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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Juue 7, 1906 



below, those wires will be found in the septum if the wires 

 are put in perfectly true and perfectly plumb ; otherwise 

 not. The chances are not by any means always in favor of 

 the wires lying in the same place, and that plane exactly 

 perpendicular, so a good part of the wire may be expected 

 to lie out of the septum. 



Does Heat Escape from the Bee-Cluster ? 



Referring to page 272 of this Journal, J. L. Byer says 

 in the Canadian Bee Journal : 



When Mr. Doolittle says the outside of the cluster " really forms 

 the hive proper," many, no doubt, will think this a strong argument 

 against going to the trouble of giving cellar-wintered bees any pro- 

 tection in the spring. Why not carry the ease to the extreme, and not 

 give even the ordinary hive protection? All know that a colony, say, 

 for instance, on a limb or fence-rail, can not rear brood in cold 

 weather. While Nature has made it possible for bees to maintain a 

 high temperature under adverse conditions to a wonderful degree, yet 

 heal does escape from the top of an unprotected hive. It is a well- 

 known fact that a strong colony with single-board cover will in the 

 early 6pring throw off enough heat to melt the frost from the board 

 cover. If the heat doesn't escape, what causes the frost to disappear? 



Exposing to Air Hastening Granulation 



Mr. Holtermann said at the Ontario convention that he 

 runs his honey directly from the extractor and corks it up, 

 because he finds that it remains liquid much longer than if 

 exposed to the air in a tank. 



miscellaneous 

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National Bee-Keepers' Association.— Since the last 

 Annual Report was published the General Manager, N. E. 

 France, has received $139.50 from advertising that appeared 

 in the Annual Report, and $577.50 on membership dues, 

 making a total of $717. From the State of New York alone 

 he has received 33 memberships at a full dollar each. This 

 is indeed a very encouraging report. 



The Honey-Producers' League, by an almost unani- 

 mous vote, decided to turn its funds over to the National 

 Bee-Keepers' Association, which has been done. There was 

 a net balance, above all expenses, of $1408.27, which the 

 League's Treasurer forwarded to General Manager and 

 Treasurer N. E- France, of the National. 



The League was organized through the very best of 

 motives, as we know, and might have been a great help to 

 all honey-producers had it been able to carry out its ob- 

 jects; but a sufficient number of bee-keepers did not be- 

 come members so that it could conduct the work in their in- 

 terest, which it proposed to do. It is unfortunate in one 

 way, and yet if the National shall follow up the original 

 purposes of the League, some good may yet be done through 

 the fund turned over to it. It now has the opportunity, and 

 also some money. So, perhaps, the League was not or- 

 ganized in vain, after all. 



The Apiary of Rev. W. I. Brooks appears in a pictnre 

 on the first page. When sending us the photograph Mr. 

 Brooks wrote thus : 



I am sending a picture of my apiary, situated in the yard between 

 the house and barn, and containing 15 colonies of bees. I am now in 

 my 52d year, and have kept from 1 to 30 colonies of bees for 30 years. 

 There have been some 6hort periods during that time that I have been 

 without bees. 



I am a Presbyterian minister, and have lived, since 1SS3, in Kan- 

 sas and Nebraska. I have never lived in a first-class honey-producing 

 locality, but in exceptional years I have averaged a yield of from 30 to 

 SO pounds of surplus honey to a colony. 



Bees wintered well here the past winter, and there is now an 

 abundance of fruit-tree bloom for them to work on. Our main de- 

 pendence here is alfalfa and heartsease. There is also some white and 

 sweet clover, and some wild flowers, besides fruit-bloom. Several 

 times, when we have had to move, I have sold my bees and resolved 

 never to get any more; but I have never been able to resist the temp- 

 tation to stock up again. I delight to work with them, and did I live 

 where they were fairly sure to give fair returns, I would doubtless 

 greatly enlarge my apiary. 



Two years ago I visited Phcenix, Ariz., where I found an ideal 

 bee-country, in my judgment. But I have been surprised that it is so 



little heard from through our bee-papers I do not remember ever 

 seeing an article from this Salt River Valley section. I visited one 

 apiary while there containing 250 colonies. The owner told me that 

 within a radius of 3 miles from his place there were 3000 colonies. He 

 run altogether for extracted honey, and had in his store-room, from 

 one year's crop, 16" crates of 120 pounds each — 20,040 pounds. He 

 expected to realize 5 cents a pound for it at Phcenix, 3 1 ., miles away. 



