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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Feb. 23, 1905. 



become heavy and wet. In this condition it is not the death- 

 trap that it is when light and dry. A strong and vigorous 

 bee can well rise from heavy snow. 



In addition to banking up the hives one might sprinkle 

 ashes, dust, sawdust, or something similar, on top of the 

 snow around the hives to modify its glariness. It is the 

 strong white light from the new snow that blinds the bees; 



View of Mr. Greiner's Apiary in April, 1904. 



subdued as spoken of, it does not prove so detrimental. 



The accompanying picture shows the condition of my 

 bees as they were April 21, 1904, myself in the act of kicking 

 the snow against the hives. I hope such a time will not 

 occur again this year; to mention it may prove a help to 

 someone — ^may save some faithful bees. 



Ontario Co., N. Y. 



VTiv. pasty's 

 dftertl^ougl^ts 



The " Old Reliable " seen through New and Unreliable Glasses. 

 By E. E. Hastt, Sta. B Rural, Toledo, Ohio. 



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The nationai, a beneficent association. 



Among Manager France's recommendations I think 

 the most valuable to be this one: "Keep together; com- 

 promise; keep out of court." An association that should 

 encourage members to "law it" when they might abstain 

 (and would if they were not members) would be sadly 

 something else than a beneficent association. .Page 9. 



ENCOURAGING NATURE STUDY. 



How nice that the educational authorities of a great 

 state like Wisconsin should encourage young people — and 

 people not so young — in nature study! How nice that 

 they should help inquiring ignorance by naming books to 

 be read! How nice in them to make bees a separate de- 

 partment of nature! Then, after getting our feelings up 

 thus high, what pathos is this that we wind up in, what 

 tumble from the stars into the mud? No mention of the 

 great and scholarly works of Cowan and Cheshire, Lang- 

 stroth and the Manual, and ABC, all omitted, and a long 

 list of half-chaffs and out-of-dates named. Verily this is a 

 queer world. Still I suppose the most important thing for 

 u- to remember is that it is worse than useless for us to 

 subject that official to sarcasm and contemptuous remarks. 

 i\emesis will overtake him; and sometime a more reason- 

 able list will appear. Page 12. 



NEW REMEDIES FOR BEE STINGS. 



We're always ready to hear of a new remedy for stings 

 (as long as the different substances on earth hold out); 

 but it rather jarred us to have a doctor propose to dope 

 us three hours before we get stung. As the editorial 

 suggests, perhaps it's all right for amateurs not yet in- 

 ured. Page 19. 



TO SEPARATOR OR NOT TO SEPARATOR? 



Another example of how the world moves, we have in 

 Question 20. We used to have lots of lively fighting in 

 behalf of separators — sheer waste of good cash-— mark of 

 a green operator. Now only 2 out of 26 unqualifiedly ad- 

 vise doing without them — yet one of that forlorn two 

 hints that people that need them are green. Some of 

 the replies are unusally illustrative. Comrade Pettit says: 

 "Some of us used to do it, but the standard is higher 

 now." Also notable is comrade Stone's experience at the 

 Chicago World's Fair. Only a little over 600 pounds out 

 of 2,300 would case without rubbing. Yet I ween some of 

 the combatants of 30 years ago would have described that 

 identical 2,300 pound lot as all right except just a few 

 combs. Page 20, 



THE HIVE QUESTION AND SUGGESTIONS. 



I licked my lips with anticipation over that new and 

 best hive of Allen Latham's — and, lo, a "long idea" hive 

 adapted to chunk honey only! Still, if you want to post 

 a small out-apiary in June, and never look at it again till 

 at your convenience you take it away in the fall — just 

 getting some honey that would otherwise be lost — and 

 getting it very, cheaply so far as expenditure of time is 

 concerned — quite likely there is something in the idea. 

 And it's a scheme a shade different from the ordinary 

 out-yard idea. Worth thinking of in bed some night. 

 Page 21. 



"red clover" BEES AND QUEENS. 



Thanks to C. P. Dadant for giving the "red clover" 

 bees and queens a mild cuifing up all 'round. If we really 

 had such a strain of bees it would be all right to recog- 

 nize them — but then the size of that "if!" And a good 

 laugh over that sample of red clover honey that tasted 

 strongly of basswood will do us no harm. Page 22. 



EXPERIMENTING IN APICULTURE. 



Prof. Scholl is some like behemoth who trusted that 

 he could draw Jordan into his mouth, if he thinks he can 

 do Uncle Sam's census work over after him. But all 

 right— we need just such enterprising spirits to tackle just 

 such big jobs. I believe we have heard before that Texas 

 was at the lead in honey production — that is, years when 

 the California season was bad and her own good. Getting 

 on a semi-desert cattle-range 40 miles from a railroad sta- 

 tion for the sake of a good and vacant bee-range, is 

 bidding quite high for it, indeed. Even at that high 

 price it's possible that some determined comrades will 

 bid. Page 25. 



Honey as a Health-Food.— This is a i6-page honey- 

 pamphlet intended to help increase the demand for honey. 

 The first part of it contains a short article on " Honey as 

 Pood ", written by Dr. C. C. Miller. It tells where to keep 

 honey, how to liquefy it, etc. The last part is devoted to 

 " Honey-Cooking Recipes " and " Remedies Using Honey ". 

 It should be widely circulated by those selling honey. The 

 more the people are educated on the value and uses of honey 

 the more honey they will buy. 



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Some Facts About Honey and Bees.— This is the 

 subject of an article written by Mr. J. E. Johnson, and pub- 

 lished on pages 581-82 of the American Bee Journal for 

 Aug. 25, 1904. We have republished it in 4-page leaflet 

 form for general distribution, and furnish it, postpaid, at 

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 44 pages ; price, postpaid, 30 cents. This is by the same 

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 No one who makes maple sugar or syrup should be without 

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