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well be obtained from the combs in a 

 clear state.' The bumble bee and the 

 honey-making bee proper are cousins. 

 Scientifically speaking, they are families 

 belonging to the same order. Four 

 species of lioney bees are known. Tluee 

 of them are indigenous to India, and are 

 found nowhere save in that part of the 

 wodd. The fourth, known as "Mellifica," 

 is distributed all over the globe. It in- 

 cludes a num'oer of varieties, all of which 

 were very likely derived from one stock 

 at the beginning. Bees, like rats, 



UAAE SPRKAD WITH MAN, 



though from a different cause. They 

 have accompanied the human race as 

 servants, not as scavengers. There were 

 no bees in America until the seventeenth 

 century, when the common black variety 

 was brought over from Germany. It is 

 tliat kind which swarms all over the 

 United States to-day. But within re- 

 cent years beekeeping has been reduced 

 to scientific principles, and so it has been 

 sought to procure from abroad finer 

 breeds. Important among these is the 

 Italian,which was brought to this country 

 first in 1 85 9. Italian bees have many 

 advantages from the industrial point of 

 view. They are docile and easily 

 handled ; they are very prolific, and they 

 protect their hives better tlian the black 

 ones do from the ravages of the wax 

 moths, Tiiese moths lay their eggs in 

 the coml)s, and 'the larvae feed upon the 

 wax and pollen, destroying the cells. 

 In 1881 Mr. Benton, a well-known ex- 

 pert, went abroad, and brought hither 

 other choice breeds from Cyprus, Syria 

 and Palestine. These, particularly the 

 Cyprian, are very handsome. Nowadays 

 beekeepers select tlieir stock as carefully 

 as farmers do cattle. 



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On July 25, 189 1, Joseph Place of 

 Fillmore, Ohio, wrote thus : "The queen 

 you sent me is doing wonderfully well. 

 She beats anything I ever saw before. 

 I have reared three nice queens from her, 

 almost exact duplicates of their mother. 

 I value her very highly. ^15 would not 

 buy her." 



EDITORIAL NOTES. 



Ivar S. Young. 



Many of tlic rcr.dcrs of the Xvi will re- 

 member the \ i ^i I < ) r 1 1 1 i >< distinguished Nor- 

 wegian apiariM \n iiiis country several 

 years ago in the employ of the government 

 of Norway to investigate our method of 

 bee culture. 



Mr. Young, though quite a young man, 

 died on Dec.'lO, 1891. Had he lived till Apr., 

 1892, he would have been 55 years old. 



Mr. Young had never been in this coun- 

 try before, yet he could speak the English- 

 language fluently and used all our common 

 phrases and words in a very familiar man- 

 ner. I remarked to him that he was won- 

 derfully familiar with the English lan- 

 guage, but he thought otherwise. 



The Bay State Avas the first apiary vis- 

 ited by Mr. Young after landing on our 

 shores. After spending one day and night 

 here, he started on atrip westward, vivSit- 

 ing all the prominent American beekeepei'S. 



Mr. Young was considered one of the 

 best practical apiarists in Norway, and for 

 that reason Avas chosen to edit the only 

 publication in that country devoted to bee 

 culture. We regretted that his stay here 

 Avas so brief, as he seemed to us very kind- 

 hearted and a gentleman in every respect. 



Ivar S. Young was the son of a farmer 

 A\dio died Avheu'lvar was six months old. 

 He not having much taste for farming, 

 Avent to Christiana to take a High School 

 course. After graduating, having a taste 

 for business, he Avent to Scotland to ac- 

 quire some knowledge of the same. After 

 a year and a half he returned, and estab- 

 lished himself in business in Christiana. 

 Mr. Young leaves a AvidoAV, four sons and 

 tAYO daughters. 



Most all the supply dealers advise bee- 

 keepers to order their supplies early. 

 The Api advises all to order when they 

 please and have the cash to send with 

 the order. 



Some of those Avho have sent articles 

 to the Api do not understand the im- 



