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THE AMERTCAN BEE-KEEPER 



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the report from tliis section of the 

 coast. Yet, at this date (July 14) the 

 mangrove is yielding honey finely, and 

 hee-keepers are actively engaged. 



ruBi-ih;nEU monthly bv 



THE W. T. FALCONER MANFG. Co. 



H. E. HILL, - EDITOR. 



"Gloriously hot weather, in sharp 

 contrast to the cold and wet, up to 

 July 2," is reported from Illinois. 



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A profuse white clover bloom, with 

 scant nectar secretion is the report of 

 some of our New England correspon- 

 dents. 



The convention of National Bee- 

 Keepers' Association will be Held in 

 Denver. Colo., this year. September 3, 

 4 and 5. 



In response to Deacon Hardscrab- 

 ble's question, first paragraph, July 

 number, a subscriber writes that in his 

 opinion the '"chump" referred to must 

 have learned the business from "an- 

 other chump," whom he knew to wire 

 foundation in the sections; and when 

 moving, confined I '•''» his bees with a 

 zinc excluder. 



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The east coast of Florida has experi- 

 enced a drouth the like of which has 



It has been said that sealed in 

 beeswax foul brood spores must neces- 

 sarily die, by reason of having the air 

 excluded, and therefore no danger 

 could result from the use of founda- 

 tion thus contaminated. Mr. Henry W. 



not been known in many years. Not Brice, one of England's most pr»nnc 

 to exceed 15 hours rain in eleven apicultural writers, in the Bee-Keep- 

 weeks. with intensely hot weather, is ers' Record, says the spores may be 



