. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 103. PUBLISHED Br ^ GEORGE W. YORK & CO. chicagq,ill: ' ONE DOLLAR FEB YEAR. Club Rates,—Two copies, $ ; 3 copies, $ ; 4 copies, $ ; 5 copies, $ Mailed to any addresses. THOMAS G. NEWMAN, GEORGE W. YORK, Editors. Vol. XIX, July 21,1892. No. 4. " The Seeds we have sown with an earnest will, Though among the thorns they fell, The harvest may bring for the reaper's hand. The l-esult we cannot ; Ants, it is said, are abated as a nuisance in an apiary by scattering fresh lime around the hives. 'Why


. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 103. PUBLISHED Br ^ GEORGE W. YORK & CO. chicagq,ill: ' ONE DOLLAR FEB YEAR. Club Rates,—Two copies, $ ; 3 copies, $ ; 4 copies, $ ; 5 copies, $ Mailed to any addresses. THOMAS G. NEWMAN, GEORGE W. YORK, Editors. Vol. XIX, July 21,1892. No. 4. " The Seeds we have sown with an earnest will, Though among the thorns they fell, The harvest may bring for the reaper's hand. The l-esult we cannot ; Ants, it is said, are abated as a nuisance in an apiary by scattering fresh lime around the hives. 'Why fiat send us one new name, with $, and get Doolittle's book on "Scientific Queen-Rearing" as a premi- um ? Read the offer on page 101. The Guadaloupe Bees, an exchange says, store their honey in bladders of wax about as large as a pigeon's egg, and not in combs. The bees have no stings, are small, and of a black color. The honey is of the oily consistency, and never hardens. The "Weather and honey pros- pects in England, the past few weeks, is thus written about in the British Bee Journal for June 23, 1892 : British bee-keepers still have much to be thankful for, though not quite so warm as we could wish for a few days. Since we last wrote there has been sun- shine enough to keep bees going on fairly well, and a very satisfactory quantity of early honey has already been secured. The " Royal " show will have tested its quantity, as well as its quality, before these lines are read, but it is a good sign, when we hear of several bee- men having got off sufficient to complete their entries for the exhibibition, and that it •will certainly be staged. Thus far, then, the weather has been kind to us; how long it will last, it is hard to say. From all quarters come encouraging reports of the outlook ; bees in the south have done very well indeed for a fort- night past, and are now gathering honey well on towards the north, so that after all we may expec


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