AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



605 



Attention to the words of a much- 

 assailed, but grand old Book (or some- 

 thing else), has already put the average 

 longevity of Jews far in advance of Gen- 

 tiles. According to the United States 

 census there are among 1,000 Jews only 

 a little over one-half the deaths in a 

 given time (7.11 per year) that occur 

 among 1,0()0 of the non-Jewish popu- 

 lation. Whether honey-eating has any- 

 thing to do in this case, is a matter I 

 have not investigated. 



It is known, however, that there is 

 still surviving (notably in Russia) a sort 

 of religious feeling that it is wrong to 

 use sugar, because it is an unscriptural 

 and unauthorized modern substitute for 

 honey. When the matter is fully looked 

 into, it may transpire that the Jews 

 have not entirely outgrown the effects of 

 this feeling, and that they still use honey 

 more freely than our common populace. 



There. are also two passages of scrip- 

 ture that are sufficiently interesting in 

 this connection to be referred to. The 

 prophet Isaiah, speaking of Christ, says 

 in chapter 7, verse 15, "Butter and 

 honey shall he eat, that he may know 

 to refuse the evil, and choose the good." 

 And again in the same chapter (7:22), 

 speaking of the millennium, he says, 

 " For butter and honey shall every one 

 eat that is left in the land." And the 

 millennial days, we may remember, are 

 the days when a child shall die a hun- 

 dred years old. — Read at the Ohio State 

 Convention. 



Bee-Keeping In Sonthern Wisconsin. 



JOHN H. GUENTHEE. 



I have been keeping bees for 20 years, 

 and at first I had Italians, and then gave 

 the Cyprian .bees a trial. I am now con- 

 vinced that a cross between the Cyprian 

 and pure Italian bees will give the best 

 satisfaction in this locality, and would 

 like to procure some pure Cyprian drones, 

 as I do not like to use the drones from 

 the same hive in which the queen is 

 reared. Last season proved the differ- 

 ence to be so great, that I would rather 

 have one tested Cyprian queeh than four 

 Syrians or Italian hybrids. 



I know that some will think me crazy, 

 but I know I am not, as a season like 

 last year demonstrates which is the best 

 race of bees, and I am not so much 

 afraid of them now as when I did not 

 understand them. 



In general, it is best to Winter bees 

 outside, although it will cost three times 



as much as to prepare a cellar for them, 

 besides the time spent. 



Yesterday morning the mercury reg- 

 istered only 300 above zero, and to-day 

 it is 90° above in the sun, and hardy 

 bees are required to stand that kind of 

 weather. 



If Mr. Doolittle can Winter his outside, 

 without protection, I should like to have 

 such to cross with mine, and as for differ- 

 ence in climate, I do not think it can be 

 much warmer with him than it is here. 



I do not care for bees that are good 

 comb builders, as they have no time here 

 to do that. 



We read a great real about white 

 clover as pasturage, but in the past 20 

 years I have not read of any one here 

 raising white clover for seed, but sev- 

 eral carloads were shipped to a locality 

 near here last year. Alsike is not as 

 good as white clover — I have had it for 

 20 years — but it is better than red 

 clover. 



Queens bought a few years ago, only 

 lasted one year ; now I have one that is 

 five years old, and this is an improve- 

 ment. 



If we do not write and talk business 

 we can learn nothing, and our .time will 

 be wasted. In ray next I will state more 

 particulars concerning the 5-year-old 

 queen. 



I will name some of my latest discov- 

 eries, which are valuable to me, as well 

 as to others : How to introduce queens 

 received by mail, with a certainty of 

 their being retained ; how to fertilize 

 queens at will, provided they are prop- 

 erly cared for ; how to make foundation 

 15 inches deep by 93^ inches wide, that 

 will not sag when no wire is used, and 6 

 feet to the pound ; how to keep bees 

 from flying in unfavorable weather. 



Articles on such topics would be more 

 profitable reading than long discussions 

 on such questions as foul-brood, es- 

 pecially in localities where it has never 

 been seen, as in this county. 



Theresa, Wis., April 27, 1891. 



Texas Ajicnltnral Notes. 



A. C. ATEN^. 



Since writing the last notes from Texas, 

 we have had tolerably warm, and very 

 dry weather, until the last week when we 

 had three very heavy rains, the streams 

 have been high, and the ground is very 

 wet. 



Hoar-hound, buffalo clover, and some 

 other plants are in bloom, but bees are 



