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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



luthor of the. insult. Language may advice freely abound. 

 K' at once, forceful and respectful. 

 Some of our correspondents might 

 -proht by this suggestion. 



Some bee-keepers manage to get 

 ilong without the expense of a bee 

 paper. It may be economy to do so, 

 )ut a reading of Mr. Johnson's article, 

 'Convention Echoes," in this number. 



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Swarthmore's 

 enterprise is the kind that wins — it's 

 the kind that has faith for its backing 

 and the modern business tact and 

 pluck to proclaim that faith to the 

 world. 



HANDLING Bii^ESWAX. 



The Australasian Bee-Keeper recent- 



eads one to surmise that it is False ly offered a prize for the best article 



Economy, and not the kind that aids on "How I Would Deal with Cappings 



uccess. The loss of two cents per to Produce Clear Yellow Wax." The 



pound on 12,000 pounds of honey, as various replies offered in competition 



esult of the producer not having kept are quite interesting, 



[liniself informed, represents an Several competitors advocate strain- 



imount sutlicient to pay for every bee ing the wax through thin cloth mate- 



iournal published in the United States rial as a means of removing specks of 



or a period of forty-eight years. dirt, etc. The articles appear to be 



■ • written by experienced apiarists, and 



A particularly noteworthy para- this journal is therefore led to won- 



p-aph in the article of 1\.t. Spanswich, der if any of our American experts 



n this number, is that in which he practice this straining process. In 



leclines to believe that Mr. Benton our experience, or rather observation, 



landles bees without a veil. Our es- the straining of beeswax has been con- 



:eemed British correspondent might fined to some kitchen, and the opera- 



)e surprised to learn that, perhaps, tor has invariably been an operator- 



±e majority of American specialists ess (?). However, we think the plan 



lo not use a veil or other protection a useless one, as well as wasteful. If 



5ver the face at all. The writer has a body of melted wax is kept at a 



nanipulated several thousand colon- high temperature without being in any 



es during the past twelve years, and ^^y agitated, all particles of foreign 



luring that period has never used a j^^tter that could be strained out, may 



/eil-wouldn t be bothered with such be skimmed from the upper surface 



thing under any ordinary circum- before cooling, or removed from the 



itances. Cyprians are the only race bottom of the cake after. 

 jr strain of bees the handling of which 



ieemed to demand face protection. 

 With them a cast-iron coat of mail is 

 lardly adequate to the demands. 



Following are some of the notewor- 

 thy ideas of our Australian brethren: 

 ''Light-colored honey makes light- 

 colored wax, and the darker the honey 

 the deeper yellow is the wax obtained. 

 Yet I have never seen light-colored 



"Increase" is the title of a handsome 

 jrochure recently received at this of- 1 . • , r , , 



ke. It is printed and published by wax obtained from brood combs. 



:he author, Mr. E. L. Pratt, of ^ ^^ variation in the color of dif- 



'Swarthmore" fame, and it is exactly [^^^^} swarms of bees of the same 



n line with the "Swarthmore" style of ^^^^'^ ^^^ ^^ observed when they 



Inino- tlnincrc "rlr,np „r^ Krr^„„•, " xv,^ cousume the samc kind of food in 



making it, just as the butter varies 

 slightly when made from the milk of 



ioing things — "done up brown." The 

 swarthmore outfit has achieved more 

 :han national prominence of late, 

 several awards of the highest order <^°ws of the same breed and fed alike." 

 '^ lave been won in European competi- Somewhat upon the same line, an- 

 ions by Mr. Pratt's noted strain of other writer observes: "You may 

 )ees, while his ingenious queen-rear- deal with cappings in the most up-to- 

 ng devices are obviously in the lead date, scientific methods and still fail 

 ilmost the world over. The little to produce a clear yellow wax, be- 

 )Ook is executed in a highly artistic cause it is only where the honey is 

 ityle, with several beautiful photo- procured from certain plants and trees 

 graphic reproductions of a tone which that it is possible to have a clear yel- 

 larmonizes beautifully with the stock low wax." He then proceeds to name 

 ipon which they are printed, and nug- a list of nectar-yielding plants and 

 :ets of wisdom, philosophy and good trees during a flow from which the 



