. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1919 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 271 cle of wax or paraffine containing about one-third grease or tallow, or enough to make it malleable. This trick saves a large amount of work in handling cans of honey.—Editor. The China Tree or China Berry THE wild China tree (Sapindus Drummondi), is also known as China berry, soap berry or um- brella tree. It is a very common shade tree in the southeastern States and is also found in the southwestern States to some extent. In Alabama it is a conspicuous feature of the grounds about the homes of rich and poor alike, quant
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1919 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 271 cle of wax or paraffine containing about one-third grease or tallow, or enough to make it malleable. This trick saves a large amount of work in handling cans of honey.—Editor. The China Tree or China Berry THE wild China tree (Sapindus Drummondi), is also known as China berry, soap berry or um- brella tree. It is a very common shade tree in the southeastern States and is also found in the southwestern States to some extent. In Alabama it is a conspicuous feature of the grounds about the homes of rich and poor alike, quantities of the berries hanging after the leaves have fallen. It is cultivated to a less extent in. Texas and California as an ornamen- tal. The illustration shows blossoms and leaves. It is frequently men- tioned as a honey-plant in the south- ern States, but is probably not suf- ficiently common in many places to be important.—F. C. P. Are Colonies Weighing Two Pounds On April 15 Profitable? By G. C. Greiner AT our annual beekeepers' con- vention in Buffalo, January 10- 11, 1918, the above subject was brought up for discussion. Mr. De- muth, of Washington, D. C, said that a colony weighing less than 2% pounds April 15, might better be set aside as useless; it would not pay to spend any time with it. On the other side, Mr. Hershiser claimed that very few colonies weighed over 2 pounds at that time in this locality, and yet gave big returns of surplus honey. An- other well-known beekeeper of this State made the remark that he con- sidered a two-pound colony April 15 a gold mine. This may be a little strong, but I know trom many years of experience that such a colony, un- der favorable conditions, is a mine of greenbacks. The difference of opinion depends. altogether on locality. My whole crop comes from colonies of that descrip- tion; they either weigh naturally two pounds or less, or they are made so artificially. It is not surprising, in fact nothing else can be expected, th
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