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THE AMERICAN BEE KEEPER. 



November 



use escapes or smoke and brush, we 

 necessarily interfere with the work of 

 the bees. The number of gorged 

 bees and general confusion would be 

 but slightly increased by a complete 

 extracting, as compared with the 

 double-trip plan suggested. Dividing 

 the work into two jobs in no way les- 

 sens the damage to combs or the work 

 of repairing them. On the contrar}', 

 the work is increased. Verily, the 

 " strength " of the argument is not 

 apparent. 



The Canadian Bee Journal says 

 that hundreds of bee-keepers in On- 

 tario have lost money by adopting 

 the Jones hive, and clearl}' points out 

 several glaring defects of this once 

 popular hive. Fifteen years ago it 

 was thought b}' many in Canada that 

 to adopt the Jones hive was the chief 

 requisite to success. But, alas, its 

 " glory hath departed." 



There have appeared in this locality 

 as well as other parts of the state cuir- 

 ing the past few weeks, great num- 

 bers of small, greenish-colored, flies 

 or gnats which Dr. Hargett of Syra- 

 cuse Universit}' prouounces to be a 

 species of plant lice. They have been 

 a great annoyance to bicyclists and 

 others as they get into ones eyes and 

 cause considerable irritation, which 

 comes from a secretion which the}' 

 are capable of excluding from their 

 bodies. The fluid is of a sweet, trans- 

 parent, sticky nature, and often cov- 

 ers the leaves of trees which they in- 

 vest, and collects on the ground be- 

 neath, forming food for bees, wasps, 

 etc., and is known as ' 'honey-dew." 



Under the law the head of the State 

 Department of Agriculture is author- 



ized to appoint a " bee agent," if five 

 bee keepers of any county petition 

 such an appointment, alleging that 

 foul brood exists there. Such a pe- 

 tition was recently' filed from Scho- 

 harie count}^, and the commissioner 

 of agriculture, Weiting, appointed 

 Frank Boomhower of the town of 

 Wright. The agent so appointed re- 

 ceives $2 a day, which is paid by the 

 county seeking the appointment, and 

 it is his dut}' to locate the hives con- 

 taminated by the disease and direct 

 the owners to burn them. 



-He who puts the finest product on 

 tne market reaps the riches reward. 

 Bear this in mind when preparing 

 your honey for the market. 



The best time to extract honey is 

 just as the bees begin to cap the comb. 

 Thus the labor of uncapping is avoid- 

 ed, and the hone}' is in good condition 

 for the extractor. 



There is no industry that pays so 

 well for the labor and expense at- 

 tending it as bee-keeping, but never- 

 theless the proper attenlion must be 

 given it to insure success. 



We are always in want of good ar- 

 ticles for publication, as well as com- 

 munications of any sort relating to 

 bee-keeping. We wish our readers 

 would write up their experiences of 

 the past season and send them to us. 

 l)ont hesitate on the score that you 

 have never "written for a paper" 

 before, we can overlook an}' errors 

 that you make and will be glad to re- 

 vise whenever necessarv. 



Wm Gerrish, East Nottingham, N 

 H., keeps a complete supply qf our 

 goods and Eastern customers will 

 save freight bv ordering from him. 



