. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. {Entered at the Post-Offlce at Chicago as Second-Class Mail-Matter) Pnblislied Weekly at a Tear by Ceorge W. Torlc & Co., 334 Dearborn St. OBOROB W. YORK, Bditor CHICAGO, ILL,, DECEMBER 28,1905 VoL XLV—No. 52. =^ (£bitorial Hotes anb (Eomincnts J A Happy New Year to every reader of the American Bee Journal—throughout all of 1906—is our wish. The Annual Index In January Owing to the meetings of the National Bee-Keepers' Association and the Chicago-Northwestern Bee-Keepers' Association last week in Chicago, it was impossible for us to get out
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. {Entered at the Post-Offlce at Chicago as Second-Class Mail-Matter) Pnblislied Weekly at a Tear by Ceorge W. Torlc & Co., 334 Dearborn St. OBOROB W. YORK, Bditor CHICAGO, ILL,, DECEMBER 28,1905 VoL XLV—No. 52. =^ (£bitorial Hotes anb (Eomincnts J A Happy New Year to every reader of the American Bee Journal—throughout all of 1906—is our wish. The Annual Index In January Owing to the meetings of the National Bee-Keepers' Association and the Chicago-Northwestern Bee-Keepers' Association last week in Chicago, it was impossible for us to get out the usual annual index for 1905 that we have pub- lished for years in the last number of the American Bee Journal for the year. We will, however, put it in some number for January, in such form that it can be removed and placed back with this number for binding purposes. Massachusetts People as Honey-Eaters Burton N. Gates says in the American Bee-Keeper, "Honey consumed in Massachuetts is one-fourth State product," and 200 tons are imported from other States. That would make 66 tons produced in the State, and 266 tons in all consumed, or some 530,000 pounds. That looks like a good deal of honey, but when it is divided up among the 2,805,000 inhabitants, it figures out only about 3 ounces as the yearly ration for each man, woman, and child in the State. Surely, there can not be very much stomach-ache in Massachusetts as the result of over-eating of honey. Size of Winter Hive-Entrances A wide gulf exists between views entertained in Ohio and in Canada. The editor of Gleanings says : "An entrance 4 inches wide and ,'4-inch deep we have found to be quite sufficient. This will usually keep rea- sonably clear. I should prefer an entrance only one inch wide, but there is a liability that the bees will clog it ; In the Canadian Bee Journal, page 219, " York County Bee-Keeper " says that after experimenting with entrances of different sizes, he i
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