tgo7. AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 49 



NEW BEE JOURNAL AN- ing officer f)f the National to further 



xTrMTXTr-i-T-. their own schemes? 



NOUNCED. A 1 1 ^- 1 . ivT T? ^1 



And why did not Mr. France make 



Another "Independent" paper de- e;irlier disovowal? 

 voted to bee culture is soon to appear. The members of the National are 

 We are told that California is to he entitled to a prompt explanation fro.n 

 the seat of the enterprise and our all parties. (M). 



informant says that it is backed by 



all that is necessary to make it a MATING IN CONFINEMENT, 

 success including a list of names of 



Ihc "parasites who seek to wax fat In '^ '"-^'"t number of Gleanmgs 

 on the producers" and these same will t'^^^''^' ''^ '"ccorded another expernnent 

 l,e politely made to keep out. (M). ''''^^\ conhnmg drones and queens for 



mating. file cage was of wire cloth 



and was about thirty feet high ny 



i-HE DOCTRINE OF QUALITY, j,,^^ ^.^^^^^ diameter. The result was 



Mr Hutchinson ..t the Review is f^^i'^re. the drones and queens killing 

 .irging the production of better lioney. themselves by buttmg against the 

 acryingnecdof the industry of today, ^v"'^- Cotton mosquito netting ,t is 

 The Review is the only other bee '^''^ believed will obviate that trouble 

 paper in this country besides The '^'^'> ^he editor suggests that common 

 Bee-Keeper that has a practical bee ^-^"nn cloth m,>y do. He is only 

 man at its head. It is particularly a ^1^°"^ six years behind hand on that 

 paper for specialists but the writer pomt as it was tested out pretty thoi- 

 knows of many beginners who Hnd ^^R^'ly i" R'^^^'^ Island by the writer 

 .t a great help. To impress uprm bee- "■• ^'^^ season of 1900 and subsequent- 

 keepers the need of quality over quan- '-^- '^'^ ^^^^ «"'' '^'''^^'^ ^^^^ '" '^^=''^- 

 tity is even more important to those "''B random and misdirected expen- 

 just .starting than to the veterans, the' "^^"ts we would say that the ch-ef 

 latter usually have had some force- d'ftculties are in the queens and 

 ful lessons by experience. (M.) ^''■°"^^' "^°^''y '" ^^^^ •\'"er. Our 



advice to would-be experimenters is 

 to let the matter alone until mor.i is 



MORE LEAGUE COMPLICA- known about drones and queens, their 



TTONS virility and the conditions which limit 



or increase their activities. The.se 



In a recent letter General Manager matters have for several years been 



Trance asks us to state that he was the subject of study by trained mlfds 



never a member of the late League, and the results will in due time appear 



We are unable to find that he has be- in these columns. (M). 



fore made disavowal of his coiinec- — — 



tion therewith. The literature sent pAREWELL. KARO CORN! 

 out by the League bore the name of 



Mr. I'rance ;is a n'ember of the Exec- The great glucose trust which spent 

 utive Committee. Some of the found- fortunes to mislead the public into be- 

 ers of the Lengue are st'll active in lieving that its spurious product was 

 the affairs of the National and pose "better than honey for less money," 

 as champions of the rights of the ho 1- it is said has been put out of business 

 ey producers. What deoendencc cm by the pure food laws now being en- 

 be placed upon them if they, without forced. The fact is, no amount of 

 authority, used the name of the lead- good advertising can continue to fool 



