Aug. 30, 1906 



American Ttee Journal 



fast to rob their honey and substitute sugar. 

 Old bees eat their heads off and die; young 

 ones eat no more and work later to replace 

 old stores .— H. T. G., M. D." 



On the margin of the clipping the 

 sender has written, " What do you call 

 this ? !" Those two punctuation marks 

 at the end of the question are very sug- 

 gestive of the state of mind of one 

 who attempts to classify the clipping. 

 Marion Harland is one of the best-in- 

 formed women living, wholesome in 

 her teachings, and exceptionally re- 

 liable. Evidently, however, she is not 

 a practical bee-keeper, and gets herin- 

 fo"aation at second-hand from " H. T. 

 G.," who, in his turn, deals out second- 

 hand information. 



The whole thing bears evidence of a 

 sincere desire to help, on the part of 

 one who has such superficial informa- 

 tion that error is curiously intermin- 

 gled with truth in such way as to be 

 untangled from the truth with diffi- 

 culty. "H. T. G."is confessedly not 

 a bee-keeper, but has been coached by 

 "a man who built up ISO stands in 5 

 years out of others' failures." Pass- 

 ing by the question whether a hive 

 with bees in it stood on each one of the 

 ISO stands, one can not help wondering 

 just how that building up on the fail- 

 ures of others was done, and whether 

 there was any success on the part of 

 the " man " himself that would war- 

 rant H. T. G. in depending upon him 

 for instruction. 



To avoid fakirs read books, and mis- 

 trust much that is in the books, because 

 they were written by men who didn't 

 know what they were writing about. 

 Rather a discouraging outlook, isn't 

 it ? " Those who get rich on bee-keep- 

 ing" won't tell, except to the few in 

 the inner circle. What a libel on the 

 many successful bee-keepers who have 



no secrets, and who cheerfully give the 

 benefit of their experience to all and 

 sundry ! 



"The expense exceeds the profit un- 

 less you put your whole time directly 

 with the business and plenty of cash." 

 That cuts out nearly all of us sisters, 

 doesn't it? How many of us put our 

 whole time directly with the business ? 

 Or, for that matter, how many of the 

 brothers, either? Is there one in a 

 hundred ? 



An expensive cellar must be had, 

 and in order to be able to swap one for 

 the other there must be an equal num- 

 ber of brood-combs and honey-combs — 

 wonder just what can be meant by 

 that. Well, go on and make your own 

 comments on the rest. 



Among the things said that are all 

 right stands one sentence that, coming 

 from the pen of an evidently candid 

 M. D., may be considered as spoken 

 with authority : "But the work does 

 cure nervous, overdone people." 



Honey in Green Salads 



Here is something given in Prak- 

 tishcher Wegweiser fuer Bienenzuech- 

 ter by Emma Freyhoff, presumably a 

 member of the family of the editor, 

 Herr Ed Freyhoff : 



Have the respected housekeepers 

 tried using honey instead of sugar in 

 the preparation of green salads as a 

 daily food for the hot weather ? Try 

 it once, if you wish to bring to the 

 table something especially good for 

 your folks. Beat up honey with vin- 

 egar to taste, pour it over the salad 

 previously provided with oil, mix it 

 lightly through, and it will have an 

 exceedingly fine and pleasant flavor. 



Canadian 



Conducted by Morley Pettit, Villa Nova, Ont. 



More Ontario Honey-Crop Re- 

 ports 



Martin Emigh, Holbrook, July 10.— Clover 

 honey is nearly a failure. Basswood is just 

 coming out. I don't expect much. 



U. H. Bowen, Niagara Falls, July 10.— The 

 honey crop is a failure. As we have no fall 

 flow here, we will have to feed for winter. 



Edwin Trinder, Simcoe, July 10.— I am not 

 in an alsike district. We have only white 

 clover. I have not taken any honey off yet, 

 but it is about ready now. My bees are work- 

 ing well, and are in good shape. I have had 

 only 4 swarms so far. I gave the bees plenty 

 of room. 



F. A. Gemmill, London, July 14— No, there 

 w 11 be little or no white honey in this section 

 this year. 



John L. Grosjean, Brookside, July 16. — The 

 honey crop is not very good, but if this week 

 keeps as fine as last, we will have a medium 

 yield. 



J. A. Munroe, Munroe Mills, July 13. — 

 White honey is a failure here. The prospects 

 for dark honey are very poor. 



A. C. McTavish, Carleton Place, July 14. — 

 Clover honey is a failure. Basswood bloom 

 is plentiful, but later than usual. 



