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than all the bees can secure, the cost of 

 combs made by the bees will be much 

 greater than if made during a moderate 

 and long continued harvest, when three- 

 fourths of the bees can secure all the 

 honey that is yielded. 



As to whether the foundations are val- 

 uable for surplus boxes, opinions differ 

 widely. We shall be glad of information 

 from any one who has tried it. Is there 

 &nj difference in the taste of two pieces 

 of comb-honey, made at the same time, 

 from the same flowers, one stored in comb 

 made entirely by the bees, and the other 

 stored in comb, for which the artificial 

 foundation was furnished ? If not, then 

 the foundations will be very desirable for 

 surplus honey; if the taste is injured by 

 the foundations, then they will not be re- 

 ceived with favor for that purpose. We 

 hope the present season may throw much 



light upon this topic. 



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Makual op Bee-Keeping. — Prof. A. J. 

 Cook, of Lansing, Mich., is publishing a 

 "Manual for Bee-keepers." It is fully 

 illustrated and treats of everything relat- 

 ing to the apiary. It is the product of 

 many years' experience, observation, re- 

 searcli and experiment by the author, 

 and will obtain a very rapid sale. We 

 have long felt the need of such a work, 

 brought down to the present time, em- 

 bodying all the useful hints and direc- 

 tions which cost many a bee-keeper a hun- 

 dred times tlie price of this manual to 

 find out by experience. The name of the 

 author is a sufficient guarantee of the in- 

 trinsic wor^A of this Manual, For sale at 

 this office ; price 80 cents, postpaid. 



Dealers in apiarian supplies are 

 invited to send us their new price lists. 

 We have devoted a place to them in this 

 office where they can be consulted by our 

 many visitors. 



As it is a very pleasant thing for 

 "bee-m(ni" to see how each other appears, 

 we have arranged to put up on the wall 

 of tliis oflice a large Photo holder. All 

 are invited to send their "pliolos" (or tin 

 types if they have no photogra{)lis) to be 

 put into it. When you can, write your 

 name and address at the bottom or on the 

 back thereof. 



A "beginner" asks: 

 "Will an Italian queen fertilized by a 

 Black drone produce Italian drones; so 

 that an Italian queen fertilized by them 

 will produce pure Italian workers?' 



Although a very few may think that 

 impure fertilization gives a slight taint of 

 impure blood to the drone progeny, the 

 great majority of bee-keepers subscribe 

 to the doctrine of Dzierzon, that the 

 drone progeny of an Italian queen will 

 be pure Italian, no matter how the queen 

 was fertilized ; and a black queen fertil- 

 ized by an Italian drone will produce 

 pure black drones. In other words the 

 drones will always be of the same blood 

 as the mother and not at all aflFected by 

 her fertilization. 



IC^" Mr. N. Perkins, of Minn., says: 

 "In tlie January, 1872, issue of the Bee- 

 Keepers' Magazine, in an article on honey 

 plants, on pages 2 and 3, the statement is 

 made that Lophanthus anisatus flowers in- 

 cessantly from May until frost, and that 

 one acre would be ample pasturage for 100 

 swarms of bees! Can you tell me any- 

 thing about it?" 



Some that have tried this plant claim ihat 

 it is & fraud! Let us hear from all who 

 have tried it, so that bee-keepers may 

 know the truth about the matter. 



^^ The value of a paper devoted to 

 the interests of a class, is derived from the 

 fact that it is the medium for the inter- 

 change of views and experiences affect- 

 ing that specialty. The American Bee 

 Journal is that medium for bee-keepers 

 and it invites correspondence, items of 

 experiments and experiences from all 

 parts of the world. We, therefore, say to 

 all — write to us, giving any item of in- 

 terest coming within your observation, 

 and write often. 



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1^" In last montli's Journal we made 

 a siiort criticism on Mr. Binghams' 

 statement that "honey-comb is one thing, 

 and beeswax another and very diflFerent 

 thing." In this issue Mr. B. has an arti- 

 cle starling out with something like a re- 

 joinder, but in the course of the article 

 he admits that "chemically, honey comb is 

 the same as beeswax." Tliis is ail we 

 claim, and take 7ioexcep^io/i to Mr. Bmg-* 

 ham's views of "those features which 

 give comb-honey its peculiar virtue." 



