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April 11, 1907 



American fiae Journal 



clover, being subjected almost entirely to 

 graziDg, yields continuously for weeks. 



Coming directly to the case in hand, let us 

 do a little figuring, estimating that 30,000 

 field-bees belong to each colony. If 200 colo- 

 nies are working on 300 acres, that makes I'.i 

 acres tor each colony, or for each 20,000 

 fielders. In 13-0' acres there are 65,340 square 

 feet, giving 3.27 square feet to each bee ; so if 

 they are evenly distributed over the field they 

 will be about 1 foot 10 inches apart. If we 

 take Dr. Miller's guess of 5 feet apart, each 

 bee will require 25 square feet of territory, 

 making for 20,000 bees 500,000 square feet, or 

 nearly ll'., acres. According to that, instead 

 of 200 colonies for 300 acres, only 26 colonies 

 would be supported on that number of acres. 



If Dr. Miller doesn't like the decision, he 

 must either make bees work with less elbow- 

 room than 5 feet, or else he must show that 

 20,000 is not the right estimate for the num- 

 ber of fielders in a colony. 



"Honey" from Buttermilk 



In Praktischer Wegweiser it is related that 

 in a North Germany newspaper an advertiser 

 offered for the modest sum of 2S cents to send 

 a recipe by which one could easily make out 

 of a quart of buttermilk 2 pounds of the 

 finest, best-flavored honey. The enterprising 

 editor sent the required amount, and then 

 published in Prakt. Wegweiser the recipe ver- 

 batim. Explicit instruction is given as to the 

 right kind of vessel in which to cook the 

 honey, and just how to stir, etc., one item be- 

 ing that to each quart of buttermilk must be 

 added 1 pound of sugar! We may expect to 

 hear shortly that German bees are out out of 

 business! 



Cleaning Up Wet Extracting Combs 



Sometimes when wet extracting combs are 

 given back to the bees to clean up, instead of 

 carrying the honey all down into the brood- 

 chamber, the bees mass it in a few cells of the 

 extracting combs. H. Potter says in the 

 British Bee Journal that he makes sure of 

 having the extracting combs left entirely 

 empty by returning them to the bees upside 

 down. Not many, however, will find it neces- 

 sary to resort to such an inconvenient method. 



Reversed Brood 



According to an item in Prak. Wegweiser, 

 the occasional finding of brood with heads in 

 the bottom of the cell is due to the presence 

 of minute parasitical insects, which trouble 

 the larvae and cause the abnormal position. 



" Songs of Beedom."— This is a beau- 

 tiful 16-page-and-cover pamphlet, 6x9 inches 

 in size, containing 10 bee-songs— words and 

 music— all the songs so far written specially 

 for bee-keepers, we believe. It is nice, as 

 well as convenient, to have these songs all in 

 one binding. Every bee-keepers' organiza- 

 tion should have copies for use at conven- 

 tions. They could be sold to members after 

 using once, or held by the secretary for use 

 at future meetings. Of course, every bee- 

 keeper's family will want at least one copy. 

 It is sent, postpaid, for only 35 cents, or 3 

 copies for 60 cents ; or, we will mail one copy 

 with the American Bee Journal one year— 

 both for SI. 10. Send all orders to the office 

 of the American Bee Journal. 



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A Bee-Keeper's Epitaph.— Mr. R. B. 



Ross, Jr., of Quebec, Canada, sends the follow- 

 ing clipping taken from the Rochester (N. Y.) 

 Herald, referring to the epitaph of a man who 

 was stung to death: 



Among the many curious inscriptions that 

 are to be found on the tombstones that mark 

 the last resting places of some of the early 

 pioneers of the town of Manchester, one of 

 the most curious is in what is known as the 

 old Greenhouse cemetery, on a tombstone 

 erected in 1814, to the memory of Timothy 

 Ryan. On May 12, 1814, he was attacked by 

 his bees and stung to death. The following 

 epitaph appears on his tombstone: 



A thousand ways cut short our days. 



None are exempt from death. 

 A honey-bee by stinging me 



Did stop my mortal breath. 

 This grave contains the last remains 



Of my frail house of clay ; 

 My soul is gone — not to return — 



To one eternal day. 



Bees at the Jainestown Exposition. 



