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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



August 18, 



■kinds are corrected before It is flnally printed. So when Mr. 

 Taylor criticises the grammar or language used In the bee- 

 papers, he Is really hitting "ye editors." And we all need it, 

 occasionally, for some of us get careless betimes. Even Critic 

 Taylor himself has his lapses occasionally, but we'll not take 

 the space to refer to more of them now. But he's a bright 

 man, and knows it. However, the best of us do err sometiaies. 

 None Is perfect. 



A Queen-Bee Advertiser from the South wrote us 

 last week : 



"My advertisement In the American Bee Journal has 

 panned out very well. I have sold over 50 queens from the 

 last three insertions, and a lot more prospective orders from 

 them. When 1 want to do some more business quick, I will 

 try the American Bee Journal again." 



There are many more queen-dealers who might increase 

 their business if they would advertise in this paper. Let peo- 

 ple know where you are and what you have to sell, if you wish 

 to do business. 



Mr. J. S. Hartzell, of Somerset Co., Pa., has sent an 

 article for publication on the " Golden " method of comb honey 

 production, which we will try to give next week. In an ac- 

 companying letter, Mr. H. says : 



" Enclosed is a reply to Mr. S. A. Deacon's inquiry on page 

 483, in which my name appears as an advocate of the Golden 

 method of producing comb honey, and being such I am not 

 ashamed of the cause espoused, by any means ; and much more 

 jubilant this year than last, as I have more colonies running 

 on the Golden plan, and results will be more satisfactory in re- 

 gard to the financial part of the remainder of the story when 

 told." 



The Price of Bees in movable-frame hives, says G. M. 

 Dooliltle, in Gleanings, should be, in lots of 10 or more, $3.50 

 a colony in the fall, and iJo.OO in the spring. 



Raising Hives on Four Blocks, while it reduces swarm- 

 ing and prevents hanging out, according to Mr. Burt, in Glean- 

 ings, is a big nuisance in swarming-time, for a dipt queen may 

 go out at any one of the four sides, and the bee-keeper doesn''t 

 know where to look for her. 



Bees Hanging Out is credited by M. H. Dunn (In Glean- 

 ings) in large measure to the presence of drones. So he pre- 

 vents it by keeping out drones. At the same time he gives 

 plenty of room and ventilation, which alone might prevent 

 hanging out without involving the drones. 



The Average Annual Yield of Honey for an Italian col- 

 ony throughout the United States among specialists is 50 

 pounds, says Doolittle. His own annual average for nearly 

 20 years, up to the time he went lareely Into queen-rearing, 

 was SO pounds, ranging from 30 in his poorest year to 166 

 in his best year. — Gleanings. 



Getting Sections Filled Out to the Wood.— At the con- 

 vention at Buffalo, Mr. Danzenbaker showed some sections 

 that were greatly admired, the cells being filled and capt clear 

 out to the wood. One secret of it, according to Mr. Weed, in 

 Gleanings, is in having full sheets of foundation, the sheets 

 reaching out clear to the sides and touching the wood. If it 

 reaches only to within S inch of the sides, pop-holes are sure 

 to result. 



Rearing Queen-Cells a la Doolittle.— Gleanings reports 

 that their Mr. Wardell is now very successful in rearing 

 queens according to the plans given In " Doolittle on Queen- 

 Rearing." He obtains the best results by giving the artificial 

 cell-cups to colonies about to supersede their queens. From 

 one colony he has taken three batches and has given them the 

 fourth. As they have a queen they don't get discouraged, but 

 go right on starting ceils afresh. After the cells are sealed 

 they are put in a queenless colony, and about the ninth day 

 are put in West's protectors, the protector-cage is put into a 



hatching-cage at the bottom of which is honey for the young 

 (;ueen when she hatches, and she can wait there two or three 

 days to be introduced where desired. Editor Root says : 

 "One great feature of the Doolittle system Is that It enables 

 one to rear all or nearly all the queens from one selected 

 mother." 



The First Successful Shipment of Bees to New Zealand 



was made by Judge Noah Levering, says Rambler, In Glean- 

 ings. Previous efforts to obtain Italian bees had failed, but 

 in 1880 Mr. Levering shipt two colonies which made safely 

 the sea voyage of 7,000 miles. Ample ventilation was given, 

 the combs were old and strong, natural stores were used, and 

 a sponge provided water which was renewed as needed. He 

 made many subsequent shipments without a single loss. 



Apis Dorsata. — Rev. W. E. Rambo, the missionary in 

 India who is trying to get Apis dorsata for the A. I. Root Co., 

 reports that he hears big stories about them, but can't get 

 hold of any, as yet. He says : 



"Everything seems to point to their being migratory. 

 However, the fact that the government lets out the gathering 

 of honey and wax to a contractor whose business it is to make 

 his profit by seizing every colony he can find at its highest de- 

 velopment, may indicate a habit which, if the bees were un- 

 disturbed, would not exist." 



Foundation in Sections. — R. C. Aikin thinks foundation 

 does not differ from natural comb in taste, but is tougher. 

 The main object he has in using foundation in sections is to 

 start the bees in the right place, a narrow strip at the top and 

 one at the bottom being suffi'Ment. But a full sheet has a good 

 effect in the way of bait. He does not value full sheets to 

 prevent drone-comb in sections, believing that drone-comb in 

 sections looks just as well as worker comb. The editor of 

 Gleanings differs from him in this last view. Moreover, he 

 has shown that nature-built drone-comb is considerably gob- 

 bler than worker-comb built on ordinary thin foundation. 



A Recipe for Starting Foul Brood is thus given by J. F. 

 Teel, in Gleanings : 



"Cut out about three gallons of brood, both drone and 

 worker. Put It between Ice, so It will freeze to death, then 

 put it out in some warm place, about 70 or 80 degrees. Keep 

 Itin buU,and moist aU the time for 10 or 12 days; then put it 

 In water, and make i ha bees sip at it a few days, and that will 

 be sufficient." 



Some people would prefer to go without foul brood rather 

 than to go to ail that trouble. The editor agrees with many 

 others that no foul biood can be started without the seed, that 

 is, the spores of ba(illus alvei. Mr. Teel believing, however, 

 that the seed is present In every larva, only developing under 

 proper conditions. 



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 20 cents; 50 

 for 35 cents; 100 for 65 cents; 250 for $1.50; 500 for 

 $2.75. 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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Bee-Keeping for Beg'inners Is the title of a 

 110-page book just out, from the pen of that expert bee- 

 keeper of the South, Dr. J. P. H. Brown, of Georgia. It 

 claims to be " a practical and condenst treatise on the honey- 

 bee, giving the best modes of management in order to secure 

 the most profit." Price of the book, postpaid, 50 cents. Or, 

 we will club it with the Bee Journal for one year — both to- 

 gether for .S1.40; or, we will mail it as a premium to any of 

 our present subscribers for sending us one new subscriber to 

 the Bee Journal for a year (at $1.00), and 10 cents extra. 



The IVIcEToy Foul Brood Xreatment la 



given in Dr. Howard's pamphlet on " Foul Brood ; Its Natural 

 History and Rational Treatment." It is the latest publication 

 on the subject, and should be in the hands of every bee-keeper. 

 Price, 25 cents ; or clubbed with the Bee Journal for one year 

 —both for $1.10. 



