Nov. 30, 1899. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



763 



Bee-Keeping- in Colorado. 



It is generally conceded that Colo- 

 rado is one of the leading honey-pro- 

 ducing' States, and the opinions of its 

 bee-keepers should have weight alike 

 with bee-editors and supply-dealers. 

 Realizing this, Editor E. R. Root is 

 now attending the annual Colorado 

 Bee-Keepers' Convention, at Denver, 

 to become better acquainted with 

 the Western bee-keepers and their 

 methods. The readers of Gleanings in 

 Bee-Culture will get the benefit of this 

 in forthcoming issues. He has with 

 him, of course, his camera, so as to 

 present to our subscribers views of the 

 West as he saw them. The first in- 

 stallment of these writings may be ex- 

 pected in our Dec. ISth issue. 



Otlier Leading Bee-Keepers. 



Gleanings in Bee-Culture Oct. ISth 

 contained a biographical sketch of the 

 most extensive bee-keeper in the world, 

 Capt. J. E. Hetherington. This is fol- 

 lowed in Dec. 1st issue by biographical 

 sketches, with portraits, of the Cogg- 

 shalls, David and W. L,. In this arti- 

 cle will be a discussion of the 4-frame 

 non-reversible extractor, with which 

 Mr. W. L. Coggshall and his " light- 

 ning operators " have made such phe- 

 nomenal records. Special features of 

 Dec. ISth issue will be given in this 

 column next week. 



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" The Value of Illustrations." 



This is the subject of an editorial in 

 a recent issue of Gleanings in Bee-Cul- 

 ture, in which appears this sentence: 



" We realize the fact that it takes time 

 to read, and where we can give intor- 

 unation by pictures, we will illustrate 

 regardless of expense." 



In the same number that contained 

 the above, there was also the illustration 

 shown herewith, which Gleanings has 

 kindly loaned us for this occasion. We 

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 the genuine amusement which it will 

 furnish our readers; and, 3nd, that we 

 might give a sample of the class of pic- 

 tures some excellent papers use to save 

 the lime of their readers, for doesn't Edi- 

 tor Root say " it takes time to read?' 

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 the bank! Just think o£ the time it 

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 things this illustration shows at a glance 

 —or say seven glances! Then, consider 

 the vast amount o£ boiled-down infor- 

 mation these graphic pictures furnish in 

 to small a space! 



p S — We presume we really ought to 

 lieg Editor Root's pardon for the above, 

 but it seemed too good a chance to get 

 off a harmless joke on him to let it pass 

 by. To show our willingness to let him 

 have "sweet revenge" on us, we will 

 say that he can at any time return in 



]jiQ(j but remember, we don't advise the 



" stinging revenge " kind. 



this he took a strong colony that was 

 badly diseased and put it on the stand of a 

 colony that was not strong but was 

 healthy, putting the healthy colony on the 

 stand of the diseased one. Altho most of 

 the bet-s from the diseased colony entered 

 the healthy one, this latter remained per- 

 fectly healthy. But he emphasizes the 

 fact that in this experiment the bees were 

 not first smoked or in any way intimidated. 



Room I^eeded tor Kvaporalion. 



— Leon Dufour. in L'Apiculteur. makes a 

 plea for large hives and plenty of surplus 

 room on a ground that is perhaps not al- 

 ways considered. The more the nectar can 

 be spread out in the combs the more rapid 

 can evaporation take place. If a strong 

 colony has only two combs in which to 

 store, those two combs may hold more than 

 can be stored in a day; but evaporation 

 would take place more rapidly if the same 

 plunder were distributed over ten combs, 

 and the bees thus aided in their work. 



inflection In ltro«-«Iing: seems to be 

 getting unusual attention nowadays in the 

 Bee-Keepers' Review, and this time it is 

 selection for quality rather than for color. 

 Editor Hutchinson quotes Dr. Miller as 

 saying that if we mark on each super the 

 number of the colony from which it was 

 taken, we may know where to replace next 

 spring a queen whose workers produced 



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