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THE AMERTCAN liEE-KKEPER 



February 



kill many of the young bees. The su- 

 gar was said to be imported from Ger- 

 many. 



F. Greiner. 



BELGIUM. 

 In July, 1901, a correspondent found 

 in one of his colonies two nueeiis. 

 daughter and mother. lie left both. 

 The old one was almost hairless, with 

 the abdomen very small. He often 

 examined them and found them al- 

 ways together. Only the young one 

 was laying. The first of August, 1902. 

 over a year later, he found them for 

 the first time separated, the old one 

 too weak to follow the other. She died 

 shortly after. (Le Rucher Beige.) 



The Rucher Beige has an article (by 

 M. Leger) concerning winter feediJig, 

 in which the use of honey is strongly 

 advocated. But if honey cannot be 

 had, sugar must be used. He advo- 

 cates boiling the sugar until it becomes 

 syrup and add tartaric acid. The boil- 

 ing and the addition of tartaric acid 

 have the effect of inverting (chemical- 

 ly) the sugar, making it thus similar 

 to the honey itself and more easily di- 

 gested by the bees. He disapproves 

 of using vinegar instead of tartaric 

 acid. Often the vinegar is adulterated. 

 If pure it has little inverting power. 

 Several other writers advise adding a 

 little salt to the syrup. 



Adrian Getaz. 



Worcester, Mass., Jan. 11, 1904. 

 Mr. Editor: I presume you have 

 looked many times among obituary no- 

 tices for the death of the Worcester 

 County Bee-Keepers' Associiition. 

 This society was born April, 1900. It 

 was not a very strong child and dur- 

 ing that year it did not accomplish 

 very much. In 1901 it gained a little, 

 but in 1902 a decline set in which al- 

 most finished the weakling. In 1903 

 its strength M^as renewed, and when 

 the year closed we found we had had 

 a full year. No meeting was missed, 

 and to close up the year we had as 



speaker Arthur C. Miller, of Provi- 

 dence, R. I. Many hnve lieconie ac- 

 quainted with Mr. :Miller through the 

 pages of The American Bee-Keeper, 

 but to hear him speak is a much richer 

 treat. That Mr. Miller is thoroughly 

 posted uiion all mntters pertaining to 

 bees was shown by the answer he gave 

 to the many questions that were hurled 

 at him from all sides. 



We had a very large attendance, and 

 it wns "the voice of the multitude" 

 we have ]\Ir. Miller again. 



Our Worcester County Association 

 now has a membership of 59. We are 

 endeavoring to work up a list of bee- 

 keepers of the county, and when this 

 is completed we hope it will hnve a 

 tendency to increase our membership. 

 We had only one outing during 1903, 

 but that Wiis so enjoyable it will not 

 be soon forgotten. 



Yours truly, 



C. R. Russell. 



Blnck River. N. Y., .Tan. 8, 1904. 



Mr. Editor: We hnve formed a Jef- 

 ferson County Bee-Keepers' Society 

 with the following officers: 



President, M. C. Harrington, Water- 

 tOM-n. 



1st Vice-President, A. A. French, 

 Black River. 



2nd Vice-President, Pearl Symonds. 

 Rodman. 



Secretary, Geo. B. Howe, Black 

 River. 



Trensurer. D. R. Hardy Watertown. 



All bee-keepers are invited to join. 

 Dues ."fl.OO T)er annum. 



Very truly yours, 



Geo. B. Howe, Sec. 



South Wales, N. Y. Dec. 11, 1903. 

 Editor Bee-Keeper: My report for 

 Inst season, with (iO colonies, is as fol- 

 lows: 4.0S0 pounds white, and 710 

 pounds dnrk. extracted honey and in- 

 creased to 98. I distribute every copy 

 of the Bee-Keeper that comes to me, 

 among bee-keeping acquaintances. 

 Respectfully yours. 



J. W. Tefft. 



I greatly enjoy The American Bee- 

 Keeper, and think it the equal, if not 

 superior to the high-priced journals. I 

 for one, cannot afford to be without it 

 — L. B. Smith. 



