1902 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



1S5 



Air. Stecnhiu^en gives among other in- 

 structions lor the production of comb 

 honey the following. "Comb founda- 

 tion should not be used, not even for 

 starters. It spoils the pleasure in eating 

 comb honey. From a young swarm 

 having occupied its hive 24 hours suit- 

 able starters for sections may be ob- 

 tained-" (The writer of the above is 

 satisfied that extra-light section foun- 

 dation is practically unknown in Ger- 

 man}-, still he feels like endorsing what 

 Steenhusen says. He thinks full sheets 

 of comb foundation in section honey 

 are an abomination and should never 

 be used. — F. G.) 



dence of every one, as they all thoro- 

 ughly understand the business they are 

 about to embark in, and are throwing 

 their whole energies into making it a 

 success. The advent of this company 

 places the J. B. K. A. on a sound and 

 secure footing. The management and 

 members are to be congratulated on 

 the success of their efiforts in this direc- 

 tion. 



The total quantity of honey exported 

 during the year ended 31st March 

 1902 was 16,804 cwt. an increase over 

 the previous year of 3,380 cwt. 



Stahl. of Rudesheim. has come to the 

 conclusion that bees are often attracted 

 by the imsound or bruised peaches and 

 work on them. After having extracted 

 the juices from drop-peaches they will 

 search to find vulnerable spots on the 

 fruit still on the tree. Many observers, 

 he says, are thus misled and it prompts 

 them to say: "Bees do sting peaches." 

 — Leipz Bztg. 



Bees are offered at 25 cents per 

 pound in Schlesuig-Holstein. A young 

 laying queen is included at that price. 

 (Cheap enough.) 



It is asserted in Deutsche Bienen- 

 zucht that queens reared in the natural 

 order of things — at swarming time — 

 are always larger and of greater long- 

 evity than the queens reared from 

 worker larvae. 



F. Greiner. 



JAMAICA. 



A FLOURISHING SOCIETY. 



There are now 143 members on the 

 roll of the J. B. K. A. This does not 

 represent one half of the bee-keepers in 

 the island. Every bee-keeper should 

 make it a point to join the Association 

 and that promptly. The full measure of 

 success can only be attained when every 

 bee-keeper becomes identified with the 

 movement. And the good work the As- 

 sociation is doing is sufficient induce- 

 ment. 



The 'Jamaica Preserves and Honey 

 Company. Ltd.. which is about to be 

 registered, promises to be a success 

 from the start. The men identified with 

 the undertaking must inspire the confi- 



JAMAICA PRESERVES AND HONEY CO., LTD. 



The chance now oft'ers for the Bee- 

 keepers of Jamaica to assume almost 

 entire control of all that appertains to 

 the welfare of their industry, and we 

 sincerely hope they will not be slow to 

 take advantage of this opportunity. 

 The success of the J. B. K. A. has ex- 

 emplified the truth of the adage "The 

 Gods help those who help themselves" 

 and has shown conclusively (if proof 

 were wanting) th^t in co-operation lies 

 the safety of the industry. 



If every bee-keeper had seized the op- 

 portunity of joining the Association at 

 its inception, the hands of the manage- 

 ment w'ould have been strengthened 

 financially and otherwise and the good 

 results would have been far in excess of 

 what they are, gratifying as these re- 

 sults are. The management realized 

 from the start that if the Association 

 were to become a fixed institution and 

 to carry on the work undertaken effici- 

 ently and creditably, capital would be 

 necessary and could only be obtained 

 partly by co-operative effort and part- 

 ly by the aid of capitalists. Bee-keep- 

 ers are not capitalists, and knowing this 

 the management have interested those 

 who are able to help them financially 

 by submitting a sound business prop- 

 osition and on the understanding thaj: 

 the bee-keepers will do their share and 

 thus show what they are capable of 

 helping and are willing to help them- 

 selves. The Jamaica Preserves and 

 Honey Company, Ltd. is the outcome, 

 and now that the shares are being plac- 

 ed on the market it is the duty and 

 privilege of the members of the J. B. K. 

 A. primarily and secondarily of the en- 

 tire body of bee-keepers to support the 

 undertaking by taking up as many of 



