May 15, 1902 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



317 



11 better. I trniiit tlio lutler, as tln'.v il" not 

 till tlioir eoUs an full before ciipplnt,', Umik 

 irlviiitc tlieir (■oiiibs a bcttci- uppwirmicc; but 

 as to their stirpiiKKlrif,'- (,'ypriuns ni );iitli<^rini; 

 power, even tlie inosl prejiidieecl have ail- 

 initted that ( 'yiMiiiiiK are the trri'alest hoiiey- 

 galliorers. Kven Mr. DooUtllc says Ihuy have 

 exeollenl .storiritc i|iialities. 



For extraeteil honey the Cyprians are mohi 

 C(M-uiinly far superior. They till a plaee in 

 Anierlean apieiiituro that no other raceean 

 occupy. 



There seems to be rnucii prejudiee against 

 these Eastern liees, l)ut in spite of all o]iposi- 

 tion they are steadily caininjr in ))opularily, 

 whieh, though not e.xaelly in a<'eiirdanee wilii 

 Mr. liasly's stalenienl, tinil they Inive been 

 universally abandoned, is an actual fact. 



I (jranl tliat tonjfues "are not all;" yet 

 when lon^' ton>;ues uryed on by such ambi- 

 tion as is universally accredited the Cyprians, 

 the results must be obvious to all unpreju- 

 diced bee-l<eepers. Doubtless Mr. llasty's 

 views are due to his "new and unrelialile 

 glasses." 



I do not sell bees or queens of this race or 

 any other, but wish for facts rather than in- 

 (liviiiual prejudice. B. E. Goodnoi iiii. 



Orleans Co., Vt., April 1". 



A Bee-Keeplng Woman's Dress. 



I read recently an interesting article on 

 " Bee-Keepins for Women," by Emma JI. 

 Wilson. I wish to suggest to her, and to 

 other bee-women, the wearing of bloomers 

 instead of an undersl<irt for bee-worlc. They 

 will find them much lighter than an under- 

 skirt, and, besides, more protection from the 

 bees. Bloomers are best made of blue drill 

 or denim. I also wear leggings of the same 

 miterial; that is so I can wear low shoes. I 

 like a duck skirt and a gingham apron, as the 

 gingham washes much more easily than 

 denim. I wear gloves made of white duck, it 

 I get into a hive that is inclined to be cross. 

 I keep them in my pocket, handy, or else 

 near by on a hive. I wear a black tarletan 

 ■yell. Mrs. N. O. Penny. 



Brevard Co., Fla. 



Artichokes for Hive Sliade. 



Bees are working now, having wintered iu 

 fine condition. Wild and tame plums are 

 blooming, also early cherries, and artichokes 

 are up, loo. 



I wish to offer thanks to Mr. Hasty, and 

 will also say that there will not be very many 

 hot days before artichokes will furnish shade. 

 The strange thing about artichokes is, if the 

 blossom is picked ofT the stalk, the tubers 

 die a natural death. You see how easy they 

 are kept from spreading. Asparagus, grapes, 

 and rhubarb, are a whole season behind aril- 

 thokes for shade. 



I wanted to have sunflowers a few years 

 ago, so I planted some on my place for poul- 

 try feed, but the neighbors gave me " a big 

 talk," and I therefore gave it up. Five miles 

 north of here there is a 160-acre farm not in 

 <'ultivatiou for two seasons, and if I saw sun- 

 flowers it was on that place. 



Kansas is called the " Sunflower State," but 

 those farmers who live iu a sunflower neigh- 

 borhood hate them worse than cocklehurs. 

 Albert Wiltz. 



Atchinson Co., Kans., April 2U. 



Cause of Low Prices of Honey. 



I think our bee-keepers are to blame for 

 the low price offered hy the commission men 

 «arly in the season. Take the year 1897, for 

 example: There was about 10 days of the 

 best honey-How from clover that I ever saw, 

 and immediately the bee-keepers began writ- 

 ing of honey "just rolling in." Well, that 

 was all the surplus we got in this section, 

 and some of our bees starved, but the com- 

 mission men started in with low prices, and 

 people sold. For did not the bee-papers re- 

 port a great honey-flow i And it has taken a 

 long time to convince the people that there is 

 not a great deal of honey in the country. 



