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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAj 



CONDUCTED BY 



MRS. JENNIE ATCHLEY, 



Beeville, Texas. 



Much Interested— Cruelty to Animals. 



Mrs. Atchley : — My husband wishes 

 me to say to you that "he is very much 

 interested in your department, which, 

 by the way, I enjoy myself. He also 

 wishes to know if you are going to keep 

 that man standing there all the time 

 spraying that swarm of bees ? Does he 

 not get tired ? And is not the swarm 

 rather patient to remain and take such 

 a "ducking " all the while ? 



Thank you for the long Texas moss. 

 Mrs. Edw. Smith. 



Carpenter, Ills. 



Dear Mrs. Smith, I am very glad in- 

 deed to know that you and your husband 

 are interested in ray department. I 

 know that it falls far short of what it 

 should be, as I am too busy to give it 

 the thought I ought to, but I shall try 

 to devote more time and attention to it 

 soon, and try to make " In Sunny South- 

 land" more and more interesting. 

 Thanks for kind words. 



I shall accuse Bro. York of using 

 "cruelty to animals" in punishing both 

 the man and bees in the heading of my 

 department. Jennie Atchley. 



Preparing Bees for Shipment. 



Mrs. Atchley : — I wish to know how 

 to prepare bees in chaff hives to ship by 

 railroad with household goods and stock 

 from Nebraska to Texas. Would they 

 not smother unless the brood-nests were 

 raised up to allow ventilation ? 



Pawnee City, Nebr. C. H. Hare. 



Friend H., I must confess that I never 

 saw a chaff hive — I have only seen them 

 pictured and talked about. But if you 

 move before warm weather, say March 

 15th to April 1st, your bees will move 

 all right by just closing the entrances 



with wire-cloth. If the weather is warm, 

 you would better take the covers off, 

 and use wire-cloth on the top, and it is 

 best to leave an open space above the 

 frames ; or if the bees are strong and 

 heavy with brood, take out every alter- 

 nate frame and place empty ones be- 

 tween, placing the brood you draw out 

 in an upper story with empty frames be- 

 tween also, and wire-cloth on top, and 

 all will transport safely, if you see to 

 the hauling yourself. 



I move bees any time of the year I 

 wish to, but I keep the temperature 

 down with water, and am careful to 

 place the hives in the car in such way 

 that the frames are lengthwise of the 

 car. Jennie Atchley. 



Southwest Texas — The Other Side. 



I notice that on page 218 some friend 

 comes out under the above heading, and 

 leaves the impression that some one has 

 been giving only one side. If my friend 

 means that, he is giving only his side of 

 Texas, or his end, rather, as he is just 

 about as near out of the world in Pre- 

 sidio county as one can well get, and is 

 about 400 miles west of Beeville. But 

 as he says all of southwest Texas is like 

 Presidio county, I presume he thinks I 

 have been over-picturing this region. 

 But I suppose, as our friend is writing 

 in or about Presidio county, he means 

 west Texas, as that is where Presidio 

 county lies ; and I think he is very much 

 mistaken when he says all of southwest 

 Texas is like Presidio county. I love to 

 use common courtesy always, and by my 

 saying that I know all of southwest 

 Texas is 7iot like Presidio county, I trust 

 It will not offend the good friend in 

 question. 



Right here I wish to state that I have 

 nc '* ax to grind," and looking for some 

 one to turn the stone, as I have no land 

 for sale ; nor do I think I ever shall, nor 

 am I in anyway connected with any one 

 that has land for sale. But what I am 

 after is this : We have a fine, rich 

 country here in this part of Texas, and 

 tons and tons of honey going to waste 

 annually, and I am not one bit selfish 

 about it — I want bee-keepers to come 

 and occupy these fields and save the 

 precious sweets that evaporate upon the 

 gentle sea breezes. I received orders 

 last year for two carloads of honey more 

 than I could fill, and the honey is here, 

 if we had the bees and bee-keepers to 

 harvest it. 



Our friend (" One Who Has Seen It " 



