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certs, is correspondent of five local weekly papers, and writes 

 bee-articles for ever so many other papers besides. 



Bee-keepers also know that Mr. White has done a very 

 great amount of bee-tent lecturing during his annual holiday 

 from school duties ; and when he coolly tells us that "the 

 above are my means of recreation from school work," it almost 

 makes one wonder when or during what hours he lies down 

 to rest. Solid testimony to the 

 value of the disinterested services 

 he has for many years past ren- 

 dered to his neighbors is found in 

 the public recognition of his labors 

 on several occasions, when testi- 

 monials have been presented to him 

 by the leading residents of his 

 neighborhood. 



In concluding this brief notice 

 we may mention one event, viz.: 

 the public presentation to Mr. 

 White of a gold watch and Illumi- 

 nated address in 1895, on his 40th 

 birthday, to mark his 16 years' 

 services to the locality. On this 

 occasion, when returning thanks 

 for the honor done him, he alluded 

 to the fact that In all his work 

 much of the success he had been 

 able to achieve was due to his good 

 wife, and the possession of a happy 

 home^sentiments in which we are 

 sure our readers will cordially 

 agree. 



Mr. White holds the first-class 

 certificate of the British Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association, and frequently of- 

 ficiates as judge at bee and honey 

 shows. Indeed, he may be very 

 fairly clast as one of the public 

 men of the bee-keeping craft. 



We learn further that Mr. White 

 has been a school teacher for 

 twenty-two years, but last Decem- 

 ber he made a change in his voca- 

 tion for one where tho there is less responsibility there is less 

 work and worry. In taking the mastership with his wife as 

 matron of the Union House, at St. Neots, he has leisure to 

 spend with the bees. He has given up lecturing, as he could 

 not leave the house in the evening frequently, but he can very 

 conveniently attend the council meetings of the British Bee- 

 Keepers' Association in London, and judge for that organiza- 

 tion when required. 



Mr. White Informs us that he "has a good wife and three 

 bonny boys, two of them standing six feet high." 



A "Red Clover" Queen, Elc. 



1. In April, 1897, I had one colony of bees that was queen- 

 less, and I sent for one of those red clover Italian queens, in- 

 troduced her, and the colony built up strong, but they gave 

 only six or eight pounds of honey, and the combs bad more 

 than twice the wax in them that were in those built in other 



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DR. O. O. anXtER, SiAItEJSGO. ILL, 



[Questions may be mailed to the Bee Journal, or to Dr. Miller direct.! 



Tran^rerrins Now or in Springy. 



I sent for a sample copy of the American Bee Journal and 

 got it, lookt It over, and of course subscribed for the balance 

 of the year. I read Mr. White's third chapter, got the bee- 

 fever, and bought a colony of bees ; read more, and got more 

 fever, and more bees. I have four colonies now, and am look- 

 ing for more. I have two swarms in boxes llx20J-^ Inches 

 inside, the frames running across the box, are all full. I want 

 to put them into a standard hive. Should I better shift them 

 now, or put a super on and wait until spring '? They are get- 

 ting plenty of hooey and pollen, so I will have to do something 

 to give them more room. Flokida. 



Answer. — Probably the safe thing will be to leave them 

 where they are now till winter is over, giving them additional 

 room if needed. 



Apiary of C. N. White — Frum British Bee Journal. 



colonies. The bees wintered well and built up very strong 

 last spring, but they would not store any honey, and would 

 hang out, do all that I could. When they had a case of sec- 

 tions on top and a brood-chamber with foundation In the mid- 

 dle (I use the Heddon hive), they would hang out. While 

 those along side gave me from 60 to 75 pounds of surplus 

 honey, they gave me none this year, and appeared to be the 

 strongest. The queen seemed to be very prolific, but the bees 

 would do nothing but sting, for they were little terrors to 

 handle. What was the trouble? 



2. Will queens mating with drones from a colony like the 

 above be likely to be much better honey-gatherers than this 

 colony ? Pennsylvania. 



Answers. — 1. If the bees had the same chance in every 

 way as the neighboring colonies. It is to be feared that the 

 trouble was in the character of the bees themselves. 



2. They might be a good deal better. The workers par- 

 take of the characteristics of both father and mother, and 

 sometimes there is a decided advantage in the introduction of 

 new blood, even if that blood be no better than the old. 



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 30 cents; 50 

 for 50 cents; 100 for 90 cents; 250 for $2.00; 500 for 

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

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 these prices. 



Every Present Subscriber of the Bep Journal 

 should be an agent for it, and get all other bee-keepers possi- 

 ble to subscribe for it. 



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