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AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



Janiiaiy 



A Staffordshire bee-man sends the 

 British Bee Journal samples of heath- 

 er honey which was carried by the 

 bees a distance of six miles, from the 

 field to the hives. Heather honey, 

 considered about the choicest of hon- 

 ey, is said to be so thick in body as 

 to make extracting almost impos- 

 sible. (H.) 



remain the same. We hope to secure 

 4,500 new subscribers this year. 

 Every one secured adds to the 

 strength and influence of the journal. 

 We shall appreciate your help. Every 

 word of commendation is a help. (H.) 



If one desires to familiarize himself 

 with the rules and regulations govern- 

 ing the enforcement of our pure food 

 laws, he should write the United 

 States Department of Agriculture, 

 Washington, D. C, and request a copy 

 of Circular No. i, containing the 

 "Food and Drugs Act, approved June 

 30, 1906." (H.) 



Prof. Louis Scholl, of Texas, has a 

 theory which would preclude from 

 criticism the old established bee jour- 

 nals. The American Bee-Keeper is 

 not quite so old as some of its con- 

 temporaries, but we think it is quite 

 as "well established," with as solid 

 financial backing as any of the bunch. 



Mr. Scholl should remember that 

 Satan himself has been "'established" 

 quite a while. (H.) 



The tongue is always a seeking or- 

 gan, never a giving. Besides gather- 

 ing up fluids it is used in the spread- 

 ing of propolis. It seems to be a 

 veritable varnish brush for that pur- 

 pose. From the frequency with which 

 bees lick propolis and from their lick- 

 ing over the inner surfaces of the 

 comb cells I have surmised that from 

 both propolis and wax they secured 

 something palatable. The most care- 

 ful examination of the cells fails to 

 reveal the deposit of anything by the 

 bee during the licking process, the 

 wax is only smoother and more bur- 

 nished than before. (M.) 



In the Australasian Bee-Keeper, 

 Geo. James tells of having cut ofif the 

 head of a queen with his penknife, 

 leaving her lying upon a piece of pa- 

 per in the honey-house. The next 

 day she was still living, and did not 

 relinquish her hold upon life until 

 the twenty-sixth hour after decapita- 

 tion. Wonder if Mr. James is getting 

 ready to advertise a "hardy strain" of 

 stock next season. (H.) 



If each of our present subscribers 

 will send us just one new one before 

 the 15th of September, we will begin 

 the next New Year with sixty-eight 

 pages, instead of thirty-six, as at pres- 

 ent and the subscription price will 



Never within its history has the 

 American Bee-Keeper enjoyed such 

 prosperity as at present. This month 

 it enters its seventeenth year of con- 

 tinuous publication under most en- 

 couraging conditions. Its list of sub- 

 scribers continues to grow steadily. 

 Its staff of contributors is of the very 

 best in the world. It is becoming 

 the acknowledged leader as the ex- 

 ponent of advanced thought on api- 

 arian questions. Its influence has be- 

 come widespread and emphatic. No 

 other American bee-paper is so ex- 

 tensively quoted by the foreign press. 

 Its efficiency as an advertising me- 

 dium is unexcelled, and its advertis- 

 ers are appreciating the fact. Prob- 

 ably not less than fifteen thousand 

 persons read The Bee-Keeper each 

 month. If the reader appreciates our 

 efforts to supply a high-class, illus- 

 trated bee journal for fifty cents a 

 year he can materially aid the work 

 by introducting The Bee-Keeper to 

 those yet unacquainted with its mer- 

 its. (H.) 



