1898. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



617 



your soil is sandy your sweet clover will thrive upon It. If 

 the soil is heavy it is also suited to this splendid plant. If 

 the season be wet sweet clover will blossom and grow freely, 

 and if dry its bountiful and continuous yield of honey will well 

 repay the slight trouble incurred in planting, and your bees 

 will be kept busy and happy all the season. The point to de- 

 termine is whether it is desirable as a forage plaut in the 

 northern latitudes. If its forage qualities outweigh its wood- 

 iness then it should be tolerated. Does the farmer need it as 

 a bee-pasturage plant? He must determine all these points 

 largely for himself. It has undoubted virtues in several 

 directions. 



We are glad to note In the foregoing that Prof. Pammel 

 is becoming less severe than awhile ago when he condemned 

 sweet clover so strongly. We see, however, that he still calls 

 it a "weed." Well, some day he'll get over even that, we 

 think. 



His recommendation of sweet clover as a honey-plant is 

 all that could be desired, and is also entirely just and right. 

 But we believe many advise sowing the seed in the fall as well 

 as in early spring. We should be pleased to have some advice 

 about fall sowing, from those having experience. 



Deatta of miles Morton.— We learned at the 

 Omaha convention that Mr. Miles Morton had past away on 

 Sept. 1. Upon our return we received the following from the 

 Secretary of the local bee-keepers' association, of which Mr. 

 Morton bad been a member: 



The Cortland Bee-Keepers' Association, at a regular 

 meeting held at Freeville, N. Y., Sept. 8, past the following 

 resolutions : 



Whereas, It has pleased God in his wisdom to remove 

 from our midst our brother, Miles Morton ; therefore, be it 



Resolved, That we, the Cortland Union Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation, do extend our most heartfelt sympathy to the be- 

 reaved family in their hour of sorrow; and that we express 

 our appreciation of his help and counsel in the past, as well as 

 our sense of the loss to the Association in his demise ; and be 

 it further 



Resolved. That a copy of these resolutions be publisht in 

 the American Bee Journal. J. L. Kinney, Sec. 



We remember Mr. Morton very well, as we met him at 

 the Buffalo convention last year, and it is with sincere regret 

 that we learned of his death. Our sympathy is hereby ex- 

 tended to the bereaved ones, who are left to mourn his de- 

 parture. 



Chiefly from Mr. Morton was the idea of the fence sep- 

 arator obtained, he having had fences in use for 12 years 

 past. He was an intelllgeut, unobtrusive sort of man, highly 

 respected by those who knew him. We hope soon to be able 

 to publish more about him, and also his picture. 



Xortbem 9Iicbig:aii as a Honey-Field, 



Elitor Hutchinson thinks will be an ideal location for years 

 to come, largely on account of the willow-herb or fire-weed 

 that grows on places where the timber has been burnt off. He 

 cautions, however, any one who may think of locating there, 

 and has been accustomed to the advantages of civilization, to 

 remember that it is a new country. 



Bakon Bela Ambrozv reported at the big German con- 

 vention last year that, by feeding honey with 50 percent 

 water, and afterward with 80 percent, he got no satisfactory 

 results; but using pure honey he got 3 pounds of comb for 

 every 4 pounds fed. Doesn't that differ from reports in this 

 country ?— Gleanings. 



Mk. R. H. Lee, of Ashland Co., Ohio, writing us Sept. 11, 

 said : 



"Go ahead with your spelling reform. lam a little old 

 to adopt it myself, but I like to read it. To quiet some of 

 your critics, you might print the Lord's Prayer in a number 

 of versions, from the earliest translation to the present, 

 showing the changes in spelling. And, by the way, please 

 be careful to print that grand old prayer according to the 

 authorized version, for very few seem to know it, particularly 

 preachers, and those who lead in religious exercises. .. .This 

 has been a very poor honey-year in this part of the country.' 



Why, Mr. Lee, if we should print one of the earliest ver- 

 sions of the Lord's Prayer, scarceij any of our present sub- 

 scribers could read it. There has been great progress made 

 In reforming the spelling of the English language the past two 

 centuries, and yet there Is much more to be done In the same 

 line. We are only aiding a good cause. 



Richard Wagner as He Was. — The widow of Richard 

 Wagner, some time ago, authorized her husband's lifelong 

 friend, Houston Stewart Chamberlain, to write, with her as- 

 sistance, two articles on "The Personal Side of Richard Wag- 

 ner." Mr. Chamberlain undertook the work, and The Ladies' 

 Home Journal secured the material. The articles are singu- 

 larly valuable In that they give a complete picture of the man 

 in his home and dally life, and contain much new matter, 

 while many of the illustrations and portraits have never been 

 printed. There will be two articles, "His Personal Side" and 

 " How He Wrote His Operas," and the first one will appear in 

 the October number of the magazine. Music-loving people 

 will be pleased to know more about Wagner — one of the great 

 composers. 



Miss Ada Pickard, of Richland Co., Wis., is perhaps the 

 "sweetest" girl in all Wisconsin, in more ways than one. A 

 local newspaper gave over a column account of her bee-keep- 

 ing experience this year. In May, Miss Pickard took 100 

 colonies to form an out-apiary several miles away, and in 

 seven weeks returned with 126 colonies and 16,0()0 pounds of 

 extracted basswood honey. She cared for them all alone until 

 the time of extracting. Miss I'ickacd's mother is perhaps the 

 most extensive feminine bee-keeper In the State, having about 

 400 colonies. As stated in a previous number of the Bee 

 Journal, their total crop of extracted honey this year is about 

 50,000 pounds. 



Mr. C. Theilmann, of Wabasha Co., Minn., wrote us 

 Sept. ly, as follows : 



" If Minnesota is counted among the favorite States for 

 this year's honey crop, then honey should bring good prices. 

 I have about one-fourth of a mixt up crop, and that was the 

 report from all bee-keepers except two at our State fair, and 

 the adjourned meeting on the fair grounds. One of the two 

 reported 50 pounds, and the other 60 pounds per colony, 

 spring count. Both have only small apiaries." 



Dr. Gallup, of Orange Co., Calif., wrote us Sept. 19, 

 that he had sold his bees, as his time is devoted entirely to his 

 business of healing people. Altho the Doctor is nearing 80 

 years of age, we are sure bee-keepers will regret to have him 

 leave their ranks again. But let us hope he'll return again 

 soon, for we all need the presence and help of the older heads 

 with their rich experiences. 



Editor Ernest R. Root, of Gleanings in Bee-Culture, 

 gave us a short call Monday evening, Sept. 1!-', when on his 

 way home from the Omaha convention. He was feeling well, 

 and seemed to be enjoying life immensely. He is chairman of 

 Board of Directors of the United States Bee-Keepers' Union, 

 and in every way worthy of all the honors and success attend- 

 ing him. 



C. J. H. Qkavknhorst, editor of the Iliustrierte Bienen- 

 Zeitung, died at his home in Wllsnack, Germany, Aug. 21, at 

 the age of 75 years. He was one of the very foremost practi- 

 cal bee-keepers and writers on the subject of apiculture 

 among all the Germans. It is a great loss to the bee-keeping 

 interests across the water. 



Mr. Wm. Brobtn, of Weld Co., Colo., wrote us as follows 

 Sept. 12: 



" I have taken the ' Old Reliable ' for three years, and will 

 not try to get along without it as long as I can raise the neces- 

 sary $. It comes regularly every Friday afternoon." 



