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ieved, majr be said of the flowers of the 

 pimpernel, and also the hibiscus flowers. 



When the flowers of the sorrel open it 

 is said to be a sure sign of fine weather, but 

 if they close it will rain. If the flowers of 

 the carline thistle close there will be a 

 storm. The expanding flowers of cinquefoi 

 suggest rain, but tkeir closing means fine 

 weather. 



The African marigold flowers close beSore 

 rain ; while the scales of the teasel, press- 

 kig close together, pretty surely mean rain. 



J%o Bee-Keepers' 4jiiutle have we 

 Deceived since the April number. We wrote 

 to Mr. Hill, its publisher, bui not receiving 

 any reply to our recfuest, we concluded 

 that perhaps the publication of the Guide 

 had been discontinued. It may be that it 

 is taking a "vacation" for the summer, 

 and will be on hand again when cool 

 weather appears. Then, it may be pe^ssible 

 that Mr. Hill found it rather up- Hill woi% 

 to keep up its publication, although it was 

 in its 17th year. 



Wintering: Bees Under Ola^s 



has been experimeuited with by Mr. E. L. 

 Pratt, of Beverly, Mass. Here is what he 

 aays about it in the last number of the 



E)it(Tprise : 



It has long been a hobby of mine to win- 

 ter and spring bees under glass, in the hope 

 that I could force them along in the spring 

 to early swarming, by the aid of the sun, 

 a la hot-house. For tliree years I have car- 

 ried on experiments in many different 

 W.ays, some of which were successful, while 

 others were a great loss to me in time and 

 bees. I believe a winter case can be made 

 to do the work I am now doing with my 

 glass bee-house, and another season I shall 

 fit some up with glass on the same principle 

 of my glass house. Now that I have dis- 

 covered the secret of success with the glass 

 arrangement, I have no doubt that it will 

 work as well as the hoase, thus doing away 

 with the expense of a large structure. If 

 the winter ca.w plan will work well, the 

 case now in general use can be used, and 

 ttie only expense will be inserting a light 

 of glaiiBs at the front, and the admtion of a 

 ventilator or two. We will see. 



Apiarian ICxperinientM. — Owing 

 to being crowded with other and more 

 pressing matter this week, we were com- 

 pelled to defer until our next issue the com- 

 pletion of Mr. Larrabee's interesting report 

 of exjjeriments made at the Michigan Ex- 

 periment Sta<lou last year. 



Bro. Alley gave us a very kind notice 

 in the July ApicuUurist, which reads as fol- 

 lows: 



I tell you, readers, Bro. York is doing 

 wonderfully well with the old American 

 Bee Journal. Each issue of that paper is 

 certainly an improvement upon the pre- 

 vious one. I am really surprised at the 

 advancement Bro. York is making. 



We wish to thank Bro. Alley for his kind- 

 ness in thus speaking of us and our work. 

 We are glad, also, to notice that he drtdn't 

 refer to our journal as simply ''A. B. J.," 

 as quite a number of our fellow editors 

 have unwisely persisted in doing. What 

 sense would there be in our saying " G. in B. 

 C." when we meant Oleauinys in Bee-Culturef 

 Or " B.-K. R." for Bee-Keepet-s^ Bmiew ? Or 

 '"P. B.-K." for Progressive Bee-Keeper? Or 

 "A. A." for Armerican ApicuUurist ? No one 

 except a profeseonal guesser or interpreter 

 could explain their meaning. 



It is all right to abbreviate when writing 

 pe^rsonal letters, but when it comes to pub- 

 lishing we don't believe in blind abbrevia- 

 tions. We want to thank the editors of 

 both the Arnericon AjjicuUurist and Oleauinys 

 in Bee-Culture for their efforts to set a good 

 example in the line suggested above. 



Gilucosiug' Honey in California is 

 thus written about by Mr. C. N. Wilson, in 



the liaral Californian : 



There is much tribulation in certain 

 quarters about California glucosed honey. 

 After some close attention to this matter, 

 we are of the opinion that there is a "great 

 cry and no wool." as to the adulteration of 

 honey with glucose in Southern California. 

 It is a fact that no glucose is manufactured 

 on this coast. Tlie freight charges on the 

 article coupled with the expense of adul- 

 terating our honey here, would leave but a 

 small margin for the manipulator. There 

 is a statement going the rounds of bee- 

 papers, coming from a would-be shining 

 light, that he knows of extensive mingling 

 of honey and glucose in this State. If 

 there is, that party shpuld at once proceed 

 to prosecute the gulity pan-ties, as our Cali- 

 fornia law furnishes an ample remedy in 

 such cases. 



Honey us Koo<l and Medicine, 



if g^enerously, yet judiciously, distributed, 

 will heljp Iw sell almost any quantity of 

 honey. Try a few of them and see what 

 splendid " salesmen " they are. We have 

 increased the size from 10 pages to 33, 

 though the prices are just the same as be- 

 fore. See page % of this issue for further 

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