1903 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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proprietor of one of the most fashionable 

 hotels there. "While the other witnesses re- 

 sponded to the judg^ethat they did not know 

 the honey was adulterated, the landlord in 

 question avowed frankly that the fact was 

 known to him very well. Astonished, the 

 judge asked him why he served such stuff, 

 knowing it was bogus. " If I serve up gen- 

 uine good honey," said he, cynically, "my 

 boarders eat too much; while with this stuff" 

 here, the3' soon get enough." 



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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 

 The issue of Aug. 13 gives a very fine 

 half-tone of Thos. Wm. Cowan, editor of the 

 British Bee Jour?ial.. Mr. York well says 

 of this distinguished man whose name is so 

 well known inthe scientific circles of Europe 

 and America: 



Mr. Cowan is a most delightful man to meet. He is 

 the very essence of affability and courtesy, and his 

 character and ability are of the highest possible. He 

 is a member of many of the famous scientific societies 

 in Hngland, and has won for himself a deservedly 

 conspicuous position in them. 



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In regard to having your bowl ready when 

 it rains soup, Mr. "i"ork well says: 



It is not wise to wait to see what the harvest will be 

 before ordering supplies needed to secure it. Some 

 bee-keepers, who have followed that plan, have been 

 badly caught this year. Their stock of sections has 

 run out. and more could not at once be obtained, be- 

 cause they were not made, and the manufacturers 

 were away behind orders. 



The fail of the year is none too early to order 

 for the next year. Count your fall number a.s winter- 

 ing without loss, then figure the number of sections 

 they will require should the season be the best you 

 have ever known, and order accordingly. 



But you say, "There will in that way generally be 

 a lot of dead capital, for nine times out of ten so many 

 sections will not be needed." 



The lo.ss from dead capital will be less in ten years 

 than the annoyance and loss in one year of heavy 

 flow, if you run out of sections and can not get any. 

 It is better to make up your sections and get them all 

 ready in the supers in winter-time or earlj- spring, 

 while not crowded with other bee-work. If you don't 

 need them they will be all right for the following 

 year. Even if hot used for three or four years, they 

 will take no hurt. 



L'ABEILLE. 



D Abeille reports a good honey crop in 

 Belgium. It says, " In spite of many bad 

 days, great alternations in heat and cold, 

 we shall have no fault to find with 1903. 

 It has brought joy to the heart of a great 

 many bee-keepers in this country. There 

 is honey everywhere." 



The editor of UAbeille says he received, 

 the last of June, through the agency of Mr. 

 Giraud-Pabou, an Italian queen raised in 

 the United States. He adds, " The abdo- 

 men is almost entirely a shining 3'ellow as 

 far as the last band. It is not without rea- 

 son that these have been called golden 

 queens. The daughters of this queen, 

 hatched since her introduction, are likewise 

 the most beautiful Italians, and the gen- 

 tlest we have ever seen. "We hope their value 

 as honej'-gatherers will be in proportion to 

 their beauty." 



(iJRID'Si^ 





BY EVA C. MURRAY. 



A bee lit on a bright-red rose 



That in the garden grew, 

 And stopped for just a moment 



To drink the morning dew. 

 A gentle maiden passed that way. 



And saw the lovely rose, 

 So plucked it from the graceful stem 



And held it to her nose. 

 The saucy, angry little bee 



Just stung with all its might, 

 Which made her drop the dainty flower 



And run away in fright. 

 But ere she passed the garden gate, 



A youth came wandering by. 

 And pau.sed to ask her, " Pretty one, 



Why is it thus you cry ? "' 

 ' Ah ! " sobbed the maid, " an ugly thing 



With little things of lace 

 Did when I tried to smell the rose, 



Just sting me on the face." 

 ' The horrid thing ! "' the youth replied ; 

 " We'll teach him better tricks : 

 Come show me where you left the rose — 



This matter we must fix." 

 But when they found the castaway, 



And hunted for the bee, 

 A Cupid from its petals sprang. 



And laughed aloud with glee. 

 ' Ha, ha ! an easy catch, I'm sure, 



So early in the day ; 

 A rose holds bees and Cupids too — 



Pray turn me not away." 

 And so they took the cup of love 



He offered them, and drank ; 

 And now for love and happiness 



A little bee they thank. 



MORAL. 



It is the little stings through life 



That help enrich the soul. 

 And help us, though we may not think, 



To make our life the whole. 





