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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



The Honey Crop is not what 

 was anticipated. In some places white 

 clover and linden gave but little honey, 

 and in others none at all. The drouth of 

 last year killed out the sward, and there 

 was nothing in the early Spring to build 

 up. The new clover is now quite prom- 

 ising, and as we have no drouth this 

 year, it is reasonable to look forward for 

 a good yield from it next year. 



All hopes now hang upon the Fall 

 crop. If the weather is propitious, and 

 the atmospheric conditions are right, we 

 shall have a good crop of honey from 

 Autumn bloom. The hives are crowded 

 with brood, bees and honey, and the 

 bees are waiting for the opportunity to 

 gather and store the precious nectar. 



Those who have the bug-juice (so- 

 called honey-dew) in the hives should let 

 the bees consume it between this and 

 the Fall bloom, if they will. On no 

 account should any of it be marketed for 

 honey. It is not honey, nor is it suitable 

 for human food. To allow any of it to 

 be sold for honey is criminal, for it 

 would ruin the market for the pure 

 article, by disgusting the purchasers. 

 Let no hug-juice he sold for honey ! 



Rambler, that is friend J. H. 

 Martin, late of New York, is on his way 

 to California, and gave us a call last 

 week. He expects to remain in Sac- 

 remento and manufacture and deal in 

 bee-keepers' supplies, etc. We had a 

 pleasant visit with him, and hope that 

 he will be successful in his intended 

 business. 



Success ; or, How to Earn an 

 Independent Fortune. By Rev. Isa A. 

 Eberhart, Ph. D., LL. D., President 

 Chicago College of Science. An inter- 

 esting little work, replete with valuable 

 facts and figures, showing how it is pos- 

 sible for any one to live well and yet 

 attain competency. Price, heavy paper, 

 15 cents. Popular Publishing Co., 

 Publishers, 24 Howland Block, Chicago, 

 Illinois. 



Oolden Carniolan Bees.— 



Friend Alley has sent us a cage of 

 beautiful bees, with the following letter: 



I send you a specimen of the new 

 strain — golden Carniolan — which was 

 developed in the Bay State Apiary. 

 There is not a particle of any other 

 blood in these bees but Carniolan. Some 

 people will state that there are no such 

 iDees as golden or yellow Carniolan. Such 

 people do not know what they are talk- 

 ing about. 



This strain of bees are non-stinging ; 

 queens very prolific; workers far better 

 honey-gatherers than Italians. They 

 do not swarm as the dark, or gray 

 Carniolans do — in fact, we have had no 

 swarms from them this year, nor never 

 have had one. 



I know of no better strain for those 

 who desire to keep bees, but are afraid 

 of their stings. Golden Carniolan bees 

 will not sting ; any hive can be opened 

 without smoke, and not even one bee will 

 attempt to sting. 



I expect to breed these bees so that 

 their bodies below the thorax will be a 

 solid golden yellow. Some of the bees 

 sent you come pretty nearly to it now. 

 Henry Alley. 



Wenham, Mass. 



The bees are fine fellows, having five 

 plain, golden bands, which friend Alley 

 says he intends to breed into one wide 

 band, in the near future. American 

 breeders now "beat the world" on 

 thorough and careful work in producing 

 the largest, handsomest, and best work- 

 ing bees, and their ideal will be fully 

 realized before they give up the grand 

 undertaking. 



1^, H, Smitli, of Mount Salem, 

 Out., asks : 



Will alfalfa clover propagate from the 

 root? In other words, will it sponta- 

 neously spread from the root? 



It will propagate from the root, for 

 though one-half of the roots decay each 

 year from the outside, they grow larger 

 from the inside. 



The Catalogue of Italian bees and 

 queens of Otto J. E. Urban, of Thorn- 

 dale, Tex., is on our desk. 



