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the York State honey exhibit when I 

 saw it, but I then thought that some 

 other State would come in at the elev- 

 enth hour and knock the pins from 

 under the former's show. That they 

 have not done it is in a great measure 

 their own fault. And though it has not 

 been done, it does not prove that the 

 Empire State is the best honey State in 

 the Union. If I am not mistaken, the 

 best honey-producing State in this coun- 

 try is not represented at all at the big 

 Fair But after all, is it not a small 

 affair to fight about. What difference 

 does it make which State yields the 

 greatest amount of honey, so long as we 

 know that it is produced under the 

 "stars and stripes ?" 



A bee with its business end taken off 

 is, beyond doubt, a very tame affair; the 

 American ApicuUurist, it seems to me, 

 is a very tame concern with the best 

 part of its name sunk into oblivion, if I 

 may be allowed to use the word. Why 

 Editor Alley should always prefer to 

 write the name of the ApicuUurist with 

 the first three letters of the name, in- 

 stead of all of the letters, is something 

 that I cannot account for. It is true 

 that it is none of my business, still, I 

 cannot help but say something on the 

 subject, and I hope the " Api" the next 

 time I see it, will be something more 

 than an abreviated, sawed-ofl and ham- 

 mered down bee-keeper. 



The Stinger does not give the follow- 

 ing as gospel truth, but there is more 

 truth than poetry in it, nevertheless : 



Blessed is the man that sits down on a 

 bee's sting, for he shall rise again. 



The pen is said to be mightier than 

 the sword ; but sometimes a bee's sting 

 is mightier than either the pen or the 

 sword. 



Capons and Caponizing, by 



Edward Warren Sawyer, M. D., Fanny 

 Field, and others. It shows in clear 

 language and illustrations all about 

 caponizing fowls; and thus how to 

 make the most money in poultry-raising. 

 Every poultry-keeper should have it. 

 Price, postpaid, 30 cents ; or clubbed 

 with Bek Journal one year, for $1.10. 



A Binder for holding a year's num- 

 bers of the Bee Journal we mail for 

 only 50 cents; or clubbed with the 

 Journal for $1.40. 



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Beeville. Texas. 



Cleaning Out the Bee-Moth. 



While the bee-moth is practically no 

 enemy to the honey-producer who un- 

 derstands his business, it is quite differ- 

 ent with the queen-breeder. While I sit 

 here and write this, the boys are "house- 

 cleaning for the bees," as they call it. 

 During the dry, hot summer through 

 which we have just passed, we have had 

 considerable trouble to keep our nuclei 

 free from moth. We are to-day giving 

 the apiaries a thorough going over, and 

 cleaning as we go. 



We have a large boiler filled with 

 water, boiling all the time, and on the 

 start we scrape and scald out a wheel- 

 barrow load of hives, and then take the 

 apiary row by row. We place each 

 nucleus in a clean hive on just what 

 combs they can well cover and protect. 

 Some one may think this a heap of 

 trouble and work for beekeeping, but I 

 tell you it is absolutely necessary, as 

 moth-eggs and little spiders are in all 

 the crevices and nooks, and a thorough 

 cleaning and scalding kills all trace of 

 either. Then, to preserve the extra 

 combs we soak them in clear water for 

 two or three hours, place them in the 

 extractor and throw out the water, and 

 hang in a dry place until wanted. 



Jennie Atciiley. 



Moving Bees in Carload Lots. 



Quite a number of readers are asking 

 how I manage to ship bees in carload 

 lots. Well, as I have considerable ex- 

 perience along this line, I will give it 

 for the benefit of others. 



First, if the weather is warm I only 

 allow 7 frames of comb to a 10-frame 

 Simplicity hive, and as 14 frames the 

 width of my top-bars, will just crowd in 

 close and tight, I place in one empty 