— Mr. Charles Koeppen, of Fredericksburg, 

 Va., has been granted a concession by the 

 Jamestown (Va.) Exposition Co. to make a 

 demonstration with live bees in a wire-cloth 

 cage, and also a motion-picture apparatus in 

 addition to the privilege of selling standard 

 bee-books. Mr. Koeppen is erecting a struc- 

 ture 30x50 feet, and the whole display, when 

 installed, will cost him about .*1400. The 

 price of a single admission to this part of the 

 Exposition will be 10 cents. 



We can not conceive of anything better to 

 advertise the bee and honey business than 

 what Mr. Koeppen has undertaken to do at 

 the Jamestown Exposition. We hope to hear 

 of his success all through the months during 

 which the Exposition will be opened. Of 

 course, every bee-keeper who attends it will 

 be sure to take advantage of Mr. Koeppen's 

 demonstrations. 



Honey and Noisy Enthusiasm.— The 



Youths' Companion contains the following 

 which seems to have a lesson in it taken from 

 the bees : 



Honey In It. 



When the Salvation Army first came to 

 America, 25 years ago, says the author of 

 " The Prophet of the Poor," it found a ready 

 advocate of its methods in the Rev. Thomas 

 K. Beecher. Mr. Beecher had just had a les- 

 son, in parable form, from a certain "Bro." 

 Anderson, which he never forgot. 



Brother Anderson was at that time the pas- 

 tor of a colored congregation which was noted 

 for the noise and enthusiasm of its services. 

 Incidentally the old man wielded a whitewash- 

 brush, but he was known as an exhorter of no 

 mean ability. One day he persuaded Mr. 

 Beecher to address his congregation. 



The occasion seemed a good one for reprov- 

 ing the congregation for their uproarious 

 methods, and Mr. Beecher did so. " Let all 

 things be done decently and in order," he 



concluded. Then Bro. Anderson rose to 

 speak. 



" I love Brudder Beecher; I love to hear 

 him preach dis afternoon," he said. "He's 

 our good frien'. And he say dat some folks 

 goes up to glory noisy'n' shouting, and some 

 goes still like, 's if they's ashamed of what's 

 in 'em. And he say we better be more like de 

 still kind, and de white folks'll like us more. 

 He say de boys and gels stan' in de do'way 

 and laugh at us, and mock at us 'cause 0' de 

 way we goes on. 



" Yas, I see de boys and gels stan' all las' 

 winter roun' de door, an' under de windows, 

 an' laff; and dey peep in and laff. But I 

 'member what I saw las' summer among de 

 bees. 



" Some of de hives was nice an clean an' 

 still, like 'spectable meetings, and de odders 

 was a bustin' wid honey. De bees kep' a- 

 goin' and a-comin' in de clover; and dey jes' 

 kep' on a-fillin' de hive till de honey was a- 

 flowin' like de Ian' o' Canaan. An' I saw all 

 roun' de hives was ants and worms an black 

 bugs, an' dey kep' on de outside. Dey wa'n' 

 bees. Dey couldn' make de honey for dar- 

 selves. Dey couldn' fly to de clover an' to de 

 honeysuckle. Dey jes' hung roun' de hive 

 and lib on de drippin's. 



" So de boys an' gels hang roun' yar. Come 

 in — we'll show you how de gospel bees do. 

 Come in an' we'll lead you to de clover. 



"You won't come in? Well, den poor 

 things, den stan' roun' de outside an' have de 

 drippin's. We's got honey in dis hive." 



"As he spoke," said ' Mr. Beecher, "I 

 seemed to see my own sermon shrinking and 

 fading away." 



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 say that none of our special offers apply to 

 foreign subscribers, on account of the extra 

 postage, except Canada, Mexico, Cuba, and 

 the United States possessions. Also, we send 

 to foreign countries only the American Bee 

 Journal. 



Honey as a. Health- Food. — This 

 is a 16-page honey-pamphlet intended to help 

 increase the demand for honey. The first 

 part of it contains a short article on " Honey 

 as Food," written by Dr. C. C. Miller. It 

 tells where to keep honey, how to liquefy it, 

 etc. The last part is devoted to " Hopey- 

 Cooking Recipes " and " Remedies Using 

 Honey.'' It should be widely circulated by 

 those selling honey. The more the people are 

 educated on the value and uses of honey, the 

 more honey they will buy. 



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Amerikanisclie Uienenziiclit, 



by Hans Buschbauer, is a bee-keeper's hand- 

 book of 138 pages, which is just what our 

 German friends will want. It is fully illus- 

 trated, and neatly bound in cloth. Price, 

 postpaid, $1.00; or with the American Bee 

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