June 23, 1904. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



445 



have a warped hive. From what this bee- 

 keeper says, there is not a carpenter in the 

 whole State of Illinois that can make a hive 

 witnout spoiling the lumber, and, as he says, 

 " not half cut." whatever that means. 



Now, he is not speaking very well of the 

 carpenters in Illinois, and I do not wonder, it 

 things are in such a condition all through 

 those western States, that we here in the East 

 are told to go west where we would be in 

 great demand, for if an apprentice who had 

 worked at the carpenter trade six months here 

 could not make a bee-hive as good as those 

 made by manufacturers, he would be dis- 

 charged in short order. 



He further states that " the men who run 

 bee-hive factories are at a big expense for 

 machinery,'' and they also pay big wages to 

 experts to handle stock and machinery. I do 

 not know how much of an expert it takes to 

 handle boards or box-machinery, but I do not 

 feel myself obliged to trade with every man 

 who comes along, just because he has placed 

 himself in my way, and has an " ax to grind." 

 W. W. Jacobs. 



Middlesex Co., Mass., June 1. 



Peiro's Propolis Pofous Plaster. 



Here are directions for preparing the best 

 *' porous plaster " extant — the very thing bee- 

 keepers will certainly appreciate — at least 

 those who are suffering from lumbago, lame 

 backs, from muscular rheumatism, sprains, 

 etc. : 



To a half teacupful of propolis (bee-glue) 

 add just enough turpentine (a teaspoonful is 

 enough) to soften the propolis into a thick 

 paste by stirring well. Have a thick piece of 

 cotton cloth — drilling or bed-ticking— into 

 which several small holes have been snipped 

 with the scissors, lay the cloth on any Arm 

 base, table, box or other handy foundation ; 

 take a table-knife and evenly spread the prop- 

 olis as if buttering your bread. This done, 

 apply it firmly to the small of the back, where 

 the pain is most intense — where the "crick " 

 catches you on bending. Or, if your side or 

 chest hurts you — indeed, anywhere where 

 pain is great, apply this porous plaster, and 

 that pain will depart in short notice. 



It can be left on as long as necessary. 



" It sticketh like a brother." 



It the propolis Is made very thin with tur- 

 pentine, and kept in a bottle for ready use, it 

 will prove its worth in gold on cuts, bruises, 

 felons, boils, etc. Indeed, it should prove a 

 household treasure in every bee-keeper's fam- 

 ily. Dr. Peibo. 



More Heavy Winter Loses. 



Last year there were quite a number that 

 kept bees here, but I am sorry to say that the 

 hum ot the bees now is very taint. I have 

 one colony left out of 13 that went into win- 

 ter quarters in good shape, but the winter was 

 too severe ; the cold weather was so steady 

 that the bees had no chance to move their 

 cluster, and so finally starved to death with 

 lots of honey in the hive. The bees that sur- 

 vived have very little chance to build up, on 

 ' account of the continued cool weather. 



We are living in the "famous fruit-belt" 

 ot Michigan. The fruit-growers missed the 

 bees during the blossoming season. The loss 

 ot bees here was an average of about 90 per- 

 cent. H. P. Heinlen. 



Berrien Co., Mich., June 10. 



Spring Report— A Bee-Cellar. 



The past winter was both long and severe 

 here in northern Minnesota. I put 10 colon- 

 ies of bees in the cellar Nov. 14 and took them 

 out April 26. This was the first suitable day 

 tor bees to tly freely since Nov. 1. 



Nine ot my colonies were in excellent con- 

 dition, and the other one very weak. We had 

 two weeks of warm weather following that 

 flrst good day, and the bees improved it to the 

 utmost. My best colonies soon had 12 frames 

 of brood. 



There are not many bees kept in the county. 

 One of my neighbors had 7 colonies which 

 wintered all right; another neighbor lost i 

 out of ". They were kept in a house-cellar 

 warmed by a furnace, but not in the same 

 room with the furnace. The honey in the four 



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