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October, 1907. 



American l^ee Journal 



glory vines and watch the bees for a lit- 

 tle while, and see for yourself." 



So Nellie ran out of the house. "Oh, 

 mother!" she cried, "the bee did fol- 

 low the line right up from the outside 

 to the middle of the flower, and she got 

 some funny yellow stuff on her, too." 



"That was pollen," said mother; "the 

 bee will take that home to feed the ba- 

 bies." 



"Well, isn't that queer?" said Nellie, 

 and she ran back to learn some more 

 about the bees. ■ 



Great Big "Bee-Cave" 



In the Australian Bee-Bulletin ap- 

 pears the following item : 



"The biggest bee-hive in the world is 

 in Kentucky, and is known as the"Mam- 

 moth Bee-hive." It is in reality a huge 

 cave, the main compartment being 150 

 feet high, while the floor covers 10 acres 

 in extent." 



Wonder where our Australian con- 

 temporary came across that item. Ev- 

 ery school-boy knows about the Mam- 

 moth Cave in Kentucky, but has any 

 one ever heard of bees in it? 



Bee-Keeping in Bermuda 



The following relating to bee-keeping 

 in Bermuda is copied from a letter sent 

 to a friend of ours in New York State : 



Bee-Keeping has been tried several 

 times here in Bermuda during the last 

 20 years, the last time by a Mr. Morri- 

 son, who afterward became bee-inspec- 

 to Sir Daniel Morris' Department in the 

 West Indies; but all failed to make it 

 pay, for in our damp climate the bees 

 became sluggish and would not work. 

 In Jamaica they have two crops called 

 "logwood" and "mango," each of which 

 is equivalent to our heather at home. 

 Here in Bermuda we have a few scat- 

 tered flowers all the year around. 



T. J. Harris. 



Public Gardens, Bermuda, Aug. 30. 



British Bee-Keepers' Guide-Book 



We have just received a copy of the 

 new edition of "The British Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Guide-Book," by Mr. Thos. Wm. 

 Cowan, of London, England. It is al- 

 most entirely re-written, and has many 

 new illustrations. The chapter on dis- 

 eases of bees is perhaps the most com- 

 plete that has yet been printed. This 

 present edition consists of 19,000 copies, 

 and is the 69th thousand. There are 

 not only 4 extra lines on each page over 

 the former editions, but there are 46 

 extra pages. A most excellent portrait 

 of our good friend, the author, Mr. 

 Cowan (who is also editor of the Brit- 

 ish Bee Journal) graces the page front- 

 ing the title-page. It is a book that 

 should find a place in every bee-keeper's 

 library. It is also a gem typographically 

 and mechanically. 



Pleased with the Monthly 



We have received the following from 

 an Iowa subscriber : 



Editor Americ.\n Bee Journal: — In 

 regard to the change of the American 

 Bee Journal from a weekly to a monthly, 



I will say that I subscribed for it just 

 because it was a weekly at that time. 

 I have noticed that many a hint came 

 along weekly just when wanted, but if 

 I had to either wait a month for the 

 expected help or remember it a month 

 my recollection of the matter would be 

 a little indistinct. However, your July 

 and August numbers are so attractive 

 and full of good matter that the change 

 may be for the better, just the same. 

 I enclose you a list of bee-keepers whose 

 names I have gathered, and hope they 

 will all subscribe for your paper. Please 

 send them sample copies and go after 

 them, and keep after them. 



Yours truly, John Egenes. 



Queen-Mating Station 



At the Colorado convention, as re- 

 ported in the American Bee-Keeper, an 

 animated discussion took place regard- 

 ing the establishment of a station to 

 which virgin queens could be sent, to 

 be there mated and returned. This 

 scheme is carried out with satisfaction 

 in Switzerland, and there is no reason 

 why it might not be as successful in 

 this country. 



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Central Tennessee Convention 



The Central Tennessee Bee-Keepers' 

 Association met at the rooms of the 



Nashville Board of Trade, on Satur- 

 day, Aug. 31, with about 25 members 

 in attendance. Pres. J. M. Davis occu- 

 pied the chair, and J. M. Buchanan was 

 Secretary. 



Mr. Leslie Martin read a very inter- 

 esting paper on. "1 he Different Races 

 of Bees," and Mr. Davis gave an in- 

 structive talk on "The Queen-Bee." The 

 question-box was opened, and various 

 topics of interest were discussed. 



It was decided to make a nice ex- 

 hibit of bees and bee-products at the 

 Tennessee State Fair, Sept. 23 to 28. In 

 connection with the exhibit will be held 

 a daily bee-demonstration in a wire 

 cage. Sept. 26 was named as "Bee- 

 Keepers' Day" at the Fair. 



Several new members were received, 

 and the prospects for the success of the 

 Association are very bright. 



The convention adjourned to meet at 

 the call of the Executive Committee. 

 J. M. Buchanan, Sec. 



Northern Illinois Convention 



The annual meeting of the Northern 

 Illinois and Southern Wisconsin Bee- 

 Keepers' Association will be held in 

 Freeport, 111., in the Supervisor's room 

 in the Court House, on Tuesday, Oct. 

 15, 1907. All interested in bees are in- 

 vited to attend. B. Kennedy, Sec. 



iouthern 



Conducted by LOUIS H. SCHOLL, New Braunfeis, Te.K. 



Bulk or Chunk Honey, Etc. 



Mr. Scholl: — -\re we not liable to 

 get in a mess here by producing so 

 largely chunk honey? Think what a 

 fix one with a carload of the stuff would 

 be in if the market here in the South 

 should be more than supplied, and it 

 must be shipped to a colder climate. 

 Mr. Toepperwein says he is having a 

 great deal of trouble, and advises bee- 

 keepers to heat their honey to 150 de- 

 grees to prevent granulation. Now it 

 seems to me a way might be devised, 

 and laid before the bee-keepers of Tex- 

 as, that would reduce this danger to a 

 minimum, and cheapen the production 

 of fancy comb honey at the same time. 



I am thinking of fitting an apiary for 

 producing comb honey without separa- 

 tors, so as to avoid so much outlay of 

 cost on the start, time in cleaning sepa- 

 rators, and getting plump sections — sec- 

 tions which to my views are superior to 

 the much-praised plain section. I must 

 confess, however, that I have had but 

 little experience w'ith comb honey, and 

 that was so long ago that I am not cer- 

 tain as to facts. I am of the opinion 



that comb, foundation put carefully in 

 the center of sections and given only to 

 good, strong colonies — better perhaps to 

 those that have been started on a shal- 

 low set of extracting combs — would be 

 completed, with few exceptions, so that 

 they would crate as well as the plain 

 sections, or it may be a little better. 

 I would use the same kind of super 

 that supply-dealers advise for shallow 

 extracting combs, and practice Mr. Dan- 

 zenbaker's method of moving sections 

 to the center for finishing when the 

 season was poor, but tier up when the 

 season was good. It might be better 

 to use a separator to every other sec- 

 tion-holder, but I doubt it. 



If a colony did not prove its ability 

 to do first-class work, go up into every 

 section at once, and complete in good 

 shape, better let them give you the good, 

 old-fashioned extracted honey which 

 the pure food law is apt to make a 

 market for, and you will then have a 

 honey you can liquefy without trouble. 

 If we do have many uncratable sections, 

 the chunk-honey plan will catch them. 

 If we could use for a small package_ a 

 large-mouthed can or jar, so that a lit- 



