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THE AMERICAN BEE KEEPER. 



January 



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EDITORIAL. 



Elsewhere we reprint an article by 

 Prof. Cook, favoring the introduction 

 of Apis dorsata into the United States. 

 We also publish an article on the same 

 subject by W. K. Morrison. After 

 reading these articles many of our 

 readers who have heretofore been 

 averse to their importation will no 

 doubt favor the project. Some very 

 sound reasoning is given in favor of 

 the idea, while the adverse arguments 

 are hardly worth considering. 



It will be noticed in the foot note 

 of Mr. Morrison's article which Is 

 copied from Gleanings, that Editor 

 Root, who is now doing all he possi- 

 bly can against the proposition that 

 the government take the matter of 

 importing Apis dorsata in hand, was 

 at the time the article was written of 

 an entirely different mind. 



Wm Gerrish, East Nottingham, N 

 H., keeps a complete supply of our 

 goods and Eastern customers will 

 save freight by ordering from him. 



During the past month the weather 

 throughout the middle and eastern 

 states has been almost spring like in 

 its mildness, and so warm and full of 

 sunshine that the bees have had fre- 

 quent flights. 



The annual meeting of the Ontario 

 Co., N. Y., Bee Keepers' Association 

 will be held at Canandaigua, N. Y., 

 January 29th and 30th, 1897. It is 

 the intention of the managers to make 

 this the most interesting meeting ever 

 held by this wide-awake society. 

 Everybody welcome. 



" How TO Manage Bees," a 50c 

 book, and the American Bee-Kebp- 

 ER a year for only 60c. 



California bee keepers are rejoicing 

 over a bountiful rainfall which bright- 

 ens the prospects of a good crop of 

 honey next season, Last season was 

 an "off year" for the Pacific slope, 

 but with the present favorable condi- 

 tions it is hoped that the big yield of 

 1895 will be repeated in 1897. 



The layers of paper which are plac- 

 ed between sheets of foundation by 

 manufacturers in shipping are thought 

 by some to be a needless precaution 

 and expense, but besides preventing 

 the sheets from adhering to each oth- 

 er a customer in the south says the 

 paper prevents the burrowing of the 

 muth worm as they will not eat 

 through the paper. 



