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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



PUBLISHED MONTHLY 

 THE W. T. FALCONER MANFG. Co. 



PROPRIETORS. 

 H. E. HILL, - EDITOR, 



FORT PIERCE, FLA 



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April. 



The Pennsylvania State organiza- 

 tion of bee-keepers is progressing very 

 satisfactorily to the promoters. 



The breeder must have thorough- 

 bred stock, but the number and color 

 of bands count for nothing in the api- 

 ary worked for a honey crop. 



One of the most extensive bee-keep- 

 ers in America recently remarked: "I 

 have never known foul brood to flour- 

 ish where bees had access to salt." 



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 the matter your early attention. 



The Board of Health of San Francis- 

 co, Calif., is in pursuit of the honey 

 adulterators who have been plying 

 their nefarious schemes in that cit5^ 



'The Rocky Mountain Bee Journal 

 has enlarged to twentj'-four pages and 

 cover and increased its subscription 

 price from 50 cents to .$1.00 a year. It's 

 worth it. 



The Review says a New York bee- 

 keejier has devised a means whereby 

 swarming preparations may be recog- 

 nized without opening the hu^e; and 

 the scheme is to be patented. 



The Pacific States Bee Journal says: 

 "W. H. Pain, of Honoiulu, H. I., pro- 

 duced 300,000 pounds of extracted hon- 

 ey from 200 colonies of bees, last sea- 

 son." That's not so bad — an average of 

 three-fourths of a ton per colony (?"). 



In this number we are pleased to 

 present pictures of the Coggshall Bro- 

 thers, of Groton, N. Y. W. L. is seen 

 at the right and David H. at the left 

 in the picture. The photo was taken 

 last January, near the apiary of the 

 .writer, in Florida, as the gentlemen 

 were investigating local apicultural 

 resources. In connection with the ar- 

 ticle relative to Mr. Coggshall's apicul- 

 tural cai'eer also published in this is- 

 sue, we think this picture will prove 

 of exceptional interest to our readers. 



