1905. 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



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 by the uninitiated. 



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The Swarthmore Shops presided 

 over by that versatile genius, E. L. 

 Pratt, Swarthmore, Pa., have issued 

 another nicely illustrated booklet on 

 queen-rearing by the Swarthmore 

 methods. Its title is, 'Baby Nuclei." 

 It is "hand made," and is brim full of 

 interest to those interested in the 

 rearing of queens. Swarthmore is a 

 real disseminator of enthusiasm. 



The American Buscuit Company, 

 one of the most extensive baking in- 

 stitutions in the world, and, by the 

 way, heavy consumers of extracted 

 honey, it is said, advise consumers of 

 its product to "spread with honey." 

 Should the National Biscuit Company 

 incorporate such good advice into its 

 general advertising, wholesome results 

 may be expected to accrue to honey 

 producers. 



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Older and (perhaps) wiser contem- 

 poraries have said that the United 

 States has nothing to fear from West 

 Indian competition in the honey bus- 

 iness. The American Bee-Keeper has 

 and continues to maintain that West 

 Indian competition is to become a 

 very formidable competitor for Amer- 

 incan trade in our line. Last season 

 saw the introduction of the conditions 

 prophesied. Let the reader observe 

 the results of 1905 in this connection, 

 and judge as to whether we are upon 

 a solid footing under the present tar- 

 iff schedule. 



The Bee-Keeper has arranged with 

 Mr. W. J. Davis, 1st, of Youngsville, 

 Pa., one of the successful veteran bee- 

 keepers, to write a series of historical 

 letters for publication. Every season 

 adds hundreds of new readers to our 

 subscription list^ and to these espe- 

 cially, will this series be interesting 

 and instructive, as all the important 

 events in the history, of apiculture in 

 America from 1845 to the present will 



A BASE REFLECTION. 



"Is that all The Bee-Keepers that go 

 to that State?" queried a green assist- 

 ant in our mailing department last 

 month, as he lifted the Kansas bun- 

 dle into the mail sack. "Kansas ought 

 to be good for bees," he continued, 

 with the know-it-all air that charac- 

 terizes green hands. 



"Why should it be good for bees?" 

 asked the old hand, who, of course, 

 has; the nectar-yielding capacity of 

 every state and territory down pat. 



"Well, it's good for nothing else, 

 and it ought to be good for some- 

 thing " came the prompt response. 



We have great hopes for the future 

 ot this recent acquisition. 



