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EDITOR. 



Vol, mill, Aug. 6. 1891. Ho. 6. 



Editorial BuzziiigSi 



The honey-bee has a golden coat, 

 A buzz much like a rocket ; 



And, O, ye foolish ! heed the note ! 

 A loaded pistol pocket. 



Samples of foul-brood, or what is 

 supposed to be foul-brood, should never 

 be sent through the malls. It is unsafe 

 to do so ; endangering the apiaries of 

 those to whom it is sent, as well as 

 others in the vicinity. 



X^wo Punic Queens are received 

 from Mr. John Hewitt, of Sheffield, 

 England. One was dead, but the other 

 was in good condition. The bees which 

 accompanied the queen were very lively, 

 and appear to be very energetic workers. 

 They are shiny black, and very dis- 

 tinctive in that matter. The queen was 

 introduced in accordance with the 

 printed instructions sent by Mr. Hewitt, 

 and her progress will be stated in the 

 Bee Journal from time to time. 



Iowa.— The Ninth Annual Conven- 

 tion of Iowa bee-keepers will be held in 

 their tent on the Fair Grounds, at Des 

 Moines, on Sept. 1 and 2, 1891. 

 Addresses will be given on the following 

 subjects: Spring Dwindling, C. D. 

 Levering ; Stray Straws on Wintering, 

 E. Kretchmer ; The Best Bees for this 

 Country, J. W. Bittenbender ; Bees and 

 the Farm, W. M, Bomberger ; Is Bee- 

 Keeping a Suitable Occupation for 

 Women, Mrs. C. S. Jackson ; Address 

 by the President, Eugene Secor ; Some 

 Problems in Apiculture, Prof. Herbert 

 Osborn ; Prevention of Swarming, C. P. 

 Dadant; Lights and Shadows, Maude 

 Meredith. Let there be a large attend- 

 ance, and a lively interest in the pro- 

 ceedings. 



Bees and Fruit.— The National 

 Stockman quotes what we stated in the 

 Honey Almanac on the above subject, 

 viz.: that " bees are the best friends of 

 the growers of small fruit ; they fructify 

 the flowers, and cause the fruit to 

 mature. W^ere it not for the bees and 

 other insects to fertilize the flowers, the 

 trees and vines would cease to bear fruit, 

 and become useless." It then adds the 

 following paragraph: 



This is a very important matter to 

 bring before fruit-growers, that the 

 truth of should be properly understood. 

 It is an undeniable fact that without 

 this source of impregnation of the blos- 

 soms, fruit could not mature to any 

 profitable extent ; hence, while we 

 undergo a slight damage by them, we 

 owe a heavy debt to these useful insects. 



That is just what should be done. 

 Let the matter be discussed thoroughly 

 at horticultural conventions, and it will 

 then be very soon understood that bees 

 are the best friends of fruit-growers. 



It is ]Vot Best to allow the chick- 

 ens to eat the dead bees around the 

 hives, as they soon get to liking them so 

 well that they do not stop at dead ones, 

 but pick them off as fast as they come 

 ut of the hive. — Exchange. 



