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AMEPICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Sept. 11, 1902 



right up to date ; but this one is sadly astray. I quite agree 

 that the sections should come off soon after the white-honey- 

 flow ceases. Here, where the honey-flow is short and sharp 

 generally, I leave all the sections on until the close of white 

 honey. 



If a system can be used that will get the outside sec- 

 tions finished as soon as the center ones, certainly that is a 

 good thing. It is not entirely clear, however, what Mr. 

 Pettit may have in mind when he pities the poor bees on 

 account of " pulling the supers to pieces during the honey- 

 flow." He takes off the super just the same, and it can 

 hardly trouble the bees that two, four, or six of the sections 

 are taken out of the super as unfinished. It is evident, too, 

 that his conditions are different from those of many others. 

 He generally leaves the sections on until the close of white 

 honey. That may do very well with him, " where the honey- 

 flow is short and sharp," but with many it would be leav- 

 ing the sections on entirely too long, for before the close of 

 the white-honey harvest the central sections of the first su- 

 pers would be sure to be darkened. So long as whiteness of 

 sections is a desideratum, take them off as soon as the super 

 is entirely sealed, whether it be at the close of the harvest 

 or before it is a third over, and generally it is better not to 

 wait for the finishing of the corner sections. 



Even with Mr. Pettit's system, getting outside sections 

 finished as soon as inside ones, sections would be badly 

 darkened if only taken off " soon after the white-honey flow 

 ceases," when that flow continues as long as it does in 

 many places. 



The Apiary of H. E. Qale appears on the first page. 

 He wrote thus when forwarding the picture : 



I enclose a view of my home-yard of 111 colonies, sit- 

 uated in Chateauquay Co., Province of Quebec. 



It also gives a view of the house, my wife, two daugh- 

 ters, youngest son, and myself. My nephew happened to 

 be standing so that he is entirely hidden by me, with the 

 exception of one of his shoulders. 



I run the home-yard principally for comb honey, and 

 the out-yard for extracted honey. My oldest son has had 

 charge of the out-yard this summer. 



This has been a very poor season with me. The first 

 part was so cold and wet that the bees did not do very well 

 on the clover flow. The basswood yielded next to nothing, 

 and now there is very little for them until the buckwheat 

 blooms. 



I commenced to keep bees about 20 years ago, but did 

 not put my whole time into the business until about five 

 years ago. 



I subscribed for the American Bee Journal in 1896, and 

 in a single issue I have found articles worth to me many 

 times the subscription price. I recommend it to all the bee- 

 keepers with whom I come in contact. 



I have the largest bee-yard in this vicinity. I was the 

 only contributor in this Province to the display of extracted 

 clover and comb honey made by the Ontario Bee-Keepers' 

 Association at the Pan-American Exposition, in Buffalo, N. 

 Y., which display won the Gold Medal, and from which I 

 received a certificate of " Honorable Mention." 



H. E. Gale. 



The bees entered the house, and the officiating clergyman 

 was badly stung on the head and face. 



Here is a suggestion for other bridal couples. Have a 

 few bees to let loose on those who wish to "rice" and 

 " shoe " them away. Great scheme I 



Mr. F. D.\nzenbaker called on us last week when 

 passing through Chicago on his return trip from visiting 

 some California bee-keepers. He is very enthusiastic over 

 his hive, which he says is to be improved in its finish of the 

 small wood parts. Mr. D. is an interesting conversation- 

 alist, and loves to dwell on the excellent qualities of his 

 devoted wife, who passed away a few months ago. 



\ * The Weekly Budget. * \ 



Bees Help at a Wedding.— The Chicago Tribune of 

 Aug. 26 tells how some bees helped a bridal couple in 

 Aurora, III.: 



Guests at a wedding ceremony in this city to-day were 

 put to flight by a swarm of bees. As the guests rushed out 

 of the house laden with rice and old shoes when the couple 

 left for their carriage the swarm of bees, which had built a 

 nest by the walk, attacked the company and drove them 

 into the house, while the bridal couple rode away in peace. 



"Bees in Colorado" is the title of a 48-page and 

 cover pamphlet gotten up to boom the Denver convention. 

 Its author is D. W. Working, the alert secretary of the Col- 

 orado State Bee-Keepers' Association. It is beautifully 

 illustrated, and printed on enameled paper. It is a credit 

 to Mr. Working, and will be a great help in acquainting 

 those outside of Colorado with the bee and honey charac- 

 teristics and opportunities of that State. Price of pamph- 

 let, 10 cents postpaid. Address, D. W. Working, Box 432, 

 Denver, Colo. 



CiG.\RETTES Kill .k Boy. — This is the heading of an 

 item reported to the New York World from Easton, Pa., 

 Aug. 21, and forwarded to us by R. J. Cary, of Connecticut, 

 one of our subscribers. It reads as follows : 



Charles Zane, aged 11 years, died to-day from brain 

 fever, superinduced by excessive cigarette saoking. He 

 was ill ten days, and while delirious he went through the 

 motions of holding a cigarette to his mouth and imagined 

 he was blowing smoke from his nose. 



It pays to bring boys into the world. But it doesn't 

 pay to allow them to be killed off in that way. The " kill- 

 ing off." however, ought to be applied to the human hyenas 

 that make and sell cigarettes and similar body-and-soul- 

 destroying things. But it pays in dollars and cents, don't 

 you know ? That's the test now-a-days. What does a few 

 thousand boys amount to if some one can make a few more 

 dollars I And then, you know, by licensing the evils, it 

 saves a few dollars in taxes I It's cheaper to use up boys 

 than to pay honest taxes. And, then, it's so nice for good. 

 Christian people to get the license (blood) money for fur- 

 nishing the boys I Great exchange, that I 



We know this isn't about bees, but we believe boys are 

 worth more than bees. How about your boy ? Are you 

 rearing him for the cigarette or saloon to kill off? God 

 forbid. 



The Buffalo Convention Report is issued in pamphlet 

 form, size 6x8 '2 inches, 80 pages and cover. Besides a full 

 report of the proceedings of the 32d convention of the 

 National Bee-Keepers' Association, held in Buffalo, N. Y., 

 Sept. 10, 11 and 12, 1901, it contains fine half-tone portraits 

 of all the officers and directors of the Association ; also the 

 Constitution, a list of the membership up to the end of 

 1901, and the two latest bee-songs — " The Hum of the Bees 

 in the Apple-Tree Bloom " and " Buckwheat Cakes and 

 Honey." We believe it is the finest ever gotten out for the 

 Association. Of course, all members of the Association 

 receive a copy free, but there are thousands of our readers 

 who are not yet members, but whoshould have this valuable 

 Report. Better send for a copy, if you have not yet re- 

 ceived one. Price, postpaid, 25 cents, or with the American 

 Bee Journal one year — both for $1.10. Send all orders to 

 the office of the American Bee Journal. Better order soon, 

 before all are gone. 



