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LllE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



The American Bee-Keeper. 



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EDITORIAL, 



The C. B. J. speaks of the use of ground 

 cork for winter packing, as a " new depart- 

 ure " and asks its subscribers to advise the 

 editor how many pounds each will take, if 

 a. certain cork manufacturer can be induced 

 to put in a machine for granulating the 

 cork. Ground, or granulated cork has been 

 in use in this country for some time as a 

 winter packing, and is considered very 

 superior to almost anything else for the 

 purpose. Almost all cork manufacturers 

 here furnisli it, and we have sold large 

 quantities of it to bee keepers the past two 

 years. 



It has been pretty well established that 

 the so-called Punic bees are nothing more 

 or less than Tunisians. Mr. Cowan while 

 in North Africa a few months ago, sifted the 



matter thoroughly, and proved that ihe 

 Punic bees, which have been advettised so 

 extensively and sold at such exhorbitant 

 prices are not Panics at all, or rather 

 the name " Punic' 1 is only a fancy name, 

 hatched in the fertile brains of one Hewitt, 

 an Englishman, for the purpose of humbug- 

 ging his fellow bee-keepers and putting a 

 few extra, ill-gotten shillings in his purse. 



The season has averaged unusually poor 

 throughout the country, the rule being broken 

 only here and there in especially favored 

 spots. We hope our friends will not be dis- 

 couraged, next year may be a " boomer." 



We have just invented and constructed a 

 large and very expensive machine for 

 making one-piece sections, which does its 

 work more perfectly than any machine we 

 have ever seen, making all sections of 

 exactly equal thickness and absolutely 

 smooth and polished. Sections made on 

 this machine will be called the "Falcon 

 Sections," and in ordering tliem our friends 

 will please designate them by that name. 

 They are sold at the same price as our 

 regular No. 1 sections. A sample will be 

 mailed each of oir customers and sub- 

 scribers in a few days 



This is an excellent time to introduce 

 good young queens. Keep up brood rearing 

 as long as possible and see that your bees 

 have plemy of sealed honey to winter on. 



From present indications the honey 

 market this fall will be higher than for 

 several seasons, so that even if the yield is 

 not up to the average, a fair return may be 

 obtained from ones' labor and investment. 



It seems to be the general opinion that 

 25 to 30 lbs. of sealed stores and in 6 brood 

 frames is about the best amount for winter- 

 ing a colony successfully. 



