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time a number of these queens North, 

 trying to break the record on surplus. 

 Just here I hear that fellow remark, 

 ' another trick to sell queens.' Not 

 quite, my dear sir. I have the first 

 queen yet to sell for lucre." 



I have sent for a queen, and expect to 

 know something about these big bees 

 by actual, personal experience. — W. Z. 

 Hutchinson, in Bee-Keepers 1 Review. 



Keeping Bees from Annoying at Fairs. 



It will soon be time now to hold our 

 county fairs ; and at such times the bees 

 and candy-men are liable to come in con- 

 flict. Every year, until last year, our 

 bees fairly swarmed around the candy- 

 stands. Although there was a dearth 

 of honey, we managed to keep the bees 

 at home from the last fair. On the 

 morning of each day of the fair, we 

 blew tobacco smoke into the entrances 

 of every one of our colonies ; this was 

 repeated along about noon. The effect 

 was to stupefy the bees, and to make 

 them stay at home. As a further pre- 

 caution we provided each of the candy- 

 men with wire-cloth paddles, with wire- 

 cloth in the centers, the wire-cloth being 

 used to prevent the bees from being 

 fanned away or to one side, in hitting at 

 them on the wing. With these, every 

 candy-man was to kill the first bee that 

 came around ; for we told them that 

 every bee that went away loaded would 

 bring back a dozen more. The effect of 

 the tobacco smoke and the wire-cloth 

 paddles was magical ; and the casual 

 observer would have said, standing 

 around the candy-stands, that not a 

 bee came around. At the previous fair, 

 our bees made so much trouble that the 

 candy-men threatened to sue us for 

 damages, because the bees swarmed the 

 stands so strong that people were afraid. 

 We have mentioned this before, but it 

 will bear repetition for the benefit of 

 those who have bees located near fair 

 grounds, and who should do everything 

 in their power to prevent bees fTom 

 being a nuisance. — Gleanings. 



One Field of 100,000 Lilies. 



This is a sight to be seen only on 

 picturesque islands of the Bermudas. 

 There these flowers are raised as a reg- 

 ular field crop. In value and in the es- 

 teem of the inhabitants they come next 

 to the potato, though both are less es- 

 teemed than the onion, which is the 

 staple crop of the islands. No more 



beautiful sight can be imagined than at 

 this season of the year greets the eye of 

 the traveler as he comes suddenly upon 

 one of these fields, hundreds of yards 

 square, and a mass of most fragrant 

 white. 



Unfortunately, the lily fields are not 

 in the most profitable state. The beau- 

 tiful bloom represents to its owners 

 waste, for the lilies should be marketed 

 in the form of buds. They are cut 

 from the stems and packed in cases, 64 

 in a box, and sent by express all over 

 the United States! If kept in a cool, 

 dry place, the buds will remain without 

 opening for several weeks, while by 

 being placed in water they can be 

 brought to perfection in a day or two ; 

 or, if the water is slightly warmed, in a 

 few hours. This fortunate peculiarity 

 of the lily has made it possible for it to 

 be transported notwithstanding the long 

 journey. 



The culture was introduced only a 

 few years ago upon the Bermudas by an 

 American gentleman, Gen. Hastings. 

 Some of the largest fields are still owned 

 by this gentleman, and it is said that on 

 one of them at any time in the season 

 over 100,000 lilies may be seen in 

 bloom at the same time. — Buffalo Ex- 

 press. 



Bee Journal Posters, printed 

 in two colors, will be mailed free upon 

 application. They may be used to ad- 

 vantage at Fairs over Bee and Honey 

 Exhibits. We will send sample copies 

 of the Bee Journal to be used in con- 

 nection with the Posters in securing 

 subscribers. Write a week before the 

 Fair, telling us where to send them. We 

 would like to have a good agent at every 

 Fair to be held this year. Here is a 

 chance for a live man — or woman. 



Your Subscription to the Bee 



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 and thus show your appreciation of our 

 efforts in your behalf. Look at your 

 wrapper-label, and if the date looks like 

 this—" Dec91," that $1.00 sent to this 

 office will make it look like this — Dec92. 



The Globe Bee- Veil, which we offer 

 on the third page of this number of the 

 Bee Journal, is just the thing. You 

 can get it for sending us only three new 

 subscribers, with $3.00. 



