. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. I Entered at the Post-Office at Chicago as Second-Class Mail-Matter) Published Vfeekly at a ¥ear by Ceorge W^. York & Co., 334 Dearborn St. QBORQB W. YORK, Bdltor CHICAGO, ILL, SEPTEMBER 28,1905 VoL XLV—No, 39 /T (Sbitortal Hotes ^ Comments v= =\ ^ Why Do the Bees Get No Honey ? An experienced bee-keeper wrote thus to a honey-dealer: ?' Why did I not get a crop of honey? I don't know; it was not too wet nor too dry; all I know is that I don't know.'' The dealer sent the card to Dr. Miller, pre- sumably for reply. Dr. Miller has forwarded the
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. I Entered at the Post-Office at Chicago as Second-Class Mail-Matter) Published Vfeekly at a ¥ear by Ceorge W^. York & Co., 334 Dearborn St. QBORQB W. YORK, Bdltor CHICAGO, ILL, SEPTEMBER 28,1905 VoL XLV—No, 39 /T (Sbitortal Hotes ^ Comments v= =\ ^ Why Do the Bees Get No Honey ? An experienced bee-keeper wrote thus to a honey-dealer: ?' Why did I not get a crop of honey? I don't know; it was not too wet nor too dry; all I know is that I don't know.'' The dealer sent the card to Dr. Miller, pre- sumably for reply. Dr. Miller has forwarded the card to this office without even the for- mality of saying, " I don't know;'' and from the date of the card he must have held it a sufficient time to do some wrestling over the question. Why is it that there are times when plenty of bloom is in sight, rain falls seasonably, and all conditions point to a big harvest, and yet the harvest is lacking* This year, in northern Illinois, white clover was abundant, at least in parts; the bees did good work on it up to the latter part of July, and then the flow seemed to cease rather abruptly, although clover continued to bloom as abundantly as before, and the weather was all that could be desired. Why was the nectar lacking? If any one has the right answer to the ques- tion, he will confer a favor by forwarding it without delay to this office. Black Bees Championed According to D, M. M., in the British Bee Journal, black bees excel in 17 specific points, some of which are: They begin brood-rear- ing earlier than foreign races, and keep it up later; take more readily to supers, and stay in them later; produce more heat than a like number of other races; can breed early with a smaller force of bees; store surplus with a smaller force; send more foragers abroad out of every thousand bees. D. M. M. is a prominent writer of good reputation, and it would be interesting to know whether others have come to the same conclusions, or whet
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