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AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



January- 



study. The argument is not all on cause and efifect, and, like the noble 

 one side. Bereans of old, learn whether or not 



There is a cause for every efifect in these things be true, 

 nature. Let each one study closely the 

 nature of the bee, and go down into 



Burmingham, Ohio. 



THE BEE-KEEPING WORLD 



Stall Contributors: F. Greiner, Adrian Geiaz 

 Contributions to this department are solicited Irom all quarters ol the earth 



CrERMANY. 



GERMAN SALES METHODS. 



Some of the bee-periodicals in Ger- 

 many devote much space to advertis- 

 ing. It appears that many bee-keepers 

 have honey for sale, but find no pur- 

 chasers, also that there are many 

 buyers who cannot find the honey; 

 but it is notable that a large share of 

 the advertisers do not give actual fig- 

 ures. How much more practical and 

 time-saving it would be when adver- 

 tising to say what we would be willing 

 to take or willing to give. Honey, 

 best white extracted, is being ottered 

 at from i6 1-2 to 19 cents per pound, 

 package not included. 



queen to maturity. Dr. Bruennich 

 thinks that it may come about in 13 

 1-2 days, others hold that 15 days is 

 the minimum. 



It is useless trouble to try to cure 

 a drone breeding colony late in the 

 season says J. W. in Schlesw. Hoist. 

 Bztg. Better unite, he says, with a 

 neighboring colony. (The Gleaner 

 thinks such bees are of no value, for 

 they are too old). 



When unsuccessful, a queen will re- 

 turn from her flight within five min- 

 utes. If she remains longer away the 

 chances are favorable. — Lehrm, in G. 

 and Restfif. 



QUEENS. 



"Does a queen ever mate after hav- 

 ing laid eggs?" This questi )n has 

 been and is being discussed in Ger- 

 man bee journals. Dr. Bruennich says, 

 she may do so, and claims to have 

 observed this. Dickel, Mulot and 

 others say the doctor is mistaken. 

 These authorities agree that a queen 

 mates not before the fifth day of her 

 life and usually begins to lay eggs not 

 before the tenth. If a queen fails 

 to mate, she begins to lay eggs when 

 about five weeks old, rarely, if ever, 

 anyv sooner. 



There is some disagreement as to 

 length of time required to bring a 



THROUGH HIS HAT." 



If there wasn't anything to hinder 

 the increase of bees, no winter, no 

 dysentery, no starvation, etc., in a 

 hundred years, says Freudenstein, the 

 number of bees would be so great that 

 if all of them were in one cluster 

 united, same would be three times 

 larger than the globe on which we 

 live. 



DEATH OF DR. DZIERZON. 



The death of Germany's greatest 

 bee-keeper. Dr. Joh. Dzierzon, is re- 

 ported in the last German bee-period- 

 icals. He died on Oct. 26 in his 96th 

 year. If may be said that with Dzier- 



