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EDITOR. 



mniV, April 25, 1888. No. 11, 



Editqrml BmEiSGS. 



Ijet Fate do lier Worst; there are relics of 



joy. 

 Bright dreams of the past, ahe cannot destroy ; 

 They come in the night-time of sorrow and care. 

 And bring baclc the features that joy used to wear. 

 Like the vase, in which roses have once been 



distilled. 

 You may breaii— you may shatter the vase, if you 



will. 



But the scent of the roses will hang round it still. 



no r\'ot take the bees out of cellars until 

 the advent of settled warm weather. 



The Appeal on the one-piece section 

 is now before the United States Supreme 

 Court. It was argued on the I3th inst., and 

 a decision may be now made any day, by 

 the Court. 



Paint your Hires just for the sake 

 of appearance, to which it adds so much. 

 It is best to paint them of liyht colors, so as 

 not to reflect the sun's rays, and make it 

 " too hot" ou the inside. 



Xl«e Reviov for April is out, and con- 

 tains much that is interesting to tlie craft. 

 In tlie advertisement on page 381, it was 

 promised to be issued on March 30— it should 

 have said April 20. It was an oversight of 

 the printer. 



Has amy One yet received any of the 

 Chapman Honey-Plant seed from the Com- 

 missioner of Agriculture ? A. Fiddes, of 

 Centralia, Ills., complains that he sent for 

 some six weeks ago, and has heard nothing 

 of it yet. Perhaps it is like a good many 

 other things at Washington, very slow work 

 to get matters straightened out. There 

 " red tape " is the niXe ! 



Mr. X. A. dark, of Arkadelphia, 

 Ark., wliose appeal from the persecutions 

 of the Mayor comes up before the Supreme 

 Court in July, is gradually gaining the 

 "upper hand." The Mayor and council- 

 men were badly defeated in the late elec- 

 tion, and Mr. Clark is now sustained by the 

 majority. 



The case Is docketed for the Supreme 

 Court, and will come off probably at "the 

 time appointed," and witnesses are becom- 

 ing moie numerous in favor of Mr. Clark 

 and his bees. He has a few colonies now in 

 the city, and is unmolested in keeping them 

 there. He contemplates making public ex- 

 hibitions of bees at the schools, and manip- 

 ulating them before the classes, and all this 

 with the sanction of the new authorities. 

 This shows that the " persecution ' was 

 done maliciously, and without cause. Mr. 

 Clark thus speaks of some new witnesses 

 he intends to use : 



A gentleman drove a two-horse team by 

 my apiary last summer, and drove through 

 as large a single "swarm" of Italians as 

 you probably ever saw, and was not mo- 

 lested in the least. (Will he not mak*- a 

 good witness for us ?) I saw this with my 

 own eyes. 



Two young ladies who have lived by me 

 since my residence here, and often in my 

 apiary, say they were never stung by a 

 bee in their lives ! (How will they do for 

 witnesses ?) We have others equally as 

 good. 



Klillin;; tlie Molli-I^arvse-— Mr. M. 



W. Hinkley, of Bowdoinham, Me., in the 

 Eastern Farmer, says he has tried sulphur 

 and failed, and thus describes his favorite 

 method : 



I have discovered that bee-combs infested 

 with moth-larvse can be perfectly and safely 

 cleansed by immersing them for a few 

 moments (until the cells are well filled), in 

 a quite strong solution of potash, then 

 quickly and carefully rinsing and drying. 

 Care is necessary in the handling, as the 

 potash has a tendency to soften the comb. 



Spiders rarely cause any trouble with 

 bees. Strong colonies are fully able to re- 

 pel them, should they enter the hive. All 

 webs about the entrance should be brushed 

 away, or bees will be caught and devoured. 

 Some mistake the work of the moth-worms 

 for spider viebs.—Excluinge. 



Wiiy SlioiiUl lte<'S make the honey 

 dark by traveling ovt r it ? This is'.what a 

 correspondent asks. Prof. Cook says that 

 bees emit a sort of glutinous fluid from their 

 feet, when walking over a plain surface, to 

 help them adhere to it. This is what stains 

 the white cappings, and makes them look 

 dark and soiled. 



Breeding-.— In an item on page 359, 

 Mr. Hutchinson was said to advise feeding 

 for two months previous to the honey har- 

 vest. For the last word in the fifth line 

 read breeding instead of " feeding," and 

 the item will then correctly convey the 

 views of Mr. Hutchinson. 



!it>variiiin»' Box. — The Ameriam 

 Agriculturist for May contains the follow- 

 ing on the use of a swarming box : 



During the swarming season every bee- 

 keeper should provide himself with a 

 " swarming box." This saves an immense 

 anionut of labor, besides obviating the dam- 

 age often committed on valuable fruit trees 

 and vines by cutting and mutilating them in 

 order to detach swarms therefrom. This 

 box may be made 10x14 inches, inside meas- 

 urement. It should be perforated with many 

 holes, % or 1 inch in diameter ; a pole 8 or 

 10 feet long should be fastened through the 

 centre of the box, so that it may balance. 

 After a swarm has pretty well settled on a 

 branch of a tree, the box may be pushed up 

 into the cluster of bees, when they will 

 ordinarily take to it and occupy it. If they 

 should not do so readily, the box, being 

 open at one end, may be held under the 

 swarm, when, by giving the limb a jar, a 

 portion of the bees become dislodged into 

 the box. The remainder will readily alight 

 on the same, and all may be carried to the 

 stand. 



Storing' Honey.— Mr. E. Israel, Oak 

 Lawn, Miss., on April It, 1888, says : 



I send you some linden buds and leaves. 

 My bees are storing honey in the sections, 

 and working on white clover, which is in 

 full bloom. 



We have an abiding faith that the com- 

 ing season will he a good one, and reports 

 such as the above confirm our faith— prom- 

 ising prosperity for the bees, after many 

 years of failure. 



Strong Colonies to gather the harvest 

 are very necessary. Mr. Dibbern, in the 

 Plowman, remarks thus on this subject : 



In regard to getting the best yield of 

 choice honey, try to have all your colonies 

 very strong when the honey-flow comes. 

 This is best accomplished by feeding a thin 

 syrup of honey each evening, commencing 

 about six weeks before the expected yield. 

 Give room in the sections as soon as needed 

 to delay swarming as long as possible. 



It Pays to be ahead of time in the mat- 

 ter of procuring hives, sections, foundation, 

 etc. ; when needed for use is too late to send 

 for them— they should all be at hand then, 

 waiting until wanted. 



ree«ling Bees in the morning is apt 

 to induce them to commence robbing ; feed- 

 ing during the day is also dangerous during 

 cold spells— for they sometimes become 

 restless, fly out, chill and die. 



Att<'nlion is Fixed on Oei-inany. 



One veteran ruler, the Emperor William, 

 has just passed away, and the grave is even 

 now ready to receive his successor. The 

 crown will rest on tlu-ee heads in a single 

 year. There are elements of deep interest 

 in a reign like that of the Emperor William, 

 whose life covered most of our stirring cen- 

 tury. The story can be read in a finely 

 illustrated article in Frank Leslie's Popu- 

 lar Monthly for May, which also gives an 

 endless amount of interesting and attractive 

 reading. 



