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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



Juue, 



closely in this connection; but in 

 view of the fact tliat bees store con- 

 siderable sui-i>lus in South Florida 

 from still earlier sources, yet, in our 

 experience, gain hardly anything at all 

 in weight from the orange blossom, 

 we incline toi the belief that the nec- 

 tar is not there. 



By the way, did not some of our es- 

 teemed correspondents promise to 

 convert the editor this season to a be- 

 lief in orange blossom honey, by 

 sending him a sample of the goods"? 

 We are quite willing to "take the evi- 

 dence" in this matter. 



This is 



"BEE-KEEPING." 



This is the title of Farmer.s' Bulle- 

 tin No. 59, by Prof^ Frank Benton, 

 just issued by the Department of Ag. 

 riculture and now available for dis- 

 ti-il)ution to those wlnoi apply. The 

 edition comprises ten thou-sand copies 

 and the work has been thoroughly re- 

 vised, and enlarged from 32 to 48 

 pages. The following list of headings 

 will serve to indicate the additions 

 that have been made in the revised 

 edition: 



Page 10-11 : Overstocking. 



Page 12: Value of bees in pollina- 

 tion. 



Page 14: Relative gentleness of 

 races. 



Page IG-IO: The variouvS races of 

 bees. 



Page 21-22: Adding bees to natural 

 swarms. 



Page 23: Shaken or biii-shed 

 swarms. 



Page 27: Russian, or hairy vetch. 



Page 28: Sulla, or sulla clover. 



Page 32: Clomb foundation, not 

 artificial comb. 



Page 34: ComI) honey not manufac- 

 tured. 



Page 42-43: Utilizing brood and 

 honey from diseased colonies. 



Page 43-44: Bee paralysis. 



I'age 46-47: Legislation affecting 

 apiarian interests. 



Page 47: Apiarian .ioumals. 



While most of om- readers will, no 

 doubt, avail themselves of the oppor- 

 tunity to procure a copy of Bulle- 

 tin 59, and read it for then%selves. we 

 cannot refrain from quoting a para- 

 gi-aph therefrom, in regard to the mat- 

 ter of "Overstocking." as Prof. Ben- 

 ton so clearly states the exact point 

 which our old friend, Pat, so earnestly 

 endeavored to proclaim through The 



Bee-Keeper a few years ago. 

 it: 



The danger of overstocking a given 

 locality is veiy frequently exaggerated, 

 Each range, it is self-evident, has a 

 limit. The writer is, however, fuUj 

 convinced, after long experience in 

 numerous localities and under tJi« 

 most varied circumstances, that thre„^. 

 or four times as»many colonies a-s are 

 comimonly considered sutiicient tc 

 stock a given range may usually b€ 

 kept with a relative degree of profit 

 But to secure such results sutiicieni 

 care and close observation have toe 

 frequently not ))een given in the selec- 

 tion of bees adapted to the locality an<3 

 conditions. A more frequent failun 

 has been lack of proper attention t( 

 the individual colonies, particularly as 

 to the age and character of the (pieens 

 in each. The space given for brooc' 

 is often too small and frequentlj 

 no care is given to -secure tht 

 proper anumnt of brood in time toi in 

 sure a i)opulation ready for each har! 

 vest. Attention to these points woulo 

 enable great numbers of bee-keeper.'- 

 who now regard 50 to 100 colonies an 

 fully stocking their range toi read' 

 several hundreds in a single apiary i 

 with slight or no diminution in th<' 

 average yield per colony. 



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A NEW "BEE-BOOK." 

 We have received a coiiiy of Coin 

 mercial Queen Rearing, wliich is th« 

 third in a series of papers on apicui 

 ture. hy "Swarthmore." It is beailti 

 fully illustrated— several of the phot* 

 reproductions being in arti-stic colffl 

 effects, and its forty odd pages are fM 

 ed -sA-ith matter that is at once vei*y in, 

 teresting and profitable reading foi 

 every one engaged in the pursuit o: 

 bee-keeping. Hiofw Mv. Pratt secures 

 SO to 128 of the finest queen cells froH 

 a colony, is concisely but briefly stat 

 ed. What "Swarthmore" does n<y 

 know about this queen rearing busi 

 ness. "isn't worth while," and his rfr 

 markable success in the business is 8 

 logical result of his peculiar adaptabili- 

 t.\- and characteristic enterprise. 



Whether tlie Honey Producers 

 League proposes to place its publicity 

 direct or through some agency, W€ 

 have not seen stated. Do the brofeers 

 come in for a "rake off" on this pro 

 position? 



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