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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



superintended the shipping of nearly all of said 

 honey. That 1 personally took from the hives, ex- 

 tracted, placed in cans, and shipped aH of the 18 

 cans of honey sent to Mr. George G. Willard, of 

 Cleveland, Ohio, during 189.3, and to my certain 

 knowledge all of said honey was free from any 

 adulteration. Charles Heddon. 



Subscribed and sworn to before me this 4th day of 

 April, A. D. 1894. ABNEB M. MOON. 



Justice of the Peace in and for Cass County. 



[In addition to this we expect to allow Mr. Hed- 

 don reasonable space for reply to the two editorials 

 —one on page 335, and the other on page 382, in next 

 issue. If we attach no foot-note this will give Mr. 

 Heddon the " last say," and certainly all that one 

 could ask for. We desire that Mr. Heddon shall 

 have a full chance to vindicate himself, and toward 

 this end we publish a letter received that will ex- 

 plain itself.— Editor.] 



One year ago this last winter my stock of ex- 

 tracted honey gave out. So I sent an order to Hed- 

 don for two cans of his amber honey. I want to 

 say that I never had any honey that gave better 

 satisfaction than this. My customers were well 

 pleased with it, and they had been using clover and 

 bass wood honey from my own bees. 



Manchester, N. Y., May 2. Ezra G. Smith. 



^^~ Do not write anything for publication 

 on the same sheet of paper witn business 

 matters, unless it can be torn apart without 

 interfering: with either part of the letter. 



Surplus from rruit-Bloom. 



My bees have stored some surplus from 

 fruit-bloom. I am going to build up to 400 

 colonies as fast as possible. White clover 

 is just beginning to bloom, and bees are 

 working on it. P. H. Richardson. 



Laclede, Mo., May 11. 



The Australian Gum Tree, Etc. 



We are having some strange weather for 

 May ; cherries are ripe on some of the trees 

 on our place; honey is coming in quite 

 plentiful, yet it is hard to tell what the 

 amount of our crop is going to be this year. 

 I do not expect as much as we got last year 

 by a good deal, still, we will get more 

 money for a short crop than we could have 

 gotten for a big crop last year. 



The honey that is now coming in is much 

 nicer than that harvested last year. I 

 never saw the Australian gum trees bloom 

 so profusely as they are doing, and have 

 been doing for the past six weeks. They 

 are a wonderful tree ; they are truly Aus- 

 tralian, for they are different in many 

 ways from the trees that are natives of 

 this country. It has been said that the 



honey from these trees is quite dark; I 

 have seen it so some years, especially when 

 the trees bloomed in the winter or early in 

 the spring. This year it seems to be light. 



It has commenced to rain to-night— the 

 first we have had for several weeks. It 

 will damage the hay that has been re- 

 cently cut, beside hurting the strawberries 

 and cherries. On the other hand, it will be 

 beneficial to a multitude of crops. 



W. A. Pryal. 



North Temescal, Calif., May 13. 



Honey Crop Indications Favorable. 



My bees wintered well, and so far are 

 doing first-rate. The indications are favor- 

 able for a crop of honey, as white clover 

 did not winter-kill. My honey crop was 

 good last year. I had about 4,000 pounds, 

 all white honey. L. Highbarger. 



Leaf River, 111., May 10. 



Pairing for Each. Birth. 



May it not be said that all worker-bees 

 are the result of a " pair for each birth ?" 

 "Pairing," technically speaking, is only 

 the union of the germ and sperm cell, and 

 this takes place every time a worker-bee 

 comes into being. The drones are an ex- 

 ception, but the exceptions are not suffi- 

 ciently numerous to nullify the general 

 statement. 



This is not written to open discussion, but 

 in the interest of a clearer understanding. 



St. Joseph, Mo. Emerson T. Abbott. 



Removing Wax from Clothes. 



As Mrs. Atchley has asked some one to 

 answer this question for her through the 

 American Bee Journal, I will give my 

 plan of removing the wax or bee-glue out 

 of my clothes when I get either on them. 



Chill the wax that is in the clothes in ice- 

 cold water, and while the clothes are in the 

 ?'«•?/ cold water, the wax or glue will crum- 

 ble out clean if the wax spots are rubbed 

 or washed while in the water. 



Several years ago I hit on this plan, and 

 it never fails with me. If I get any wax on 

 my clothes I am very careful not to get any 

 hot water on the wax to cause it to melt 

 into the cloth. Wm. McEvoy. 



Woodburn, Out., Canada. 



Prolonging the Life of Bees. 



Most authorities make the life of a bee in 

 the active season to be about six weeks. It 

 is also an acknowledged fact that during 

 winter, or while quiet, they attain to a 

 much longer life. Now 1 wish to suggest 

 that the experiment stations give us some 

 facts about the possible life of a bee. Will 

 inaction in summer prolong life the same 

 as in winter ? Will the colony supplied 

 with plenty of honey and pollen in the 

 hive, and near access to water, accumulate 

 bees until the honey-flow comes ? Will a 



