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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



July 



Mr. Lawrence C. Miller, the queen 

 breeder of Providence, R. I., has sent 

 us for trial a pair of scissors especial- 

 ly for clipping queen's wings. We 

 have always heretofore used a knife 

 for this work with satisfaction, but 

 the new shears appear to have 

 been especially designed for the pur- 

 pose, and we have no doubt that the 

 job could be accomplished very dex- 

 terously with this new instrument. 

 We are awaiting an opportunity to test 

 them, and anticipate complete suc- 

 cess. We are inclined to think this 

 is the same tool of which Mr. Arthur 

 C. Miller writes in this number, as 

 being so satisfactory in his hands. 



By a postal card, dated May 30th, 

 Pat informs The Bee-Keeper that his 

 bees are "working fearfully" on man- 

 grove in his new location, which, he 

 says, is "ten minutes on a row boat 

 from Cabanas." He has built himself 

 a nice story-and-a-half house on the 

 bay, from which he can go to Guan- 

 a.iay by stage for a silver dollar, and 

 thence "by rails" for another dollar 

 of the same cheap kind to the Cuban 

 capital. He reports weather dry and 

 windy. Pat has been in the habit of 

 baking his own flap-jacks for some 

 time, but the new house report savors 

 of a more varied menu, to be pre- 

 pared by a feminine hand. 



The complaint of low prices and in- 

 sufficient demand is not confined to 

 America. The plaint goes up every- 

 where, the world over, where modern 

 methods of honey production prevail. 

 Our advice to the small producer is to 

 see that the smaller towns and vil- 

 lages in his vicinity are amply sup- 

 plied, and to avoid the large cities. 

 Warehouses in these great trade cen- 

 ters are loaded and overloaded with 

 honey from the heaviest producing 

 sections of the country. Blaze a new 

 trail for yourself, and shun the beaten 

 paths of commerce. 



On June 13th, Mr. J. B. Case, Port 

 Orange, Fla., reported very active 

 business in his apiaries, while scale- 

 hives had been gaining about three 

 pounds per day for two weeks pre- 

 vious. This is the same "Case" who 

 broke the i-ecord in Florida in 1894 by 

 harvesting an average from his apia- 

 ries of 420 pounds per colony. Though 

 exceedingly modest, and otherwise 



moderate Mr. Case wiy occasionally 

 indulge in extremes when it comes to 

 honey crops, and has a faculty- for 

 rather "scooping" the other boys. 



As will be noted in another column, 

 Mr. Thomas Chantry, president of the 

 South Dakota Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion and a member of our staff of 

 writers, has removed to California, and 

 will favor us soon with a batch of 

 notes taken by the way. As to the 

 superiority of Mr. Chantry's stock of 

 bees at the old Dakota home, of which 

 he writes, we have some personal 

 knowledge, as Mr. Chantry has upon 

 several occasions very kindly sent the 

 editor of The Bee-Keeper queens of 

 this stock. 



The past two months have been pro- 

 ductive of more renewals upon our 

 subscription list than any like period 

 for six years past. Though it has tak- 

 en the editor several days to attend to 

 giving proper credit for these on the 

 books, it has been a most pleasant 

 task, and he begs to assure each read- 

 er who has contributed to his labor 

 along this line, of his sincere apprecia- 

 tion of the favor. We hope many more 

 will avail themselves of the present 

 opportunity to renew for three years 

 for one dollar. 



From an invitation with which the 

 Bee-Keeper was favored early in June, 

 we opine Mr. Homer H. Hyde, of 

 Floresville, Tex., is, ere this, a bene- 

 dict, and Miss Lizzie E. Adams is his 

 bride, as the date set was June 18th, 

 Mr. Hyde is, by far, the weightiest 

 "chunk-honey" advocate of the Lone 

 Star State. The Bee-Keeper's wish 

 that the pathway of life before Mr. 

 and Mrs. Hyde may be lined with nec- 

 tar-secreting flora, is very sincere. 



Mr. Wilmon Newell, who has for 

 some time past had charge of the ex- 

 perimental apiary at A. and M. Col- 

 lege Station, Tex., has resigned to ac- 

 cept a position as assistant entomolo- 

 gist of Georgia. Mr, Louis Scholl, Hun- 

 ter, Tex,, has been appointed to fill 

 the position vacated by Mr, Newell in 

 Texas. Both are hustling, bright 

 young men. 



One of the poorest seasons for honey 

 ever known, has been experienced by 

 Australian bee-keepers. 



