Mar. 21, 1907 



American l^ee Journal 



of the cover are closed in the same way 

 as described in the cover, on page 72. 

 There is practically no difference in 

 the 2 covers, except the one here de- 

 scribed has its floors separated by two 

 2-inch cleats on edge, while the cover 

 described on page 72, had its ends 

 grooved to separate the floors. 



This cover has proven itself so val- 

 uable to me that 1 do not want the dif- 

 ficulty of making the first-described 

 cover to hinder any one from giving it 

 atrial. H.A.Smith. 



Ontario, Canada. 



A Fire— Canadian 

 Sold 



Bee Journal 



The following is taken from the Feb- 

 ruary issue of the Canadian Bee Jour- 

 nal, which was delayed as explained : 



In explanatiOQ of the lateness of this issue, 

 our readers will regret to learn that a serious 

 fire occurred in the bee-keepers' department 

 of the Goold, Shaplej tt Mulr Company on 

 the morning of Feb. 11th, which, besides the 

 loss effected, has upset their plans and pur- 

 poses very considerably. Owing to the in- 

 jury done to the wood-workiDg part of their 

 building and plant, delays would naturally 

 occur, which might seriously incoavenience 

 their customers and agencies who are depend- 

 ing upon them lor the season's supplies, and 

 as a number of large orders are already on 

 hand requiring immediate attention, it was 

 decided on the part of the Company to nego- 

 tiate with some reliable Canadian tirm, fully 

 equipped with wood-working machinery, for 

 the manufacture of these goods. In conse- 

 quence of this, a sale has been consummated to 

 the Ham & Nott Company of this city, who 

 are extensive manufacturers in the wood 

 lines, and who have large connections through- 

 out the country; all the Goold, Shapley & 

 Muir Company's interests in the beekeepers' 

 supply business, together with the Canadian 

 Bee Journal. The new Company will issue 

 their circular to bee-keepers, with catalog and 

 price-list, within the next few days, and oper- 

 ations will be commenced at once. 



We can heartily recommend our successors, 

 Messrs. Ham it Nott Company, to the bee- 

 keepers of Canada, as business men of fidelity 

 and enterprise, and who will, no doubt, make 

 a success of this business, as they have of 

 other lines. We desire to thank our bee- 

 keeping friends for their patronage and con- 

 fidence during these many years that we have 

 been doing business with them, and we wish 

 them every prosperity as the outlook for the 

 industry increases and brightens in the 

 Dominion. 



[While regretting the loss by fire that 

 has come to the Goold, Shapley & Muir 

 Company, which, seemingly, has neces- 

 sitated the transfer of their bee-supply 

 business and bee-paper to the Ham & 

 Nott Company, we wish the latter tirm 

 every success in their new undertak- 

 ings. — Editor.] 



Why Not Advertise ? — There are many 

 dealers in bee-supplies, and those who have 

 bees and queens for sale, who are not now 

 advertising, that might increase their business 

 by advertising in the American Bee Journal. 

 The rates charged are very low, as will be 

 seen by referring to the second page of this 

 number. During the next 6 months will be 

 done the bulk of the season's business among 

 bee-keepers. Why not begin at once to let 

 the readers of the American Bee Journal 

 know that you have something to sell? Our 

 advertising columns are open only to those 

 who will give their patrons " a square deal." 

 If you are in that class we will be pleased to 

 have your advertisement in our columns. 



The 



' Old Reliable " as seen through New and Unreliable Glasses, 

 By E. E. Hastt, Sta. B. Rural, Toledo, Ohio. 



The Hershiskr Wax-Press. 



So 200 pounds of remainders from 

 the solar wax-extractor yielded in Mr. 

 Hershiser's hands 70,'4' pounds of wax. 

 I take it, 200 pounds of old combs of 

 the black and heavy sort, in ordinary 

 hands, and with wash-boiler treatment, 

 would have yielded much less than 70 

 pounds, possibly less than half that 

 quantity. Mr. H. seems to be the head 

 of the procession in wax-matters. On 

 the whole, I guess we must vote him a 

 benefactor. Page 88-90. 



