AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



791 



THOS. G.NEWMAN ^ «SON, 



r CHICAGO, IL.L'. -v ■ 



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EDITOK. 



yoinvil, Jnne 18, 1891. No. 25, 



Editorial Buzziiigs. 



Keep the honey from the light to 

 prevent granulation. 



Bees are now storing honey very 

 rapidly nearly all over the Northern and 

 some of the Southern States. The 

 present indications are that a very large 

 honey crop will be gathered. Fruit- 

 bloora yielded well, and generously 

 provided the necessary food for brood- 

 rearing. Now the bees are numerous 

 enough to gather an immense harvest. 



A yi^strm and Moist atmosphere 

 will provide the conditions for an im- 

 mense crop of honey. This we have, 

 and may confidently expect an unusual 

 honey harvest — unless it is prevented 

 very soon by some unforseen calamity. 

 It now looks as though the lamentations 

 of the Southern weather prophet were 

 wasted and worthless. 



Spraying: Fruit Trees.— We 



have a new pamphlet on this subject by 

 P. C. Lewis, of Catskill, N. Y. It will 

 be sent free upon application. It is 

 refreshing to see that in this book all 

 the instructions are given correctly, 

 such as the following on page 4 : " This 

 spraying should be done just after the 

 falling of the blossoms of the apple or 

 plum," etc. It has been dillicult to 

 educate on this matter, but we are 

 "getting there" now. 



Since the above item was written, we 

 have the news by telegraph that the 

 Spraying Bill, after having passed the 

 House of Representatives of the State of 

 Illinois, lacked two votes in the Senate 

 to become a law. Here is the telegraphic 

 dispatch as published in the daily papers 

 on June 13 : 



The House bill providing for the 

 protection of bees from poison through 

 the spraying or otherwise treating of 

 fruit trees and fruit-bearing shrubs, 

 vines, or plants with london purple, 

 paris green, white arsenic, or other 

 virulent poisons while the aforesaid 

 trees, shrubs, vines, or plants are in 

 bloom was read a third time, but failed 

 to pass, receiving but 21 affirmative 

 votes. 



You N^eed an Apiary Register, 

 and should keep it posted up, so as to be 

 able to know all about any colony of 

 bees in your yard at a moment's notice. 

 It devotes two pages to every colony. 

 You can get one large enough for 50 

 colonies for a dollar, bound in full 

 leather and postage paid. Send for one 

 before you forget it, and put it to a good 

 use. Let it contain all that you will 

 want to know about your bees — includ- 

 ing a cash account. We will send you 

 one large enough for 100 colonies for 

 .$1.25; or for 200 colonies for $1.50. 

 Order one note. 



Tlie • Nebraska State Fair will 

 be held at Lincoln from Sept. 4 to 11, 

 1891. Mr. E. Whitcomb, of Friend, 

 Neb., is the Superintendent. Apiarian 

 premiums amount to $237.50. 



