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THE BEE-KEEPEKS* REVIEW 



upper story over each colon}'; but the 

 putting on of these upper stories does 

 no harm. It does not increase the ven- 

 tilation, but it does allow the bees 

 liberty to get off the combs if they so 

 desire, while it does not prevent their 

 remaining upon the combs if that is 

 their wish. In other words, they will 

 do no harm, and may do good, especi- 

 ally if a very hot spell of weather 

 should come on, as is sometimes the 

 case at that time of the year. As two 



empty stories are to be shipped for 

 each colony that goes, one of these 

 stories will hold three-fourths of the 

 empty frames and the other one-fourth 

 can be placeil in the story that goes 

 over the bees, and be held in place at 

 one side of the hive, by strips tacked 

 over their ends. I am much obliged 

 for the information in regard to not 

 not putting in the foundation before 

 shipment, as I might have done that 

 very thing. — Ed. Review.] 



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This Issue ot the Review is unusually 

 late, because we dropped tvery thing to 

 get out the annual report of the Na- 

 tional Bee Keepers' Association. It is 

 to be hoped that subscribers will par- 

 don this delay, as the annual conven- 

 tion was held so late that it made the 

 report late, and members were impa- 

 tient of the delay. By the way, the re- 

 port this year is of unusual value — con- 

 tains a lot of really useful, helpful 

 information. If you are not a member, 

 I would suggest that you send $1.00 to 

 the manager, N. E. France, Platte- 

 ville. Wis., and thus become a member 

 for one year, as well as receiving a 

 copy of the rei)ort. 



Editor of Review Does Not Endorse 

 Mining Stock 

 A year or two ago, having full faith 

 in Dr. W. B. House and his "Yellow- 

 zones," I furnished him a list of bee- 

 keepers to whom he sent circulars. 

 A few months ago, on account of the 

 ill health of his daughter, he moved to 

 Oberlin, Ohio, and has since engaged 

 in selling tlie shares of a Western 

 Mining Compan}', sending out circu- 

 lars to the list of bee-keepers that I 

 had furnished him. He also enclosed 

 "Yellowzone" circulars, some of 



which bore my recommendations. 

 Since then I have received numerous 

 letters asking if I endorse the mining 

 stock as well as the medicine, the in- 

 ference being that, if I endorsed the 

 doctor and his medicine, there was an 

 implied endorsement of the mining 

 stock. In explanation I would sa}' 

 that while I have perfect confidence in 

 the Integrit}' of Dr. House, I have no 

 personal knowledge of the mining 

 stock that he is selling, and do not en- 

 dorse it, and the doctor writes that he 

 did not expect that view would be 

 taken of the matter. 



Using Wires in Brood Frames Without Em- 

 bedding Them. 

 Unless swarms are to be hived upon 

 full sheets of foundation, is it really 

 necessary to embed the wires ? Sup- 

 pose that the sheet of foundation is 

 woven in between the wires, that is, 

 passed under the tirst wire, over the 

 next, under the next, and over the last, 

 then securely fastened to the top bar, 

 will not the bees extend the cells out 

 over the wires, thus doing the embed- 

 ding themselves? Perhaps this is not 

 exactly the form in which to put the 

 questions, as we all know that the bee>^ 



