American Hee Joarnal 



very devoted to his bees, and was always 

 happiest when working with them. He had 

 kept them only 9 years, and had increased 

 from 2 colonies which he found in trees and 

 transferred to modern hives, to 42 at the time 

 he died. The year 1907 was a very poor one 

 with us. We had to feed 650 pounds of sugar 

 to fit the bees for wintering. 



Last season I ran the apiary alone for the 

 first time, although I had always worked 

 side by side with my husband in the bee- 

 yard. I was fortunate enough to get a good 

 crop, and sold it without any trouble. Mr. 

 Scofield used to peddle it out a great deal, 

 but I had to get a man to sell on commission, 

 which took ofE a large percent of the profit. 



This season I expect to start with about 

 30 colonies — the same number that I started 

 the season with last year — and increase to 

 40, and work them for comb honey exclu- 

 sively. Last year I got about 1 ,500 pounds 

 of comb honey, which brought me about 15 

 cents a pound net. I hope to do better this 

 year, although I am told that this year will 

 be another poor one. There are so many 

 of the "wet blanket" sort of folks, who seem 

 to think that if God is good to us this year 

 He will visit misfortunes upon us next year 

 to make up for it. Anyway, I'm going to 

 expect a good yield, and do my best to get it. 



I can't get along along without the "old 

 reliable'* American Bee Journal. 



Mrs. Carrie Scofield. 

 Enosburg Falls, Vt., March 9. 



Glad you are one of the expecting 

 kind. Expectors have a better time in 

 advance. They have at least the plea- 

 sure of anticipation. A big crop last 

 year doesn't argue a bit against a good 



crop this year. There may be two years 

 of failure in succession, and just as 

 much there may be 2 years of success in 

 succession. 



Sweetly Reasoning Together. 



If I had honey and you had none, 



Don't you think it would be lots of fun, 



If I should offer some honey to you? 



For then, you see, there'd be honey for two! 



Now you have money and I have none; 

 There's a cake of honey — a splendid one. 

 So don't you think 'twould be jolly for you 

 To buy that honey and cut it in two? 



Minnie Werner (Aged 9). 

 Edwardsville, 111. 



Honey-Egg-and-Lemon for Loss of 

 Voice, 



When the voice is lost temporarily from 

 much speaking or a cold, a remedy which is 

 simple and pleasant to take is made by heat- 

 ing up the white of an egg to which should 

 be added the juice of one lemon, and enough 

 sugar to make it taste good. Take a teaspoon- 

 ful from time to time. It will effect a speedy 

 cure. — Cecii, Abei, Todd, in the Practical 

 Farmer. 



The foregoing would undoubtedly be 

 improved if honey were substituted for 

 sugar. Our forbears were in the habit 

 of using honey much in all preparations 

 for coughs, sore throats, etc., and we 

 might well follow their example. 



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Conducted by LOUIS H. SCROLL, New Braunfels. Tex. 



The Future of Texas Apicnltnre. 



A dry year, or a short honey crop, 

 does not set Texas back as the leading 

 State, apiculturally, of all the States in 

 the Union. With its vast areas, its vary- 

 ing altitudes, and the great variety of 

 vegetation, it is possible to procure hon- 

 ey in some parts of the State, which, 

 as a total, means a very large amount 

 after all. In this respect Texas has 

 many advantages. On account of the 

 varying conditions in climate and alti- 

 tude, and the great distribution of plant 

 life, which play a great part in the dif- 

 ferences in the sources of honey, it is 

 possible to depend upon one or more of 

 these, and if an early crop is not ob- 

 tained in spring, it jnay come in summer 

 or fall ; if not in one locality, then in 

 another. The bee-keeper who has more 

 than one apiary, therefore, and these 

 widely scattered, has great advantages 

 over the one-apiary bee-keeper, or one 

 who has all his apiaries in the same 

 kind of locations. 