Raspberry a Heavy Yieldbr. 



The report of 21 pounds in one day 

 from raspberry, as made by S. D. 

 Chapman, is rather surprising — at least 

 to me. I thought that nothing but 

 basswood ran up to figures like that. 

 Page 91. 



Non-Swarming Hives. 



We would put a low estimate on the 

 man who could not get enthusiastic 

 over his own baby. Let's try and re- 

 member that while taking stock of Mr. 

 Aspinwall and his hive. Always more 

 than twice the surplus, as tested with 

 common hives having the same number 

 of frames. Just think of getting non- 

 swarming and such a bonus as that 

 thrown in I He thinks the queen's free 

 access to every part of the hive is 

 needed for a non-swarmer. I gues5, 

 perhaps, he is right about that. (Yet 

 Bingham, on page 96, thinks just the 

 contrary.) So Mr. A. dispenses with 

 queen-excluders ; and in hives where 

 the combs are well spread out with 

 spacers the queen keeps down without 

 them. But pollen in the sections both- 

 ered him ; and he keeps that out by 

 filling the sections with foundation of 

 drone size. Page 92. 



Respiration of Plants and Bees. 



I believe the fact that plants in the 

 daytime take in carbon and pour out 

 oxygen, while at night they do just the 

 opposite thing, used to be considered a 

 pretty high-class scientific puzzle. 

 With Prof. Cook's lucid statements it 

 scarcely even looks like a puzzle. 

 Nutrition causes carbon to betaken in ; 

 and respiration causes carbon to be 

 sent out. Nutrition can not go on ex- 

 cept with sunlight. Respiration goes 

 on all the time, but handles less carbon 

 than nutrition does when that is in 

 full blast. 



The reason why bees and other in- 

 sects do not have red oxide of iron in 

 their blood is also lucid. In a^mals 



it is needed as a carrier of oxygen ; 

 while in insects the air itself is piped 

 all over the body, and no carrier of 

 oxygen is needed. 



Sounds strange to hear that a bee's 

 heart has no arteries or veins attached 

 to it. Just one long valved tube to 

 take the blood from the tail and carry 

 it to the head — and let it percolate back 

 again as best it may. Curious that so 

 crude and unsatisfactory looking a 

 circulatory system should be found in 

 company with a respiratory system so 

 complex and well-looking. Page 107. 



Some Inexcusable Errors. 



In my corner, on page 95, some 

 bungles worry me: Not "brood- 

 frames," but 6road-ira.mes hold my 

 sections ; and wood surface was not 

 " punctured," but punctuated with dabs 

 of propolis. The former error is so 

 frequent a one that some brother has 

 said we should always say "wide 

 frames." A mirth-provoking error of 

 of the same class occurs on page 108, 

 where Mr. Gallup's bees were venti- 

 lated through a 2-inch "pole," in lieu 

 of a 2-inch hole. 



Bees that "Know Beans." 



That beans yield abundance of honey 

 of excellent color and quality in Califor- 

 nia and rather seldom attract a single 

 bee in the eastern half of the continent, 

 is one of those problems not easy to 

 solve. That the more cosmopolitan 

 bees of the Pacific Coast " know beans " 

 while ours do not — well, we do not take 

 very kindly to that solution. Page 107. 



A Cold Experiment. 



To give 16-degree-below-zero weather 

 free access into a hive at both top and 

 bottom all night is a pretty savage 

 sort of experiment. We are glad to 

 learn, however, that the same colony 

 stored honey all right the next sum- 

 mer. Nevertheless, young brother, 

 don't you travel on that revelation very 

 much. Just make your bees for winter 

 as warm and snug as ever you can. 

 Pa^e 108. 



Our Wood Binder (or Holder) is 

 made to take all the copies of the American 

 Bee Journal lor a year. It is sent by mail 

 for 20 cents. Full directions accompany. 

 The Bee Journals can be inserted as soon as 

 they are received, and thus preserved for 

 futiu'e reference. Or we will send it with the 

 American Bee Journal a year — both for $1.10. 

 Address office of the American Bee Journal. 



