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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER, 



Falconer, N. Y. 



1905. 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



253 



THE 



PUBLISHED MONTHLY'. 



THE W. T. FALCONER MFG. CO. 



Proprietors. 



PUBLISHING OFFICE, - - - Fort Pierce Fla. 

 HOME OFFICE. Falconer, N. Y. 



England is using motor cars for 

 power in agricultural work. It will 

 be for extracting honey next. Who 

 said Old England was slow? 



You cannot tell how far a toad can 

 jump by his looks. No more can you 

 tell how bees will work by their 



temiier. 



HARRY E. HILL, 

 4RTHIR C. MILLER, 



- - - - Editor 

 Associate Editor 



In SAviftzerland grape leaves are 

 used for tea. but, it is said, they re- 

 quire more sweetening than genuine 

 tea. Why not use honey and combine 

 health, pleasure and home industry? 



We learn, with pleasure, through 

 Mir. Atwater's letter in this issue, 

 that Mr. Rauchfuss, of Colorado, after 

 several years' experience considers the 

 Caucasian-s the best, all things con- 

 •sidered. We are glad, therefore, to 

 place one large chalk-mark to the 

 credit of the Caucasian. 



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Fort Pierce, Fla. 



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Mr. J, E. Johnson, in this issue 

 takes a side-swipe at the editor for 

 having been guilty of misunderstand- 

 ing a former statement. Mr. .Johnson, 

 it will be noted also, is one of the 

 very few who regard the Honey Pro- 

 ducer-s' League as the Moses to lead 

 the apiarian fraternity of America out 

 of the wilderness. It ought to be 

 gratifying to League promoters to 

 note that the organization has some 

 admirers among the actual producers 

 of honey. They are not numerous, we 

 opine. 



He who will flatter another will 

 rob him when he gets a good chance. 



A groove rapidly develops into a 

 rut. Get up on the edges now and 

 then and broaden your way. 



It i-sn't always the man at the head 

 that is doing the miischief. Some of 

 the biggest scoundrels are the fellows 

 in the background. 



Editor Abbott nominates officers for 

 the National Association, and says: 



"Let us have a new deal all around." 

 Yes, a new deal is very nice — when 

 the pack i« not stacked. Has Bro. 

 Abbott kissed and made up with the 

 Ijunch since he was general manager? 



The associate editor desires to pub- 

 licly express his thanks to Editor 

 Hutchinson of the Review for finally 

 laying emphasis on the need of learn- 

 ing the "Whys" of bee life. We 

 laboretl long and faithfully with him 

 on this subject and are pleased to note 

 his conversion. The Bee-Keeper has 

 endeavored to impress upon its readers 

 the advantage of searching for and 

 learning why bees do as they do. 

 When laws of their life are once un- 

 derstood, keeping them will become as 

 play, the troubles of swarming will 

 vanish, they will enter the supers at 

 our command and in a word "we will 

 be boss. Find the "why," then meth- 

 ods of manipulation will create them- 

 selves. 



