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AMERICAN BKJ£ JOURNAL.. 



him, and at the time, about 1884, he 

 had some discussion with James Heddon 

 about it, in the American Bee Journal. 



In 1889 he invented the horizontal 

 bee-escape, and although others have 

 claimed previous invention, it cannot bo 

 denied that the modern bee-escape, as a 

 practical implement of the apiary, dates 

 from the time he published his device in 

 the American Bee Journal, Nov. 15, 

 1889. Of late years he has devoted a 

 good deal of time to experimenting, to 

 make the device more rapid and more 

 perfect. He has also done much to 

 make the self-hiv-er a perfect success, 

 which he believes he has now about at- 

 tained. He has never rested entirely 

 satisfled with existing implements and 

 fixtures. His hives, supers, and other 

 fixtures, are nearly all of his own inven- 

 tion. He has never patented any of his 

 inventions, but has freely published, 

 and given them to the fraternity. 



During the 27 years of his bee-keep- 

 ing experience, he has been an occa- 

 sional correspondent for nearly all the 

 bee-periodicals. For seven or eight years 

 he was the apiary editor of the Western 

 Plowman. Of late years he has given 

 over the management of his hardware 

 business mostly to his son, he preferring 

 to stick to the bees. In his earlier bee- 

 keeping he was greatly assisted by his 

 wife and son, who did most of the hiv- 

 ing, etc. He is still young in bee-enthu- 

 siasm, and new inventions. It is not 

 likely that bee-keepers have yet heard 

 the last of C. H. Dibbern. 



A Friend. 



Amerikanische Bienenzucht is the 

 name of a bee-book printed in the Ger- 

 man language, which we now have for 

 sale. It is a hand-book on bee-keeping, 

 giving the methods in use by the best 

 American and German apiarists. Illus- 

 trated ; 138 pages; price, postpaid, 

 $1.00. It is just the book for our Ger- 

 man bee-keepers. We club it with the 

 Bee Journal for one year, for $1.75. 



■ ^ — ^'4»-^ * 



Dr. Miller^s "A Year Among the 

 Bees " is a book of over 100 pages. It 

 commences with the necessary work in 

 the spring, and runs through the entire 

 year, detailing the methods of doing, as 

 well as telling when to do, all that 

 should be done in the apiary. Bound in 

 cloth. Price, postpaid, 50 cents ; or 

 clubbed with the Bee Journal for one 

 year, for $1.35. 



CONDUCTED BY 



Greenville. Texas. 



Introducing: Queens Safely. 



Mrs. Atchley, please tell me a safe 

 way to introduce queens. 



Theodore Verhaalrn. 

 Saukville, Wis. 



Friend V., I do not know of an abso- 

 lutely safe plan, only by placing the 

 queen on the frames of hatching brood, 

 and that is a stale plan, and about out 

 of date. The best way is by the candy 

 plan, but be sure you have plenty of 

 candy and a small hole for the bees to 

 eat into where the queen is, and if other 

 conditions are right, you will find it a 

 success. 



No. 1. — Texas and Her Resources. 



** Bees and Honey"— page 771. 



Dear readers, as it has been an- 

 nounced that I would give the resources, 

 the best localities for bees and for farm- 

 ing, etc., of Texas, I now proceed to do 

 the best I can for you. I do not wish to 

 be sensational in any direction, but will 

 be conservative, and relate to you the 

 exact truth of everything just as I 

 know it and as I see it. I am very much 

 crowded with my work, but as there are 

 nearly one hundred of our readers wish- 

 ing to know of Texas, I take time 

 enough to give you a brief outline. 



First, we will begin with Northwest 

 Texas, or what is known as the "Pan 

 Handle " country. This is a narrow 

 strip lying between New Mexico and the 

 Indian Territory, being a small-grain 

 country, especially wheat. Corn does 

 fairly well when it rains enough, but 

 this portion is a little subject to drouth, 

 but seems to be more seasonable, as the 

 land is settled up. This section is pretty 

 cold in winter, about like Southern Kan- 

 sas. Land is worth from $'2.00 an acre 

 to $10.00, owing to how close you get 

 to a railroad. You can buy land and 