I do not believe one could find 10 pounds of 

 white honey in this locality to-day. 



I wonder if the bee-keepers can not be in- 



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Owing to the increased price of beeswax, until 

 further notice, dealers handlings the A. I. Root 

 Company's ijoods are compelled to raise the 

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Hiruclcil til wttitiirilil the cbickeDB lire batched 

 luiforu ('ountlni; tfiorn. 



Wlicn the dwinilllnjf ceased laol "prinif I 

 Imil only ID coloiiieK out of X>, and there were 

 only two of IhoHe that I coiihldcred of any 

 value. But 1 fed tlieni tip and they did won- 

 dorp, iniri'iii-inK to Hi colonies, and divine me 

 hOTiiethini; over 4(11) pounds of honey in sec- 

 tiouK. I sold it to the home trade at 12 and 

 l.')Cent» |>er pouud. .Mits. C. A. Uai.i,. 



(Oneida Co., N. Y., April '.i. 



Does Noise Disturb Bees? 



Thc;r(^ Ims beiju some disctis-sion lately in 

 regard to Ijees hearint;. " Uoes noise disturb 

 bees. etc. " I tried H colonies the past winter 

 in a new cellar, which I built last summer. 

 This cellar is directly under the kitchen floor. 

 .Now, I have a family of boys and (rirls that 

 lil<e to roijip and play as well as the averatre 

 family of cliildren does: furthermore, some of 

 those colonie.s were directly under the kitchen 

 wood-box. I have been in the bee-roorn when 

 the boys would briii;,' in their wood and drop 

 il into the wood-box. and it actually seemed 

 as if the wood-box and all were comintj down 

 throui^h the lloor into the cellar, yet it did not 

 seem to disturb the bees in the least. This 

 occurred every day. and yet after a contine- 

 inent of live months and three days they were 

 placed on the summer stands stronjr and in 

 line conilition. (iEci. W. StiiNKM.\n. 



Dnor Co., Wis. 



An Advantage of Clipped Queens. 



What is probably new to many is thus given 

 by <i. M. Doolittle, in Gleanings in Bee-Cul- 

 ture: 



I do not believe in not having hives all in 

 readiness for swarms when the3' come: but in 

 case of emergency, if the queen is clipped, 

 you can hold a swarm out on a limb while 

 you make a dozen hives, or all summer if you 

 wish. If you ever wish to do this, as soon as 

 you have the queen in the cage attach a short 

 piece of wire to the cage : and as soon as the 

 bees begin to alight, bend this piece of wire 

 over the limb, so the caged queen will hang 

 where the cluster will naturally be. when the 

 swarm will alight and cluster the same as 

 they would had the queen not been clipped. 

 You can now go about anything you may 

 wish to, making hives or anything else, rest- 

 ing assured that you will find the bees there 

 when you are ready to take care of them. It 

 they should go otT they will come back to the 

 limb as soon as they find their tjueen is not 

 with tbeni. ami cluster there again, as I have 

 had them do when conducting experiments 

 along this line, I even holding them thus until 

 they had started several combs, evidently con- 

 cluding to make their future home on this 

 limb. I at tirst thought, when they started 

 off so, that they would return to the parent 

 hive on coming back, instead of seeking out 

 the limb: but the queen is of all-absorbing 

 consequence to any swarm, and so they come 

 back to her every time. 



The Food Value of Honey. 



You ask fur an article on •• Food Value of 

 Honey as Compared with Meat, Cheese. But- 

 ter, etc." This is hard to give. All kinds of 

 food are necessary' to health, and the best con- 

 dition of our bodies. The proteids — meat, 

 cheese, white of egg— we positively must have 

 to live at all. We call food containing much 

 of these " hearty." If we have too little we 

 are poorly nourished and crave them. The 

 carbohydrates — starch and sugars, including 

 honey — if not so absolutely necessary to life, 

 are surely requisite to health and strength. 

 We have a great sugar-factory in our bodies — 

 the liver— so that we may have this necessary 

 food even though we do not take it in our 

 daily regimen. 



Fats and oils are likewise necessary to the 



