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THE AMERICAN BEE KEEPER. 



Noremher 



er, wheu, by Sept, 15 to 20, or after 

 being in the room from four to six 

 weeks, the sections could be tipped 

 over, or handled in any way desired, 

 without any honey runninor from even 

 the unsealed, open-mouthed cells that 

 raight happen to be around the out- 

 side of any of the sections. By hav- 

 ing the door and window open on hot, 

 windy days the air was caused to cir- 

 culate freely through the pile, when 

 I found that it took less time to thor- 

 oughly ripen the honey than it did 

 where all was kept closed. In doing 

 this, of course it was necessary to pro- 

 vide screens, so to keep flies and bees 

 out of the honey-room. 



If I wish to keep honey so late in 

 the season that the rays of the sun fail 

 to keep the room sufficiently hot, or 

 should I desire to keep it into the win- 

 ter, or at any time when the tempera- 

 ture of the room falls below 70° while 

 the honey is in the room, I build a 

 fire in the room, or use an oil-stove to 

 heat it up to the proper temperature 

 of from 90 to 100.° In this way hon- 

 ey can he kept perfectly for an indefi- 

 nite period, and can always be put up- 

 on the market in the very be?t condi- 

 tion. We should all strive not only 

 to see how large a crop we can obtain, 

 but also to have the crop, whatever it 

 may be, of good quality ; keeping it 

 looking nicely at all times, and put it 

 upon the market in enticing shape. 



It seems foolish to me to neglect our 

 honey, after once having obtained it, 

 till it deteriorates to the conditi<jn of 

 a second or third class article. 



Onondaga Co., N. Y. 



(From Gleanings) 



BEE-KEEPING IN BAWANA LAND. 



Some InterestiDg Facts About the Flora. 



BY H. G. BURNET. 



"How TO Manage Bees," a 50c 

 book, and the American Bee-Keep- 

 ER a year for only 60c. 



There is no tract of land in the 

 world, of the same size, that I know 

 of, that has as diversified a climate 

 and soil as this island of Jamaica. 

 This diversity is very pronounced, so 

 that in a journey of a few miles, one 

 can pass from arid plains to where 

 there is a rainfall of sufficient amount 

 to keep vegetation in luxuriant growth 

 the year through. These conditions 

 are brought about by the peculiar 

 topography of the island, in combin- 

 ation with the northeast trade-winds. 

 The range of high mountains through 

 the center of the island causes most 

 of the rain to fall on the north and 

 central portions, while on the south 

 side there are districts where the rain- 

 fall does not exceed ten or twenty in- 

 ches, and on the mountain-tops and 

 north side it is from 80 to 150 inches 

 a year. 



On the dry Liguaiiea plains on the 

 south sides there is a very interesting 

 honey flora, the most noted being a 

 variety of acacia, locally known as 

 "cashaw," that blooms twice a year -- 

 in May, and again in August and 

 September, and that grows luxuriantly 

 all over the dry plains. The honey 

 from this source is thick and white, 

 and of very fine flavor, much like 

 white-clover honey. Then theie is the 

 lignum vitie, logwood, and quite a 

 long list of trees, j)lants and vines 

 that yield more or less honey; and 

 when seasons are favorable, very large 

 yields are obtained-.-so large, in fact, 

 that it is almost impossible to over- 

 stock the range, and large apiaries 

 pay well. 



