1894. 



THE A MERICAN BEE-KEEPE R. 



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ful. Thousands grow in easy access 

 Of the bees. While the lumber nun 

 ■will cut off a good many, yel 

 there will be more than (he bees can 

 utilize. The honey produced from 

 the poplar i.- of a reddish color, and al- 

 though it is not so white a.^ some 

 others, yet it has a very delicious ila- 

 vor. The next great honey tree is 

 the soimvood. This tree maybe new 

 to the northern bee keeper, yet it is 

 very common in this section. It does 

 not grow very large or tall, but is a 

 kind of shrub. When in bloom it is 

 perfectly white. Sourwood honey is 

 much sought after, as it has a very 

 delicate flavor and the comb is very 

 white and tender. It usually sells 

 50 per cent, higher than other honey. 

 Comb honey generally sells for from 

 8 to 10 cents per lb. There is a good 

 supply of the holly, basswood, and 

 locust trees. We hardly ever sow 

 much buckwheat, clover, &c, for our 

 bees. 



The honey season is now here, and 

 on every side one may hear the merry 

 hum of the little fellow as he sips the 

 nectar from the blossoms. They have 

 been gathering honey for a few weeks 

 past from the white clover, but since 

 the poplar has been in bloom they 

 hardly notice the white clover. Bees 

 are late in swarming this year, partly 

 owing to the weather changing so 

 often, as they usually swarm about 

 the 10th of May. 



Now as this is my first piece, I hope 

 the critics will pass by my imper- 

 fections, as I am only 1.3 and a begin- 

 ner in the business. So with my best 

 wishes for the American Bee-Keep- 

 er, I will close, 



Globe, K CJuneoVi, 1894. 







Editor American Bee-Keeper — 

 Dear Sir :— You ask for articles for 

 the American Bee-Keeper so we vote 

 ourselves one to turn on the fL>w of 

 natural gas that bhould he forth com- 

 ing from the brethren to exchange 

 views of our plans and ideas how to 

 get the best results. Now Mr. Editor, 

 is it not natural of mankind to have a 

 hobby, and especially is it not so 

 among bee-keepers ? 



Not very long ago a very well-read 

 bee-keeper left us an order for a num- 

 ber of six frame double wall hives for 

 summer and winter use, saying that 

 such a hive gave him better results 

 in his locality than hives of large 

 brood capacity. Some one will ex- 

 claim on reading this " Well, well, how 

 on earth can he get good paying yields 

 from a six frame nucleus.'' Wait 

 now and I will trot out this' hobby, 

 but before we do so we wish to add, 

 that after using a hive on a "long 

 idea " plan of 24 frames, then the ten 

 frame, and later on eight frames, and 

 now our own hobby is not over seven 

 frames at any time in the chamber. 

 This man's idea of six frames is only 

 one below ours. We will now speak 

 of the above or short system of* man- 

 agement of those two hard working 

 bee-men, the above answering to both 

 our ideas so well oue description will 

 answer to both cases. 



Yon will note as I said before, that 

 we use these six or seven frames for 



