THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



March 



PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY 



THE W. T. FALCONER MANFG. 



H. E. HILL, - EDITOR. 



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The Pacific Bee Journal has failed to 

 appear at this office for several months. 

 Inquiry by letter fails to elicit any ex- 

 planation as to the cause. 



At this writing, Feb. 17, bees are in 

 b- tter condition in the vicinity of Ft. 

 Pierce than for several years past, at 

 the same season. Honey has been com- 

 ing quite freely, and breeding is being 

 carried on quite extensively. 



The Australian Farm, Bee and Poul- 

 jtry Review say« "The long-tongued 

 bee craze appears to be dying a natur- 

 al death. We wonder what will be the 

 next craze for American queen breed- 

 ers to put forth." At this writing, the 

 American queen breeder's stock in 

 trade runs heavily to "umbilical cord." 



The Bee-Keeper office is being hon- 

 ored just now with daily visits from 

 Mr. James Heddon, the veteran api- 

 arist, inventor and author, of Dowa- 

 giac, Mich., who, in company with his 

 urbane son "Billy." of Chicago, arriv- 

 ed in Florida on the 12th ultimo. The 

 Messrs. Heddon are enthusiastic and 

 distinguished sportsmen, as well as ex- 

 pert apiarists, and will probably fit out 

 a commodious yacht at this point and 

 do the coast in true sportsman style. 



It is said by certain manufacturers of 

 tobacco that Florida mangrove honey 

 does not possess the flavor necessary to 

 their business. We ,think ourselves 

 that the consumer would probably rel- 

 ish it better spread upon hot cakes or 

 biscuits. 



The Bee-Keepers' Review for Febru- 

 ary makes a strong appeal to bee-keep- 

 ers for neatness and order in the apiary 

 and honey-house. Editor Hutchinson 

 directs attention to the fact that a pro- 

 fitable business is never conducted in 

 a slovenly manner. Not that neatness 

 is the chief cause of success, but that 

 order and a disposition which takes 

 cognizance of cleanliness and beauty 

 are traits of character usually well de- 

 veloped in the man otherwise fitted to 

 achieve success, and are an index of his 

 possession of the right stufif to succeed 

 in any business. After reading Editor 

 Hutchinson's remarks, Mr. James Hed- 

 don. who is sojourning with us, wrote 

 with pencil upon the margin of .the 

 page, "Order amounts to a perpetual 

 invoice." 



The editor of Gleanings says he does 

 no,t believe there is much choice be- 

 tween queens put out by our old breed- 

 ers who have had years of experience 

 in the business. Notwithstanding the 



