THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



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The American Apiculturist. 



I'uhlislied Montlily. 



MAjNTAGER, 

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 Wenham, Mass., Nov. 1, 1887. 



THE MANAGER'S COBNEB. 



Mr. C. W. Costellow, of Water- 

 boro, York Co., iMaiue, lias a very 

 crediiable exIiibiL of beekeepers' sup- 

 plies at tlie Meeliaiiics' Fair now beiiiy 

 lieUl ill Boston. We were pleased to 

 know that a supply tlealer could be 

 found in the stale of JNIaine who does 

 such tine work as shown in the bee 

 hives and other apiarian articles exhib- 

 ited by Mr. Costellow. Our friends in 

 the stale of Maine should not send to 

 parlies at the west for tlieir supplies, 

 when such a good article can be had so 

 near home. 



The Australian Bee Journal 



which we all supposed had passetl out 

 of existence, has revived and is as 

 good as, yes, niucii better than before. 

 Its new editors, Messrs. li. L. G. Kl- 

 lery and G. H. Kitchen, certainly de- 

 serve success. 



Extracted honey is darker dur- 

 ing a drought, and a correspondent 

 asks us to explain why this is so. Wa 

 hardly think that tlie linden or white 

 clover honey is darkened iu color by a 

 tirought, but being short, the bees 

 may gatlier honey from some other 

 bloom, and thus mix it. The red clo- 

 ver heads may be retarded in growth, 

 and the bees may gather from that 

 source, and thus darken the color. Al- 

 sike clover honey is of amber color, and 

 when compared to basswood is very 

 iiuicli darker. In many places during 

 the past season the basswood yield 

 was exceedingly short. — Am. Bee Jour. 



[All honey gathered during cool 

 and wet weather is much ilarker 

 and poorer in qualit}' than honey 

 gathered during hot, dry weather. 

 This has been our experience.] 



BEES PUXCTUKING GllAPES. 



Last fall, as I was gathering grapes, I no- 

 tiiied Uiat a great many ol iheni weie cnt and 

 bees were sipping the juice. J itid not get to 

 see any of the bees in the act or cutting the 

 skin, bnt J noticed tliat tlie holes got larger as 

 they worked on. Finally, I caught one of the 

 bees to see if it could cut one of the grapes, 

 and after its temper was aroused enough I 

 applied its mouth to a grape and it cut it like 

 a knife with apparent case. After repeating 

 this experiment many times I came to the 

 conclusion that bees do injiii'e gravies.— C E. 

 I'leas, Indiana, in Xew York World. 



[A man who will sit down and 

 pen such a bare-faced lie deserves 

 to be exposed. The idea of get- 

 ting a bee *■' mad " and then hold- 

 ing it in the hand while the bee 

 "champed up" a grape is too silly to 

 laugh over. Bees do not touch 

 grapes until rain has rotted them, 

 or some wasp has first punctured 

 the skin. What sort of a mouth 

 have the bees to "cut like a knife ?" 



A man in Wenham went to mar- 

 ket the other day with several 

 bushels of pears and offered them 

 to a dealer. " I don't want Ihem " 

 said the dealer, " bees have made 

 little holes in them and they will 

 rot in less than a week." Which 

 of the two might be the bigger fool 

 we will not say, but both believed 

 the silly yarn.] 



Mr. Ivar S.Young gave the "Bee 

 Journal" a call last week. He is now 

 with Professor Cook. From there he 

 goes to visit Mr. A. I. Root at Medina, 

 U. He is a thoroughly practical apia- 

 rist, and is sent here l)y the govern- 

 ment (we understand) to gather iiifor- 

 inalion that may be made of practical 

 use in Norway. He is genial and 

 speaks the English language fluently. 

 He is a gentleman and a scholar. — Am. 

 Bee Jour. 



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