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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Wavelets of News. 



Something for Nothing. 



The very words are suggestive of dis- 

 honesty, for something is the result of 

 somebody's labor, and he who gets it 

 without giving its equivalent in labor or 

 value is beating somebody out of the 

 just fruits of his labor. The really hon- 

 est man settles the merits of a proposed 

 business transaction by two questions : 

 Am I getting real value ? Am I giving 

 real value ? 



Something for nothing is the meanest 

 and most contemptible form of dishon- 

 esty that ever poisoned the moral nature 

 of man. It gets property on the same 

 terms that the thief gets it, but without 

 the courage that the thief possesses in 

 exposing himself to the penalty. — Western 

 Plowman. 



Chilled Brood, Not Foiil-BroGd. 



Chilled brood never made foul-brood. 

 Does any one really believe it ever did ? 

 Do they not rather hold this view : The 

 spores of foul-brood are so plentiful that 

 they are floating around everywhere, 

 and a lot of chilled brood is just the 

 right soil for them to take root in; just 

 as white clover seems to come up of 

 itself. — De. C. C. Miller, in Gleanings. 



Feeding Bees in Spring. 



You will be surprised to see what a 

 lot of honey is used up by the bees in 

 rearing brood. 



More bees are probably starved in 

 Spring than in Winter. It does seem 

 too bad to get them through the Winter 

 all right, start a big brood, and then 

 have the whole business die for want of 

 victuals. 



You can look at the tops of the frames 

 without any lifting out, and if you see 

 any sealed honey, they are in no imme- 

 diate danger. They seem to have more 

 heart when they see a full cupboard, 

 and go at brood-rearing with a will. 



This time of year you need not be so 

 particular as to the kind of feed. Any 

 honey not fit to put on the table, white 

 sugar, brown sugar — so long as they can 

 fly every day they can safely take almost 

 anything, even if soured. Be careful 

 not to start robbing when you feed them. 



It is a big thing to get all your colo- 

 nies strong in time for the beginning of 

 the main honey-flow. Everything de- 



pends on this. A big lot of bees a month 

 before that time, means only a lot of 

 bees on expense. A very weak colony 

 that just gets built up by the time the 

 harvest is over is no good. 



But few people need have any anxiety 

 about having their colonies strong too 

 early. Better board them a little while 

 before the time for work than not to have 

 workers enough when the time does 

 come. — Exchange. 



Mamnioth Clover for Bees. 



In 1889 I had a large field of mam- 

 moth clover within a few feet of the 

 hives. The first growth did not attract 

 the bees, as they were busy with the 

 white clover, for all will remember how 

 abundant the white clover was that 

 year. But later, when the second 

 growth blossomed, the bees flocked to it 

 in great numbers. Of course, that was 

 an exceptional Fall for clover, but I 

 think the bees gathered about as much 

 honey from the mammoth clover as they 

 did from the white during the Summer. 

 Our bees, which are Italians, had, I 

 noticed, gathered considerable honey 

 from the ordinary red variety, but they 

 prefer the mammoth. I think the mam- 

 moth clover deserves to be sown more 

 extensively than it is, for it not only 

 affords abundant pasturage, but the 

 stalks form a matted covering upon the 

 ground, which is very beneflcial. — J. L., 

 of Greene Co., O., in the National Stock- 

 man. 



Prevention of Robbing. 



Except during a honey-flow bees from 

 other hives will pounce upon any honey 

 left exposed. If one bee, that may be 

 hovering about searching for such a 

 chance, discovers it and secures a load, 

 he quickly returns with a score of com- 

 panions, and they in turn, if successful, 

 will each bring as many more, and a 

 large quantity of honey will be carried 

 away in a short time, as well as a great 

 uproar caused, during which there is 

 danger that every person or animal, 

 anywhere near, will be severely stung. 

 So look out and give no robber a chance. 

 — Exclumge. 



^What Does Cooking: the food 

 accomplish ? is asked by a correspondent. 

 Cooking the food accomplishes rapid dis- 

 integration of the particles subjected to 

 that process — doing the work in advance 

 of the stomach. 



