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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



February 



Though we have on hand a quantity 

 of excellent material for publication, 

 we shall be pleased to exchange a year's 

 subscription for each available article 

 with which our readers may favor us. 

 Any bee-keeping subject which you 

 yourself find of interest, will not fail to 

 elicit the interest of others. 



A Beekeepers' Association was form- 

 ed in Kingston yesterday. If the Asso- 

 land's exports of honey maintained at 

 ciation can get the quality of the is- 

 a high standard, it will do a world of 

 good to the entire community. All suc- 

 cessity to the new Society. Every bee- 

 keeper should become a member of it. 

 — Jamaica Daily Telegraph, Jan, 8. 



Much zero weather, high winds, lots 

 of snow and a flood thrown in are some 

 of the things they have been having in 

 the vicinity of Borodino, N. Y., accord- 

 ing to a letter received from Mr. Doo- 

 little, dated Jan. 2. ]Mr. D. states that 

 had his bees been in the cellar at 

 home, more than half of them would 

 have been drowned, as the cellar was 

 about half-full of water during the 

 flood. The bee repository is situated 

 on higher ground, hence their escape. 



Why is it that bees som.etimes fail to 

 work all day on saw palmetto bloom 

 which is loaded with secretions of nec- 

 tar, was recently asked in these col- 

 umns by a correspondent. Others have 

 written to know why we failed to reply. 

 Our reasons are the best — we don't 

 know, nor do we know anyone that 

 does know. It is a condition which we 

 have observed only once, and we wrote 

 as fully as our knowledge would permit 

 in relation to the matter. On page 107 

 of TheBee-Keeper for June, 1899. 



Mr. J. M. Davis, a subscriber at 

 Spring Hill, Tenn., who is a "whole- 

 sale" queen-breeder, finds that the best 

 results in mailing are obtained by se- 



lecting an escort of bees, as he himself 

 puts it, "where abdomen seems to be 

 entirely empty, and walking around 

 with heads up and wings partly raised, 

 apparently looking for a 'scrap' with 

 some one." Mr. Doolittle's preference, 

 we believe, is for the gentle little fel- 

 low with head in a cell of unsealed 

 honey and wings snugly folded. Bless 

 that little comforter — "locality." (?) 



We note that there are several hun- 

 dred subscriptk)ns on our list which 

 expire with the February and March 

 numbers. We sincerely trust that ev- 

 ery one of these esteemed patrons will 

 have found The Bee-Keeper a profit- 

 able investment, and that we may be 

 favored with prompt renewals. 



Let every present subscriber who 

 can conscientiously do so speak a 

 favorable word for The Bee-Keeper to 

 those who are not subscribers; let each 

 freely ask for as many sample copies 

 as he can judiciously distribute. We 

 shall always endeavor to reciprocate 

 any courtesies thus kindly shown us. 



"MANUFACTURED COMB 

 HONEY." 

 The "manufactured comb honey" 

 canard which has been stalking up and 

 down in the land since 1883 is evidently 

 yet considered a crisp news item by 

 the newspapers. The evil has been 

 greatly augmented by the publicity giv- 

 en it also through the agricultural 

 press, since statements emanating from 

 this source, relating to agricultural 

 questions and allied subjects, are usual- 

 ly considered as authoritative and car- 

 ry weight. It behooves every one in- 

 terested in the process of honey pro- 

 duction to assist in showing up the 

 absolute falsehood of the statement that 

 comb honey is manufactured, and where 

 ever it appears to secure, if possible, a 

 public retraction. Any honest editor, 

 after being assured of his error, will 



