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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Bees and Berries Go Together.— The 

 following from the Farm Journal, of 

 Philadelphia, last week, is commended 

 to the attention of horticulturists who 

 wage a foolish warfare against the bees. 

 In their ignorance they are persecuting 

 their best friends. Here is the item : 



Some years ago, a friend who is a 

 great lover of strawberries, located in 

 an unsettled part of a Western State ; 

 and as soon as he could get the soil into 

 proper condition, set out a large bed of 

 several varieties. As it happened, every- 

 one of them were pistillate, but he did 

 not know the difference. The next 

 Spring the plants were white with bloom, 

 but not a berry did he get. * He wrote 

 me a long, doleful letter, blaming the 

 soil, climate, etc., and asking me what 

 lie should do. "Do wild strawberries 

 grow there, and are there any honey- 

 bees in the neighborhood?" I asked. 

 "Plenty of wild strawberries, but no 

 bees within 15 miles," he replied. I 

 told him to get a colony of bees, culti- 

 vate his berry patch well, and I would 

 guarantee him a full crop the following 

 year. He did so, and sure enough the 

 crop was there. He gathered over 20 

 bushels of magnificent berries. 



Plant alternate rows of pistillate and 

 perfect flowering varieties, and shut off 

 the bees, and the pistillates will set one- 

 third to half a crop. 



Plant the pistillates in one bed and 

 the perfect varieties in another, and 

 have plenty of bees about, and you will 

 harvest a full crop from both. Bees will 

 work whenever the weather is such that 

 pollen will develop, and they will carry 

 it to every blossom. Bees and berries 

 go together. Feed Grundy. 



are Now consuming considerable 

 honey in brood-rearing. The Indiana 

 Farmer says : 



So far, the Winter has been very 

 pleasant, and bees are in fine condition, 

 but do not forget that the bees will con- 

 sume more stores from now until fruit- 

 bloom than they have consumed in the 

 past five months. A few pieces of candy, 

 made of coffee A sugar, placed over the 

 frames beneath the cloth, will do won- 

 ders for colonies that are about to be- 

 come destitute of stores. 



A great many bees die every year leav- 

 ing the hives full of nice worker comb, 

 which, as a general thing, is torn out and 

 worked into wax. This is a great mis- 

 take, for every scrap of comb, if only 



two inches square, can with a little skill, 

 and a few pieces of wire, be transferred 

 to frames, and profitably used again. 

 We pay from 45 to 65 cents per pound 

 'for foundation to assist the bees, and old 

 comb is worth equally as much for the 

 same purpose. By having a hive full of 

 comb to give to swarms, they are ready 

 to store surplus immediately, when other- 

 wise it would take them more than a 

 week to fill the brood-chamber. With 

 plenty of comb or foundation, one can 

 increase the colonies to an almost un- 

 limited extent. 



Mr. Cowan's new books have arrived, 

 and our orders are all filled. When 

 noticing the book, on page 109, we 

 placed the price at 75 cents, but after 

 getting them, we find that it is too low. 

 The transportation, duties, etc., make 

 them cost us more than that amount. 

 The price will hereafter be $1.00 post- 

 paid, and it is a cheap book at that 

 price, for it is beautifully printed, illus- 

 trated and bound. The subject matter 

 is the natural history, anatomy and 

 physiology of the honey-bee, and the 

 author's treatment of the subject is new, 

 and highly interesting. It should be in 

 every bee-keeper's library. 



Honey for La Grippe. — Mrs. Mary W. 

 Loun, of Coin, Iowa, sends us the follow- 

 ing, which she recommends, after using 

 it in her own family : 



Take horehound, mullein, hops, and 

 wild cherry bark, of each 1 ounce ; put 

 into 1 gallon of water, boil till reduced 

 to IK pints, and strain; add 13^ pints 

 of honey, and boil down to 1 quart. 

 Dose, 1 tea-spoonful 3 or 4 times a day 

 for an adult, less for children, according 

 to age. 



Catalogues and Price-Lists for 1891 

 have been received from 



J. Wes Clark, Clarksburg, Mo.— 8 

 pages — Bees and Bee-Hives. 



F. M. & S. E. Atwood, Rileyville, Ills. 

 — 16 pages — Bees, Hives and Supplies. 



J. D. Goodrich, East Hardwick, Vt. — 

 12 pages — Apiarian Supplies. 



Henry Stewart, Prophetstown, Ills. — 

 20 pages — Bee-Keepers' Supplies. 



