American ^ee Journal 



Jan. 24, 1907 



it into chocolate moulds. It then re- 

 sembles chocolate, b)- taste, appearance, 

 and preserving qualities, and may be 

 used in the same way, eitlier as a dainty 

 or with milk or water at the breakfast 

 table. 



By simply mi.xing one part of the co- 

 coa with 2 parts of honey and a little 

 vanilla, we secure a paste which may 

 be preserved for several months, in a 

 jar, and may be used in a similar way. 

 A mixture of one part of sweet al- 

 monds and a few bitter almonds crushed, 

 with two parts of honey, nakts a deli- 

 cate almond-cake paste. 



I have succeeded, but moderately, in 



making honey-pastry, but I have secured 

 some delicious dishes, such as chestnuts 

 and honey. I first remove the outer 

 shell, then bake them with steam or very 

 little water, then removing the second 

 peel and the diaphragm, I roll them in 

 honey scented with vanilla, while hot, 

 and then in this way I have a dish much 

 resembling the highly-prized iced-chest- 

 nuts. 



I dedicate this little essay to the kind 

 and lovely women wIk) are the natural 

 nurses and. usual housekeepers of the 

 homes, and are very much more intelli- 

 gent and much more expert than our- 

 selves in the preparation of all these lit- 

 tle dainties. C. Moulin. 



outhern 



Conducted by Louis H. Scholl, New Braunsfels, Tex. 



Hand-Shake to the "New Man." 



So a new man takes Mr. Pettit's 

 place "at" "Canadian Beedom." We learn 

 that he is not so tall as his predeces- 

 sor, so there's no fear of one fellow 

 losing his place on the stafif as being 

 the "tallest," anyhow. Sorry Mr. Pettit 

 leaves us. Good luck to him in what- 

 ever he now undertakes. To the "new 

 man," a hearty shake. 



time the Red JNIan roamed at large 

 almost unrestricted. There his father 

 engaged in farming in a small way : and 

 there "L. B." manifested his first in- 

 terest for the busy little bee, or we 

 might say showed the talent of an in- 

 born bee-keeper. His parents say he 

 would sit for hours and watch the bees 



Lighting' a Smoker with a Gun 



W. F. McCready, of Florida, gives the 

 following "hint on lighting smokers" : 



"I arrived at the out-apiary with a gua, but 

 no matches; took the lead and part of the 

 powder out of a charge, and fired the balance 

 of loose powder into a rag-tilled smoker, and 

 instantly had it thoroughly lighted, without 

 the trouble of going to the nearest neighbor 

 for 'a light.' " 



This is quite a novel way, but it may 

 " come In handy " for " us Texans." es- 

 pecially since our guns generally accom- 

 pany us on our trips to the apiaries. 



Several times have I arrived at api- 

 aries to find that "the light " was left at 

 home, and not a match within a mile of 

 the apiary. It is better, though, to have 

 a large dry-goods bo.x with a hinged 

 cover, and this covered with tin, in each 

 apiary. The box is fitted with shelves 

 for many things generally used in the 

 apiary, and a small, tight tin-can full 

 of matches is one of these. 



L. B. Smith, Bee-Keeper 



Mr. L. B. Smith was born March 

 13, 1858, in Pontotoc Co., Miss. That 

 year his father moved to Bosque Co., 

 Tex., to., what was then known as "The 

 Wild and Woolly West," as at th.-it 



L. B. SMITH. 



come and go from the old log and box 

 gums. When only 7 years old he suc- 

 cessfully hived his first swarm of bees, 

 taking them down from a limb of a very 

 tall tree. He also followed an abscond- 

 ing swarm (that chanced to leave his 

 father's primitive apiary), and located 

 them in a hollow tree, one mile from 

 home. He was alone, but his enthusias- 

 tic love and great desire to capture and 



save the bees overcame his childish 

 prudence, and he took chances on being 

 shot down or captured by the wild 

 Indians that were then depredating the 

 country; 



We next find "L. B." in Johnson Co., 

 Tex., where his father had moved with 

 the hopes of at least being free from 

 the peril that constantly threatened his 

 family, and the losses he sustained from 

 the red man; and also he hoped to find 

 schools more plentiful. But, alas! in 

 the earlier days of Texas many a youth 

 that might have developed into bril- 

 liant manhood grew up like "L. B.," 

 with a very meager education, and lived 

 to regret that an educational opportun- 

 ity never presented itself. 



Mr. Smith has been married twice, 

 and says he owes what little education 

 he has to his first dear wife and her 

 sister — the writer of these lines. He 

 married while just a boy in his "teens," 

 and how vividly the picture .stands out 

 before me, of a little vine-wreathed cot- 

 tage with gay flowers nodding to the 

 breezes, interspersed here and there with 

 a busy colony of bees, and the fair girl- 

 wife reading some periodical on bees, 

 and the bov husband listening and gaz- 

 ing intently at his much-loved pets. 



It was in 1881 he saw some frame 

 hives, and becoming much interested in 

 them the farmer kindly loaned him one, 

 as a pattern to make others by. He 

 soon had his bees transferred into 

 frame hives, and subscribed for the 

 .•\merican- Bee Journal, Gleanings, etc. 

 Nothing escaped his eyes pertaining to 

 bees. He eager!}' read every line ob- 

 tainable on the subject. He lived to 

 learn. 



While his education is quite limited, 

 his knowledge of bee-culture is exten- 

 sive, and I might be safe in saying 

 there is no man in the great State of 

 Texas that has written more letters, 

 and answered more questions in regard 

 to bee-culture, than has L. B. Smith. He 

 says, "I believe if the sheets of paper 

 were layed end to end that I have 

 written on this subject, they would 

 reach quite across the State. 



Notwithstanding his style of writ- 

 ing, he has written many articles for 

 the various bee-papers, and today is 

 employed to write for two of the lead- 

 ing ones, which shows that his teach- 

 ings on apiculture are thoroughly prac- 

 tical and sound. He has several times 

 been offered a neat little sum to con- 

 duct a bee-department in the various 

 newspapers, of this and other States, 

 all of which was refused on account 

 of lack of time, education, etc. 



Perhaps there is no better informed 

 bee-man in our State than Mr. Smith. 

 Having spent 25 years in search of 

 apiarian knowledge, his enthusiasm on 

 the subject amounts almost to a craze. 

 There are but few books and papers 

 that he is not perfectly familiar with. 



He is a strong believer in the Langs- 

 troth hive and frame, and the good old 

 3-banded imported Italian bees, but says 

 he is sure there is more in the loca- 

 tion and management, than there is in 

 either the kind of bees or hives ; that 

 he could take any of the frame hives 

 in practical use today and make a suc- 

 cess of bees in a good locality. 



He has never kept bees in large num- 



