1907. THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 75 



Gleanings in its February ist is- DR. LYON'S "NOBLE RACE." 

 sue has the following referring to an The following paragraph, from the 

 Arizona bee-keeper: "Last year he pen of F. A. Hooper, Hope, Jamaica, 

 produced and sold $7000. worth of appeared in Gleanings for Februaryi. 

 Alfalfa honey, but he had to feed "I have made a thorough test of 

 $4,000 worth of sugar, so that with the Caucasian bees in several locali- 

 his lab6r his 2000 colonies did not pay ties, and have found them unsuitable 

 him so much after all." $4000. worth for this climate. Being very gentle, 

 of sugar means upwards of 80,000 the red ants and other pests destroy 

 pounds which makes over 240,000 them; moreover, they are very poor 

 pounds of syrup or 120 pounds per honey-gatherers. At one of my 

 colony. Is comment necessary? (M.) apiaries I had fifty colonies of them, 

 and during the rains I lost nearly all, 



Why should the honest and consci- while the Italians in the same yard all 



entious honey producers be forced to survived." 



compete with the sugar syrup "honey" It's now up to the Rev. D. Everett 

 of their unscrupulous brethren? Every Lyon to make it plain to Gleanings' 

 state should have a law compelling readers that, if Mr. Hooper is not in- 

 bee-keepers to color to a dark shade sane he certainly knows nothing about 

 all syrup fed to bees. Upright bee- bees and that he has never had the 

 keepers will welcome such a measure real thing in the Caucasian line, 

 as it will be no hardship to them and We opine, before the Caucasian ex- 

 will at once disclose sugar syrup hon- periments are finished in this country 

 ey when it is offered for sale. Those Dr. Lyon will begin to realize that, 

 who will protest against such a meas- when he undertook to show up as 

 ure will be found to be the ones who foolish everyone who failed to co- 

 are profiting directly or indirectly by incide with his half-hatched theories 

 the production of "sugar syrup hon- regarding this "noble race," the task 

 ey." (M.) was greater than he surmised. (H.) 



"Nothing venture nothing have,"' THE NATIONAL'S SEAL LABEL, 

 and if you do not venture to experi- Last year General Manager France, 

 ment with your bees and risk loss of the National Association, made an 

 with a few colonies you will have to efifort to secure a honey label that 

 be content with plodding in the old members could obtain at a reasonable 

 rut, while your more progressive fel- price. A sample of the job was sent 

 lows pass you. (M.) to this office without comment, and 

 The Bee-Keeper criticised it rather 



Bee-keepers need not expect any severely, for it was indeed a most in- 

 radical change or any rapid improve- artistic piece of lithography, and a 

 ment in their bees until the cause of disgrace to the Association. Mr. 

 the development of the queen is learn- France writes that the execution of 

 ed and until mating is controlled. (M.) the work was entrusted to one pro- 

 fessing ability in this line, but that 



Our old friend. Dr. O. M. Blanton, the result was probably as disappoint- 

 Greenville, Miss., on January 2Sth ing to himself as it was to The Bee- 

 wrote: "More rains and cloudy weath- Keeper. Now, however, Mr. France 

 er, and river booming. Have 43 feet has evolved a new design of seal label 

 on guage. Highest water ever known that can be used only by members of 

 was 51 feet above low water mark, the Association and presenting a fifty- 

 River on a stand and no fears of over- dollar guarantee of purity if the seal 

 flow." is unbroken. Each member using the 



