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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Washington, Oct., 1870. 



[C^ \Vc have on baud, and unused, numerous 

 favors from correspondents, as most of them having 

 been received too late for this issue. The present 

 arrangements for printing the Journal render it 

 necessary that articles intended for its p^ges should 

 reach us not later than the 10th of the mouth, to be 

 in season for tlie ensuing number. 



U^ We have received copies of*' Old and New," 

 " EvEHT Satukdat," " GooD Health," and several 

 other periodicals and publications, which we purposed 

 noticing this month, but are prevented b}' want of 

 room. 



EC^ The August number of this Journal contains 

 an article on " Pwre FertiUzatiuu Controllable,^' 

 translated bj' the editor from the "Bienenzeitung." 

 It appeared in that sterling and standard periodical, 

 as a communication from the Rev. A. Semlitsch, who 

 is pastor of a congregation and a member of the 

 Ecclesiastical Council at Gratz, in the Austriau 

 province of Stiria. He has been a prominent 

 correspondent of the Bienenzeitung for a quarter of a 

 century, and was previously known as one among the 

 five chief contributors to Vitzthuni's " Moiiatshlatt 

 fur Bieiienzuclit,'' the precursor of the Bienenzeitung. 

 He has always been distinguished for eminent zeal 

 and efficient labor in striving to advance intelligent 

 and scientific bee-culture ; and published in 1856, at 

 Gratz, a very excellent practical treatise in aid of the 

 cause. No man in Europe ever questioned his 

 truthfulness, or impeached his honor. 



K^ We have copyrighted this Journal, not to 

 prevent or prohibit any of our exchanges from 

 copying articles from its pages, but that those who 

 do copy may see the propriety of giving credit to the 

 American Bee Journal, so fully and plainly that 

 there can be no mistake or misapprehension about it. 

 Some have heretofore appropriated such articles 

 bodily and boldly, without giving any credit what- 

 ever ; some thought they had '■^somewhere read,''-) 

 so and so, &c. ; others simply credited "JE'a;.," leaving 

 the whereabouts of the said Ex. to be guessed at ; 

 others again, extending their liberality a link or two, 

 credit " Bee Jow-nal," vaguely and indefinitely. 

 We have borne this hitherto without murmur or 

 complaint, " note or comment," but do not intend to 

 be so forbearing hereafter. If articles arc worth 

 copying, their source is worth acknowledging ; and 

 those who fail in doing this in future, may expect to 

 have to pay for copyright. We punctiliously give 

 credit oirrselves, and may properly ask to receive it. 

 "Hanc veniam damns petimusque vicissim." 



Great waste occurs in feeding meal, in early spring, 

 as a substitute for pollen, and many bees are lost 

 while endeavoring to supply themselves, being chilled 

 by a sudden change of temperature. To prevent 

 this German bee-keepers do the feeding within the 

 hive ; and Mr. Kanitz of East Prussia, gives the 

 following as the best mode of doing so : Take fine 

 wheat flour, rye or oat meal, and stir it gradually 

 into lukewarm liquid honey till it forms a pretty 

 stiff paste or mass. lu the evening spread a few 

 ounces of this on an empty comb, insert it in a hive, 

 and it will be carried up by the bees in the course of 

 the night. Not more of the paste should be prepared 

 on any occasion, than can be immediately fed. The 

 substitute for pollen thus fed, it is said, greatly 

 promotes brooding. 



OOERESPONDENCE OP THE BEE JOURNAL. 



RrcHMOND, Ohio, August 18, 1870.— I have put oil 

 writing till harvest is over, and will now have a short 

 talk with you on difl'erent sutyects. This summer 

 has been a very pleasant one in tliis part of tlie 

 coiin'iry, with good crops of all kinds except fruit, of 

 which there will be a small yield. We have been 

 favored with plenty of rain and consequently good 

 pasture for stock, and plenty of flowers for the bees 

 which the latter did not fail to enjoy, for they 

 gathered large stores of honey and multiplied more 

 generally thau they have done for a uuml)er of years. 



1 have been keeping bees all my life as my father 

 did before me, but never made it a study until about 

 two years ago. Since then I have beeu trying to put my 

 bees in movable comb hives. These I think every bee- 

 keeper must and will have ere long, as also the Italian 

 bees, which I think are much better then the natives, 

 except that tliey are inclined to rob the blacks. But 

 I would keep them for their beauty, if they liad no 

 other good qualities. I wish some one would give us a 

 general test of their purity as known in Italy. This 

 should be known throughout tliis country, as nearly 

 every queen breeder lias a test of his own. My bees 

 have four- bands, counting all ; two broad ones next 

 to the middle, and two narrow ones behind those. If 

 this is not enough, tlien I will go for better and 

 purer ones, as I want the best and none others. 



The time of year is coming to thinlc of wintering 

 bees, and I want to build a wooden house large enough 

 to accommodate one liundred hives. I wish some of 

 tlie knowing ones would give us, through the Journal, 

 proper directions for building such a house. 



'Sow, a few words in conclusion. Inclosed 5'ou will 

 find my subscription for the Journal for this year ; 

 and please accept my thanks for the valuable instruc- 

 tion I have received from the American Bee Journal, 

 and my best wishes for its success. May its contri- 

 butors and readers grow wiser and sweeter every 

 year. — J. W. Taylor. 



Brooklin, Ontario, August 20. — Bees have done 

 exceedingly well in this Province, this season ; better 

 than they have done for several years. Though the 

 loss was fearful last year, it has nearly been made up. 

 This Province is not abundant in forage for bees, and 

 we never expect to realize the figures of N'ouice ; yet 

 some have taken from my hive four boxes of virgin 

 honey, eighty (80) pounds ; and one hundred and 

 fort}--two (143) from the body of the hive, with the 

 Extractor — making two hundred and twenty-two (322) 

 pounds from one colony. Another writes me he has 



