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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



June 6, 



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VoLfflV, CHICAGO, ILL, JONE 6, 1895, No. 23, 



Editorial Budget* 



Sweet !^IontIi of Roses— June. 



Then let us, one and all, be contented with our lot ; 

 The June is here this morning, and the sun is shinin' hot. 

 Oh ! let us fill our hearts up with the glory of the day. 

 And banish ev'ry doubt and care and sorrow far away! 

 Whatever be our station, with Providence fer guide, 

 Such fine circumstances ort to make us satisfied; , 

 Fer the world is full of roses, and the roses full of dew, 

 And the dew is full of heavenly love that drips fer me and you. 



— James Whitcomb Riley. 



A Ne'w Smoker, Zaebringer's, is described in Ger- 

 man bee-journals. It's nothing more nor less than an atom- 

 izer, or sprayer, with a big rubber 'ball. But it's well 

 spoken of. So says a " straw " in Gleanings. 



A Recent Act of the Michigan legislature makes it 

 an offense punishable by a fine of $50, or 90 days in jail, for 

 maintaining a hive of bees on your premises, in that State, 

 within 90 feet of the highway. So says the Michigan Farmer, 

 published in Detroit. 



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Carriage Decorated with Honey-Sage.— 



A California correspondent reports that among the variously 

 decorated carriages and other vehicles in the floral carnival in 

 Santa Barbara, in April, was one covered with honey-sage of 

 the southern portion of the State. The long, slender stalks of 

 the plant, with the leaves and flowers, made a very pretty and 

 novel sight. It did not look so gorgeous as many of the rigs 

 covered with gay-colored roses, geraniums, carnations, and 

 the like, but (as did one of the rigs that was decorated with 

 California wild mustard) it made one of the striking features 

 of the show. It was not learned whether the rig was that of 

 a bee-keeper, but it was supposed it was not, as it was a bet- 

 ter one than most bee-keepers are able to sport. At least, 

 that was the " impression " of the correspondent. 



A Cure for Bee-Paralysis.— There have been 

 given out so many so-called " cures " for bee-paralysis, that 1 

 almost hesitate to publish another. But the one I received on 

 May 28 comes from such a well-known and extensive firm of 

 bee-keepers that I feel warranted in giving it a conspicuous 

 place in these columns. It is from Messrs. Alderman & 

 Roberts, of Wewahitchka, Fla., who have had within the past 

 two or three years, 1,300 colonies of bees in their apiaries. 

 Hence they doubtless have given their proposed cure for bee- 



paralysis a thorough trial, and know whereof they aflSrra. I 

 trust others, who may be so unfortunate as to have the dis- 

 ease in their apiaries, will follow the directions carefully, and 

 then report results. 



The letter giving the ingredients of the remedy and its 

 application, reads thus : , 



Wewahitchka, Fla., May 22, 1895. 



Editor American Bee Journal — Dear Sir : — We have 

 many times in the last 20 years been benefited by recipes 

 from our brother bee-keepers, so we want to reciprocate. ISe- 

 low is a remedy for the hce-paralysi.><. It has been troubling 

 our bees now for three years. This cures it : 



Take one quart of warm water, dissolve in it two tea- 

 spoonfuls of salt and two teaspoonfuls of cooking soda. Add 

 a tablespoonful of cider-vinegar. To this add a quart of 

 honey, or syrup (heavy) made of sugar. Agitate it thoroughly 

 with a spray pump, and spray the entire colony. 



When the disease is very stubborn, add two drops of car- 

 bolic acid to the above. 



We will have about one-third of a crop of honey this year. 

 Yours truly. Alderman & Roberts. 



You Don't Take the Bee Journal? It must 

 be because you've never thought what a help it would be to 

 you in yo\ir work with the bees. For only a short time we are 

 offering the American Bee Journal for 10 weeks for 10 cents to 

 any one not now a subscriber. Better send on your dime (in 

 stamps or silver) at once, and take advantage of this liberal 

 offer. Then later on we should be glad to have you subscribe for 

 a year, and also get the 160-page book — " Bees and Honey " 

 — free as a premium. Every new subscriber who sends us 

 $1.00 for a year's subscription is entitled to this book free. 

 But you can take the 10-cent trial trip first, if you prefer. 



S'weet Clover (Melilotus), Prof. S. M. Tracy, Direc- 

 tor of the Mississippi Experiment Station, says is " one of the 

 very few plants which are able to draw their supply of nitro- 

 gen from the air ; and hence by and through its biennial de- 

 cay it furnishes the most valuable and most expensive factor 

 in commercial fertilizers free of cost, and the best form." 



Mr. E. X. Flanagan and His Apiary. 



The engraving shown on the first page this week repre- 

 sents the apiary of Mr. E. T. Flanagan, at Belleville, 111. The 

 picture was taken March SO, 1895, and appeared in the Pro- 

 gressive Bee-Keeper for May, in connection with the following 

 sketch, written by Mr. Douglas D. Hammond, of Malone, 

 Iowa : 



In the foreground you will see Mr. Flanagan and five of 

 his bright-eyed little ones. The party holding the smoker is 

 Mr. F.'s assistant from Iowa, and, I am sorry to say, for un- 

 favorable reasons, Mrs. Flanagan and the youngest Mr. 

 Flanagan were not taken. 



Mr. Flanagan was born in Belleville, Ills., Feb. 19, 1837, 

 and married Miss Lily R. Mithoff, of New Orleans, La., Oct. 

 1, 1884, and has six children, three girls (as shown in the 

 picture), and three boys, two of which you can see. The one 

 in his arms he calls his bee-hoy, and he is as fearless of the 

 bees as most people are of so many Hies. 



Mr. Flanagan began his career as a bee-keeper with two 

 colonies in box-hives in 1878, and a short time passed before 

 he had a serious attack of the bee-fever, for when he procured 

 the two box-hives he little dreamed of anything beyond a little 

 honey for his own use. But a short time elapsed, however, 

 before, in partnership with Dr. Illlnski, of Cahokia, III,, he 

 had 1,000 colonies in Simplicity hives, and in connection with 

 his having one of the largest apiaries in the United States, he 

 has probably had more experience in migratory bee-keeping 

 than any man up to date ; all of which he has carried on suc- 

 cessfully, with the exception of unavoidable circumstances, 

 such as the loss of 300 colonies at New Madrid, Mo., caused 

 by a steamboat taking fire. 



He works principally for extracted honey, as his location 

 has only fall flowers for surplus honey. But his main occupa- 

 tion is rearing bees and queens, he having sold as many a& 



