AMERICAN BEE JOURJNAU 



69 



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EDITOR. 



Vol, mil. Jan, 15, 1891, No, 3, 



Editorial Buzziiigs. 



Self-Ease is pain ; thy only rest 



Is labor for a worthy end, 

 A toil that gains with what it yields, 



And scatters to its own increase. 

 And hears, while sowing- outward fields. 



The harvest song- of inward peace. 



— Whitier. 



A Bee Tree recently cut in Hazel ton 

 township, Shiawassee Co., Mich., yielded 

 100 pounds of honey. 



Foul-Brood Cure.— Mr. E. P. Pratt, 

 in the ApicuUurist for January, remarks 

 thus : 



Over 14 columns of solid printed space 

 was consumed in the American Bee 

 Journal telling liow to cure foul-brood. 

 One word would have given a clieaper 

 and safer method — cremation. 



That such a cure is effectual, no one 

 will deny ; and, personally, we think 

 that it is the best, all things considered. 



Bees and Fruit.— W. A. Webster, of 

 Bakersfield, Calif., writes thus to the 

 Pacific Rural Press, on this subject : 



It is the candid opinion of the writer 

 that the injury to fruit, which is charged 

 to bees, begins Mnth decay, birds, yellow- 

 jackets and other pilferers ; and the 

 offices of the bee are such as are only 

 beneficial, in the economy of nature. 

 The province of the honey bee is to 

 fertilize the blossom, and save the nectar 

 from it. A bee is guided to its legitimate 

 plunder by the sense of smell, and, I 

 believe, never punctures the skin. 



It is a Great Strength, as well as a 

 great virtue, to be able to adapt-<rar- 

 selves to circumstances, and„-e^ily con- 

 form to surrounding con<iitlons. 



Rocky Mountain Bee-Plant.— A cov- 

 respondent in Central City, Nebr., has 

 sent a flower, and remarks thus : 



It blooms about the first of August, 

 and grows very rank. The beesw^rk on 

 it all day. I wish you would tell wnat it 

 is, and if it bears honey. This has been 

 a very poor year for honey here — no 

 surplus worth noting. 



It is Cleome integrifolia, commonly 

 called the "Rocky Mountain Bee Plant." 

 It is an excellect honey-producer. 



Valuable Book. — This is what Mr. A. 

 I. Root, says in Gleanhrufs about friend 

 Alley's excellent book, which can bo 

 obtained at this office for 50 cents ; or it 

 and the Bee Journal one year for 

 $1.25. Mr. Root says: 



This is the title of a new book, written 

 by Henry Alley, of Wenham, Mass. It 

 contains 80 large pages, and is full of 

 good things. In fact, w^e are ashamed to 

 say we did not even know that friend 

 Alley had got his queen-rearing down to 

 such perfection, for this is what the new 

 book deals with, principally. 



Toward the end of the book there are 

 a great many good things ; for instance, 

 how to find a fertile queen ; how to warm 

 a small bee room economically : best fuel 

 for smokers, and several other items 

 that smack pretty strongly of long expe- 

 rience. 



Sanilac county, Mich., has over 200 

 bee-keepers within its limits, and its an- 

 nual production is valued at $60,000. 

 A County Association, to meet four times 

 a year, has been organized. 



