THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



April 



Morehouse is the editor and man- 

 ager. As the birthplace of bee- 

 journals Colorado has recently 

 become a record-breaker; although 

 we understand that the Rocky Moun- 

 tain Bee Journal is the only apicul- 

 tural periodical now extant in the 

 West. It certainly has the appear- 

 c^nce of greater stability than was 

 displayed by its predecessors, and 

 is well edited by one evidently 

 conversant with the practical side 

 of the industry which he has under- 

 taken to represent. We gladly 

 welcome the Rocky Mountain Bee 

 Journal to our exchange table, and 

 sincerely wish it success. 



We are pleased to acknowledge 

 the receipt of a copy of the 1900 

 edition of " A B C of Bee-culture," 

 which last year underwent such a 

 thorough revision. Perhaps no 

 bee-keeping work extant has had so 

 wide a sale as this most excellent 

 volume. It has been so widely cir- 

 culated that almost everywhere that 

 one finds a colony of bees, there he 

 will find a copy of some one of the 

 many editions which have been 

 published in the past. To any one 

 fond of pictures, and especially if 

 interestea in bee-keeping, a study 

 of its illustrations alone is worth 

 the price of the volume. The new 

 edition, we understand, is meeting 

 with a sale proportionate to its 

 merits; and its popularity is well 

 deserved. 



At no time of the year does skill- 

 ful treatment and care of the bees 

 yield so great a reward as that be- 

 stowed during the spring months. 

 Avoid handling unnecessarily at all 

 times and under no circumstances 

 do so while the weather is cold. See 

 that all colonies are provided with 

 queens and with ample stores. 

 Brood-rearing draws heavily upon 

 the honey which they may have. 



Protect the hives in every possible 

 way against the loss of heat. Upon 

 the number of eggs laid by the 

 queen up to the thirty-seventh day 

 preceding the opening of the bloom 

 from which the nectar is to be gath- 

 ered, depends the bee-keeper's suc- 

 cess. All laid thereafter are at a 

 loss to the honey producer. Give 

 the queen the benefit of every 

 advantage you are able to bestow, 

 in order that she may meet the 

 honey-flow with an ample force of 

 workers. 



Our thanks are due Secretary 

 Howard, of the New York State 

 Association of Bee-keepers' Societies 

 for a quantity of interesting matter 

 relating to the work of the Associ- 

 ation and particularly to its Con- 

 vention at Geneva, last January. 

 President Marks' annual address to 

 the Convention is always spicy 

 reading, and we shall have pleasure 

 in publishing it in full at an early 

 date. In this connection we take 

 occasion to assure our New York 

 friends that The Bee-keeper 

 would be pleased to receive photo- 

 graphs of each member of the 

 Advisory Board and the entire 

 officiary of the Association. We 

 trust each will consider this a per- 

 sonal request, and that they will 

 kindly mail, at the earliest possible 

 moment, a good clear picture, dii-ect 

 to the Editorial Department of The 

 American Bee-keeper, Fort Pierce, 

 Florida. We should also be pleased 

 to receive pictures of every officer 

 of every bee-keepers' association in 

 the Empire State for publication in 

 these columns. 



Owing to the hundreds- of new 

 readers who have recently joined 

 our circle and who are not convers- 

 ant with our past efforts in behalf 

 of bee-keepers' interests, we desire 

 to repeat some things often said 



