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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



does not like the extractor for market, as he 

 cannot make people believe it is all honey that 

 he ships. They cannot comprehend the extent 

 and success of the business he is doin<^. To see 

 fifteen (15) or twenty (20) barrels of" honey a? 

 the depot, awaiting shipment, is likely to raise 

 the Idea of molasses. Mr. Grimm's plan of 

 getting bees out of honey-boxes is as novel as it 

 IS original He takes off his full boxes all at 

 one time, places them on the floor of his bee- 

 house, one deep, holes upward, each box touch- 

 ing Its neighbor; then places a hive containing 



centieofthe pile, raised on blocks one-fourth 

 inch high The bees come out of the boxes 

 gather in the hive and form a new swarm He 



queen, takes the hive out into the yard, and 

 there is his boxes clear of bees, and a new 

 swarm His bee-feeder beats anything of the 



feeLl ""T /t"^' ^^^ '^I^^'^ ''^^^ convenient 

 leeding. And his smoker is the handiest thin^ 

 out. He went through dozens and dozens of 

 stocks, partly for my benefit and partly for his 

 own. It was a real treat to see so many bees 

 and queens, to one who has never been used to 

 seemg more than fifty (50) or sixty (60) stocks 

 in one place, and they all blacks. Mr. Grimm's 

 Italians can sting, as a swelled fist could attest 



^t L^fTT'-Y^'"' *^'" y'^^^g bees were 

 out for a frohc, it sounded like a dozen bio- 

 swarms coming off at once. I was shown the 

 figures of Mr. G.'s business for the past five or 

 hppi?"'' ""''^ l^^^"" '"°"g^ to make us little 



Then^?n °rt^"-.t^7^ijg to do /m// as much. 



fi^inlV' .*.^^ "''':''' ''^^''' f™"^'^^' ^°d all the 

 fixings for the business, was enough to make 

 every bee dig all the harder at the light of it 

 i had a very j^leasant time, and am afraid I 

 taxed his patience some, for he spent two or 

 three hours m showing and explaining things 

 I take this opportunity to again thank him aSd 

 nis tamily for the courtesies extended to me. 

 Yours truly, 



r„ .„ ^. . W. M. Kellogg. 



Janesville, Wis., Aug. 5, 1873. 



[Sept. 



at least in meeting with an average. Tto'ok 

 nearly 800 pounds last year from ffurteei co°^ 



In addition to the A. B. J., I take the Bee- 

 Keepers^ Magazine, the National, Gleaninas S 

 several agricultural papers more'or ess devoSd 

 to this branch of industry. My bee iourmls Tr? 

 among the first I read, aJd geneSy w^fh the 

 greatest interest and profit. ^But in the W 

 number of the A. B. i, page 15 i an arMdJ 

 from a man (?) calling himself "Simplicity" 

 with which I am particularly disgusted ^Ta£s 

 differ. Because " S. Plicity '' can°see nothing to 

 admire m a beautiful picture, is that any Sn 

 why others of different cultu;e and tempmment 

 should not gratify their taste ? In plain S 

 from where I write, can be seen the fi?e chroS 

 of which " S Plicity '• would make sport Thev 

 are admired by all the family, as well as by the 

 nmnerous visitors who from time to time Sll at 



Z^Z"- ""^ \ '^'-'^^^^^ °^ "nfortunat in 

 ?nTrf i"'if' ^ °f ^ ^^^'^'^ f*^^ the beautiful 

 n art as well as nature, and in drawing around 

 me a circle of friends of like taste 



For the American Bee Journal.] 



Prom Nebraska. 



Mr. Editor:— I have been a reader of the 

 AMERICAN Bee Journal some four or five years 

 and I believe have never asked the favor of 



Zfol f^^% ?^"""''- ^^^^ ^-^^^ g^-'-^^t the little 

 space asked for now? 



I am very much interested in bee culture I 

 liave now twenty-nine stocks. I have never had 

 any disease among my bees. I winter in the 

 cellar where no vegetables are kept, and with 

 tne temperature as nearly at the freezing point 

 as possible. I feed in spring both unbSted 

 rye and syrup. Although I cannot boast the 

 large success attained by some, I am fortunate 



According to "Simeon," the editors of the 

 hee Keepers Magazine, a work devoted exclu- 

 sively to bee culture, have grossly erred in 

 stitching onto the said magaline J couple S 

 extra leaves, to be used for advertising purposes 

 whereon the qualities of the "5 superb diromos'' 

 have been properly set forth. 



Will Simeon tell us in his next, of the prac- 

 tical^ benefits in bee culture to be derived from 

 reading his article. We have read it attentively 

 and "can't see it." ^ 



Nebraska City, Neb., July 17, 1873. ^^^^^' 

 KoTE BY Ed. a. B. J._'« Simeon" needn't 

 answer the question at the close of the above 

 communication, because we have had quantum 

 stiff, about the chromos. Mr, Harmon is quite 

 right m doubting any practical benefit to bee 

 culture comes from such dicussions. Whether 

 the chromos are miserable daubs, or beautiful 

 works of art, is a question the solution of which 

 will not affect the honey yield of the country a 

 particle. Our space can be put to better use 

 than either telling the public that " S. Plicity " 

 despises the chromos, or that our Nebraska 

 friend is enchanted with them. We think now 

 it was a mistaken editorial lenity to publish 

 "Simeon's" strictures. Having done that, we 

 could hardly refuse to insert Mr. Harmon's reply. 

 We have dealt out impartial justice, as well as 

 we know how. Exunt chromos ! Adieu chromos ! 

 1-* 



The greatest enemy of the bee is the ignorance 

 01 man. 



DziEKZON. 



