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August, 1909. 



Ame Acan Vae Journal 



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The first part of it contains a short article on " Honey as Food," written by Dr. C. C. 

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GEOUGE W. YORK <a CO., 118 W. Jackson, Chicago, III. 



and up to date I have received only 4 or 5 

 stings. I believe from indications that I have 

 a strong colony, composed of 2-banded Italians 

 with a sprinkling of blacks, which thus far have 

 done the stinging. With the first showing of 

 fine weather they were out and back laden with 

 pollen. The brood-frames are so thoroughly 

 glued in tliat I can not as yet separate them. 

 About two weeks ago I put on a super of 

 sections which they are working on. I have a 

 new hive on the stand with brood-frames and 

 foundation in place, and thinking from indica- 

 tions that they might swarm, I put on a queen- 

 trap. 



I am new at this line, but already have great 

 regard for the insects, yea, almost a love for 

 them, having quite a library on the subject, 

 which I have read and read again, yet I feel 

 helpless when some new feature arises. 



1 am looking forward to the coming of the 

 next number of the American Bee Journal, be- 

 cause every page seems not a page of print 

 but alive with people asking and giving ex- 

 periences. 



This is a great fruit place and few bee-keep- 

 ers, so we are talking bees on every occasion, 

 because we delight in it. J". W. Greene, 



Lowell, Mich., June 9. 



A Non-swarming Process. 



« Our bees came through the winter in fair 

 condition except a few that had their honey 

 taken pretty close last fall. My crop of honey 

 last year was fine, therefore I took it very 

 close, and I would have lost 40 colonies out of 

 70 if I had not fed. But by close attention 

 and feeding often, I lost only 8. I now have 

 78 colonies, all of which I think will be honey- 

 gatherers, for the sour wood honey-fiow which 

 comes about June 25 and lasts till August 1. 

 or about 20 days. This is the only honey-flow 

 we have of any value excepting for brood- 

 rearing. My bees are very strong at this writ- 

 ing. Although I have 78 colonies, I haven't 

 had a single swarm issue. 



Possibly there are some of the younger bee- 

 keepers that would like to know something 

 about my non-swarming process. I say "young- 

 er bee-keepers," for I think there are several 

 who have a lesser number of colonies than I 

 have and they have a great many more swarms 

 than I do. 



My process is simple. We will say that all 

 of our bees have good queens; the majority 

 of these queens will swarm or fix to. So I be- 

 gin to make a round to each yard about every 

 8 days. The first queen-cell I find with an egg 

 I mash, and take that comb out and set it in 

 a nucleus, which we all have at this season of 

 year. I put an empty comb in its place, and 

 if it hasn't an empty super full of combs, I 

 go to the honey-house and get one and place 

 on it. They all get this process that show 

 signs of swarming, as above stated. Do not 

 put in a frame of foundation to prevent swarm- 

 ing, for it won't do. Bees dearly love to start 

 queen-cells on fresh drawn comb. So I always 

 use old combs as long as I have them. 



We are having an abundance of rain in this 

 country, which makes it bad on the bees. But 

 it is going to make a fine display of sourwood 

 bloom. 



I scan the pages of the good old American 

 Bee Journal closely, and certainly do enjoy 

 reading it. I wish it could come to my desk 

 every week. Geo. F. Jones. 



Elkin, N. C, June 3. 



Bees and the Cactus. 



On page 209, is an article by Mr. Otto 

 Sueltenfuss, San Antonio, Tex., about cactus 

 blooms being destructive to the bees. I had 

 no opportunity to study the case before, be- 

 cause this is my first year with bees, but I am 

 interested in natural history, and this is what 

 I have found out about those plants: 



The blossoms are sensitive. If you put the 

 end of your finger on the top of the stamens, 

 they close up immediately by curving towards 

 the center. That brings the pollen in contact 

 with the insect, insuring fertilization and some- 

 times keeping the insect prisoner among the 

 stamens. I have often found dead insects in 

 the closed flower. 



The observation at nearly sunset is correct. 

 The flowers close up in the evening. The bee 

 has been gathering nectar there in the day- 

 time, but when she comes back for more in the 

 evening, the stamens arre curved in and she 

 can not get at the nectar. That is probably 

 what makes the bees act in a frenzied manner, 

 as into.xicated, 



I will study more about it this summer and 



