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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



November 



Empire contained fully two million 

 colonies of bees, with an annual gain 

 of twenty-two thousand double cent- 

 ners of honey (a centner is one hun- 

 dred pounds.) The King of Saxony 

 accepted the protectorate over the 

 40th Wanderversaminlung of German 

 bee-keepers. 



And while thus reading the encour- 

 aging account of bee-keeping in Ger- 

 many, in came my mail with the 

 American Bee Journal, bringing the 

 sad news of the death of Father 

 Langstroth, from whom I had not a 

 month ago received a letter thanking 

 me for the small amount 1 contribut- 

 ed toward his journey to Toronto ; 

 and my heart was again filled with 

 sorrow, as every bee-keeper could not 

 help but love the public benefactor of 

 the bee-keeping world. 



I will give you the contents of his 



letter. 



Dayton, Sept. 12, 1895. 



Mr. Stephen Roese. 



Dear Friend : Mr. G. W. York 

 handed me a dollar at Toronto, en- 

 closed in a letter to him from you. 

 I thank you sincerely for your re- 

 memberance of me, and for the ver}' 

 kind wishes which accompanied it. 

 You will be pleased to learn that 1 

 have I'ecovered entirely from that 

 head trouble which lasted three years. 

 I never felt better in my life, and al- 

 though almost 85 years old, can still 

 do much work with my pen. 



Trusting that we shall meet in the 

 better world, 1 remain 



Yours effectionately, 



L. L. Langstroth. 



1 am so glad 1 got these few lines 

 from him, for 1 really esteemed him 

 very much, and may his memor}' be 

 lasting among the bee-keeping frater- 

 nity. Yours truly, 



Stephen Roese. 



Maiden Rock, Wis. Oct. 19, 1895. 



(From the Canadian Bee Journal.) 



WHERE ru KEEP 00MB HOSET. 



BY G. M. DOOLITTLE. 



Multitudes of the toilers of the world 

 who labor faithfully to secure a har- 

 vest, in their vocation in life, fail to 

 receive the just reward of their labors, 

 on account of not properly caring for 

 their crop when it is within their own 

 hands. Thus we find butter selling 

 at half price after it is made, through 

 carelessness and neglect between that 

 and the marketing, eggs becoming 

 stale after they have been produced, 

 vegetables rotting in the cellar after 

 they have been gathered, and honey 

 depreciating in value after it is taken 

 from the hive ; and go on throughout 

 the varied lines of production. Would 

 it not be better to spend more thought 

 on how to care for the crop we have, 

 than to ransack the earth and rack 

 our biains with the one object in view 

 to produce the greatest possible 

 amount ? These thoughts have been 

 brought by receiving the following 

 from a correspondent : " Why does 

 honey ooze out of the comb after it is 

 taken from the hive and stored away?" 

 This is a question which is often asked, 

 and one which has confronted every 

 comb honey raiser, sooner or later. 

 Some stvn\ to suppo.se that the cause 

 of this s'ai^e of afPairs is that the bees 

 do not thoroughly ripen the honey 

 before cap[)ing it. A little thought 

 must show the fallacy of this, for 

 whether ripened or not, the honey 



