THE AMERICAN BEE KEEPER. 



January 



to the report of the late " convention" 

 at Lincohi one of the first things they 

 did was to get revenge on Mr. Benton 

 Pres. Root missed the opportunity of «. 

 lifetime when he failed then and there 

 to sit squarely down on such disgrace- 

 ful proceedings. I am frank to say 

 ray confidence was somewhat shaken 

 in '• Ourselves and Our Neighbors." 

 "Dearly deloved, avenge not your- 

 selves, but rather give place unto 

 wrath; for it is written: Vengence is 

 mine; I will repay, saith the Lord." 

 Romans, 12:19. ' 



The abuse and persecution of Man- 

 ager Newman and Mr. Benton is dis- 

 gusting, but it is only a specimen of 

 the contemptible tactics that has char- 

 acterized these parties in the past. It 

 has gotten so that no bee- keeper or bee 

 keepers society (outside a certain 

 clique) however respectable and 

 Worthy, can advocate or encourage en- 

 terprise and advancement without in- 

 curring unprovoked abuse, misrepre- 

 sentation and persecution. Do such 

 acts show a christian spirit and tend 

 to advancement, confidence and broth- 

 erly love ? How much longer is this 

 state of affairs to continue ? I find 

 that well-informed bee keepers gener- 

 ally understand the "true inwardness" 

 of things, but the prominence of the 

 chief offenders, and the certainty of 

 insult and abuse if they speak their 

 minds, commands silence. " Blessed 

 are the meek, for they shall inherit 

 the earth." Matt. 5-5. 



I submit the above criticism in the 

 most friendly spirit, but I believe that 

 the interests of the pursuit, if we are 

 going to command the confidence of 

 God and our fellow citizens, demand 

 a change from past and present meth- 

 ods. We can not close our eyes longer 

 to the iniquity and the selfish and re- 

 vengeful spirit which prompts it with- 

 out ourselves becoming a party to it. 



Many Bees, Much Honey. 



BY G. M. DOOLITTLE. 



In order to secure section honey we 

 must hare plenty of bees in our hives 

 when the honey season arrives, or a 

 failure is almost certain, as those rear- 

 ed as the season draws to a close will 

 be consumers instead of producers. 

 But how shall we secure the bees, is a 

 question frequently asked, 1 will tell 

 jou the best way I know of to secure 

 them. As soon as they are out of 

 winter quarters see that each colony 

 has plenty of stores to last until pol- 

 len becomes plenty, also a queen. The 

 latter is told by the brood they may 

 have and the former by the amount 

 of sealed honey they have. If they 

 do not have honey enough feed them 

 in some way, frames of sealed honey 

 being preferable at this time. When 

 pollen becomes plenty reverse the 

 brood nest, that is, put the center 

 frames of brood on the outside and the 

 outer ones, or those having the least 

 brood, in the center. In this way the 

 queen will soon fill the frame having 

 little brood more fully than were the 

 others, thus giving a great gain in 

 brood. In from ten days to two 

 weeks go to the hive again and take 

 an outside frame having as much seal- 

 ed honey in it as possible, and break 

 the sealing to the cells by passing a 

 knife flatwise over it and place it in 

 the center of the brood nest. The re- 

 moval of this honey will stimulate the 

 bees to great activity, cause them to 

 feed the queen, when she in turn will 

 lay many more eggs than otherwise, 

 thus increasing the number of bees 

 which will hatch twenty-one days lat- 

 er. In ten days more reverse the 

 brood nest again and you will find 

 that the bees will soon have every 



