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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER July 



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As it now appears, 1902 will not be 

 referred to in the future as "the year of 

 the big honey crop." 



Of the 707,261 bee-keepers in the 

 United States, it is safe to say that 95 

 per cent do not take a bee paper. 



PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY ^/[j.. w. H. Pridgen, the noted queen 



THE W. T. FALCONER MANFG. Co breeder of North Carolina, is engaged 



in wrting a new book on the subject. 



H. E. HILL, 



EDITOR, 



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Subscr^ers receiving their papei in blue 

 wrapper will know that their subscription ex- 

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 will not delay favoring us with a renewal. 



A red wrapper on your paper indicates thai 

 you owe for your subscription. Please give the 

 matter your early attention. 



Mr. Adrian Getaz, of Knoxville, 

 Tenn.. in Gleanings, estimates the an- 

 nual consumption of honey per colony 

 at 200 pounds- This is a question yet 

 undecided, and one very difficult to de- 

 termine; but. for the South, we are in- 

 clined to regret Mr. Getaz's estimate as 

 more nearly correct than any we have 

 seen heretofore. 



A revised, and very handsome edition 

 of "Advanced Bee-Culture" has been is- 

 sued by the author, Mr. W. Z. Hutch- 

 inson, Flint, Mich., to whom we are in- 

 debted for a copy of the work. The 

 field of practical bee-keeping is concise- 

 ly covered, in thirty-two chapters of 

 well-printed text interspersed with col- 

 ored plates. The price is the same as 

 for the first edition — fifty cents. 



That honey in plain sections sells 

 more readily and at higher prices, than 

 that in the standard bee-way style, is 

 discredited by F. L. Thompson, in the 

 Progressive Bee-Keeper. According 

 to Mr. Thompson's expressed opinion 

 there is nothing in the "superior finish" 

 idea to justify the bee-keeper in making 

 an}' expensive change from the bee- 

 way to the plain style of section. 



"Bees," is the name of a new ex- 

 change recently added to our list. It is 

 a very readable monthly, edited bjr Ed- 

 ward A. Geary, Oxford Road, Upper 

 Norwood, London, Enn^land. "Bees'' 

 lias one bad habit — a habit quite prev- 

 alent with European journals — i. e., 

 I he habit of leaving its home before it 

 has been stitched, thus permitting it? 

 leaves to fall apart in the hands of the 

 The picture, "A Migratory Apiary on reader. 

 Indian River," shown in this number. 



is situated on the islands opposite Ft. 

 Pierce, and shows our prosperous little 

 town in the dim distance, on the main- 

 land. 



A private letter from our old friend. 

 M. W. Shepherd, who has been operat- 

 ing for some time on the west coast 

 of Florida, states that he is again at 



