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. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 723 WEEKLY EDITION OF THE. THOMAS G. NEWMAN, Vol. XXI. Nov. 18,1885. No. 46. APICULTURAL NEWS ITEMS. EDITORIAL AND SELECTED. It Is an Invariable Rnle—You must become wise at your own expense. More tlian 740 Years before the Christian era, it is stated that Eumelus, of Corinth, wrote a poem on bees—that is more than two thousand years ago. The British Bee Journal is to be pub- lished weeltly in 1886, at per annum. We will club it and our Weekly for $ to any post-ofBce in the United States or Canada. To Destroy Inse
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 723 WEEKLY EDITION OF THE. THOMAS G. NEWMAN, Vol. XXI. Nov. 18,1885. No. 46. APICULTURAL NEWS ITEMS. EDITORIAL AND SELECTED. It Is an Invariable Rnle—You must become wise at your own expense. More tlian 740 Years before the Christian era, it is stated that Eumelus, of Corinth, wrote a poem on bees—that is more than two thousand years ago. The British Bee Journal is to be pub- lished weeltly in 1886, at per annum. We will club it and our Weekly for $ to any post-ofBce in the United States or Canada. To Destroy Insects, says the Journal of Chcmisl)-y, put alum into hot water and let it boil until it is all dissolveii ; then apply to all cracks, closets, bedsteads and other places where any insects are found. Ants, bed-buf?s, cockroaches and creepini? things are killed by it, while it has no dang-er of poisoning the family or injuring property. Lons; Visits—Long stories—long articles —seldom profit those who have to do with them. Life is short; time is short ; moments are precious. Learn to condense, to abridge, and intensify. We could endure many an ache and ill it it is soon over, while even pleasures grow insipid and pain intoler- able if protracted beyond the limit of reason and convenience. Learn to be short; lop off branches ; stick to the main fact; condense two words into one, and three into two ; learn to be short.—P/iiiadeJphia Grocer. Paper and Cork are said to be two of the best materials of which to make bee- hives. Sallust recommends cork for making hives. One writer says that Varo, fifty years B. C, recommended hives to be made of basket-work, wood, bark, pottery, reeds, etc., and to be contractible according to the size of the colony. Ho also recommended a pane of transparent stone, so as to enable the bee-keeper to see the workings of the hive. ^~ Sample Copies of the Bee Journal will besent FREE upon application. Anyone Intending to get up a club can have samp
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