1901 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



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traction can often be practiced witli 

 good results, yet I am well satisfied that 

 three L-frames of brood do not satisfy 

 the bees we have here, and it is not ad- 

 visable to go to such an extreme. Five 

 L-frames are the minimum and six are 

 better. 



It is stated in the Leipziger Bienen- 

 Zeitung that bees stupefied with puflf- 

 ball will, when they regain consciousness, 

 have no recollection of any previous 

 occurrence. This peculiarity, if true, 

 may be made use of in case of bees rob- 

 bing, the robber colony to be treated ; 

 also in case of moving bees a sho''t 

 distance. 



Poisoning bees is upheld by law in 

 Bavaria. The bees of a bee-keeper in 

 (t r o s s e n g u 1 1 were being robbed by 

 those of another bee-keeper near by. 

 The first named shut his bees in and 

 placed poisoned honey near his hives. 

 The result was that colonies of the neigh- 

 bor were very seriously injured.. Com- 

 plaint was made and the offender 

 sentenced to twenty days' jail and to 

 pay a fine of $75. Exception was taken 

 and when the matter came before 

 the higher court the former de- 

 cision was annulled. All bee-keepers 

 of Germany should enter their protest; 

 and it would seem to me there would be 

 some work for an organization. I won- 

 der if the Central Verein and the Wan- 

 der-Verein of the German bee-keepers 

 cannot take care of such a case. Cases 

 of this kind speak very plainly for or- 

 ganization. The American bee-keepers 

 are well situated, if they will only avail 

 themselves of the opportunity ottered 

 them. To join the National Bee-keepers' 

 Association is a cheap way of insuring 

 against these possible dangers. 



Naples, N.Y., Feb. 28, 1901. 



W. M. Gerrish, East Nottingham, N. 

 H., keeps a complete supply of our 

 goods, and eastern customers will save 

 freight by ordering of him. 



The W. T. Falconer Mfg. Co. 



SHALL HONEY-PRODUCERS BUY 

 OR REAR THEIR QUEENS? 



BY L. E. KERK. 



WITH the exception of rearing a 

 few queens each year from col- 

 onies selected for breeding, we 

 have found that in the time required for 

 rearing any number of queens, with 

 honey as the specialty, we can produce 

 honey to the value of five times the 

 worth of the queens. We rear a few 

 (lueens each season in an endeavor 

 to improve our stock, but aside from 

 these, our efforts to rear the queens for 

 our average colonies are not only more 

 costly than if purchased, but it draws 

 our attention from our special product. 



Eternal vigilance is the price of excel- 

 lence in the production of honey as well 

 as elsewhere, and it tasks the undivided 

 attention of the ordinary producer to 

 obtain a gilt-edge article. 



Of course the commercial queen-rearer 

 can produce good queens very cheaply. 

 The queen-rearer does not allow the 

 production of honey to infringe upon 

 his queen business, however, and no 

 more can the honey-producer afford to 

 let other attractions draw his mind from 

 his special work. This can at least be 

 said of anything which he can have as 

 cheaply by raising his special product, 

 and buying, which is shown by hives, for 

 example. But the fact that queen- 

 rearers and honey-producers are de- 

 pendent upon each other is sufiflcient 

 reason that they retain intimate relations 

 and continue to discuss the vital ques- 

 tions of mutual interest, for it is abso- 

 lutely necessary for each to understand 

 the other's business thoroughly. 



Hurricane. Ark. 



A looking-glass placed before the 

 hive-entrance is advised in the Leipziger 

 Bienen-Zeitung, to scare away robber- 

 bees. Perhaps it is thought that if the 

 robbers could "see themselves as others 

 see them " they'd quit their meanness.— 

 Am. Bee Journal. 



