. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 611. THOMAS 0. NEWMAN, Editor. ^«P\T^4/ Vol. lira. Sept, 28,188'. No. 39. ^'liilo <t bas seemed Impossible to have our European visitors so time their travels as to be here at the timeof ihe Convention in the United States, we are pleased to learn that our Canadian friends have Improved the opportunity presented at the Toronto Exhibition, to show their appreciation and good will. Beekeepers of the United States only lack the opportunity to do the same. A Crop of Applen, It is said, will be grown if a colony of bees


. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 611. THOMAS 0. NEWMAN, Editor. ^«P\T^4/ Vol. lira. Sept, 28,188'. No. 39. ^'liilo <t bas seemed Impossible to have our European visitors so time their travels as to be here at the timeof ihe Convention in the United States, we are pleased to learn that our Canadian friends have Improved the opportunity presented at the Toronto Exhibition, to show their appreciation and good will. Beekeepers of the United States only lack the opportunity to do the same. A Crop of Applen, It is said, will be grown if a colony of bees is placed In the orchard. The pollen is rubbed from their bodies asainst the pistils of thousands of flowers, which thus become fertilized. Many of the stransre freaks of hybridizing varletieB, are due to the agency of bees. To ITIake Labels Adhere to Tin, an ezchanire Kays : "Tnke of flour G ounces, of molasses !4 a pint, and of water I'/i pints, and boll as usual for flour paste. Or. dis- solve 2 ounces of resin in 1 pint of alcohol. After the tin bas been coated with the solu- tion, allow nearly all the alcohol to evapo- rate before applying the ; Wliat a Woman can Do I—The follow- ing is from the Nebraska Stnte Jnurnal, concerning the display of honey, etc., in the Horticultural Hall at the State Fair : This exhibit by Mrs. J. N. Renter, of Columbus. Nebr., consists t)f cimb and extracted honey, and ap^arian sup- plies. If is tastefully arraiiircd. Ftrikine-in appearance, and Is adrnitied bv nil judges to be the best exhiliit ever mnde in the State, Various articles of the display were awarded first premium, and the genr^ral verd'Ct of all is that as ft bne keeper Mrs. Heater has no equal in Nebraska. She has studitdthe science for years, and has em- barkf^d in the f-nterpripe in a r»"rplv business manner. Such an exhibit as this is the hpst means of getting before the pi'onle the faet that for h-e-keepinB'the natural resources of Neb'sska ar


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