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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



JUD 



THE 



American Bee=Keeper 



FCBLISHED MOXTHLY. 



THE W. T. FALCONER MANFG. CO. 



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PUBLISHING OFFICE, 

 HOME OFFICE. - ■ 



Fort Pierce Fla. 

 Falconer, N. Y. 



HARRY E. HILL, 

 ARTHUR C. MILLER, 



- - - Editor 

 Associate Editor 



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Subscribers receiving their paper in blue 

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BMtorial. 



A resolution, urjjins on Oo(n.2:ress the 

 necessity of pure food legrislation, was 

 passed by the R. I. Le^slature at its 

 recent session. 



The next convention of the National 

 Ree-^Keeiter-s" A.ss.oieiation will be held 

 at ?5aii Antonio. Texas, proliably dur- 

 ing the latter part of October and first 

 of November. 



Editor Abbott, of the Modern Farm- 

 er and Busy Bee, says: "Mi.ssouri 

 honey is as fine as can be produced 

 anywhere on this continent." Our 

 friends Avho have a more northerly la- 

 titude "on tliis continent" will "have 

 to show" Mr. Al)bott. 



Says tlie Western Bee Jourm 

 "California will go on record this ye 

 as having harvested one of tl 

 heaviest crops of hiomey yet produced 



Tlie Rural Bee-Keeper has advauw 

 its subcseription price from 50 cents 

 .$1.00 a year. The Rural has copi) 

 every new feature introduced by tJ 

 American Bee-Keeper during rec© 

 years, and ought to be worth a dollS 

 It is a bright little journal. 



The Review says, "Experience seer 

 to prove that it is a diificult matter 

 profitably publish a good bee jourr 

 even if it is only a monthly, for le 

 than $1.00 a year." The Revit 

 might have added that The Americ 

 Bee-Keeper is a living example of t 

 exception to the mle. 



A neatly printed label, bearing t 

 name and address of tlie user, is 

 article for wiiich all bee-keepers ha 

 need. Tumblers and isections of hoD 

 for the retail trade, are made xm 

 attractive by the iise of a neat lat 

 Ihere appears to have been «ome d 

 ficulty in the past about preparing 

 paste that would readily and p 

 manently adhere to glass surfao 

 We therefore take pleasure in lin 

 ing tlie attention of oiir readers to i 

 advertisement of the Fenton La! 

 Company, in this issue of The B 

 Keeper, as we have used many tho' 

 aiid-s of their gummed labels and fi 

 them excellent in eveiy way. 



We would caution all inexperien< 

 bee-keepei\s who are planning to 

 periment with artificial swarming, 

 be .sure that the bees before fc 

 ing, are given an opportunity to 

 their honey sacs with honey or e 

 supply the new colony with 'a co; 

 of honey. In default of this give th 

 a feeder of honey and water, us:- 

 half and half: if the honey is v< 

 thick more water may be used. \ 

 warm water in mixing and let ' 

 mixture become quite cold before % 

 ing it to the bees. If honey is i 

 availalile, use sugar and water, tak' 

 lOne part of sugar to three of wal 

 Never iise sugar if it can be avoic 

 for while it is a perfectly good food 

 far as the bees are concerned. It gi'|< 

 goo<l ground for charges of feed|»' 

 sugar to make honey. 



