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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



cr, truth, etc., amounts [to nothing, for it 

 may prove a volcano. It is not neces- 

 sary for me to consult horticulturists, or hor- 

 ticultural works, for they can oft'er no posi- 

 tive evidence, and I shall accept no one's ij)se 

 dixit. The same is true of those bee-keepers 

 he refers me to — they merely admit it as pos- 

 sible, but I can give him the names of ten 

 bee-keepers who deny the charge, to his one 

 who admits it, but I should consider neither 

 evidence, unless they have tested it as T did. 



The advice given by Mr. Hogue, of Ohio, 

 in the New York Tribune cannot be praised 

 too highly, while his (Riley's) cannot be too 

 severely condemned. The former will give 

 equally satisfactory results whether practiced 

 by a horticulturist or a bee-keeper, for cat- 

 nip will grow with as little trouble as milk- 

 weed. His experience and experiments with 

 bees must have been with a view of destroy- 

 ing them, since he knows so well how to do 

 so ; but he says he loves them and does not 

 make open war upon them. AVell, no; it 

 cannot be called warfare, but a cowardly 

 assas.nnation, criminal in its nature. 



I shall continue my observations every fall, 

 and at times when there is little or no bee 

 forage, and if I find that bees cut the skin of i 

 grapes I shall acknowledge it. But shall not 

 then indorse bee-destroying recipes and catnip 

 culture. More might be said, but this is al- 

 ready loo long. 11. O. Krusciike. 



not be long till the dish is filled with drowned 

 bees, but in a little while bees and dish will 

 be cleaned ofl" perfectly dry, the bees none 

 the worse for their sweet bath. 



C. C. MrLLEii. 

 Marengo, Ills. 



For the American Bee Journal. : 



A Cheap and Good Feeder. ! 



It is an infringement on Novice's. We use i 

 a good many of the ordinary self-sealing tin i 

 fruit cans, and each year my wife discards | 

 some that have been used and become a little 

 rusty. Then with a punch of any kind, or an 

 ordinary jack-knife, I make a num))er of j 

 holes in the lid or cover of the can, fill the [ 

 can with honey or syrup, put on the cover, i 

 invert, and place over a hole in the honey [ 

 board. The honey will not run out only as ' 

 the bees eat it out. As these cans are thrown 

 away, the only cost is punching the holes in ! 

 the cover. These cans hold three or four 

 pounds of honej'', and cost, when new, from 

 six to twelve cents. Mr. (Irimm lold me his 

 improved Novice-feeder cost twenty-fiAc cents 

 each. If the ])rice were the same, I think I 

 would prefer his. 



ANOTHEK. 



When feeding a very small quantity for 

 stimulating purposes, when the weather is 

 warm enough for the bees to remain at or 

 near the entrance, 1 use ordinary sauce 

 dishes. Put in two or three table spoon- 

 fuls of diluted honey, set the dish at the 

 entranc;e, and if tlic bees do not immediately 

 attack it, tap on the liive. Of course it will 



Index to Back Volumes. 



As a matter of reference I have always 

 kept an index of back volumes at the front 

 page of my latest volume of the American 

 Bee Journai., so that by reference to it, I 

 might find any important item in any of the 

 various volumes. I find it almost indispen- 

 sable in my search. I send you a portion of 

 the items found in the letters H and I. 



H. Vol. Page. 



Hiving Swarms. ------ i. 256 



Hybridizing Bees. ----- j. 231 



Hives, Pai)er. -------- iv. 2:30 



Honey Sulistitute. ----- iy. 8!> 



Honey Boards. ------- i. .57 



Honey Extractor. - - vol. iv. 144, vi. 208. 



Honey Extractor, How to Make. - vi. 278 



Honey Extractor, "Novice's." - iv. .58 



Honey BoxeSjto Make Bees Leave, iv. 212 



Honey Boards. Tallow for. - - iv. '?A 



Honey, to secure a large Yield. - vi. •> 



Honey Boards, Corn-cobs for. - iii. (> 



Honey Bee, Anti(iuity of. - - - vii. 26 



Honey Dew, Analysis of. - - - viii. 17 



Honey Artllieial. "Dzierzon." - viii. 84 



Honey Boards, Cloth for. - - viii. 87 

 Honey as a Medicine, vol. viii. pp. 07, 101,210 



Honey Ditterent (lualities of. - - viii. 103 



Honey, to Keep. ------ viii. ICMr 



Honey Quilts. ------- viii. 118- 



Honey Plant. " Rape." - - - viii. 2.51 



Hives, "Novice's.' ----- yiii. 50 



Hives, Roofing for " Adair." - viii. 250 



Honey Boards, '■ Alley.' - - - viii. 174 



I. 



Introducing Queens, vol. i. ISC, 



vol. iii. I), iv. !(>■ 



Introducing Queens, (Ijangstroth). vi. 100> 



Introducing Queens, (Dzierzon). vi. 272 

 Introducing Queens, ((irinuu). 



vol. iii. .5<i. iv. 240 



Introducing Queens, (Editorial). \'. 18 



Introducing Queens, (Alley). - ii. 187 



Introducing Queens,((;enuanplan). vi. l'.>7 



Introducing Queens, (Kohler). - iv. 21 



Introducing (^hieens. (Alley). - - vii. 150 



Introducing (Queens. (Dadaut). - vii. 'W> 



Introducing (Queens, Virgin. 



I vol. viii. 2()ti, viii 88- 



t Insects and Fruit. - - vol. iii. 22, iii. U>7 



! Improved Bee House. ----- v. 164 



Italiaiii/.inn l!ox Hives, " Grimm." iii. \h^ 



llaliani/.ini; I'.lack Bees. - - - vii. 270 

 Italian vs. Black Bees, (Lang- 



strotli)- --------- viii. 28 



Italians and Sweetened Water. - viii. 1.50 



Kepeated observations show that the secre- 

 tion of honey is powerfully influenced by 

 tlic electricity of the atmosphere : and 

 bees never labor more actively than dur- 

 ing Inimid, sultry weather, ov when a 

 thunder storm is a])iu'o:;c]iiiej,. 



