1895. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



121 



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Conducted by " GLEANER." 



ILLINOIS STATE BBE-KEEPEBS' ASSOCIATION. 



The editor of the Review wants to know why this society 

 did not hold its 1894 meeting in Chicago, according to the 

 understanding had when the " Northwestern was merged into 

 the Illinois State." He hints at.the advisability of a new 

 Northwestern, if Illinois doesn't wake up. What's the matter 

 with those SucTiers? 



THE BEE-KEEPING OF THE FUTURE. 



In an essay read before the Ontario convention, Hutchin- 

 son says : "Bee-keeping in the early days was a side-issue, 

 ■then it became a specialty and will remain such in favorable 

 localities, but over a large portion of the country it will 

 become again a side-issue ; but improved hives, implements 

 and methods will make of it a more desirable and profitable 

 avocation than it was in days gone by." 



KEQUEENING AN APIARY. 



Here's the plan given by E. F. Quigley in Review. Get 

 one or two good tested queens near the close of the main 

 honey-flow. Start queen-cells each day. When a queen-cell 

 is about ripe, put it between the combs of a colony to be 

 requeened, having removed the queen three days before. Or, 

 cells may be put in supers without removing the queen, and in 

 80 per cent of the cases success will follow. 



HIGH-PRICED PRODUCTS OF THE APIARY. 



Seems good to see something again from J. A. Green 

 (page B5.) But what makes him leave us in the dark as to 

 how he got the bees to make queen-cells in January ? I don't 

 believe everybody could do it. Perhaps he's a little "off" as 

 to $25 an ounce being the highest price ever paid for the 

 products of the apiary. I don't know how much has been 

 paid for stings or poison, but I think a good deal more than 

 $25 an ounce has been paid for queens. 



DAMPNESS IN BEE-REPOSITORIES. 



There's a lot of sense in the following words of Doolittle, 

 in Gleanings : 



" Now, I wish to say to each and every one, that, so long 

 as bees are quiet, or very quiet, no matter where they are, 

 whether in the cellar, in a room above ground, or on the 

 summer stand, they are wintering in the best possible condi- 

 tion, and should be left undisturbed, no matter if the place 

 where they are is dripping with moisture, or so dry that you 

 may fear the bees are suffering from want of water. Quiet- 

 ness is the essential quality for safe wintering, for with it 

 always comes the least consumption of stores, and with a 

 minimum consumption of stores comes the least possible 

 exhausted vitality and the greatest longevity during the spring 

 and early summer days." 



so UN-"RELIABLE" AND MISLEADING. 



Is the editor of "The " Old Reliable " jealous ? or what 

 makes him try to mislead his readers about who makes the 

 Review ? On page SO he prints the pictures of four men, 

 headed " Men who make the Review." Those four men don't 

 make the Review. It's W. Z. Hutchinson, and a mighty good 

 paper he makes. 



There's also an attempt to mislead on page 60, where it 

 says " Root's iron lasts ;" evidently conveying the impression 

 that Root's iron lasts longer than other people's iron, and I 

 don't believe it does. Let the " Old Reliable" be reliable. 



[Now, look here, you young upstart of a "Gleaner,'' 

 you'll get yourself into trouble if " you don't loog a leedle 

 oud, maype alretty." If Bro. Hutchinson says that only four 

 good Ji en "make the Review," why, it's none of my affair, or 

 yours either. His name is signed to his advertisement, and if 

 you want to "scrap" with anybody, just tackle "Hutchy '' 

 himself. You have my full consent to " sail into him," "and 

 glean 'im all oop." 



Another thing, Gleaner: If you don't believe "Root's 

 iron lasts longer than other people's iron," you don't have to. 

 But I'm willing to defend him so far as to say that I'm sure 

 Root's last iron is as good as his first, hence it " lasts." — Ed.] 



Miss Rose Roese. 



My sister. Rose Roese, was born Dec. 15, 1867. Prom 

 early childhood she was a lover of the busy bee, and used to 

 follow father fearlessly when at work among the hives. 



At the age of 13, when father and mother went to camp 

 meeting, after staying away from S to 10 days, sister Rose 

 would volunteer to stay at home to see to things, and take 

 care of the bees. And as camp meeting time (the middle of 

 June) usually is the swarming time in this part of the coun- 

 try, she watched and hived carefully every swarm that issued, 

 without any loss. 



As Rose grew older she proved to be quite efficient help 

 to father in the apiary, outside of her school hours. 



She studied hard to qualify herself for teaching in the 

 common schools, and at the age of 16 she obtained her first 

 certificate, or permit, to teach, and the money she thus earned 

 she spent again during her attendance at the State Normal 

 school at River Falls, Wis. She taught school successfully 

 until her 23rd year, when she devoted herself to the care of 



Rose Roese. 



suffering mankind, and for this purpose she enlisted in the 5- 

 years' training class for medical missionary work at the sani- 

 tarium at Battle Creek, Mich. After two years' faithful ser- 

 vice she had so won the confidence of her instructor and 

 superintendent in charge, that she was permitted to visit 

 patients alone. In the third year of her course (now a year 

 ago), she came home to attend a family reunion. I being 

 taken sick shortly after, she proved then the means of saving 

 my life, according to my physician's own statement, for he 

 could not have gotten here in time to do me any good. 



After she saw me out of danger, she returned again to the 

 Sanitarium, but, sad to say, only for two months, for she was 

 compelled to come home, having contracted that dread disease 

 — consumption. Her sufferings were far beyond description, 

 from April to Dec. 2, 1894, when she fell asleep. 



A few days before her death she requested me to read to 

 her 1st Thessalonians, chapter 4, verse IS, to the end of the 

 chapter, relying firmly on those comforting words, with the 

 hope of a glorious resurrection. She called all the family to 

 her bedside on Thanksgiving Eve, bidding each one good-by, 

 with the request that each lead a Christian life, and meet her 

 in Heaven. 



'Tis hard to break the tender cord, 

 When love has bound the heart; 

 'Tis hard, so hard, to speak the word — 

 We must forever part. 



Dearest sister we must lay thee 



In the peaceful grave's embrace; 

 But thy loving memory's cherished 

 Till we see thy Heavenly face. 



Mrs. Minnie Wagnbb. 

 Maiden Rock, Wis., Jan. 17. 



CONDUCTED BY 



Rev. Emerson T. Abbott. St. Josepli. AIo. 



■What For. — "We cover all our bees with a solid 

 board, made out of inch lumber, dressed on both sides, cleated 

 at the ends to keep from warping. Over this board we put 

 into the chamber some straw four to six inches deep." — E. 

 France. 



