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Vol. XIX, July 21, 1892. No. 4. 



" The Seeds we have sown with an earnest 

 will, 



Though among the thorns they fell, 

 The harvest may bring for the reaper's hand. 



The l-esult we cannot tell." 



Ants, it is said, are abated as a 

 nuisance in an apiary by scattering 

 fresh lime around the hives. 



'Why fiat send us one new name, 

 with $1.00, and get Doolittle's book on 

 "Scientific Queen-Rearing" as a premi- 

 um ? Read the offer on page 101. 



The Guadaloupe Bees, an 



exchange says, store their honey in 

 bladders of wax about as large as a 

 pigeon's egg, and not in combs. The 

 bees have no stings, are small, and of a 

 black color. The honey is of the oily 

 consistency, and never hardens. 



The "Weather and honey pros- 

 pects in England, the past few weeks, is 

 thus written about in the British Bee 

 Journal for June 23, 1892 : 



British bee-keepers still have much to 

 be thankful for, though not quite so 

 warm as we could wish for a few days. 

 Since we last wrote there has been sun- 

 shine enough to keep bees going on 

 fairly well, and a very satisfactory 

 quantity of early honey has already been 

 secured. The " Royal " show will have 

 tested its quantity, as well as its quality, 

 before these lines are read, but it is a 

 good sign, when we hear of several bee- 

 men having got off sufficient to complete 

 their entries for the exhibibition, and 

 that it •will certainly be staged. Thus 

 far, then, the weather has been kind to 

 us; how long it will last, it is hard to 

 say. 



From all quarters come encouraging 

 reports of the outlook ; bees in the south 

 have done very well indeed for a fort- 

 night past, and are now gathering honey 

 well on towards the north, so that after 

 all we may expect colonies to be at work 

 in supers all over the country by the 

 third week of the present month. 

 Swarming has not been excessive so far, 

 and altogether there is every hope of a 

 good and profitable season. 



The Michigan State Fair, De- 

 partment of Bees and Honey, have 

 made some changes In the premium list 

 for this year. Mr. J. H. Larrabee, of 

 Agricultural College, Mich., writes as 

 follows about if: 



I wish to call attention to several 

 changes in the premium list of the 

 Michigan State Fair, Department of 

 Bees and Honey. Entries close Sept. 

 2, 1892. All honey is to the product 

 of the exhibitor, and this year's crop. 

 Some premiums have been altered, and 

 a third premium has been added to 

 the whole list. It is hoped there will be 

 a larger exhibit by new men this year. 

 J. H. Larrabee. 



By Return Mail — Beautiful 



Queens of the 5-banded variety. Don't 

 miss this chance. One untested queen 

 in July, $1.00 ; 6 for $5.00. August 

 or September, 1 untested queen, 75 

 cents ; 6 for $4.00. — J. F. Michael, 

 German, Darke Co., Ohio. 



