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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



September, 



a very sharp stick, which will proba- 

 blj' MOtitl them to action without much 

 further delay. 



In the manipulation of co'lonies — 

 forming nuclei, uniting or taking from 

 one and giving frames with adhering 

 bees to another colony, for whatever 

 purpose — the advice is frequently giv- 

 en, "Be sure the queen is not among 

 them." The novice, it appears, some- 

 times trusts to a careful examination 

 of the transferred comb to make sure 

 of this fact. This, however, is very 

 unreliable, and may often lead to the 

 loss of a queen. The only Avay to "be 

 sure" is to find the queen and set 

 apart the comb upon which she ^ is 

 found, then one may use the remain- 

 ing combs as desired with the assur- 

 ance that the queen is safe. The fact 

 that we do not see hei- upon the 

 combs used, is by no means a guaran- 

 tee that she is not there. 



Referring to the treatment of foul 

 brood with formalin gas, and the ar- 

 ticle which Ave had designed to present 

 pertaining thereto, Mr. C. H. W. We- 

 ber, the ardent champion of the new 

 system, writes that he has noticed re- 

 sults not altogether satisfactory since 

 his article was written, and that he 

 hopes for more favorable results from 

 experiments now in course of progress, 

 and suggests that the publication of 

 the article be deferred until such time 

 as his experiments make it advisable. 



The item "Bee Paralysis," on page 

 21.3 of this issue, should have appeared 

 fast month. Imt was crowded out. Since 

 then Dr. Miller, through the American 

 Bee .Tournal. explains that owing to 

 press of business affairs he had failed 

 to give Mr. Toppleton's article, pub- 

 lished in The Bee-Keeper in 1901. de- 

 .served attention, and therefore piop- 

 erly and expUcitly sets himself rWit 

 before his readers; while Editor York 

 takes occasion to reproduce the article 

 entirely, in order that his readers may 

 not niiss the important information 

 therein contained. There are some oth- 

 er editors and probfic apiarian writers 

 who should rise and explain their ig- 

 norance of important information with 

 which Bee-Keeper students have long 

 been familiar. 



Bee-Keeping is an occupation which 

 is full of interest, and is said to be 

 quite a fad with British pharmacists. 

 Honey is an ofticial drug, which may 

 account for the association of ideas. 

 The American Bee-Keeper is a neat 

 and meaty little magazine, devoted to 

 our industrious friend who improves 

 each shining hour, and it is as wel- 

 come an addition to the exchange ed- 

 itor's table, as is the product of apis 

 mellifica to the dining-room table.— 

 Southern Drug Journal. 



:sruch was said a few years ago, 

 pro and con. in regard to the merits 

 of the Punic bee, introduced into Eng- 

 land by :Nrr. .Tohn Hewitt. The broad- 

 est kind of claims for their superiority 

 are yet made in "the old country," 

 by some who have tested this black 

 race, and as there seems to be noth- 

 ing especially new or novel in the line 

 of stock to engross the attention of 

 American bee-keepers at present, it is 

 probable that the Punics will come in 

 for a share of attention very soon. 



This is the season when the hungry 

 school boy arrives home promptly at 

 .5:.3n to 7 p. m. with nothing in his 

 stomach but the remnants from tbe 

 dinner-pail and a few wormy apples 

 plucked by the wayside. In this fam- 

 ished condition the gnawings of the 

 inner boy should be appeased pro tem- 

 pore by a few slices of bread, a glass 

 of milk and a slab of buckwheat 

 honey. See our picture'? 



This department is somewhat ab- 

 breviated this month in order to give 

 space to a greater quantity of the ex- 

 cellent material supplied by our staff 

 of writers in the 'field which, we feel 

 sui-e. Avill be appreciated by our read- 

 ers. 



The Progressive Bee-Keeper for 

 .Tilly (juotes extensively from the "Ar- 

 kansas Bee-Keeper." The material is 

 exceptionally good, and interesting, 

 but we are unable to finfl "where'bouts" 

 the Arkansas Bee-Keeper lives. 



The Australasian Bee-Keeper has ab- 

 sorbed the Farm. Bee and Poultry Re- 

 view of New South Wales. 



