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may, during a season, see queens mate, 

 by getting in a position to see objects 

 falling from tiie air, and in the evening, 

 when the young queens are flying out on 

 their bridal trip, he will have a chance 

 to see the queen and drone falling to the 

 ground. Should you meet with a failure 

 the first time, try, try again. 



C. B. Bankston. 

 Chrisman, Tex., Dec. 29, 1892. 



Friends, I think the time has just 

 about arrived in beedom for us to say 

 yes if we know it, and if we don't know 

 it, better say nothing about it. 



Again, my dear readers, let us look at 

 things and examine them ourselves, as 

 we start out with the new year, and let 

 us realize that this is the time for selfish- 

 ness and narrowness to disappear, and 

 for all the world to be filled with the 

 Auroral light of a broader and more per- 

 fect peace and good-will toward men. 



J. A. 



Kansas and Texas Contrasted. 



Mbs. Jennie Atchley : — It is very 

 pleasing to read in your department ai 

 the American Bee Journal, that apple 

 trees are in bloom, and bees gathering 

 some honey. The contrast between here 

 and there is remarkable. Bees here at 

 the Experiment Station have not had a 

 flight since Nov. 30th. It snowed on 

 the night of Dec. 6th, and remains yet. 

 People say they have not seen snow re- 

 main on the ground so long for twenty 

 years. Bees are as silent as the tomb. 

 I hope the season for 1893 will be 

 superior to that of 1892. 



Cha«. L. Strickland. 



Peabody, Kans. 



Friend Strickland, it will be remem- 

 bered, is Professor of Apiculture at the 

 Bee-Experiment Station of Peabody, 

 and is the right man in the right place. 

 The day he speaks of their big snow in 

 Kansas, our bees worked all day on 

 apple-bloom, but it was what we term 

 " fall bloom," and out of season, but the 

 bees worked on it nicely, just the same. 

 "We have had at this writing (Dec. 28th), 

 however, a pretty fair taste of winter, 

 the mercury running down to about 28° 

 above zero. Our bees had a nice flight 

 Christmas day, but have not flown since. 

 This morning the sun is shining brightly, 

 and the bees will likely have a flight 

 to-day. J, A. 



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Bees and Honey ''—page 69. 



Cyprian Bees as "Watchmen." 



Mrs. Atchley:— In your article on 

 kinds of smoke and smokers, in the 

 American Bee Journal, you mention 

 Cyprian bees. Can you tell me where I 

 can get queens of the Cyprian race? I 

 want the bees for educational purposes, 

 to teach thieves to let bees alone. Do 

 you think Cyprians would be good for 

 that purpose ? Answer through the 

 American Bee Journal. W. 



Grasmere, Fla. 



Friend W., I cannot call to mind just 

 now where you can get the Cyprian 

 queens. I should think that the "Cyps" 

 would make a pretty good set of 

 *' watchmen," especially if your thieves 

 have no knowledge of the habits of bees. 

 The "Cyps" are sure fighters when 

 handled a little roughly, like a thief 

 would likely have to do. Get a colony 

 of Cyprians, and place them at the spot 

 where it will be most likely to be filched, 

 then the day after the depredation, 

 search the neighborhood for big, ugly 

 faces, and I believe you will be success- 

 ful in finding the guilty party. Will 

 any one who reads this, that has Cyprian 

 bees, please put an advertisement of 

 them in the Bee Journal ? J, A. 



Queens as Premiums — "WTioWill WinP 



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 offer 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. 



Have You Read page 69 yet ? 



