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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Gre^ville, Texas. 

 Good-Bye to 1893— Welcome 1893. 



The weather in this part of Texas, at 

 this date (Dec. 31), is pretty gloomy. 

 It has been pouring down rain for nearly 

 21 hours, and everything is in a float. 

 Ah, me ! if it don't rain in Texas some- 

 times. It is not cold, though, but the 

 bees cannot get out without getting their 

 heads wet and their feet muddy. 



At a late hour, the last night of the 

 year 1892, I sit at my desk punching 

 the type\i(riter, and wondering how many 

 of us are willing to fall upon our knees, 

 this, the last night of the year, and 

 thank God for all the blessings he has 

 showered upon us the past year. Even 

 the first month is a fine time to turn 

 over a new leaf, if we fail to turn it the 

 first day. Friends, let's all try to be 

 of more help to one another, this 

 .year than we we're last, and see if we 

 won't be any happier when a new year 

 comes again. 



Friends, I will soon begin giving bee- 

 keeping from the start, in this depart- 

 ment, as we have a new crop of readers 

 this year. I hope the veterans will over- 

 look us in this matter, and consider that 

 we all were beginners once. I hope the 

 bee-keeping friends all over the South 

 will join in and help me to make " In 

 Sunny Southland " what it ought to be — 

 an interesting department for all. 



I am now through, and must bid you 

 adieu for the year 1892. J: A. 



P. S. — Dr. Miller and I are too good 

 friends to let little things break our 

 friendship, aren't we, Doctor ? 



Queens as Premiums — Who Will Win? 



To the person sending to me the 

 largest number of new subscribers to 

 the American Bee Journal from Jan. 

 1st to June 30th, 1893, I will give a 



fine breeding queen of the five-banded 

 variety — such sell for $10 ; for the next 

 largest number, a three-banded breeder 

 from imported mother ; the next largest, 

 a tested queen of either* strain ; the 

 next, a dollar queen. Who will be the 

 lucky parties ? A correct account will 

 be kept, and the premiums promptly 

 paid on July 1, 1893. 



Bee-keeping friends, why not each of 

 you who is not now a subscriber to the 

 Amercan Bee Journal, send me your 

 name with $1.00, and receive as a pre- 

 mium the book "Bees and Honey?" 

 This is the biggest ofi'er in beedom, all 

 to every new subscriber — 52 Bee Jour- 

 nals weekly, brimful of the very best 

 bee-news, suited to all localities, all for 

 $1.00, and " Bees and Honey" to boot. 

 Just think of it ! Jennie Atchley. 



Greenville, Texas. 



When a Queen is Safely Introduced. 



Here is a way to tell whether a queen 

 is safely introduced when released 

 among the bees : 



In 15 or 20 minutes after you release 

 her, disturb the bees in some way by 

 smoking, jarring the hive, etc., and if 

 they do not pounce upon her at once, 

 shut up the hive and go on, and give it 

 no further attention regarding the in- 

 troduction of that queen. A queen is 

 never safely introduced until the bees 

 show her royalty, or feed her, and I 

 might say she is only safe in summer 

 when she begins to lay. J. A. 



Hiving Swarms on Starters, or in 

 Empty Hives. 



It is becoming more and more apparent 

 to me that bee-keeping in the Northern 

 States, is nearly entirely different from 

 what it is in the South. Mr. Hutchinson 

 comes out again, on page 823, with an 

 article on hiving bees on starters, or in 

 empty hives, as the best method. Well, 

 Mr. H. is all right for Michigan, but all 

 wrong for Texas. 



It will not pay to hive our early swarms 

 on only starters, or, worse still, empty 

 frames. Our early swarms are of no 

 use whatever, only to perpetuate the 

 colony, and the means of our having a 

 booming colony two months later. We 

 get no use of the bees that compose our 

 early swarms, for storing surplus honey. 

 So, fearing that our Southern bee-keep- 

 ers might take it for granted that Mr. 

 Hutchinson's article would apply to all 



