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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



flowers on the trees, hornets' nests 

 high on the bushes or on the peak of a 

 house, and other things in mid-air. Our 

 readers frequently call for practical 

 suggestions, and we believe that the 

 recommendation of the tilting tripod is 

 worth a hundred times more than a 

 new formula for another kind of de- 

 veloping" solution, and many times 

 more than the price of a year's sub- 

 scription. 



Some Helpful Suggestions. 



Lincoln, Nebraska. 

 To the Editor : 



At one time there appeared in The 

 Guide; to Nature; an article about large 

 caladiums, which any reader can raise 

 if he will add plenty of fertilizer and 

 water to the soil from the time at which 

 the bulbs start. 



An article also appeared in your 

 magazine about leaves of the calla lily 

 which sometimes grow white, and then 

 much resemble the flowers in form. 

 Forcing callas by heat, fertilizer and 

 water, will often produce such leaves. 



As a food for ordinary "goldfish" 

 in a house aquarium, I have found that 

 the common breakfast food, "Ouaker 



puffed rice," is as good as any fish food 

 yet tried. I allow each fish to have 

 two grains well broken up, each day. 

 Fifteen cents will buy about two quarts 

 of this food. 



It has for some time been a matter 

 of discussion among bee-keepers 

 whether bees ever move their e2°s 

 from one hive to another. I was in- 

 clined to take the negative side of the 

 question until the following incident 

 occurred in my apiary. 



One colony had been trying to 

 swarm for some time but could not 

 leave, because the queen's wings had 

 been clipped. Being very busy I kept 

 cutting out the queen cells and letting 

 the bees try to swarm. They evidently 

 got tired of making unsuccessful ef- 

 forts, so one day they came out and 

 went into an empty hive. I expected 

 them to return to their original hive, 

 as T did not think that they had a queen, 

 but they disappointed me. 



Upon examining them a day later. I 

 found a large queen cell started with an 

 egg in it. I could not find another egg 

 in the hive. The combs had not been 

 used before this year. That queen cell 

 hatched out a nice large yellow queen, 

 and the colony is now prospering. 



A WELL BALANCED STUDY OF CACTUS BLOOM. 



