. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. DEVOTED TO SCIENTIFIC BEE-CULTURE AND THE PRODUCTION AND SALE OF PURE HONEY. VOL. XVII. CHICAGO, ILL., MARCH 2, 1881. No. 9. S3 y/^i0:0OSmi^MMl Published every Wednesday, by THOMAS G. NEWMAN, Editor and Proprietor, 974 WEST MADISON ST., CHICAGO, ILL. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION! WEEKLY-(52 numbers) a year, in advance. Three or Six Months at the same rate. SEMI-MONTHLY-The flrst and third numbers of each month, at * a year, in advance. MONTHLY—The first number of each month, at SO cents a year, in advance. l^^* Any person sending a Club of six is
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. DEVOTED TO SCIENTIFIC BEE-CULTURE AND THE PRODUCTION AND SALE OF PURE HONEY. VOL. XVII. CHICAGO, ILL., MARCH 2, 1881. No. 9. S3 y/^i0:0OSmi^MMl Published every Wednesday, by THOMAS G. NEWMAN, Editor and Proprietor, 974 WEST MADISON ST., CHICAGO, ILL. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION! WEEKLY-(52 numbers) a year, in advance. Three or Six Months at the same rate. SEMI-MONTHLY-The flrst and third numbers of each month, at * a year, in advance. MONTHLY—The first number of each month, at SO cents a year, in advance. l^^* Any person sending a Club of six is entitled to an extra copy (like the club) which maybe sent to any address desired. Sample copies furnished free. |y Remit by money-order, registered letter, ex- press or bank draft on Chicago or New York, payable to our order. Such only are at our risk. Checks on local banks cost us 25 cents for collecting. Free of postage in the United States or Canada. Postage to Europe SO cents extra. Entered at Chicago post office as second class matter. Kor the American Bee Journal. Restoring Bees when apparently Dead REV. L. JOHNSON. Every person knows that hornets, wasps, yellow jackets, and all the vari- eties or wild bees will be encased in frost and ice for months, and as soon as warmed and dried will be as active as ever. But the honey bee is not so con- stituted. Her blood is warm, and her system must be supplied with food to sustain life ; yet during winter she lies in a semi-torpid condition, and may even seem entirely dead, and yet be re- stored. When a boy, I frequently found bees drowned in sugar-water during su- gar making, and after they had lain for hours, could be brought to life by lying them in the sun and blowing the breath upon them. In some instances I have restored them after they had been in water all night. Langstroth states, Eage 25, that Jjzierzon and Berlespech oth subjected queens to as much as 36 hours of cold in an ice-house and then restored some of them to
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