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V/fi" AMERICAN BEE KEEPER. 



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Tlie Aempican Bee-Keeper, 



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EDITORIAL. 



It is a matter of great regret to us 

 (and loss) that there are so many 

 rightdown dead beats and swindlers 

 among those who pose as bee keepers 

 and queen breeders. We have a 

 lovely list of such which we are 

 tempted to publish sometimes. We 

 are sure our readers would be sur- 

 prised to read some of the names, 

 for there are some that are often seen 

 in bee literature. There is one espec- 

 ially who claims to be the biggest 

 queen breeder in the south, whom we 

 have found certainly to be the biggest 

 beat on our books. We believe that 

 it would be a good thing if all the 

 bee magazines would publish each 

 issue a list of such as they know to 



be dead beats, cheats and swindlers 

 It certainly would have a wholesome 

 effect on the delinquents, and would 

 protect honest bee keepers from being 

 taken in by such persons. We think 

 we will begin publishing a list at an 

 early date whether others do or not. 



We have just gotten out a 16-page 

 pamphlet entitled "Successful Bee 

 Keeping," by W. Z. Hutchinson. It 

 is well written and instructive, and is 

 especially intended for those w'ho are- 

 not very far advanced in bee keep- 

 ing. We will send a copy postpaid 

 for 6c in stamps. 



S. A. Deacon, in the American Bee 

 Journal, says that in South Africa, 

 South America, Australia and India, 

 as a result of deep meteorological re- 

 search, marked climate changes may 

 now be predicted with certainty; thus 

 enabling "the inhabitants thereof " to 

 gaze with lucid vision into the future, 

 which to Americans is obscure and 

 uncertain. He says "it is a most in- 

 controvertible fact that seasons of 

 drouth and of abnormally abundant 

 rains possess an unfailing periodicity," 

 and suggests that the scientific and 

 studiously inclined bee keepers of the 

 United States undertake to establish 

 for North America a similar basis of 

 prediction, by a careful sUidy of the" 

 rainfall and other meteorological rec- 

 ords of the past. Any system that 

 would enable us Lo foretell the general 

 character of future years would be of 

 greater advantage to no branch of 

 husbandry than bee keeping. 



"How to Manage Bees " is a 50c 

 book for beginners in bee keeping. 

 We will send it postpaid for 25c. 



