1888 



GLEAKINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



543 



Cleakincs in Bee Cultdre. 



Published Semi- Monthly. 



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EDITOR AND PUBLISHER, 



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BASSWOOD JUST OUT. 



This 30th day of June, bees discovered a little 

 cluster of blossoms on one of the basswood-trees 

 that skirt the road in front of our dwelling. Only 

 a dozen or two buds were opened, but the bees 

 were having quite a rejoicing over them. The trees 

 are loaded with buds. What shall the harvest be? 



DEATH OF THE INVENTOR OF THE HONEV- 

 E.XTKACTOR. 



We have just received word from friend Dadant, 

 informing us of the death of Major von Hruschka, 

 the inventor of the honey-extractor. He died in 

 Venice, Italy, on the 11th of May last. In our next 

 issue we hope to give a portrait of this great ben- 

 efac.tor to all bee-men, with a biographical sketch. 



ANOTHER IMPORTATION OK QUEENS. 



We have just received an importation of 2.5 

 queens, direct from sunny Italy. All came through 

 alive except one. All are now successfully in- 

 troduced by the Peet-eage process. The queens 

 are of good color, and will probably duplicate 

 themselves in their daughters. Perhaps we should 

 remark right here, that the imported queens are 

 not introduced in our own apiary. Several of our 

 customers have been afi-aid to purchase queens of 

 us on account of foul brood. We would say, that 

 all the queens that we send out by mail, as well as 

 bees and queens by express, come from Neighbor 

 H. or one or two Southern breeders, who never 

 had foul brood. Prices same as usual. 



THE NEXT PLACE OF THE MEETING OF THE 

 N. A. B. K. S. DEFINITELY SETTLED. 



The following letter from Dr. A. B. Mason has 

 just come to hand, and explains itself: 



Friend Root:— A vote of the members of the 

 North American Bee-Keepers' Society has been 

 taken in regard to changing the place of its next 

 meeting from Toledo to Columbus. All but six 

 have voted, and all but one have voted lor the 

 change. So the next convention will be held at 

 Columbus. I sent plans to the Centennial Bee and 

 Honey Building to Columbus last week, at the re- 

 questof the Executive Board, and itis pi'obablethat 

 it will be about 3t5x HO ft. squar", and most of the 

 space has been applied for. A. B. Mason, Pres. 



The thing is now settled. We are especially 

 pleased to notice that the space allotted has been 

 nearly all applied for. 



SELTiING THIS YEAR'S CROP OF HONEY. 



Tf you have already secured a crop of honey, 

 and your prospects are good for getting more 

 honey, do not be in haste to "lump it off." From 

 reports received, it would seem that the yield is not 

 going to be as heavy as the average. Still, the 



next few days may change the aspect of things 

 somewhat- at least we hope so. In the next issue 

 we shall have another batch of honey statistics. 

 The questions which we have propounded will be 

 as follows: 



A. What is new com?) lumey selling at in your vicini- 

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B. What is new extracted honey sellinq at? 



C. What per cent of an averaiie crop of honey do 

 you estimate hati heoi. secured in your viciuitji this sea- 

 son'/ Please answer this iiticstioii. simijh/ hy percent; 

 for instance. Mt, ',■'>. l',o, or :'oo per cent. 



D. How nuniy jkuhuIs of honey, both comt) and ex- 

 tracted, luire YOU taken from your own hees, and, 

 from lu)w many colonies so far/ 



E. Was the season with you this year good, average, 

 poor, or heui/ 



The replies to the questions will show whether 

 there will be a scarcity of honey, and at what price 

 it is retailing in various parts of the United States. 

 These next reports will be a little early for some 

 sections of the country, perhaps; but we want to 

 know as soon as possible which way the straws blow. 



I, we, us, OUR, ETC. 



The Bee-Keepers' Review for June 10 takes up 

 this question that was discussed considerably per- 

 haps ten years ago; and, by the way, they give 

 your old friend A. I. Root i-ather more kind notices 

 in regard to the matter than he deserves, I fear. 

 When I commenced saying I instead of the editori- 

 al we, it was simply because I distinctly wished it 

 understood that the position I took at the time was 

 my own, individually. I put a good many thoughts 

 into print that ray friends right around me do not 

 indorse; and when I do this I greatly pi-efer to say 

 I, so that our readers shall understand that it was 

 A. I. Root's individual opinion, and that he alone 

 was responsible for it. When I mean we I prefer 

 to say we. For instance, had you been out in the 

 strawberry-patch after six o'clock last Saturday, I 

 should have said, "See, we have picked all these 

 berries since six o'clock." The we would include 

 Caddie and her cousin Mabel, and a number of 

 other juveniles. An hour later, when I was feed- 

 ing crackers to the carp, from my hand, 1 should 

 have said, " There, I have got them so tame by 

 closely cultivating their acquaintance for only 

 three or four days," meaning that I did it myself 

 alone. In fact, the only way I could get acquainted 

 with the fish was to go off by myself, when nobody 

 else was around. 



CUT-WORMS, SQ,UASH-BUGS, ETC. 



FENCING THEM OUT, AND DRIVING THEM OUT 

 WITH LIQUID MANURE, ETC. 



§INCE my advice in regard to tlie cut- 

 worms on page 512, the following sug- 

 tions have come in : 

 Friend Root:— Yon advise a flock of chick- 

 ens, which has to be raised liefore the cut- 

 worm comes. Try wrapping good paper around the 

 plants, and let the top flare out from the plant, so 

 the worm can't climb up, and let it extend a little 

 into the ground. This can be done when they are 

 set out, with little trouble. J. D. Adams. 



Nira, la., June 24, 1888. 



Mr. Root:— Mr. D. W. C. Matthews wishes to know 

 if there is any way to prevent cut-worms from de- 

 stroying cabbage, tomato, and other young plants. 

 It is the easiest thing in the world. If he will take 

 some old tin cans and cut out the bottoms and slip 

 them over the plants while small, and press firmly 



