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VOL. XXXIX 



JANUARY 1, 1911 



NO. 1 



Editorial 



The Canadian Bee Journal is growing 

 better with every issue. Editor Hurley is 

 putting some good work on it. 



General, reports indicate a snug winter 

 over most of the northern States. The 

 ground is covered with snow and has been 

 covered in this locality for the last six 

 weeks. An abundance of clover was re- 

 ported last fall, and if the snow will only 

 continue throughout the winter we shall 

 have a bumper crop next year. 



EXTRA -FANCY PRICES ON EXTRA -FANCY 

 COMB HONEY. 



We believe the time is coming when ex- 

 tra-fancy comb honey will be put up in car- 

 tons, and the cartons put in shipping-cases 

 having corrugated paper, top and bottom. 

 When honey is put up in this way it is al- 

 most sure to go through in good order. Deal- 

 ers and consumers, as a rule, do not object 

 to paying a fancy price providing they get 

 the goods that correspond ivith the price. 



IN FAVOR OF THE TEN-FRAME HIVE. 



We are getting not a few endorsements 

 of the editorial in our Nov. 15th issue, page 

 712, urging the use of the regular ten-frame 

 hive rather than the eight-frame. The fol- 

 lowing letter is a sample of what is coming 

 in from large producers: 



I must say. after reading your editorial. Nov. 15, 

 you have at last got on the right road, except the 

 deeper frame hive you mention, which you will 

 find to be a mistake in later years, 



Colo, Iowa. Delbert E. Lhommedieu. 



We also have assurances from some of the 

 manufacturers that they propose to co-op- 

 derate with us in working toward standards. 



OHIO STATE bee-keepers' CONVENTION 

 AT CINCINNATI. 



As will be seen by Convention Notices on 

 page 26, arrangements have been made by 

 Secretary Henry Reddert, to hold the next 

 Ohio State Bee-keepers' Convention at Cin- 

 cinnati with headquarters at the Grand 



Hotel, Halls Xos. 1 and 2, on Feb. 16 and 17 

 nex'. A good program will be announced 

 later. As there are a large number of bee- 

 keepers in the vicinity of Cincinnati, there 

 will doubtless be a large attendance. Bee- 

 keepers from all over the State should make 

 an effort to go, this year. Chief Inspector 

 Shaw will be present and deliver an address 

 on the foul-brood situation in Ohio. Other 

 announcements will be made later. 



THE COLOR SENSE OF THE HONEY-BEE; 

 CAN BEES DISTINGUISH COLORS? 



We have received, with the compliments 

 of the author, a very interesting booklet, 

 the subject matter of which is reprinted 

 from an article in the November issue of 

 the American Naturalist, by .John H. 

 Lovell. Our readers will remember the ar- 

 ticle on the bee's sense of color by Mr. 

 Lovell, in our Sept. 1st issue, 1909. In this 

 new treatise on the subject this original ar- 

 ticle is incorporated, and with it a complete 

 history of a large number of exceedingly 

 interesting experiments. Mr. Lovell is an 

 original investigator, and his patient and 

 painstaking work is helpful to all students 

 of apiculture. His conclusions follow: 



Bees plainly distinguish colors, whether they are 

 artificial (paints, dyes, etc.) or natural ("chloro- 

 phyll ") colors. 



Bees are more strongly influenced by a colored 

 slide than by one without color. 



Bees which have been accustomed to visit a cer- 

 tain color tend to return to it habitually — they ex- 

 hibit color fidelity. 



But this habit does not become obsessional, since 

 they quickly learn not to discriminate between 

 colors when this is for their advantage. 



BEE-KEEPING FOR WOMEN, VERSUS POUL- 

 TRY-KEEPING FOR WOMEN. 



At the last Ontario convention, a paper 

 by Miss E. Robson, of Ilderton, Ont., on 

 the subject, "Can women run an apiary?" 

 attracted more than ordinary interest. In 

 speaking of the advantages of bee-keeping 

 for women she said: 



Now for some of the advantages for a woman in 

 bee-keeping. In the first place, unlike poultry- 

 raising, all the work can be done in fine weather — 

 in fact, has to be done. Even in summer, unless 

 during the busiest season, there will be a fair mar- 

 gin of time for other pursuits, and all the winter is 

 free: the work is heathful. taking one into the open 

 air, and keeping him constantly in touch with the 

 great world of nature. It will yield a good profit 

 for a comparatively small ovitlay. The chief capital 

 required is brains and persistence: and. perhaps 

 most important of all. the work is Interesting, even 

 absorbing. Can you imagine any thing more sug- 

 gestive of peace and contentment than to stand in 

 the midst of a bee-yard — one's own bee-yard— the 



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