THE MMERICffU* BEK JOlPTHPiair. 



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BEE-EXHIBITS. 



A Gerinaii Apiari!it*§ Views of 

 the I'liris ISee-Exliibit§. 



Written Si>r the American Bcc.Tomiial 

 BY REV. STEl'HEN ROESE. 



Tony Kellen is the talented writer 

 for tlie various bee-periodicals in Ger- 

 many, Switzerland and France, who 

 closely observed every thing exhibited 

 at the late Exhibition at Paris, France, 

 reported tlie facts about the exhibits 

 of the various countries and nations of 

 the World, in the German bee-paper, 

 Dcr liiencn- Vater aus Boehmcn,\yAge 152. 

 According to his statements, it can be 

 clearly seen which nation takes the 

 lead in apiculture. His remarlcs con- 

 cerning our nation and country are as 

 follows : 



North America is represented by a 

 grand exhibition of over twenty bee- 

 hive manufacturers, and supply dealers, 

 among them being the well-known 

 names of Dadant. Muth, Root, Hed- 

 doii, etc. Their exhibition was the 

 most remarkable and practical, and 

 most beautiful of all on exhibition. A 

 descrijjtion of the vai'ious patterns of 

 hives, supplies and products would re- 

 quire many sheets of paper to describe, 

 and whoever would undertake to give 

 a detailed description of each article, 

 would need a hand-book on bee-cul- 

 ture ; and this is something in which 

 Europeans fall far siiort. 



England and America have, in api- 

 culture, by far outdone the German 

 nation, to say nothing of the rest of 

 the countries represented. They may 

 in the beginning have learned many 

 things from the Germans — this I will 

 admit — but what they did learn they 

 knew how to put into practice, without 

 standing still, and there is sufficient 

 reason why we find in America the 

 most noted, talented, and most suc- 

 cessful bee-keepers in the World ; and 

 at this date the Germans and French 

 might well go to the English and 

 Americans, and learn successful and 

 practical bee-keeping. 



Concerning bee-literature alone, the 

 Europeans fall far short in coming up 

 to the standard. It will take a long 

 time before we Europeans will be able 

 to present before the public such works 

 as Root's ".4. B C," or Langstroth's 

 "Hive and Honey-Bee," etc. 



Tlie only one wlio at present, this 

 side of the Atlantic Ocean, attracts pub- 

 lie attention, is Master Gravenliorst. 

 We have, aside from his valuable 

 " Iraker," a host of other works on 

 bee-culture, and wliat is most remark- 

 able about the whole thing is, that 

 each work is often reprinted in the 

 second and tliird editions. 



Very remarkable is the way and 

 manner in whicli Americans establish 



their apiaries. At the Exhibition I 

 saw a long line of photographs of 

 American apiaries, and in every case 

 tlio hives stand separate, and free 

 from each other. Nowheres do we 

 find high benches or tables on which 

 the hives stand — not even bee-houses. 



There was also a great glass case, 

 full of the nectar sweets, in the most 

 attractive glass honey-pails, in frames 

 and in sections. Tony Kellen. 



BEE-NOTES. 



Freaks Among Bee§, Goldcii- 

 Rod, and tlie Coming Bee. 



Written ior the Amcrimn Bee Journal 

 BY CHARLES A. BUNCH. 



I arranged some nucleus hives for 

 queen-rearing, and gave each a ripe 

 queen-cell, and in 3i days I found one 

 of the queen's laying — just 19i days 

 from the time the comb was replaced 

 in the hive of the breeding queen. 

 This queen was from this yeai-'s rear- 

 ing, and proved to be a rapid layer. 



I found a bee with the head and 

 thorax of a worker, and the abdomen 

 of a drone ; and another bee with but 

 one e3'e, as there was no division at 

 the top of the head like other bees, but 

 " a continuous eye," if that would be 

 the proper expression. 



I always expect bees to work on 

 golden-rod, if we have a heavy rain to 

 soak the ground well when in bloom, 

 as it will stand rain better than drouth. 



I commenced the season with 24 col- 

 onies of bees in good condition ; six of 

 this number I divided into two and 

 three frame nuclei for queen-rearing, 

 which left 18 for increase and honey- 

 producing. My crop of honey in one- 

 pound sections was 1,050 pounds, and 

 increased to 43 colonics. I think that 

 the bees would have done considerably 

 better had it not been for so much 

 brood getting chilled and thrown out 

 about May 30 — a spell of weather not 

 to be forgotten. 



