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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Dr. Miller's Stray-Straws in 



Gleanings for Nov. 1st, are unusually 

 " glistening" in their amber brightness. 

 "We " transplant " a few of his " straws" 

 for the benefit of our readers who ad- 

 mire the " stray-stawing " Doctor : 



Commission men, this year, are send- 

 ing out, offering to buy honey. That 

 tells its own story. 



And now the American Bee Journal 

 has gone to calling names — calls me a 

 "stray-strawer." Et tu, Brute ?* 



Henry Alley sounds a warning against 

 introducing queens that produce five- 

 banded bees. He says : "As surely as 

 you do it, your apiaries will be ruined, 

 and you will soon give up keeping bees, 

 in disgust." 



" The old reliable " American Bee 

 Journal has washed its face, combed its 

 hair, and put on a spick and span new 

 ■' holiday suit which it means to wear 52 

 times in the year. It is really gotten up 

 in delightful manner, f 



Non-smokers, in the last graduating 

 class in Amherst College, have gained 

 in weight 24 per cent, over the smokers; 

 in height, 37 per cent. ; in chest girth, 

 32 per cent. ; and in lung capacity, 

 8 36/100 cubic inches. — Medical News. 



E. F. Quigley says the cause of swarm- 

 ing is nature. Well, if that's all I guess 

 we can manage it. It's nature to raise 

 lots of drones, but we stop that by cut- 

 ting out drone-comb. Now, tell us, Bro. 

 Quigley, " what in nater " is the partic- 

 ular thing that makes the swarming, 

 and we'll fix 'em. 



I've been laid up with a lame back. 

 To turn over in bed was exquisite tor- 

 ture. I've enjoyed it — enjoyed the 

 thought that so little of my life I've 

 been unable to get around, and the 

 thought that I have such kind friends 

 when I can't take care of myself. I 

 might have forgotten it but for this little 

 spell. I'm nearly myself again.:): 



Does freezing hurt comb honey ? Gen- 

 erally speaking, yes, very decidedly — 

 cracks, granulates, leaks — in fact, frozen 

 comb honey is generally ruined as a 

 first-class article. But not always. I 

 knew two cases, one in Illinois, one in 

 Pennsylvania, where honey was frozen 

 all winter in an attic without injury. 

 But it had been roasted in that attic 

 through the summer. At least some 

 honey, if rich enough and thick enough, 

 is not hurt by freezing. 



"Swarms without queens will not 

 double up by going to a strange hive," 



says friend Dibbern. If he means 

 swarms that have clipped queens, so 

 that the queens cannot go with them, 

 I'm sure the rule does not hold good 

 with my bees. I can't see how it would 

 make any difference whether the queen 

 were fastened in the hive or tumbling 

 around on the ground ; still, facts can- 

 not be disputed ; and if it proves true in 

 the case of self-hives, it's a big item in 

 favor of hivers. 



*We don't see what else Dr. Miller 

 could expect, when he tries to "show 

 which way the wind blows " by persist- 

 ing in sticking out his " straws " for the 

 wind to strike them. We think that 

 must have been the first time he was 

 ever " Yorked." We're just awfully sorry 

 we called him such a hard name, and 

 we'll stop whenever he quits "swearing 

 back" in Latin. 



fit must be that the Doctor thought the 

 face of the " Old Reliable " was not only 

 getting wrinkled with age, but was 

 dirty, besides. Well, with its " hair 

 combed" and "new suit" on.it feels 

 just as it looks — happy and bright — like 

 a fellow who has just proposed to his 

 " best girl," and has been accepted. The 

 Doctor may be can remember how he 

 felt once in his life. 



tAll present regretted the Doctor's in- 

 ability to attend the Illinois State Con- 

 vention, held a few weeks ago. We, as 

 well as hosts of others who are Dr. M.'s 

 friends, are rejoiced to know that he is 

 nearly " himself again." When one is 

 " laid up " with his " back down," as the 

 Doctor was, about tne only thing he can 

 " enjoy," we should imagine, would be 

 just such a thought as was happily sug- 

 gested to the manufacturer of " Stray 

 Straws." 



A Good Friend of the Bee Jour- 

 nal attended a bee-convention recently, 

 and secured as subscribers every mem- 

 ber present, that was not already on our 

 list. This shows what the right kind of 

 work will do. Have you, reader, tried 

 to get your friend or neighbor to sub- 

 scribe for the Bee Journal ? 