One man said, " One year I kept an account, and there were only 

 3 days the bees did not fly ;" and that he had " taken as high as 1500 

 gallons of extracted honey in one year." There the bees, of course, 

 need no protection from the cold, only shelter from the sun in the 

 summer. It is an irrigated country, and much of the honey is gath- 

 ered from alfalfa, although the blossoms on the desert afford consid- 

 erable nectar. I am contemplating making my home in that section 

 in the near future ; when there I hope to enlarge my bee-business 

 greatly. I would be glad to see something from that region in the 

 American Bee Journal. 



The persons shown in the picture I am sending are myself and my 

 2 youngest in a family of 8 children, 6 of whom are boys. The 2 

 shown are Mary, S years, and Wallace, 5 years. W. I. Brooks. 



The Best "Swarm Of B'S" ever known if "hived" 

 in the mind and " worked " for the best " surplus " results 

 possible, we think will be found in the following, sent to us 

 by Aug. F. Koch, of Iowa : 



Editor York : — The enclosed " swarm of bee6 " came to the drug- 

 store wrapped around a bottle which was to be refilled. I thought it 

 might interest you to learn something about these gentle be's; — (they 

 beat the Caucasians, I am 6ure) — so I send it. Aug. F. Koch. 



A Swarm of B's. 



B hopeful, B cheerful, B happy, B kind, 



B busy of body, B modest of mind, 



B earnest, B truthful, B firm, and B fair, 



B ut of all miss B havior B sure to B ware. 



B think ere you stumble, of what may B fall ; 



B true to yourself, and B faithful to all. 



B brave to B ware of the sins that B set ; 



B sure that one sin will another B get. 



B just and B generous, B honest, B wise, 



B mindful of time, and B certain it flies. 



B prudent, B liberal, of order B fond, 



B uy less than you need B fore B uying B yond. 



B careful, but yet B the first to B stow ; 



B temperate, B steadfast, to anger B slow ; 



B thoughtful, B thankful, whatever B tide ; 



B just and B joyful, B cleanly B side. 



B pleasant, B patient, B gentle to all, 



B best if you can, B humble withal ; 



B prompt and B dutiful, but still B polite, 



B reverent, B quiet, B sure and B right ; 



B calm, B retiring, B ne'er led astray, 



B grateful, B cautious of those who B tray : 



B tender, B loving, B good and B nign — 



B loved shalt thou B, and all else shall B thine. 



A Honey Exhibit of Aaron Coppin is shown on the 

 front page. Mr. C. says this concerning it : 



- This is probably not quite half of our honey exhibit at the Illinois 

 State Fair in 1905. As the picture 6hows only the center of the dis- 

 play, the design is not brought out as it would have been otherwise. 

 There were about 600 pounds of honey in the display. 



The size of the sections are 4J.4x5xl 1 4 , split in the center, and a 

 full sheet of foundation used, fastened on all 4 sides by pressing the 

 two parts of the section together; that is why the sections are so well 

 filled. The surface of the honey is larger, and they are perfectly filled, 

 with no peep-holes in the corners. Honey in these sections have 

 always been awarded 1st Premium every place they have been exhibited, 

 which includes the Illinois State Fair the last 3 years. 



The letters on the bottom were designed in honey built by the 

 bees, and reads as follows: Illinois State Fair. In God We Trust. 

 Also my name and address. A. Cofpin. 



Wenona, 111. 



Having been the judge one year at the Illinois State 

 Fair when Mr. Coppin had an exhibit there, it was our 

 pleasure to award him the 1st Premium on comb honey. It 

 was a very fine lot of honey. 



Appendix to Dr. Miller's "Forty Years."— All who 



have the first edition of " Forty Years Among the Bees " 

 should also have the Appendix which appears in the new 

 edition, issued in April. The complete new 344-page book, 

 bound in cloth, is sent postpaid for $1.00 \. the Appendix 

 alone for 10 cents. Or, the book and the American Bee 

 Journal a year — both for $1.80; the Appendix and the 

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