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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



October 27. 



Uniting Weak Colonies is made easier, says Editor Root, 

 by bringing them from an out-apiary, for then they will not 

 go back to their old places. — Gleanings. 



Honey-Dew for Winter Stores.— The editor of Gleanings 

 has advised leaving honey-dew in the hives for winter. But 

 It seems all honey-dew is not the same as at Medina. M. V. 

 Facey says that in Minnesota it is fatal as winter food. One 

 winter he had in the same cellar a lot of colonies filled up with 

 honey-dew, and another lot that had been fed sugar syrup. 

 Only one with sugar died, and only one of the others lived. 



"Whither are we Drifting P" is the question aslft in the 

 Progressive Bee-Keeper by H. H. Hyde, in view of the many 

 inventions and changes made in bee-keeping appliances (but 

 before he gets through he advocates a new separator of his 

 own invention), especially mentioning the change to smaller 

 sections, and the "cut-off top-bar brood-frame," with a hint 

 against the plain section and fence separator. The editor Is 

 emphatic upon this last point, favoring slotted separators 

 "instead of catering to certain supply dealers' pocket-books 

 by buying their glued-up clap-traps." 



Why Fruit Does Not Set.— A bulletin of the Kansas Ex- 

 periment Station gives four important reasons why fruit may 

 fail to set : 



1. The pollen may be insufficient in quantity. This ap- 

 plies particularly to the strawberry, the remedy being to plant 

 pollen-producing sorts, the so-called staminate sorts, along 

 with the so-called pistillate sorts. 



2. " Insects may be prevented from visiting the flowers 

 during the receptive period. If bees are kept from fruit- 

 blossoms by netting or other artificial means, the amount of 

 fruit set is little or none. It not infrequently happens that 

 inclement weather prevents, or hinders the flying of bees dur- 

 ing the period when the flowers are receptive. A fruit-tree, 



half of which was subjected to a continuous spray of water 

 during the flowering period, produced no fruit upon the 

 sprayed portion, but an abundance upon the other. A failure 

 due to the above-mentioned cause cannot well be prevented, 

 but may be modified by having bees near at hand to utilize 

 the ihort favorable periods which do occur." 



S. In some varieties of fruits the flowers are self-sterile, 

 and the remedy is to plant with them other varieties, as Seckel 

 with Bartlett pears, and Concord with Brighton grapes. 



4. An insufficient supply of bees will hinder the setting of 

 fruit. While other insects may take part in the carrying of 

 pollen, the fruit-raiser must rely chiefly upon honey-bees. Ex- 

 perience shows that tho hungry bees may fly two or three 

 miles, hives should be within half a mile of the orchard or 

 small-fruit patch. 



Sugar Syrup for Feeding Bees. — G. M. Doolittle gives 

 in Gleanings the following plan for making syrup that will 

 not crystallize : Stir 30 pounds of granulated sugar into 15 

 pounds of boiling water. Keep stirring till the sugar is nearly 

 all dissolved ; then let come again to a boil and skim off the 

 scum. Take from the fire, put in five pounds of good ex- 

 tracted honey, stir a minute or two till well mixt, and you 

 have 50 pounds of feed that will never crystallize. Editor 

 Root thinks it simpler to take sugar and water, equal parts. 

 Pill a honey-extractor half full of water, start the reel going, 

 add sugar gradually, and turn vigorously till all is dissolved. 

 Given thin to the bees, It will not crystallize. He says Dr. 

 Miller does not even dissolve the sugar, but pours It in the 

 feeder and then pours cold water on top. It may be well to 

 remember that when fed thus thin, it should be given early. 



Honey as Food is a neat little 24-page pamphlet 

 especially gotten up with a view to creating a demand fo 

 hooey 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- 

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

 these prices. 



BEST 



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ALFALFA 

 HONEY 



This is the famous white extracted honey 

 gathered in the great Alfalfa regions of the 

 Central West. It Is a splendid honey, and 

 nearly everybody who cares to eat honey at all 

 can't get enough of the Alfalfa extracted. 



BASSWOOD 

 HONEY 



This is the well-known light-colored honey 

 gathered from the rich, nectar-laden basswood 

 blossoms in Wisconsin. It has a stronger 

 flavor than Alfalfa, and is greatly preferred by 

 those who like a distinct flavor in their honey. 



PRICES OF EITHER ALFALFA OR BASSWOOD HONEY : 



A sample of either, by mall, 8 cents ; samples of both, 15 cents — to pay for package and postage. 

 By freight — One 60-pound can, 7J^ cents a pound ; 2 cans, 7^4^ cents per pound ; 4 or more cans, 7 

 cents per pound. Cash must accompany each order. If ordering two or more cans you can have half 

 of each kind of honey, if you so desire. This honey is all 



Absolutely Pure Bees' Honey 



the finest of their kinds produced In this country. 



We would suggest that those bee-keepers who did not produce any honey for their home demand this 

 year, just order some of the above, and sell it. And others, who want to earn some money, can get 

 this honey and work up a demand for it almost anywhere. The pamphlet, " HoNEr as Food," will be 

 a great help in creating customers for honey. See prices on another page. 



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