AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



679 



Wavelets of News. 



Ants in the Apiary. 



If they are large ones, get a cent's 

 worth of tartar emetic, and mix about a 

 quarter of It in a little honey (about an 

 ounce or two), and place In their haunts. 

 After they have eaten It, you will see no 

 more of them for about three or four 

 months, when they will begin to come 

 back. A second dose has cleared our 

 house for three years. 



It will not work on the small ants, for 

 they will not eat it ; and if the coal tar 

 will clean out the small kinds, then with 

 both you can be "ant clear" In the 

 hives and the house. This recipe came 

 from the Housekeeper, Minneapolis, 

 Minn. Do not let the bees eat it, for it 

 may lay them up till the harvest is over. 

 — Gleaninqs. 



Bees in Asia Minor. 



Bee-keeping is carried on in quite a 

 novel fashion by the Yourouks, a wan- 

 dering people inhabiting the mountain- 

 ous districts of Cilicia, in Asia Minor. 

 The bee-hives are long trunks of trees 

 hollowed out, with the ends stopped with 

 cakes of earth, and are kept in a corner 

 of the tent. The bees are carried on the 

 backs of camels with their owners 

 wherever they go, and the honey resem- 

 bles cakes of soap, for it is boiled, wax 

 and all, before it is used for food. — Ex- 

 change. 



Cuban Honey Production. 



As we go on from one year to another 

 in any business, we arrive at conclusions 

 as to whether the enterprise is paying 

 or not, and the probable outlook for 

 success in the future. 



I started with this business here when 

 it was indeed an experiment — when the 

 movable-frame was a wonder in the eyes 

 of the Cubans ; when all you could get 

 for a gallon of honey was 35 cents ; but 

 now it brings 50 cents net (for we get 

 pay for all the packages) ; and if the 

 duty is ever removed, so that when you 

 get short we 'can send you a little to 

 help you out, why, then we shall get 

 more. 



So, after the experience of the years I 

 have been here, I cannot but feel the 

 greatest confidence in the future of 

 Cuba's honey crop. It will go on and 

 ultimately reach that grand climax that 

 is enjoyed by him. Of that country that 



stands upon the top round of the ladder. 

 The business is passing into the hands 

 of the actual producers — men of more or 

 less experience in honey producing, and 

 as such is always a step in' the right 

 direction, and it cannot but result in a 

 permanent good to the business and all 

 concerned. — A. W. Osbukn, in Gleanings. 



Distance that Bees Go for Nectar. 



Some writers maintain that bees will 

 go from three to four miles in search of 

 nectar, and store a large quantity of 

 surplus. I have found hundreds of colo- 

 nies in the woods, and but very few of 

 them were lined the distance of a mile. 

 At this distance the line would lead 

 through open fields and brush lots. 

 During the past two seasons my apiary 

 has consisted of 19 colonies of Italians. 

 AVhen at work in the fields, traveling 

 the highway, picking wild berries on the 

 mountain where golden-rod, aster, 

 pinks, old field balsam, etc., grew in 

 profusion, I kept strict watch, and not 

 an Italian bee was seen at the distance 

 of 1 J^ miles from the apiary. One mile 

 seemed to be about the limit of their 

 search, and but very few were observed 

 at this distance. — Farm and Home. 



Sweet Clover for Pasturage. 



M. Bignens, in the Revue Internation- 

 ale, reports a profitable crop of melilot, 

 getting a good yield of honey during its 

 bloom, while surrounding bee-keepers, 

 a mile or two distant, got little or noth- 

 ing. It was sown with barley, and 

 sheep and cattle ate the straw greedily. 

 M. Bertrand, the editor, says that his 

 pony ate a mixture of oats and melilot^ 

 and the pony much perferred it, thus 

 "perfumed," to the clear oats. — De. C. 

 C. Miller, in Gleanings. 



Spring" Work in the Apiary. 



My family and myself have had an 

 extended visit from La Grippe, whieh 

 retarded all work in the apiary this 

 Spring. I removed part of the Hill's 

 devices ; bees dislike empty space, and 

 as long as they are on cluster under 

 them, and as soon as honey is to be had, 

 build comb under them. It is better to 

 remove them, and have bees cluster 

 upon the brood. 



Bees have been holding high carnival 

 for a week, for the maples have been 

 trimmed in fringes, and their delicate 

 trimmings yielded largely of both honey 



