1900 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



69 



PL'BLISIIISJ) MOXTin.V in' 



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The Bureau of Fore.stry of Onta- 

 rio is laboring zealously to effect 

 the reforestation of the land.s of 

 that province. Those interested 

 should see to it that the linden re- 

 ceives the recognition to which it is 

 entitled. The maple is a valuable 

 and beautiful tree, but there are 

 also others no less so. 



Mr. John F. Crowder, Fresno, 

 Cal.. according to the Tulare Ad- 

 v(nirc\ has about three thousand 

 colonies of bees ; and the Advance 

 thinks Mr. Crowder is therefore the 

 most extensive bee-keeper in Cen- 

 tral Califoimia. If any one man 

 owns and cortrols a greater num- 

 ber of colon ie.s than three thousand, 

 ''where in the world'' is he ; and 

 "what might his name be ?'" 



The Wei^tern Bet-heeper. we regret 

 to learn, has joined the silent majori- 

 ty. We hailed its advent with sincere 

 wishes for success, and now as sin- 

 cerely regret its demise. The bee- 

 keeping fraternity stands, no doubt, 

 more greatly in need of other 

 things than an increased list of pub- 

 lications; but the recognition, good- 

 will and charity of the established 

 journals are due the honest efforts 

 of any brother ; and such courte- 

 sies cost the donor but little. 



Prof. C. F. Hodge, in Gleaninys. 

 minutely details some observations 

 wherein a virgin queen was seen to 

 make two successive flights, each 

 being successful. The second, 

 which occurred fifteen minutes after 

 her return to the hive, probably 

 being occasioned by the removal of 

 the male appendages from the ovi- 

 duct, by the bees, which act he 

 witnessed in both instances. These 

 and other interesting notes were 

 taken by the professor during his 

 vacation, by the use of a miniature 

 colony on a" single section of comb 

 enclosed in a glass box. This, so 

 far as we know, is the first evidence 

 to be adduced that a second mating 

 ever occurs. 



Rambler, in Gkamng.^, says they 

 have had but three good honey sea- 

 sons during the nine years that he 



