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July 19, 1906 



American Ttee Journal 



he will suggest something correct, and just as short as 

 " wax-worm," it is very likely that the correct term will 

 grow into general use. The layman, however, who is sup- 

 ported by the dictionary in his accustomed use of the word 

 •' worm," will think it is asking a good deal of him to in- 

 sist that instead of saying " I dug 100 worms out of some 

 •wormy combs," he shall say, "I dug 100 larva? of the bee- 

 xnoth out of some combs that were infested with the larva? 

 of the bee-moth." 



The case of the word " hybrid " seems not so difficult. 

 Something has been said about it in previous numbers, and 

 faere is something more : 



Me. Editor:— That " Southern Beedom" man has gotten me all 

 tangled up as to what he means, page 448, where he proclaims himself 

 " in favor of using the terms ' cross ' and ' hybrid ' in the right sense, 

 as per R. F. Holtermann, page 341." Now what does he mean as the 

 right sense in which to use the word " hybrid?" if I understand cor- 

 rectly what Mr. Holtermann says, he wouldn't use the word "hybrid" 

 at all. But Mr. Scholl, at the top of page 44S, speaks of " some suit- 

 able cross, or, better still, a hybrid." Evidently he means by " hybrid " 

 something different from a " cross;" now what does he mean? 



It seems unfortunate that the word " hybrid " was ever used as 

 applying to bees, but it is not impossible yet to use in its place the 

 correct word — " cross " — unless we take the ground that when a word 

 has been wrongly used for some time there is no possibility of using 

 the right word, as the editor of Gleanings does, when he says, "The 

 word ' shook,' as an adjective derived from a verb describing a certain 

 kind of artificial swarm, has become so thoroughly engrafted into the 

 nomenclature of bee-keepers, that it seems utterly impossible to 

 choke it out of literature." That's too weak a notion for so good a 

 man to entertain, and he ought to have it " shook " out of him. 



C. C. Miller. 



Is there any good reason why, when speaking of bees, 

 the word " cross " may not in all cases be used in preference 

 to "hybrid?" 



Oliscellaneous 

 flews - Items 



upon him, but at any rate the assessor put those bees down 

 as valued at $5. So Mr. Bryan has real honey-bees. And 

 it may come to pass that the bees in his presidential bonnet 

 may swarm and land him in the White House, and in such 

 an event there is no doubt the bee-keepers throughout the 

 land will not be ashamed of their bee-keeping president. 



The foregoing information was sent to us by W. A. 

 Pryal, of California. In case Mr. Bryan should ever be- 

 come President, and take his bees to Washington, we have 

 no doubt Mr. Pryal could be persuaded to be Secretary of 

 Apiculture, although Dr. Phillips might be entitled to first 

 claim to the position, especially if the civil service rules 

 should obtain. However, there will probably be no compe- 

 tition for that position very soon. 



But why have we not had a report of Bee-Keeper 

 Bryan's average yield per colony ? and is he running for 

 comb or extracted honey as well as running for President ? 



Honey Prospects for 1906.— The following is sent out 

 by General Manager France, showing the honey prospects 

 tor 1906 up to June 25, in a large portion of the United 



States : 



Southern California — Fair crop; better farther north in State. 



Texas — Three crops; first two, failure; last, good. 



Colorado— Light crop ; some lost their bees heavily in winter. 



Mississippi Valley — Not half crop. 



Michigan, Ohio and Indiana — Half crop. 



Eastern States — Mostly good reports. 



1905 crop about all sold ; markets bare ; demand good. 



It would seem from the foregoing that there will not be 

 a large honey crop this year. This taken with the fact that 

 the 1905 crop is pretty well cleaned up, should somewhat 

 stiffen up prices on honey. At any rate, it will be well to 

 ask a fair price, and endeavor to hold to it. With a proper 

 •distribution there evidently will not be enough honey to go 

 around this year. 



Bryan as a Bee-Keeper. — Perhaps the best known 

 American throughout the world to-day is Wm. Jennings 

 Bryan — at least he holds the boards with President Roose- 

 velt. Mr. Bryan is a representative American, and this is 

 not written for any political reasons. It is quite well known 

 that this worthy gentleman has been before the country for 

 the high office of President on two occasions, and was 

 beaten perhaps on account of his or his party's financial 

 views. He is known to be a lover of rural life, and is looked 

 upon, aside from his professional life, as a typical farmer. 

 He has quite a lot of cattle, etc. He likes to do the work of 

 a farmer, and for this the American people have come to 

 like him all the better. Now, it comes to pass that this 

 statesman-farmer is something of a bee-keeper— yes, a real, 

 live bee-keeper— one of the kind that is taxed for keeping 

 bees, and who pays the tax, too. 



Recently, in making up the returns on his property, the 

 assessor of his district found that Wm. Jennings Bryan had 

 some bees— the telegram did not state whether the bees 

 found the assessor first and applied their business ends 



Don't Lose Your Temper.— This is the heading of the 

 following item signed by The Star Monthly : 



Uncontrollable temper never spelt the road to success of any kind. 

 A quick temper is a defect in a man. A man who always loses his 

 temper is like a man on crutches in a foot-race. 



Just figure it out. If you lose your temper at something a friend 

 says or does, you are sorry for it afterward, for you have wounded 

 your friend, who wished you no harm. This makes you feel badly. 

 If, on the other hand, you lose your temper a6 the result of nagging, 

 you have done just what the nagger wanted you to do. There may 

 be occasions for righteous anger in life, but never for the loss of tem- 

 per. Sense and dignity are always lost with temper. 



Tour temper is like a horse, each time you let it run away from 

 you, the more unmanageable it becomes. Don't lose control. If not 

 for others' sake, at least, for your own sake, keep your temper. — The 

 Star Monthly. 



Good advice is more easily given than taken. The Star 

 Monthly — a splendid publication for boys — certainly offers 

 excellent advice, which, if followed, would be a grand thing 

 for all its readers. We have quoted several good things 

 from this source during the past few months, which, though 

 they may not have had a bearing on bee-keeping, still they 

 may be a help to all of us bee-keepers, whether having few 

 colonies or hundreds. 



Please Give Page of Reference.— In communications 

 intended for publication, reference is often made to some- 

 thing in a previous number, possibly in corroboration, pos- 

 sibly in refutation of what has been said. For a full un- 

 derstanding of the matter, it is generally necessary to 

 know what was previously said, and in what connection it 

 was said. To save quoting largely for this purpose, it is 

 generally better that the reader should turn to the article 

 referred to — a thing quickly and easily done if he knows 

 just where to look for it, but often a time-consuming affair 

 otherwise. A model writer, in this respect, is our genial 

 friend, E. E. Hasty. Never does he refer to anything pre- 

 viously published without giving the exact page. If all 

 our correspondents will kindly make a note of it, and give 

 the page whenever referring to anything previously said in 

 the American Bee Journal, it will add to the general comfort. 



The Front Page Pictures were sent us by George H. 

 Johnson, of East Woodstock, Conn. Accompanying them 

 was the following, under date of June 2lst : 



I have been very successful with bees, having had them 6 years. 

 Last season was a very profitable one. I have also been fortunate in 

 not losing many colonies until the past winter, which proved not as 

 good in that respect. 



I have one swarm that came out May 15th, which has one super 

 almost full of honey. I use cases and put (i sections in each, or 24 sec- 

 tions in the super. I can see what the bees are doing by lifting the 

 super off. 



I am much interested in bees, and spend many a pleasant hour 

 studying them. George H. Johnson. 



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 recently. The complete new 344-page book, 

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

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