October, 1907. 



American l^ee Journal 



Getting a Late Honey Crop 



In a letter from Mr. C. P. Dadaiit, of 

 Ilaniilton, 111., dated Sept. 11, lie wrote 

 as follows: 



"Our boys are now slad lliat they 

 kept piisliiiiK tlie bees that looked so 

 bad in the spring, for they are now be- 

 ing rewarded with one of the latest 

 crops of honey we ever. had. It was 

 fully Aug. 20 before the bees started 

 to .store in good earnest, but wc now 

 feel sure of over 15,000 pounds of ex- 

 tracted honey, which is more than could 

 be expected after such a backward sea- 

 son." 



Wc hope that the foregoing experi- 

 ence W'ill be general throughout the 

 whole country. If it is, the bees will not 

 only enter winter quarters well supplied 

 with stores, but the fall crop of lioney 

 will go quite a distance toward helping 

 to make up for the loss of the white 

 honey crop. Then if we can have a 

 good honey season next year, every- 

 thing in beedom may be evened up all 



right. 



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Advertising Honey For Sale 



We have received the following from 

 Mr. Jay North, wdio offered 1,500 pounds 

 of extracted honey for sale through a 

 small advertisement one time in the 

 American Bee Journal : 



Editor York : — Please drop my ad- 

 vertisement from your next issue, as 

 my clover honey is all sold. It went 

 fast at the 10 cents a pound. 



This is the first time I ever advertised 

 my honey, and can say that I am well 

 pleased with the results. 



J.\Y North. 



If you have any good honey to sell, 

 why not do as Mr. North did? An ad- 

 vertisement in the American Bee Jour- 

 nal should do as well for you. 



Apiarian Exhibit of C. M. Nichols 



The picture herewith shows the ex- 

 hibit of bees, honey, etc., made by Mr. 

 •C. M. Nichols, at the recent Michigan 

 State Fair at Detroit, and also at the 

 West Michigan Fair held at Grand Rap- 



ids. We understand that he won a 

 large share of the prizes and honors 

 at both Fairs, and cash premiums 

 amounting to over $200. Besides this 

 he sold quite a lot of honey at fancy 

 prices to the fair officials and others. 



The Grand Rapids Daily Herald com- 

 ments very interestingly on the exhibit 

 made by Mr. N'ichol.',, calling it the most 

 fascinating and instructive exhibit to 

 man, woman, and child. The display 

 stood out in bold relief, its inviting rows 

 of pure extracted honey in various sizes 

 and shapes of glass bottles being at- 

 tractive to the eye as well as to the 

 appetite of those having a sweet tooth. 



Mr. Nichols operates 5 bee-yards, 

 which makes him one of the leading 

 bee-keepers of Michigan. He exhibited 

 bees in over 30 observation hives, be- 

 sides having a large screen-covered 

 cage which he entered and demonstrate! 

 the various manipulations of bees. This 

 and many other features of his exhibit 

 made it the most instructive and at- 

 tractive on the grounds. 



While the staging and care of such an 

 exhibit as Mr. Nichols showed at the 

 two Fairs referred to mean a lot of 

 work and expense, we believe there is 

 no better way in which to interest the 

 public in honey. Surely there are no 

 other exhibits that always attract so 

 much attention as those of the apiary 

 department of any Fair. 



Mr. Caley's Cleome Apiary 



When sending the picture shown on 

 the front page this month, Mr. G. D. 

 Caley, of Cozad, Neb., wrote as fol- 

 lows: 



Editor York : — I have about 50 colo- 

 nies of bees, but the plants are so large 

 that they hide part of the hives. It is 

 Rocky Mountain Bee-plant, or Cleome 

 intcgrifolia. I think it is one of the 

 best bee-plants we have in Nebraska. 

 The bees work on it from daylight till 

 dark. G. D. Caley. 



Mr. Caley attended the San Antonio 

 convention of the National last Novem- 

 ber, when we had the pleasure of meet- 

 ing him. He is also an old-time friend 

 of the American Bee Journal and sub- 



scriber thereto. His Cleome or Rocky 

 Mountain Bee-Plant apiary is certainly 

 very attractive. Cleome is a beautiful 

 plant, growing 4 or 5 feet high, and 

 branching out several feet. We remem- 

 ber seeing it for the first time when 

 attending the Denver meeting of the 

 National several years ago. It is a 

 rich honey-plant. 



A Spanish Bee-Paper 



For the second time, an attempt is 

 being made to publish a bee-paper in 

 Spain. This magaizne, entitled, "La 

 Apicultura Espanola," is published at 

 Barcelona, Spain, by Mr. Pons-Fabre- 

 gues, who is an enthusiastic bee-keeper, 

 and has already published several works 

 on bees, translated from the French. We 

 trust he may make a success of his new 

 venture. July and August numbers are 

 the first of this paper. 



Mr. Strong at the Clarinda Fair 



i\Ir. J. L. .Strong, of Clarinda, Iowa, 

 made an interesting exhibition at the 

 Clarinda Fair recently. He had a cage 

 made of screen-wire, in which he placed 

 a colony of bees that he manipulated 

 at various times during each day of the 

 fair. As usual it was a very attractive 

 demonstration. Mr. Strong is one of 

 the best informed bee-keepers in Iowa, 

 as well as perhaps its leading queen- 

 breeder. 



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"Honey-Guides" for the Bees 



The following is taken from the New 

 York Christian Advocate, which may 

 interest the younger members of the 

 family, even if it is quite fanciful: 



"Mother, what are those lines on the 

 morning-glory for?" 



"Those are honey-guides," said moth- 

 er. "Each one of these lines runs into 

 the center of the flower where the honey- 

 is. God put them there, so when a bee 

 a-lights on a flower it can go right to 

 the honey ; and that is what the bees go 

 into the flower for, you know — to get 

 the honey in the center of the flower. 

 Now go out and sit under the morning- 



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