bd 1905. 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



231 



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BMtortal. 



We bave no "ax to grind," no hob- 

 bies to exploit. We are Avorking for 

 your good. Your -success means ours 

 also. 



A correspondent in Matanza,s pro- 

 vince, Cuba, anticipates another "big 

 year" for the Cuban honey producer 

 next season. 



Do you itch — to get all the wax 

 from the old combs? Then scratch — 

 "claw over" the scalding hot mass 

 ii: your wax press. You will get hot, 

 scald your fingei\s, perhaps swear, 

 dirty the kitchen, put your wife out 

 of sorts, upset the whole family, and 

 after all get only part of the wax. 



I'assing strange that coincident 

 with the death of the Government'.s 

 Caucasian queen a certain firm should 

 be informed of it and discover that 

 they possessed two from which they 

 would sell stock. This reminds us 

 that the present acting head of the 

 department is a protege of said firm. 

 Who said graft? 



The Fred W. Muth Company, our 

 Cincinnati correspondent, desires to 

 call attention of shippei's to the fact 

 that prices quoted in our columns, are 

 tliose at which it sells and not its 

 buying prices. It is important that 

 producers make a note of this, as a 

 failure to do so may result in dlsap- 

 jiointment. This company, whicn 

 deals very extensively in apiarian 

 [iroducts, advises that reports from 

 different parts of the country imlicare 

 an almost total failure of the comb 

 honey crop, excepting points at tha 

 North. That it has been a aismal 

 failure in Florida, the v^ditor of The 

 Bee-Keeper knows by experience. 



Through a regretable oversight 

 the illustrated article printed last 

 month on pages 106-107, "Bee Experts 

 Hunt Queens for Prizes," was not 

 credited to the Philadelphia North 

 American, from which journal it was 

 taken, by courtesy of the publishers. 



With the approach of winter each 

 season comes a flood, of inquiries from 

 our northern friends in regard to 

 Florida. Sometimes the exhaustive 

 lists of questions would require an 

 additional con-espondence clerk in our 

 oflice to give them all careful atten- 

 tion. So great seems the interest 

 at times that we have wondered If 

 our readers in general would not ap- 

 preciate having one issue of The Bee- 

 Keeper transformed into a Florida 

 number, and devoted almost entirely 

 to information regarding "The Land 

 of Flowers." If such an inclination 

 were evinced we should, gladly do so; 

 but to answer the thousands of ques- 

 tions privateis' is a practical impos- 

 sibility. 



