g^f.^-' — ^^'Jv ■■— '■^'^^^i.^ -J ^ — ^^^TT^ — ■ — — — -S^'' Z' "^^ — ^ _-— - ->_ 



Weekly, $1 a Vear. \ °^^°'^^°.5^To^BE\^'c^URe I Sample Copy Free. 



VOL. XXXIII. CHICAGO, ILL, APR. 12, 1894. 



NO. 15. 



I>i-cainy Ways are comin' — 



Feel 'em in the breeze ; 

 Bumble-bees a hummin' 

 With the other kind of bees. 



Rivers runnin' lazy 



By the sleepy dells ; 

 Violet an' daisy ; 



Tinklin' cattle bells. 



All the world a-beamin' — 



River, mountain, lake; 

 Dreamin', dreamin', dreamin' — 



Never want to wake. 



— Atlanta Conntiintw 



]flr. S. T. I»ef tit's picture is printed 

 from a nice half-tone engraving on the 

 front cover of the April Ganadlan Bee Jour- 

 Hal. He was President of the Ontario Bee- 

 Keepers' Association for 1886-87. 



3Ii*. Frank Benton, the apiarist of 

 our Government at Washington, has sent 

 us cojjies of two valuable essays read by 

 him before the Entomological Society of 

 that city. They are entitled, respectively, 

 "The Death's-Head Moth in Relation to 

 Honey-Bees," and "The Curious Defenses 

 Constructed by Melipona and Trigona." 

 Doubtless any one so desiring, can secure 

 these essays, by addressing Mr. Benton, in 

 care of the Agricultural Department, 

 Washington, D. C. 



Nonietliing' for BesfiMM*!'** — Mrs. 

 Atchley will begin, in a week or two, in 

 her department — " In Sunny Southland " — 

 a full and complete description of bee-keep- 

 ing for beginners. This will be good news 

 for many of our new subscribers. It promi- 

 ses to be as interesting as a story, and as 

 practical and helpful as anything well can 

 be for those who follow her methods as 

 described from week to week. Although 

 what Mrs. Atchley may have to say will 

 apply mainly to bee-keeping in the South, 

 yet much of it will be useful in any climate 

 or locality. Look out for the first chapter, 

 and then follow it up closely, and profit 

 by it. 



Cwreat Britain, in 1892, imported 

 honey valued at about 1320,000. Now they 

 are trying to prevent the importing of 

 foreign honey — at least a discussion is be- 

 ing carried on in the Britisli Bee JouvHal 

 looking toward such prevention. It must 

 be that our friends across the " big pond " 

 think they can " keep sweet'' enough with- 

 out any outside help. Well, maybe they 

 can. But how in the world can they live 

 without any of that wonderful Canadian 

 honey ? Perhaps they'll try to be con- 

 tented with their own honey, as we United 

 States folks do— and "let well enough 

 alone." 



Bro. Root reports that out of their 125 

 colonies not one has been lost in wintering 

 up to April 1st. He says: "Indeed they 

 are in better condition than they were last 

 fall." At the same time a year ago, their 

 loss was 20 per cent., and the balance were 

 in bad condition. So now Bro. Root feels 

 "happy." 



