THE AMERICAN BEE-KEERER. 



Ill 



The season 1ms now advanced suf- 

 ficiently to cause us to feel confident 

 it will be an exceptionally good one 

 for those who have the bees to gather 

 the honey. Taking it altogether, the 

 season has proven to be a very dis- 

 couraging one for supply dealers and 

 queen breeders, as the heavy death 

 rate among bees has decreased the 

 demand very largely. 



Last month we stated that Bro. 

 Hutchinson had about concluded to 

 drop the special topic feature of the 

 Review. In this we were in error, as 

 " W. '/'■" writes ns that he does not 

 intend to drop it excepting occasion- 

 ally in order to use up miscellaneous 

 articles which accumulate. 



The management of bees the pres- 

 ent month will be about the same as 

 for June. As little smoke should be 

 used as possible in taking off surplus 

 sections, and the best time to do this 

 is just at evening. Grive the bees 

 good ventilation and shade the hives 

 from the hot sun. Be careful that 

 all swarms have a queen when the 

 flow ceases, and if it should cease 

 look out for robbers. Have your 

 stocks strong and ready for the fall 

 flow. 



Our agent, W. M. Gerrish, East 

 Nottingham, N. 11. can supply our 

 customers in his vicinity with our 

 goods at regular catalogue prices. If 

 you need anything in a hurry send to 

 him for it. 



"We have received many commend- 

 ations since our June issue for expos- 

 ing the nefarious practices of Jacob 

 T. Timpe. Friend A. I. Root in 

 Gleanings says, •• While it is a hard 

 thing to do we feel sine that the Bee- 

 Keeper has done right." There are 

 two or three others who will not 

 escape unless they make some effort 

 to "square" themselves very soon. 



nent bee-keeper each issue. A new 

 cover has recently been added, and 

 it is otherwise considerably improved. 



This is about the time that a great 

 many advertisers withdraw their ad- 

 vertisements until next season, think- 

 ing thereby to save considerable ex- 

 pense but it is poor economy. Our 

 experience is that an ad. which ap- 

 pears every month in the year pays 

 several times better than one which 

 runs only during the busy season. 



Mr. E. O. Young, formerly fore- 

 man of the D. A. .Jones Co., and for 

 the past eight months superintendent 

 of our factory has resigned his 

 position and returned to Canada. 



The season has been late and fully 

 three weeks behind the usual time, 

 and will probably last proportionately 

 later. 



We will be glad to have you renew 

 your subscription promptly when it 

 expires, and also get a friend to sub- 

 scribe with you. We will send the 

 two subscriptions for only 85c. 



"We hope our friends will send in 

 articles or letters for publication on 

 matters of general importance. 



Our British cousins have had an 

 excellent honey season. 



It is etimated that at least one half 

 the bees have died throughout the 

 country the past spring and winter. 



The cull sections which we are offering at 

 |1 50 a thousand are giving good satisfac- 

 tion, as is shown by the large number of or- 

 ders we are receiving for them. We still 

 have quite a quantity of 4\ x 4;' f x 1 15-16 

 andlj, and if you want any you ought to 

 send at once. 



The Canadian Bee Journal now pub- 

 lishes an engraving of some promi- 



Has ping's Lightning Bee Escape. — 

 We wish to call special attention to this 

 escape. We will supply these at the same 

 price as the Porter escape, — 20 cents each 

 or ij5^.2o per dozen. Although we have not 

 given them a trial, we believe that they will 

 do all that the inventor claims for them. 



