1904. 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



209 



"Swift as thought the flitting shade 

 *Thro' air liis momentary journey 

 made." 



elusion that, when a colony is found HARDSCRABBLE LETTER NO. 2. 



infected, immediate destruction is the 



■;afest course to take. A-h-h-h-h 



Yes, we bee-keepers are very apt to 

 chase after every ij,niis fatuus that 

 iomes along, only to regret it — after we 

 "ake time to look around and see where 

 we are at. 



Then let us make haste slowly in Yes, I can flit when I have to, but I 

 chasing after eveii-y now-fangled thing don't have to, don't want to and don't, 

 that so frequently bobs up above the The trouble is with you uns. You get 

 bee-keeping horizon. nervous. Now nerves are a nuisance, 



Turbotville, Pa., Aug. 8, 1904. most wuss nor a super-sensitive con- 



science. Oh vou needn't run over in 



KEEPING DOWN AN EXCESS OF your mind a list of the boys to see who 



POLLEN. 



By C. S. Harris. 



D 



has one. It would take too long and 

 the final collection would be blamed 

 small. Consciences interfere powerful 

 bad with the "borrowing" practice, 



EACON HARDSCRABBLE wish 4. , , • , 



es I would tell of some way of ^''^"f troublesome memories, and g-en- 

 keeping superfluous pollen out f "f "^ T^ transgressors uncomfor- 



table for which reason, Harry, 

 you will find most of the boys 

 keep there's locked up at least 

 six days in the week. Talking 



if the hives. This is something I have 



lever sought to do. for in those cases 



v'here it was crowding the brood-nest, 



vhen brood was most desirable, I have ^ . • ^ ^ n , ., 



emedied the trouble, to some extent ?^ .^„?"f,^'^^a^^. J"ll_"^!"L^"^_.^!^^! 



to drink. (Please pass some of that 



lemonade of Popp's.) Why? Oh I can't 



bother to say. But that Hewitt chap 



introduce Punics to 



uns won't have 'em 



t least, by an exchange of combs. 

 To tell the truth, I have never yet 

 ound it necessary to remove any pol- . . 11 + 



?n from combs, although this locality ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^'"^ ^^ 



3 strong in pollen, for the bees manage ^'^ ""'^ ^"^^^ ."" *^ , t *i ^ .. ^^ ^. 

 o make use of it in the course of the ^^"^^^^^ "^l ^}^' f^*l ] thought that 

 gggQQ you were trying to help him out by 



I have run up against more than one ^"^^ing that article from the "Field." 

 eason of late when nothing but pollen GeewhiHikms, Harry, didn t you see 

 * '- those Punics went to India in a 



"Holland's gin case'' and when they 

 got there "were fed a stimulating 



pas being stored, and I assure you I 



welcomed it. even if in undue quality, 



or I have learned that sugar syrup „ ^^ ^ t ■ • 



. not a complete food, but ^hen ^^y^P^ ^^'J ^f ^^' ^'^^« ^° »'° ^^'^ 



ounded out with pollen will answer its f "*1 ^^^^ stimulants need never expect 



urpose. And bees are better engaged *? ^^ received by the elect 'of these 



diggings. Never for an instant, my 

 boy, for 'twould spoil their gold brick 

 trade. 



From the looks of the trail of 

 Swarthmore's queeui and drone one 

 wonders what kind of stimulating 



Holly Hill,Fla., Feb. 12, 1904. 

 Bees Make Record. 



1 bringing in pollen than in nosing 

 round for mischief. 

 The use of perforated metal at the 

 ntrance of hives, when pollen was 

 oming in too freely, might give some 



elief, as many loads will be scrapped ^, 1, , tt n /i mi- t 1 



rom the pollen baskets as the bees ^^7"^ t^^T,^f .• Holland, Flip, Jvilep or 

 jj^gj, what? What is your favorite. Brother 



Swarthmore? Mine's Julep. 



Let's see "stimulating" is the key- 

 note of the feeding habit. I just won- 

 der where the boys got the idea. Y''ou 



Cross Mills, Pa., July 29.-One of d^'"',* '^P^^^ '^^^^ ^°^'^^ «^ ^''^'^' ^« 

 ae best harvests of honey ever re- ^^^j 

 5rded in Berks county, was made by 

 16 veteran bee-keeper, John Dleffen- 

 ack who is considered one of the best " 



ee culturists in this country. From The Southwestern Bee Company, H. 

 )ur colonies of bees he extracted a H. Hyde. Sec'y., 4.3S W. Houston St., 

 narter ton of honey. San Antonio, "Texas, is a new subscrip- 



The bees are known as Italian bees, tion agency at which patrons of The 

 -Philadelphia Inquirer. Bee-Keeper may enroll. 



ell, mv pipe's gone out, so I guess 

 I'll be "flitting" A-h-h-h-huh! 



