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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Jan. 11, 19C6 



the food on a day warm enough for the bees to fly, and they 

 will be very active in carrying it either up or down to the 

 cluster. 



In the cellar there is less difficulty, there being moder- 

 ate weather there at all times. If there is a deep bottom- 

 board, and the cluster of bees extends down below the bot- 

 tom-bars, all that is necessary is to shove under the comb 

 of honey or the feeder in such a way as to touch the cluster, 

 and the bees will do the rest. In any case there is an 

 advantage in giving liquid food hot, if liquid food must be 

 used, and having combs of honey in a warm place for some 

 time before being given. If the cluster of bees is not suffi- 

 ciently down, blowing into the entrance may bring them 

 down, but don't be satisfied until you know that the bees 

 have reached the food. 



Caucasian Bees in England 



D. M. Macdonald, in the British Bee Journal, quotes the 

 remark of an American editor, that these bees are "the 

 most worthless race of bees that has ever been offered to 

 the public," and adds : 



I think that is practically the finding arrived at in 

 this country by our Mr. W. H. Brice eight years ago, after 

 giving them a pretty exhaustive trial. His verdict was : 



" I consider them worthless for bee-keeping purposes in 

 this country, and, in a word, I call them ' wasters.' Thus," 

 he says, " Exit, 'Reines abeilles de la race Caucasienne gris 

 et jaune de qualite eprouvee.' " 



They were quiet, too quiet, poor breeders, lazy as work- 

 ers, and bad winterers. Americans are seemingly finding 

 out something similar now. 



First Apiarian Exhibition 



We have received the following letter from Mr. C. R. 

 Russell, Secretary of the Worcester County, Mass., Bee- 

 Keepers' Association : 



Editor American Bee Journal — 



I would like to call your attention to the apiarian exhi- 

 bition that is planned for the fall of 1906. As far as we 

 have learned this will be the first strictly apiarian exhibi- 

 tion ever held in this county. Pet animals, poultry, or any- 

 thing else that does not belong to bee-.keeping and apiarian 

 supplies will be barred out. The exhibition will not be a 

 money-making affair, for we plan to make it a free exhibi- 

 tion. 



The exhibition will be under the auspices of the Wor- 

 cester County Bee-Keepers' Association. Manufacturers of 

 supplies, publishers of literature bearing on the subject, 

 honey-producers, queen -rearers, and all those interested in 

 beekeeping will be asked to join with us in making this ex- 

 hibition a perfect success. Correspondence is earnestly 

 solicited, and all questions will be answered by the Secre- 

 tary. C. R. Russell, 



Secretary Worcester County Bee-Keepers'' Association. 

 Box 832, Worcester, Mass. 



We see no reason why the proposed apiarian exhibition 

 shouldn't be a success. It ought certainly to be a good 

 opportunity to inform a lot of people on the value of honey 

 as a food, and so the best literature on the subject should 

 be distributed. 



It would be a good thing to hold such exhibitions in 

 every city of any size, as a means of educating the people 

 as to just how honey is produced. Not for the purpose of 

 inducing more people to go into bee-keeping, but to get the 

 public to eat more honey, so as to make a better demand 

 and price for that already produced. 



Please Send Us Names of Bee-Keepers who do not 



now get the American Bee Journal, and we will send them 

 sample copies. Then you can very likely afterward get 

 their subscriptions, for which work we offer valuable 

 premiums in nearly every number of this Journal. You 

 can aid much by sending in the names and addresses when 

 writing us on othei matters. 



miscellaneous 

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Exchange on Local Checks.— We wish to call the 

 attention of our subscribers to the exchange now charged 

 on local bank checks. Add IS cents to all such checks, or 

 we will have to deduct it from the amount, or else hold the 

 order till the extra exchange charge is received from the 

 one sending the local check. But, better still, always get 

 either a money order of some kind or a draft on Chicago or 

 New York, then there will be no exchange charge. This is 

 a very important matter. 



MP. Wm. A. SelseP and Family are spending the win- 

 ter on the banks of the St. Lucie River, in Florida. Wri- 

 ting us under date of Dec. 16, Mr. Selser said they expected' 

 to remain there until about the first of February. There 

 are some SO colonies of bees within a stone's throw of their 

 kitchen door. Mr. S. is doing some experimenting, and 

 making a study of the floral conditions of southern Florida. 

 Bees were bringing in pollen every day, and some little 

 nectar, at the time Mr. Selser wrote us. 



Hon. Eugene Seeor, of Forest City, Iowa, still very 

 easily retains his right to be called the the " Poet-Laureate 

 of Bee-Keeping," as is again proven by his poem on the 



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first page of last week's number. Mr. Secor also sent us 

 the souvenir postal card with a touch of local interest illus- 

 trated thereon, and also a rhythmic stanza, as shown by the 

 engraving herewith. 



Some Bee Journal Co-operation.— We recently re- 

 ceived the following : 



Editor York : — A short time ago, as you will remem- 

 ber, it was proposed to raise the price of the American Bee 

 Journal. You thought that a better way would be for every 

 subscriber to send in the name of a new subscriber, and keep 

 the price of the Journal the same. Upon reading your re- 

 ply, I was of the same opinion, and went out and captured 

 my new subscriber. Enclosed find his dollar, for which 

 please send him the American Bee Journal for one year. 

 Yours very truly, W. J. Young. 



We wish to thank Mr. Young for his promptness in 

 acting upon our suggestion. It shows his appreciation of 

 the American Bee Journal in a way that can not be doubted. 

 Likely there are many other subscribers who could dupli- 

 cate Mr. Young's success. If we could have just double our 

 present list of readers it would make quite a difference, for, 

 as we stated in the article referred to by Mr. Young, many 

 of our fixed expenses, such as office-rent, typesetting, en- 



