905. 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



119 



icil ,some of this blood, such behavior 

 lidukl cause no surprise. Their do- 

 liis are sometimes inexplicable. — Edi- 



FROM AN AUSTRALIAN 

 READER. 



Sidney, Australia. March 23. 1905. 

 I'nlilishers American Bee-Keeper: 

 I':nelosed find money order, -wi!!! 

 Iiich please ci'edit my subscription ac- 

 miit one year. 



I think a great deal of your paiier, 

 id am always waiting for it when 

 10 steamers ari'ive from America. I 

 u ,sorry to say that owing to bush 

 I's and dry weather (no rain since 

 inc last) the honey crop in my lo- 

 lity has been practically a total fail- 

 •e, and will be so for a couple of 

 ■ars to come, a-s the ground has been 

 id absolutely bare by the tremendous 

 I'S which we have had this past sum- 



■V. 



Wishing you and the American Bee- 



■eper all the best of luck, I remain 



Yours faithfully, 



R. Nash. 



Mr. Sereno F. Payne, the chairman 

 of the "Ways and Means Committee, 

 we judge is the man to wlmm this bill 

 should bo presented, however this i-s 

 only a suggestion. If the Executive 

 Committee of the "National Bee-Keep- 

 er* Association" knows of a better 

 way to bring it before Congress, it is 

 their libert^^ to do so. but we must not 

 delay it, as we have but a limited 

 time before the next session of Con- 

 gress to do this work in. 



We pre-sume it is a good idea to dis- 

 cuss this question at the next Conven- 

 tion of the "National Bee-Keepers As- 

 isociation." 



Very respectfully, 

 Henry Reddert, Secy. 



FOR TARIFF REVISION. 



Cincinnati. O.. April 14, 1905. 



itor American Bee-Keeper: 



I'he recent agitation of the increase 

 ( tariff on Cuban ooimb honey is quite 

 (^ rited. judging Ijy the favorable re- 

 |es thiis Association has received. 

 We learn, from a responsible source, 

 tilt all foreign honey is taxed by this 

 (veniment twenty cents per gallon, 

 a twelve pounds to the gallon, no 

 ( tmction made as to coanb honey, but 

 ' all honey coming from Cuba, a re- 



1' i-s allowed of 20 per cent off the 

 ff amount, leaving the tariiT rate 

 ' nban honey sixteen cents per gal- 

 .■. All honey producers know it re- 

 Qires more honey to produce comb 

 hiiey tlian it does to produce extraot- 

 e or sti'ained honey, hence comb 

 liiey i-s rated too low. 



t the time the tariff rate on honey 

 \\> fixed, no doubt there was iit<:Ie 

 cub honey if any on the market, 

 h'ce the single rate. We undenstand 

 ttp I'umored that a revision of the 

 taff is to be undertaken, at the next 

 8ti;ion of Congress. If so, then will be 

 tt time to bring a proper bill regulat- 

 ■n the tarifE as to each kind of honey, 



' b and extracted. 



^Ir. Raudin succeeded in feeding 

 bees with white sugar in blocks. He 

 selected that sawed eighty blocks to 

 the pound as being the most conven- 

 ient size. As many pieces as possi- 

 ble were pushed down between the 

 combs and the others spread above, 

 if there was space enough. He also 

 reports a method of artificial swarm- 

 ing that has given him good results. 

 As soon as there is five combs of 

 brood in the hives, he takes one 

 and the adhering bees out of each 

 colony and makes new colonies (or 

 swarms) by giving each one five of 

 the combs. Each of these new col- 

 onies is put on the stand of one of the 

 most populous of the apiary and be- 

 side that fed with blocks of sugar. In 

 his locality, the swarms thus made 

 build early enough to give a satisfac- 

 tory surplus. — L'Apiculteur. 



Before buying new supplies get the 

 catalogues of the various manu- 

 facturers, see what you think will 

 suit you best — if necessary write and 

 ask questions — and when you have 

 decided then buy and do not let the 

 matter of a few extra miles of freight 

 charges stand in the way. Well made 

 goods suited to your needs are cheap- 

 er than less desirable goods at lower 

 cost. Better send across the conti- 

 nent to get the desired tool than try 

 to put up with something you do not 

 like because you can get it near 

 home. 



The mill will never grind with the 

 water that is parsed. — ^McCuUum. 