Doubtless some are waiting for the 

 " coming bee," thinking that it will be 

 a new strain of bees, produced by 

 crossing and selection. Such need 

 wait no longer, as the "coming bee" 

 is here, and has been here for some- 

 time. It is produced by crossing the 

 best strains of Ligurian bees with the 

 best Italian bees. This strain of bees 

 is industrious and gentle, and the bee- 

 keeper that .admires beauty, will look 

 on such with pleasure. 



I cannot help thinking that it will 

 be many a day liefore the above-named 

 race of bees wilLsllow their banner to 

 be hauled down and stamped in tlie 

 dust ; and if it comes to pass, it will 

 not be without a desperate struggle. 



La Paz, Ind. 



CONVENTION DIRECTORY. 



1889. Time and Place of Meeting. 



Dec. 4-«.— International, at Brantforit. Ont.. Canada. 

 K. K. Hollenuann, 8ec., Romney, Out. 



Dec. 16, 17.-Nortliern Illinois, at Itockfoni, Ills. 



I). A. Fuller. Sec, Cherry Valley, Ills. 



Dec. 10.— Huron & Tuscola Co's., at Sebewainn. Micli. 

 J.G. Kiiudinger. Cor. Sec, KilmanaKli. Mich. 



Dec 26, 27.— Michigan State, at Lansing, Mich. 



H. U. Cutting, Sec. Clinton, Mich. 



1890. 



Jan. 22.— Vermont State, at Burlington, Vt. 



J. H. Larrabee, Sec, Larrabee's I'oint, Vt. 



May 2.— Susquelianna Co.. at Hopbottom, Pa. 



H. M. Soeley, Sec, Harford. Pa. 



tW In order to have this table complete. Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward full partlculare ot 

 time and place of future meetlngB.— BD. 





Ooldeu-Rotl a!« a Ilon4^y-I>lant. 



I have been summing up the reports upon 

 goldeu-rod since Sept. 7, in I'egard to its 

 value as a honey-plant, and I find the fol- 

 lowing: 



Untavorable reports: Iowa, 2; New York, 

 2 ; Nebraska, 2 ; Ohio, 1 ; Illinois, 1 ; Wis- 

 consin, 3; Kentucky, 1; and Kansas 1 — 

 making a total of 12 unfavorable reports. 



Favorable reports : Nova Scotia, 1 ; Wis- 

 consin, 2 ; Massachusetts, 1 ; Michigan, 1 ; 

 Tennessee, 1; New York, 6; Pennsylvania, 

 1 ; Washington Territory, 1 ; Vermont, 1 ; 

 Missouri, 1 ; New Hampshire, 1 — making a 

 total of 17 favorable reports. 



To sum up, there are from the Western 

 States, 4 favorable reports, and 9 unfavor- 

 able ones; Eastern States, 11 favorable, 

 and 2 unfavorable; Southern States, 2 

 favorable, and 1 unfavorable. By this we 

 see that the majority of unfavorable re- 

 ports are from the Western States, and the 

 majority of favorable ones are from the 

 Eastern States. Now I would like to have 

 Prof. Cook see if he cannot give some 

 pointers that will be of benefit to us. if for 

 nothing else but to satisfy our curiosity. 

 The American- Bee Jourxai, has been to 

 considerable pains in getting so many re- 

 ports from so many different jiarts of the 

 country, and it seems as though we should 

 derive some benefit from it. 



G. H. Asnnv. 



Albion, N. Y.. Nov. 18, 1889. 



(■ielling; lleem Out of Sec-lions. 



In the well written and finely illustrated 

 article by Mr. F. (irciner. on page 727, I 

 am requested to prevail upon the inventor 

 of any better plan for getting bees out of 

 surplus receptacles than is there illustrated, 

 and to pulilish the same. He closes by say- 

 ing that thousands of bee-keepers, who are 

 w()il<ing hard to make an honest living, 

 will thank me for it. 



I have the most kindly feelings towards 

 the class of hard-working bee-keepers to 

 which Mr. Greiuer refers, and that is the 

 reason wliy I have always tried to check 

 the iufiux into our business to an extent 

 hurtful to this very class. 



If Mr. Greiuer is familiar with my work 

 during the jiast twenty years, I would ask, 

 in all candor, if I have not done my share of 

 (//•(If lA- labor. I think so; and when I came 

 to one (and that which I considered my 

 crowning invention), procured a patent 

 upon it, and asked for a partial i)ayment 

 for my labors, it turned out that in the bee- 

 keeping ranks was a class not enumerated 



