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American ^ac Joarnajj 



November, 1907. 



tion under the tutelage of the best masters 

 of music in Chicago. 



In 1893, Mr. and Mrs. York moved to 

 Ravenswood. and it is here that the loss of 

 Mrs. York is most deeply mourned. No hand 

 was more ready in giving, no voice more ear- 

 nest in pleading for the poor and unfortu- 

 nate, and no feet have been more willing to 

 run upon errands of mercy and help. Her 

 life typified the very highest ideals of Chris- 



During her last illness Mrs. York was the 

 means of raising $iiS for furnishing a room 

 in the Harris Home for Nurses, used in con- 

 nection with W'esley Hospital, and this room 

 has recently heen designated as the "Sallie 

 York Memorial." 



During the year of her sickness a record 

 was kept of the number of calls made at the 

 home, either to see Mrs. York or to enquire 

 as to her condition, and the figures offer addi- 



SoME Floral Tributes to the Memory of Mrs. York. 



tian living. During a year of terrible suffer- 

 ing, from valvular heart disease, no murmur 

 of complaint escaped her lips, and in the last 

 moments of flickering life the beautiful trans- 

 forming power of a mighty faith made her 

 death a glorious triumph. 



Mrs. York was an officer of several socie- 

 ties at the time she was taken sick, and was 

 especially interested in the Lake Bluff Orphan- 

 age, Deaconess* Home, and Wesley Hospital. 



tional evidence of her popularity. The total 

 was over i,8oo. Gifts of flowers were brought 

 ioo times. 



Mrs. York, with all her activities, was an 

 ideal housekeeper. She loved her home, and 

 in the 21 years of married life not a ripple 

 of disagreement disturbed the calm serenity 

 of a joyful Christian companionship which has 

 been a delight and blessing to every one who 

 came within its influence. 



Conducted by EMMA M. WILSON, Marengo, III. 



Feeding Bees for Winter— Poiren in 

 Combs 



Dear Miss Wilson : — In quest of in- 

 formation I begin by craving 3'oiir in- 

 dulgence upon the ignorance of a novice 

 in bee-keeping. A month ago I came 

 into possession of my first colony of 

 bees — ItaHans. The bees cover 5 or 6 

 frames of a lo-frame hive, and as wet 

 weather has prevented them from work- 

 ing, they probably have not more than 

 2 frames of sealed and unsealed honey 

 throughout the hive. The weather has 

 now cleared, and if we have our usual 

 fall weather they should be able to col- 

 lect a considerable quantity of nectar 

 from the goldenrod, as late as Decem- 

 ber, or the middle of that month. 



1. But should they not be fed? And 

 is a syrup of equal parts of granulated 

 sugar and water the proper food? 



2. The bees are gathering large quan- 

 tities of pollen, whidi my text-book 

 warns me should not be allowed to re- 

 main in the hive during the winter, but 

 says naught as to how to extract it. 

 How shall I proceed ? 



3. The bee-papers caution one against 

 allowing honey-dew to remain in the 

 hive, but I do not know what it is, how 

 to recognize it, nor how to remove it, 

 and here again I ask your assistance. 



October 15, 1907. Louisiana. 



From what j'ou say it is possible that 

 the bees may gather enough to winter 

 on, but it is a safer guess that they will 

 not. Too much is not likely to do any 



harm, and unless they have about 30 

 pounds of honey they ought to be fed. 

 As you probably can not tell very well 

 how much it takes in- the frames to make 

 30 pounds, it might be safer to figure 

 on 40. 



It would be pretty late to feed syrup 

 as thin as half-and-half as far north as 

 here, but very likely it will be all right 

 in your warmer latitude. Even if the 

 bees do not get it properly evaporated 

 and ripened, your bees have such fre- 

 quent opportunities for flight that thin 

 syrup will not do the harm it does 

 where bees are confined to the hive for 

 months at a time. 



Are you sure you read straight about 

 pollen not being allowed in the hive 

 through the winter? If you did read 

 anything of that kind yon would better 

 forget it. All bee-keepers have pollen 

 in their hives over winter, probably, un- 

 less it be some one who is so unfortu- 

 nate as to have bad honey in the hives, 

 and even then he may not remove the 

 pollen, but only the honey. Bees can 

 winter without pollen, bnt they can not 

 rear brood in the spring without it, and 

 there is no way known of removing the 

 pollen except removing entirely the 

 combs containing it. Don't lose any 

 sleep over pollen in your hives. 



Some honey-dew seems to be all right, 

 both for eating and as winter food for 

 the bees, and some is bad for both uses, 

 so bad indeed for wintering that it is 

 Httle better than poison for that pur- 

 pose, and in that case it should be ex- 

 tracted and the bees supplied with sugar 

 syrup. Perhaps tlie wisest thing for you 

 to do is to shut your eyes and sweetly 

 trust that there is no such thing as 

 honey-dew in your hives. Because it is 

 not at all a common thing for bees to 

 be troubled with it in winter, and be- 

 cause it is practically impossible to tell 

 you how to Tecognize it. You might, 

 however, inquire of some experienced 

 bee-keeper in your vicinity, and find out 

 whether he has had any trouble of the 

 kind, and, if he has, perhaps he can 

 furnish you a sample of the objection- 

 able article. 



Is It "Licking Good?"— A Curious 

 Custom 



A curious custom in many Slavonian 

 regions is given in Praktischer Weg- 

 weiser, page 380. After a marriage the 

 band of wedding guests proceeds to the 

 house of the bride's parents. At the 

 threshold the mother greets the pair, 

 and gives to the bridegroom, as well as 

 to the bride, a spoonful of honey in the 

 open hand. The bridegroom must now 

 from the hand of the bride, and she 

 from the hand of her husband, lick the 

 honey, and so show the most intimate 

 communion and love. 



Hybrids vs. Italians— Depending Upon 

 Bees 



Deau Miss Wilson : — Thank you, as 

 well as Mr. Bevins, for your suggestions 

 in regard to getting the Italian bees to 

 work in the extracting supers. The in- 

 formation may be nf use to me at some 

 future time if I ever keep Italians again 



