi- 

 gan. Prof. Cook did not believe this, as in 

 all his collecting he had never taken a 

 chinch-bug in the State. So he wrote to 

 the Departmeut and learned the names of 

 the reporters, and immediately addressed a 

 letter to each, as follows: 



Do you know the chinch-bug? Do you 

 personally know that it has ever worked in 

 your county i Why did you report ravages 

 from this insect in your county to the De- 

 partment of Agriculture i 



Answers were received from three per- 

 sons only. They reported that they did not 

 know the insect, that they had no personal 

 knowledge on the subject, and did not 

 know that they had so reported. What are 

 statistics worth if we are to have such re- 

 ports.— i?uraf New Yorkm: 



International Itcc-Assorialion. 



Mr. R. Holtermann, the efficient Secre- 

 tary, has sent us the following concerning 

 the coming convention : 



The programme for the American Inter- 

 national Bee- Association, which is to meet 

 at Brantford, Ontario, Canada, Dec. 4 to 6, 

 next, IK not yet complete. However from 

 the following it will be seen that every 

 etTort has been made to have a good one. 

 The first session will be at 2 p.m. of the 4th. 



Bee-Keeping an Occupation for Women- 

 Miss H. F. BuUer, Campbellford. Out. 



Cellar r.s. Out-Door Wintering — R. Mc- 

 Knight. Owen Sound, Out. 



Shipping Queens— F. H. Macpherson, Bee- 

 ton, Ont. 



Disposal of the Honey Crop — Thomas G. 

 Newman. Chicago, Ills. 



Cellar Wintering— S. T. Pettit, Belmont, 

 Ont. 



Riding Hobby-Horses — Bee-keeping a rec- 

 reation from other inirsuits. and an anti- 

 dote for disease— E. H. Hoot, Medina, O. 



Alimentary System or Apparatus of the 

 Honey-Bee — Prof. A. J. Cook, Agricultural 

 College, Mich. 



S. CorneU, Lindsaj-, Ont. — Subject not 

 given. 



The President will give his annual ad- 

 dress which, doubtless, will be amusing and 

 instructive. 



Reduced rates, at least one and one-third 

 fare for return trip, may be secured on the 

 Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific railway: 

 the latter tickets must be purchased to and 

 from (xalt or Woodstock. For further par- 

 ticulars, apply to the Secrctar}'. 



Remember you must have a certificate 

 when purchasiug youi- ticket for Brantford 

 on the Grand Trunk railway, or Gait or 

 Woodstock on the Canadian Pacific rail- 

 way. 



Reduced hotel rates ($1.50) maj- be se- 

 cured at the Kirby House.. The Commer- 

 cial Hotel also, close to the place of meet- 

 ing, is a good one-dollar bouse. 



The "International" Convention has a 

 strong claim upon every apiarist, and the 

 attendance will lie very large, no doulit. 

 The Secretary is doing all he can to make 

 ample arrangements for the meeting, and 

 we hope that it will jirove to be one of the 

 most profitable Conventions ever held. 



Is Uee-Cultnre on llic Increasie'* 



Mrs. L. HaiTison gives her conclusions on 

 the above question in the Prairie Fanner 

 of last week, in these words: 



1 his IS evident from the number of new 

 faces seen at the convention, and also in 

 the presence of many ladies who appeared 

 to take an interest in the discissions. 

 !• ather Laugstroth, though absent, was not 

 torgotten, as was evident from the manv 

 expressions of love and afl^ection for him- 

 as also of appreciation of the gi-eat value 

 of his inveutiou, the movable frame 



Wrone and ((neen Traps. 



On page 651, Mr. J. N. Ed.sall, UnadiUa, 

 Nebr., makes this statement and asks : 



I placed an Alley drone and queen trap 

 on a hive this season, but the swarm left 

 me. Why; When I opened the hive I 

 found three young queens on the combs 

 and ha f a dozen (jueen-cells unhatched I 

 got no honey from that outfit. 



We referred the matter to Mr. Alley, who 

 replies thus: 



The trouble was, without doubt, an im- 

 perfection in the metal. In some of our 

 traps the metal was cut just a little too 

 short and the queen, in .some cases, man- 

 aged to get out. This I know to be a fact 

 as I had a queen which made her escape in 

 that way and the bees left for unknown 

 parts right before my eyes. I now make 

 the traps so that such a thing cannot hap- 

 pen The metal now runs in a saw-kerf at 

 each end of the trap, and it is impossible 

 for a queen to escape. Mr. Edsall should 

 see that the trap is in perfect order before 

 It IS placed on the hive. 



!^W The Catalogue of the -Iowa State 

 College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts 

 is on our de.sk. It shows a healthy condi- 

 tion. The Hon. Eugene Secor is one of the 

 Trustees, and is on the committee of "Farm 

 and Farm Buildings." Among the faculty 

 we notice L. H. Pammel, as Professor of 

 Botany. Both of these gentlemen are api- 

 arists. Prof. A. S. Welch, L. L. D., one of 

 the faculty, and an acquaintance of ours 

 for nearly twenty years, died last March. 

 He was the first President of the Iowa 

 Agricultural College, and a former trustee 

 of the Michigan Agricultural College. He 

 was full of years (nearly 70) ; a ripe 

 scholar— faithful, able, vigilant. May his 

 rest be peaceful, and his rising from it 

 glorious. 



The October number of Imect Life, 



issued monthly by the Entomological Divi- 

 sion of the United States Department of 

 Agi-iculture, contains a full report on the 

 honi-fly, which has been the subject of con- 

 sideration in the Division during the past 

 two years, and of special investigation dur- 

 ing the past summer. This horn-fly pest 

 has been a torment to the stockmen and 

 dairj'men of the Eastern States. 



i^ Jno. C. Swaner, of Salt Lake City 

 Utah, has sent us his new Catalogue for 

 1890, and is the earliest comer. Nursery 

 Stock, Flowers, and Bee-Keepers' Supplies. 



