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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



WASHINGTON, SEPTEMBER, 18G7. 



IC^TnE American Bee JouuNAii is now 

 published monthly, in the City ofWashiugton, 

 (D. C.,) at $3 per annum. All communications 

 should be addressed to the Editor, at that place. 



To Subscribers in Carada. 

 Mr. John H. TnoMAS, of Brooklin, Canada 

 West, will act as the authorized agent of the 

 American Bee JotrRNAL in Canada and tlie 

 British provinces. Remittances to him on our 

 account, will be duly acknowledged. 



Mr. Adam Grimm, of Jefferson, Wiscon- 

 sin, sailed from New York on the 17th instant 

 for Europe. He expects to return about the 

 middle of October, and to bring with him one 

 hundred Italian queen bees from the apiaries 

 of Professor Mona, at Faido, iu the Canton 

 of Tessin. He sent an order in advance for 

 these queens, and has the assurance of Prof. 

 Mona that they will be ready for delivery to him 

 on the fifteenth of September. 



This importation will be mainly for Mr. 

 Grimm's own apiaries, in Wisconsin, though, 

 if successful in getting them in, about fifty of 

 the queens will be for sale, and will be sent by 

 express to those ordering them, immediately on 

 his arrival at New York. Bee-keepers desiring 

 to procure imported tested queens should avail 

 themselves of the opportunity thus presented. 

 See Advertisement. 



A correspondent informs us that there is little 

 to be found at the Paris Exposition, that would 

 interest a bee-keeper. In one place he saw 

 about twentj' straw liives arranged for show, 

 all empty save two, which contained Italian 

 bees. In another place there was a miscellan- 

 eous collection of hives and implements — 

 nothing novel among the former and scarcely 

 anything useful among the latter. The bee- 

 keepers of Germany and Switzerland had not 

 sent a single article to the exhibition ; and if 

 what was there set out for show, be a fair ex- 

 jMcssion of the present state of bee-culture iu 

 France, there is yet ample room for improve, 

 mout therein in that country. 



C^" Several communications intended for 

 this number of the Bee Journal, were receiv- 

 ed too late for insertion. 



Correspondence. 



Toxica, (Ills.,) August. 13. 



The August number of the Bee Journal 

 came to hand, but tlie July number I have not 

 had the pleasure of seeing. I say pleaxitre, 

 because it is such to me, and I do not see how 

 it can be otherwise to any person who takes 

 any interest in the culture of bees. 



I commenced with bees a few years ago, 

 purely lor diversion ; but the more experience 

 I have, the more I read and learn in regard to 

 their history, itc, th'i more I am inclined to the 

 belief that it can be made lucrative, as well as a 

 source of pleasure, to keep bees and to keep 

 "lots" of them — the more the better. 



I have always (until quite recently) thought 

 that a locality could easily be overstocked ; and 

 have regarded this as the source of so much ill 

 luck. But 1 find, after rrading the IJf.e Journal 

 for a sliort time, that I was laboring under a 

 serious mistake; and should have known better 

 had I stopped to reason the matter. The fact 

 is, the honey harvest is of short duration, com- 

 paratively speaking, and when "'tis" in season 

 there is enough for all, but when there is none 

 to be had none can be got. I now believe that 

 it would be a rare case to find a section of country 

 where the number of stocks kept, has any influ- 

 ence on the quantity of honey gathered by any 

 one. 



I would like to inquire of some of your cor- 

 respondents, the best and most simple plan to 

 unite bees in the fall. A plan that can be prac- 

 ticed by a novice, with no risk of the bees 

 quarrelling. E. H. Miller. 



Sublette, (Ills.,) August 13. 

 Enclosed please find two dollars, tor which 

 continue my subscription for your valuable 

 paper, Avhich I heartily recommend to all inter- 

 ested in the culture of the bee. 



John Vandewort. 



West Springfield, (Mass.) August 14. 



Enclosed please find two dollars to renew 

 subscription of the Bee Journal. Of all the 

 I)Ublications I receive (seven in number,) no7ie 

 is more heartily welcomed than the Journal. 

 " Long may it wave." 



The season of 186G was the most unfavorable 

 for bees in this section for very many years •. 

 and what stocks survived the winter were verj 

 feeble. The spring of 1867 was one of the best 

 seasons I ever knew and bees have done finely. 

 I have had several "virgin swarms" — five 

 swarms issued the 7th, 8th, and 10th of this 

 month ; and as buck-wheat i<? yielding honey in 

 abundance, these have nearly tilled their hives 

 with comb, and stored considerable honey. 

 Such swarms are very rare in this section. 

 Bee-keeping is in a low condition in these parts 

 — few persons taking any interest in it. 



N. T. Smith. 



Sterling, (III.,) 8 mo., IGth. 

 Being very anxious for the success of the 

 Bee Journal, and the continuance of its pub- 