The specialist is aware of this, and the 

 number of such is on the increase. To 

 be successful with such systems it be- 

 comes necessary to study thoroughly the 

 details connected with the management 

 of widely scattered interests to the great- 

 est advantage. Short cuts and all kinds 



of labor-saving methods must be em- 

 ployed to cut down time and expenses, 

 yet accomplish the most possible toward 

 getting all there is in it out of the busi- 

 ness. This makes possible the success- 

 ful running of large numbers of col- 

 onies with profitable returns year after 

 year. And just such kind of bee-keep- 

 ing is the trend of the times here in 

 Texas. 



It is not necessary, however, that this 

 be the only kind of bee-keeping, for the 

 thorough bee-keeper with only one api- 

 ary has his place to fill. It is well to 

 note that also these are employing more 

 of the methods of the intensive bee- 

 keeping than heretofore, and although 

 there are a great number who are less 

 diligent with their apiaries, depending 

 more on "chance," the box-hive fellow 

 has become very rare indeed, even those 

 with only a few colonies. 



With this "improved bee-keeping" it 

 is readily seen that the industry of the 

 present has been greatly benefited in the 

 great Lone Star State, and for the fu- 

 ture will only be better still. 



Even should the seasons be less favor- 

 able, the better bee-keeping would still 

 make possible the harvesting of good 

 crops of honey. This is plain, and it be- 

 hooves every bee-keeper, therefore, to in- 

 terest himself in more intensive bee- 



keeping. Intensive extensive bee-keep- 

 ing is the kind that pays best, but the in- 

 tensive small bee-keeper will also help 

 to make the future of Texas apiculture 

 better. 



Some interesting articles could be 

 written upon the topic of both intensive 

 and extensive bee-keeping. Such, tell- 

 ing how to do things successfully, how 

 to employ short cuts and improved 

 methods and appliances, would be of 

 great interest to all of us who are work- 

 ing for a better apiculture, not only in 

 Texas but in every State and country 

 where bees are kept. 



The North Texas Convention. 



The North Texas Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation met at Blossom, in annual ses- 

 sion at 11:30 o'clock, April 8, 1909 

 The meeting was called to order by J. 

 M. Hagood, president. A committee was 

 appointed by the chairman to arrange 

 the program, and the meeting adjourned 

 until I :30 p. m. 



At the afternoon session the first sub- 

 ject taken up was "Foul Brood and Man- 

 agement," by F. J. R. Davenport, who 

 made a very interesting explanation of 

 how he had succeeded in eradicating the 

 serious germ disease from his hives, and 

 that he regarded foul brood as one of 

 the most serious menaces to the apiarian 

 industry of this State. Pres. Hagood 

 and several other members also gave in- 

 teresting talks on this subject. 



The subject of "Spring Management 

 of Bees" was next taken up by E. W. 

 Cathron, after which the meeting ad- 

 journed until 8 a. m. the next morning. 



While the attendance was small, only 

 about 20 members being present, they 

 were very enthusiastic in regard to the 

 building up of this industry. 



SECOND day's session. 



The following subjects were discussed: 



"Increase by Natural Swarming vs. 

 Dividing," by J. M. Hagood. 



"Building Bees Up for the Honey- 

 Flow," by F. G. Davenport. 



"Management for Comb Honey," by 

 E. W. Cathron. 



"Marketing of Honey," by F. G. Da- 

 venport. 



"Best Suited Hives for All Purposes," 

 by W. H. White. 



The following officers were elected : 

 President, J. M. Hagood, of Enloe; vice- 

 president, F. J. R. Davenport, of Waxa- 

 hachie; secretary, W. H. White, of Blos- 

 som. 



The meeting then adjourned to meet 

 at Forreston, Ellis County, in July, the 

 date to be fixed by the secretary of the 

 Association, 2 days before the meeting 

 of the Farmers' Congress at College Sta- 

 tion, giving members at a distance the 

 opportunity to attend both meetings at 

 less expense. 



Lonisiana for Bee-Keeping. 



For the benefit of those who may be 

 interested in bee-keeping in Louisiana, 

 the following letter appears herewith : 



"This is a swamp country. We have an 

 abundance of willows along the river and on 

 the lakes. We have in the wDods, Cottonwood, 

 hackberry, several kinds of oaks, gum, rattan, 

 and grapevines. We have in the low places 

 a scrubby tree or bush that bears white flow- 

 ers. We call it white-wood. In the fields 



