THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



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Mill, the editor, has -worked hard 

 several years to build up that pa- 

 er. and that he has made a success 

 f his undertaking can not be question- 

 iJ. — Western Bee Journal. 



as his permanent home, and he i« now 

 enjoj^ng the merited reward for a few 

 years of intelligently applied industry. 



A WANTON WASTE. 



The destruction of hives, frames, 

 onibs and honey of colonies afflicted 

 'ith foul brood is a senseless and 



asteful practice. Combs and honey 

 lay be melted down, the wax saved, 

 nd the honey, after having an equal 

 uantity of water added to it, boiled 

 ard and fed back to the bees. Hives, 

 "ames and all utensils if dipped into 



boiling and strong solution of pot- 

 sh will be cleaned and perfectly ster- 

 ized. The only thing to be burned 

 eiug the refuse from the wax, or this 

 lay be thrown into the hot potash 

 jlution after further use for that is 

 one, and the whole turned into the 

 3il. 



After hives, frames, etc., have been 

 eaned in the potash solution they 

 aould be rinsed in clear or acidulated 

 'ater to remove the excess of potavsh. 



We have repeatedly requested our 



aders to send all subscriptions and 

 usiness letters to our Falconer, N. 

 office, yet scarcely a day passes 

 1 which we do not receive letters en- 

 losing money, at the Florida office, 

 igain, we beg to ask our readers will 

 ot send orders for subscriptions to 



ort Pierce. The fact is, we have been 

 o long asociated with the editorial 

 epartment of The Bee-Keeper that 



e have no use for more money. 

 Vhen you enclose a subscription, ad- 

 ress it to The American Bee-Keeper, 

 "alconer, N. Y., and it will have 



rompt and careful attention. 



Mr. W. S. Hart, the urbane apiarist 

 nd orange grower of Hawks Park, 

 fla., who occasionally favors our col- 

 mns with a contribution, ^starts this 

 lonth upon a tour of several months 

 uration, through Europe, visiting Nor- 

 7aj, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, 

 i^ance, England and Scotland. Mr. 

 lart spent a portion of last winter 

 Sonthei-n California, and but a 

 hort time since visited places of in- 

 erest in Switzerland. He is a 

 Yankee" boy who early in life fore- 

 aw the possibilities and advantages of 

 he "Land of Flowers," and adopted it 



It will, doubtless, interest our read- 

 ers to learn that some of the noisiest 

 as well as most ardent workers for 

 the passage of foul brood laws have 

 at the same time been quietly work- 

 ing for the position of inspector. If 

 we would save ourselves a deal- of 

 trouble, annoyance and perhaps finan- 

 cial loss we will needs look sharply 

 to the wood piles for the secreted col- 

 ored gentleman. Eternal vigilance is 

 the price of liberty in bee culture as 

 elsewhere. 



Must Have Been Cyprians. 



One day last summer the bees of a 

 correspondent were so excited and 

 angi-y that no living being could ap- 

 proach the apiary. Well protected, the 

 apiarist made an investigation and 

 found that a miserable_ little vest left 

 hanging to a bush was the cause of the 

 tumult. Said vest was made of a kind 

 of cloth somewhat hairy. It appears 

 that a bee accidently alighted on the 

 vest, ^ot caught and tangled up in the 

 hair, and of course, got mad and began 

 to sting and buzz. Others, atti-acted 

 by the racket, came and got caught 

 also until finally the whole ai)iary was 

 in an uproar. 



Bees Capture a Car. 



Wabash, Ind., .June 17. — A big 

 swarm of bees settled on the track of 

 the Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley 

 Tl'action company yesterday, and an 

 eastbound interurban car swept along, 

 .scooping up the swarm and landing 

 the bees in the vestibule. They iierce- 

 ly attacked .John Fulton, the motor- 

 man, who sought refuge in the interior 

 of the car after closing the door. The 

 bees continued to buzz about the vesti- 

 bule until a rush of air through the 

 vestibule put them to flight and Ful- 

 ton returned to the controller. 



Preparedness. 



Begin the morning by saying to thy- 

 self, 'T shall meet the busybody, the 

 ungrateful, arrogant, deceitful, envious 

 and unsocial. But I who have seen 

 the nature of the good, that it is beau- 

 tiful, and of the bad, that it is ugly, 

 can be injured by none of them. — Mar- 

 cus Aurelius. 



