. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. FRANKLIN WILCOX O. A. HATCH ERNEST R. ROOT see what would happea next ; an' in a little while back they b )th come, the bee goin' into thj hivi aa' the bug- lie^htin' oa the outside. Bitueby the bee come out, aa' off they went a^in ; an' when they come back this time it was dark, an' I'm dumbed if the lig-htnin' bug- warn't on ahead an' lightin' the bee to the hive ! "Wall, they kep' this up for several nights; but I noticed that the bee was losing flesh, an' in about a week he was nothin' but skin an' bone. So much overtime was telliu' on him. O
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. FRANKLIN WILCOX O. A. HATCH ERNEST R. ROOT see what would happea next ; an' in a little while back they b )th come, the bee goin' into thj hivi aa' the bug- lie^htin' oa the outside. Bitueby the bee come out, aa' off they went a^in ; an' when they come back this time it was dark, an' I'm dumbed if the lig-htnin' bug- warn't on ahead an' lightin' the bee to the hive ! "Wall, they kep' this up for several nights; but I noticed that the bee was losing flesh, an' in about a week he was nothin' but skin an' bone. So much overtime was telliu' on him. One eveuiu' he fell to the ground exhausted, an' in a few minits he expired. "The lightnin' bug took on awfully, an' crawled 'round and 'round his dead comrade an' acted almost frantic. He flew on to the hive an' jest sot there an' moped, refusin' to eat a mouthful, an' in a few days he follered his friend. " I thought some at the time of tryin' to cross the two insects an' raise a bee that could work night an' day; but I didn't. An' I s'pose if anybody tried it now the unions would raise a rumpus, so I guess I won't ;—New York Press. Mp. Thos. J. Stanley, of the firm of Th^s. C Stanley & San of Minzmola, Colo., called on us recently when in Chicago. The Stanleys are perhaps the largest handlers of comb honey in the United States. Through their manage- ment this season they undoubtedly saved Eistern bee- keepers a good deal of money, by buying up and holding much Western comb honey that might hive been dumped on the honey centers like Chicago and cities further east, and thus cause a weakening of prices. Instead of that, however, honey prices have not only been sustained, but advanced a little over last year's prices. This should put things in good shape for the crop of 1906. Mr. Stanley says that carloads of comb honey in the West average 30,000 pounds. He also reported that Colorado's honey crop was prac- tically a total failure this year. His firm
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