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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



September, 



In a inamiscript of 1326, he says, a 

 machine is described and pictured 

 which was used for the purpose of 

 throwing skeps of bees into the forces 

 of the enemy, and even during our 

 times bees have been used in war 

 times as in the war between Prussia 

 and Denmarlv, 1864, and Austria and 

 Prussia in 1866. 



FRANCE. 



An international bee-keepers' exhibi- 

 tion is planned by the French. It is 

 going to be held in Paris during 1904. 



A new ordinance has been passed 

 for Algiers, which will be a hard blow 

 to the industry of bee-i^t^epicg, viz: 

 "An apiary must not be located any 

 nearer to a neighbor than 200 meters." 



SWITZERLAND. 

 By popular vote the new tariff on 

 honey has become a law. Accordingly 

 the import duty on honey is now 50 

 francs instead of 15, as heretofore. 

 This will hit Austrian bee-keepers 

 particularly, who have largely export- 

 ed to Switzerland under the low tar- 

 iff. — Bieuen-A'ater. 



PALESTINE. 



It is doubtful whether the honey 

 John the Baptist ate in the wilderness 

 was genuine honey or not. Even at 

 those remote times adulteration (?) was 

 practiced. Even up to this time a 

 syrup is made in many sections of 

 Palestine from the juices of the grape 

 and passed out under the name of hon- 

 ey. It is said that at the present time 

 200,000 pounds of this product are 

 yearly exported to Egypt alone. The 

 Arabs give this product the name 

 "Disb", which is the same word as 

 used in the original of the Bible and 

 translated l»y the writers into "honey.'' 

 There is also another product obtained 

 in the Holy Land, called "wild honey" 

 in the Bible. It is a sort of honey-dew 

 which drips from the leaves of the 

 ■fig trees and palms at times. This 

 honey serves as an article of food; in- 

 sects and humans both are eager for 

 it. Genuine honey is, of course, also 

 plentiful. It is probable that at the 

 times of .Tohn the Baptist the woods 

 and caves were full of bees, and bee- 

 keeping was not carried on or had not 

 to be carried on as an industry. — From 

 Leipz. Bztg. L. Greiner. 



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keeping bees. The silent ones are let- 

 ting the bees keep them. That's me 

 exactly. And what a mighty differ- 

 ence, b'gosh! I've in mind two boys 

 of of Weisnichtwo-fon — them as don't 

 know where that is, I'll call it Blarney 

 Center. One is red, rotund and rabid, 

 and t'other is long, lean and laconic. 

 On^ started keeping bees years ago, 

 and as 'twas too much work to origi- 

 nate, he "borrowed" everything in 

 sight, and soon as 'twas sort of forgot- 

 ten he "discovered" it ("got 'em first," 

 too, b'gosh). Durned remarkable man. 



Dear Bro. Hill: Always prayin' for the Lord's guid- 



I note by the papers that many of ance, but keeps a powerful good hold 



the boys are still, though not .silently, on the devil's tail. Believes in a bird 



