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wlieii the ^veatlle^ is very hot. Such a 

 shade will be grateful to your bees. — Nxttt. 



Bees e.\{>ress no more love for their keep- 

 ers than for strangers, but they (the keep- 

 ers) being used to them, with greater cou- 

 lidence venture among them, while some 

 (more fearful) beholding, fancy that the 

 bees respect and love them more than 

 strangers. — Purchase. 



Workers alone have the property of 

 secreting wax. Scak's of it ranged in pairs 

 are contained in minute recei)tacles under 

 the lower segnu'uts of the abdomen. * * 

 This substance is produced by a particular 

 organ, after the nuuiner of other secre- 

 tions. — Iluber. 



When Bee-Keeping don't Pay— 

 What then? 



Hogs have been sold for less than value 

 of corn fed in fattening. Cattle brought 

 less than cost of raising. Poultry could be 

 had for less than value of food fed them. 

 Yet all required as much care as if sold at 

 a profit. We would, however, think that 

 farmer very unwise who would quit the 

 raising of live stock or grain, because of 

 low prices or severe winters. If the bee- 

 keeping farmers would use as much pre- 

 caution in preparing pasturage and shelter 

 for their bees as they do for other live 

 stock, I doubt not that a few years of ex- 

 perience, backed with a comparative table 

 of facts and figures, would convince them 

 that bee-keeping would prove as remunera- 

 tive as any business in which they are 

 engaged. 



The man who expects a large crop of 

 fine fruit each year, without pruning or 

 cultivating his orchard ; he who hopes to 

 harvest a heavy crop of wheat, corn, or 

 oats, without properly plowing or pulveriz- 

 ing the soil ; he who expects to cut a heavy 

 swath of hay, every year, from a meadow 

 he devotes half a year to pasturage ; and 

 the bee-keeper who expects to get a large 

 yield of honey without giving his bees any 

 attention whatever — are all sure to be dis- 

 appointed with their business, and will 

 declare it don't pay. — Ex. 



For the American Bee JouriiRl. 



Successful Bee-Keeping. 



I came through the winter with all my 

 colonies, 36 in number, most of which 

 were in good condition. The spring open- 

 ed favorably and my expectations were 

 great, but about the 1st of April the rain 

 set in, and I think my bees only worked 

 two days during the whole month. I fed 

 them occasionally, but nearly every queen 

 ceased laying and all the hives killed their 

 drones. 



Tlie rain ceased the 1st of May, and the 

 poplar commenced blooming at the same 

 time, but alas I my bees were not strong 

 enough to bring in honey as I wished them 

 to, but to make the best of what could not 

 be helped I commenced doubling up, put- 

 ting two and sometimes three colonies to- 

 gether and so reduced n>y colonies to 22, 

 leaving the queens and what bees adhered 

 to one comb in the old hive with a division 

 board on eac'h side. These I would give 

 room as they increased, and have made 

 strong colonies of them all. 



From the poplar I took 1('32 lbs. of ex- 

 tracted honey which I thought doing pretty 

 well, but when the sourwood bloomed the 

 bees exceeded my highest expectations. 

 From the sourwood I have taken 2004^ lbs. 

 which makes a total of 8():J0i lbs. and 

 have mcreased my bees to 0!) colonies all 

 in good condition with honey enough to 

 spare at least 5(i() lbs. which 1 will take as 

 soon as the buckwheat commences to 

 bloom. The sourwood makes the prettiest 

 honey I ever saw ; when poured on the 

 whitest letter paper, you can see no differ- 

 .ence in the color of the paper and the 

 honey. 



I tiiink this a splendid place for bees. I 

 have lived here a little more than two 

 years and am highly pleased, and right 

 here I would say to any of our northern 

 bee-keeping friends who think of emigrat- 

 ing, that I don't think they could find a 

 place more suitable. The woods are thick 

 with poplar and sourwood besides other 

 blooms in abundance. The water which 

 is pure freestone cannot be exceeded any- 

 where. The air is pure and consequently 

 healthy and society as good as could be 

 desired. Lands are cheap ranging from .5 

 to 15 dollars per acre. AVe have in our 

 midst a great many families who have 

 moved here from the northern States, all 

 of whom are well pleased. These families 

 are all United Presbyterians, have built a 

 large and comodious house for worship, 

 have regular preaching and Sabbath 

 school. 



We have other churches near by, Metho- 

 dists, Missionary Baptists and Baptists, and 

 within a few hours ride, Cumberland and 

 other branches of Presbyterian churches, 

 We have built and furnished a large two- 

 story academy, which is now under Prof. 

 John A. Ramsey of the Indiana State Uni- 

 versity as principal. Tution has been put 

 down to ihe lowest figures tmd no person 

 could find a better place to educate their 

 children. 



Any one desiring to learn more of our 

 country can do so by addressing. Rev. J. 

 W. Wait, Prof. J. A. Ramsey, or your 

 humble servant, .1. F. IMoNTooArERY. 



Lincoln, Lincoln Co., Tenn. 