Alex Taylor, Paris, July 16.— The honey 

 crop is very poor. I will not have more than 

 \i of a crop. 



James Martin, Hillsdale, July 13. — I do not 

 expect y, a crop. Plenty of bloom, but the 

 weather has been bad. 



James Storer, Lindsay, July 15. — I do not 

 expect over ' 4 of a crop of white honey, 

 although we will have one week more before 

 the fall honey comes in ; and I do not Know 



any other bee-keeper around here that will 

 have any more honey than I have. 



J. J. Hurley, Brantford, July 10.— The flow 

 here is only K, of what it should be. The 

 bees will average about 50 pounds to the 

 colony. Basswood ought to be good, although 

 I do not expect much from it. I fear, on the 

 whole, that the honey crop will be very poor 

 this year. 



John Newton, Thamesford.— White honey 

 will also be a very short crop. At present 

 the bees are working well on the basswood, 

 which, I think, will help us out a little. 



John Murphy, Silver Hill, July 16.— White 

 honey is a failure here. The basswood has 

 been in bloom for a week. It is very full of 

 honey, and there was lots of white clover for 

 my bees to work on. They came through all 

 right, none having died during the winter or 

 spring. I put on supers the middle of June, 

 so as to give them lots of room, as I don't 

 want any swarming. I have had none so far, 



J. H. Thomson, Britannia, July 16.— We are 

 all in about the same boat. I had 140 colo- 

 nies, spring count, and place the crop at 20 

 pounds per colony, and will have to feed 

 heavily in September, as we have no fall flow. 

 Others around here report no honey. 



George Wood, Wesley, July 18.— This 

 breezy upland country is not a first-class 

 honey district. It is too windy, and too cool 

 as a rule, but I struck it right this season. 

 The bees were in a starving condition up to 

 June 23, when the weather turned warmer, 

 and for 3 weeks we have had the best flow 

 from clover I ever saw in this district. The 

 heavy rain on Monday, July 16, stopped the 

 flow, and the season is evidently over. The 

 nights are cool, almost frosty. I have not 

 done any extracting yet. Last year I got only 

 25 pounds per colony. I expect at least twice, 

 and possibly three times, that amount this 

 year. 



Chas. Blake, Donaldson, July 12.— Clover 

 is still giving a nice flow, but it has not been 

 much, as we have had a lot of rain. Bass- 

 wood is just opening to-day, so I may have 40 

 or 50 pounds to the colony, spring count. 



John Langdon, Kingston, July 14. — The 

 outlook is not good here. 1 have taken no 

 honey yet, but have tried to keep the bees to- 

 gether this year. Some are up 3 and 4 stories 

 high. Some colonies in 10-frame hives have 

 their frames J a sealed over; some not much. 

 Basswood and" thistle are just opening. I do 

 not expect much. 



Austin Walsh, Youngs Point, July 12.— I 

 have 17 colonies, and have taken about 25 

 pounds of honey per colony, mostly comb. 

 This is a very small crop. There are very few 

 bees besides my own in this section. 



F. W. Whiteside, Little Britain, July 12.— 

 I have extracted from 4 yards to-day. I got 3 

 cans from 66 colonies; yesterday, 5 cans from 

 75; Saturday, 2 cans from 60; and 3 cans 

 from 90 in the home yard on Monday ; 1 can 

 from 20 on Tuesday— or an average of 3 

 pounds per colony all around. Basswood 

 may possibly yield once more, and buckwheat 

 may yield this year again, but we would bet- 

 ter be ready for the worst and feed barrels of 

 sugar next September and October. 



L, Wheeler, Brussels, July 14.— The honey 

 crop here is a failure aUo. 



J. K. Darling, Almonte, July 27.— Honey 

 here is a short crop as well, but not quite a 

 total failure. Not as much swarming with 

 me as in other year6. Colonies are strong. 



E. A. Charlton, Parkhill, July 28.— Clover 

 was a total failure here, and basswood fair. 



E. F. Robinson, Victoria, July 25.— The 

 honey crop in this section of British Colum- 

 bia amounts to nothing. I can count on the 

 fingers of one hand all the bee-keepers who 

 have over 15 colonies each. As there is no 

 organization among them it is a personal mat- 

 ter to get at their probable crop, but it is none 

 too large, for the country is a poor bee-field. 

 In the upper country of the mainland of 

 British Columbia it is better, but it is often 

 from 30 to 50 miles to a railway. Around 



