1903. 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



255 



PUBLISHED MONTHLTBY 



THE W. T. FALCOMER MANFG. Co. 

 H. E. HILL, - EDITOR. 



a result of such a condition. Less leaKy 

 and repulsivG-lookins sections will be 

 seen in retail stores, and the work of 

 cratin?? will be greatly facilitated. As 

 has been the case with black bees, 

 the fonr-piece section has charaeter- 

 teristie virtues which have been lost 

 si.ffht of in the tui-moil incident to the 

 introduction of a new fad. 



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With reference to Mr. Atchley's the- 

 orv as to the cause of bee-paralysis, 

 Mr. O. O. Poppleton, whom we con- 

 sider one of the very best authorities 

 in the country upon the question, says, 

 Mr. Atchley must have either a very 

 peculiar kind of bees or an unusual 

 form of paral.vsis. "For," says 'he, 

 "One of the distinffuishing character- 

 istics of the malady is an abnormal 

 brood-rearing inclination. So much so 

 that they are rarely able to care for 

 the excessive amount of brood found 

 in afflicted colonies." 



A Texas subscriber who is a friend 

 of The American Bee-Keeper, and who 

 sent last month a list of new subscrib- 

 ers, together with a nice list of bee-keep- 

 ers' names, apologizes for so doing 

 without having authority to solicit 

 subscriptions for us. While express- 

 ing our sincere gratitude for such kind- 

 nesses, we desire also to state that 

 every reader of The Bee-Keeper is an 

 authorized agent therefor, and we 

 deeply appreciate such evidences of 

 friendly interest in the welfare of The 

 Bee-Keeper. Subscribers in Illinois 

 and Massachusetts, also have our 

 thanks for lists of new ones sent in 

 during the last month. 



The steady decline in the supply of 

 basswood threatens future trade in the 

 line of one-piece sections; and the erst- 

 while popular four-piece style promises 

 to supercede, perforce, the long fragile 

 strip which now holds swa.v in the 

 supply market. From The Bee-Keep- 

 er's viewpoint, however, the comb 

 honey industry will suffer naught as 



The superiority of "heath honey,'' 

 I'as been generally admitted ever since 

 the writer first Ijecame interested in 

 apifii-ian matters. We have therefore 

 always had a sort of "longin' " to gaze 

 upon the heather-clad Moors of Britain, 

 to which "bee-gardeners'' flock with 

 theil" colonies during the period of 

 liloom. It was not until recently, how- 

 ever, that we were permitted to see 

 even a single specimen of this most 

 beautiful plant: and our thanks are 

 du» to Mr. John Hewitt, of England, 

 for a couple of sprigs of heather in 

 full bloom, which arrived in excellent 

 condition. The beauty of the masses 

 of lilac-colored flowers, combined with 

 its feathery leaf, not unlike that of the 

 cedar, surpasses even our dreams of 



