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THE AMERICAIf BEE-KEEPER 



73 



rriU>iSHKI) MONTHLY I'.V 



THE W. T. FALCONER MANFG. Co. 



H. E. HILL, 



EDITOR. 



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The Bec-Kceper notes with pleasure 

 that Prof. Frank Benton has been ap- 

 pointed Apicultural Investig-ator in the 

 agricultural department at Washington 

 Prof. Benton is eminently qualified to 

 serve our apicultural interests in what- 

 ever capacity; and his recent advance- 

 ment IS a fitting recognition of his long 

 and faithful service of the government, 

 as assistant entomologist. 



A slight delay in mailing this num- 

 ber of The Bee-Keeper, and an abbre- 

 viation of this department, is a result of 

 the editor's absence. It was our pleas- 

 ure during the past month to make the 

 personal acquaintance of Mr D E 

 Merrill, of The W. T. Falconer Mfg^ 

 Co., who has been spending several 

 weeks in the South; and it was a very 

 pleasant duty to accept a kind invita- 

 tion, extended by the publishers of The 

 Bee-Keeper, to accompany Mr. Merrill 

 on a trip to several of the charming re- 

 sorts of South Florida and Cuba. 



April and May. of all months, are the 

 ones in which the retention of heat in 

 the hive should be given especial atten- 

 tion. A loss of the animal heat gener- 

 ated at this season is a loss of brood, 

 bees and honey. 



Subscriptions are coming in at a rate 

 that is truly gratifying to the editor. 

 We desire to double our present list 

 during 1902; and as a token of appre- 

 ciation, to every reader sending us one 

 new subscriber, together with 50 cents 

 for same, we wnll mail free one beauti- 

 ful photograph mounted 8x10 inches, 

 of either a Florida or Cuban scene. 

 The editor has a collection of several 

 hundred negatives taken by himself, 

 from \vhich to select, and is confident of 

 his ability to choose something which 

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One of the interesting sights of the 

 old city of Havana is Colon cathedral, 

 which for many years was the resting 

 place of the (supposed) remains of Co- 

 lumbus. Few, however, of those who 

 throng its immense portals to celebrate 

 mass or on curiosity bent, appear to 

 notice a small aperture, apparently 

 caused by the crumbling of the stone, 

 and from which protrude several combs. 

 l)lacker. if possible, than the robes of 

 the officiating "Padres" within, and 

 from which the bees of an established 

 colony pass in and out- The cathedral 

 colony has its entrance just to the right 

 and slightly above the door of the tow- 

 er from which the passing hoTs are 

 proclaimed and echo from the walls of 

 Morro. 



