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a much better net result could be secured. Each city should 



have in it, from Sept. 1 until April 1, a honey depot in charge 



of an able bee-keeper or two, whose business it should be to see 



that the retail groceries are supplied with honey, and that 



only pure honey is put on the market. The bee-keepers 



should in a way control the market — have a monopoly In the 



honey line, if you wish to call it that — and wholesale to the 



grocers all the honey that Is sold In the town where they have 



their headquarters, so far as is possible for them to do. 



We should like to see this plan tried first in a town of say 



10,000 population. A city like Chicago would be almost too 



large to begin on. 



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Ship Surrendered to Bees.— This was not one 

 of Dewey's or Sampson's squadron — theirs is not of the sur- 

 rendering kind. A newspaper correspondent in Tacoma, 

 Wash., reported that the bark Shirley, which has carried 

 millions of feet of lumber on that coast, is now said to have 

 aboard a small cargo of honey. Her owners recently decided 

 to put her in the Klondike service, and Mr. L. B. Mitchell 

 was sent to Quartermaster Harbor with men to get her ready 

 for repairs. Mr. Mitchell says: 



"We found that she had been taken possession of by 

 honey-bees, and in going into her we found every passage and 

 room was apparently full of bees. We shut the hatchway 

 and thought we had them imprisoned, but we found a steady 

 stream going and coming through the hole left for a stove- 

 pipe lu the cabin. We were on board 30 minutes, and in that 

 time the column of bees continued to move, making a noise like 

 escaping steam. We were unable to work on board until 

 something should be done. We lowered into the hull a plank 

 of burning cedar bark, and closed up everything. A great 

 many of the bees were killed, but we were unable to go Into 

 the bark the next day. Some think she may contain a ton of 



honey, or even more." 



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Bees at the North Pole.— The man who gleans 

 the "Stray Straws " for Gleanings — why not call him the 

 "Straw-carrier?" — finds in Le Rucher Beige that "the ex- 

 plorer Ejrind Asrup found many bees in latitude 83^ north. 

 He thinks they may be at the North Pole, as the remaining 7- 

 would make no great change in flora. Tbera's only three 

 months summer; but as the sun doesn't set In that time it's as 

 good as six months here, and plants develop with astonishing 

 rapidity and vigor, and the flora Is of extreme richness." 



We wonder If some enterprising bee-supply dealer won't 

 establish a branch house next door to the North Pole now. 

 Talk about hardy bees — why not get a few queens from that 

 semi-sunless land. They ought to be tough enough to extract 

 sweetness from the "snow-ball " bush ! 



Honey as Food is a neat little 24-page pamphlet 

 especially gotten up with a view to creating a demand for 

 honey among should-be consumers. The forepart of the 

 pamphlet was written by Dr. C. C. Miller, and is devoted to 

 general information concerning honey. The latter part con- 

 sists of recipes for use in cooking and as a medicine. It 

 will be found to be a very effective helper in working up a 

 home market for honey. We furnish them, postpaid, at these 

 prices: A sample for a stamp ; 25 copies for 'SO cents; 50 

 for 50 cents; 100 for .$100; 250 for $2.00; 500 for 

 $3.50. For 25 cents extra we will print your name and ad- 

 dress on the front page, when ordering 100 or more copies at 



these prices. 



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The Names and Addresses of all your bee- 

 friends, who are not now taking the Bee Journal, are wanted 

 at this office. Send them in, please, when sample copies will 

 be mailed to them. Then you can secure their subscriptions, 

 and earn some of the premiums we are offering. The 

 next few months will be just the time to easily get new sub- 

 scribers. Try it earnestly, at least. 



Hon. Eugene Secor, of Winnebago Co., Iowa, reported 

 as follows, June 27 : 



"Basswood will open in about a week. But little honey 

 has been stored so far." 



Mb. A. W. Smith, of Sullivan Co., N. Y., wrote us June 

 23: 



"The weather has been too wet and cold for the bees to 

 get a large crop of white honey here." 



Rev. H. H. Flick, of Lycoming Co., Pa., wrote us June 

 24: 



" It is a poor season for bees here so far — cold and rainy, 

 tho the weather is good to-day. We hope for a better honey- 

 flow." 



Dr. a. B. Mason, of Lucas Co., Ohio, writing us June 

 30, reported : 



" Sweet clover began blossoming a week ago, and the bees 

 are quite busy. I've been so busy for a few days that I haven't 

 lookt to see what the bees are accomplishing In honey yield- 

 ing." 



Prof. A. J. Cook, of Los Angeles Co., Calif., wrote us 

 June 24 : 



"We have vacation now, and I am going to rest, as I 

 need it. I shall work at institutes. Shall hold two in the re- 

 gion of Ramona, and hope to see bees and honey booming." 



Prof. Cook is a very active man, and evidently does not 

 believe in trying to rust out In the sunny clime of California. 

 The world needs the busy workers — both men and bees. 



Hon. R. L. Taylor, In the Review, seems to have started 

 In to reform the grammar used by some of the correspondents 

 of bee-papers, and also that of the editors thereof. He will 

 have a large job — and likely his trouble for his pains; and, 

 judging from some of his " criticisms " so far, a lot of painful 

 trouble (to him). We are perfectly willing that he shall waste 

 all the space the Review will allow him. In trying to reform 

 the language printed In the American Bee Journal. But lest 

 he forget, and devote more time to criticising the literary 

 than the apiarian part of this journal, we will say that this is 

 neither a grammar nor a rhetoric, but a paper devoted to tell- 

 ing In a simple, plain way how to keep bees. 



By the way, as a criticism on Mr. Taylor's writing for the 

 Review, we wish to say that we do not authorize the use of 

 the letters " A. B. J. "'for " American Bee Journal " in public 

 print. As we are the highest authority on this particular 

 case, we would suggest that Mr. Taylor either discontinue re- 

 ferring to this paper as " A. B. J.," or else be consistent and 

 use "A. B. K." for " American Bee-Keeper," " B. K. R." for 

 " Bee-Keepers' Review," etc. 



The Largest Apiary in England is claimed to be that of 

 T. B. Blow & Co., at Welwyn, Herts, consisting of more than 

 200 colonies. — British Bee Journal. 



Age of Hives. — I have hives that I made more than 30 

 years ago that have never needed repairs, except a second 

 coat of paint.— C. Dadant, in Revue Internationale. 



"Wintering Without Pollen. — Gilbert WIntle had nine 

 colonies of bees given him late in September— just the bees 

 with no stores. He put the nine lots in three hives, either on 

 foundation or empty combs, and fed up with sugar syrup. 



