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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



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Dear Bro. Hill: — 



What do yon think of a chump who 

 hives a swarm of bees bv putting bees, 

 branch, leaves and all, right into the 

 hive and leaving them there?' That's 

 what one of the boys found had been 

 done when he tried recently to transfer 

 a colony from a box hive. 



Have )'ou tried one of the new Bun- 

 comb Brass Smokers? Most wonder- 

 ful sort of brass: more of it in the 

 manufacturer than in the smoker, which 

 is half tin. And you should see some 

 of the M'onderful rivets in it, with sol- 

 dered ends. They stay put almost long 

 enough for you to light the smoker. 



The results of trying to use one 

 'minds me of some of the fine gentle 

 queens some of the boys are sending 

 out. Their bees got after one of my 

 black boys t'other day. When he .got 

 cooled down a bit he said: "Mars John, 

 whar yo' get dem yaller dcbbils?" I 

 told him. "Dat man is shore >?ettin' 

 ready for de hot place." 



Our genial general manager knows 

 how to make things hot, too. If you 

 want to prove it, just go to printing 

 something inimical to the best good 

 of beedom- 



He is already after some of the boys 

 and first thing they know they'll be 

 punctured by that virile pen and will 



have a most awful pneumatic tired feel- 

 ing. 



Did you mind the self-complacency 

 with which the Review's editor quoted 

 my remarks about bee papers which 

 mixed other topics with their bee lore? 

 Has he forgotten his free ad of some 

 "Yellow Zones" and some other similar 

 slips'.' 



In the A. B. J., May 22, a chap in 

 South Dakota (if you want to know 

 what part you'll have to ask York) 

 writes of mixing sweet clover honey 

 with "shoe-strings, snowdrops, etc.'' 

 There is no accounting for tastes. 



What do vou think of Hutchinson's 

 idea of wearing a bill board on our 

 coats annoimcing that' we are bee 

 cranks? Great, Isn't it? 



I notice Carniolan ciueens arc being 

 ■idvertised by several persons. Cer- 

 tainh'. of course, just as was to be 

 expected. The Italian boom is about 

 over. Color, gentleness, long tongues, 

 have all been exploited, and now it must 

 needs be a new race. Next- 

 Yours as ever. 



John Hardscrabble. 



