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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



The doctor's experiment is very valu- 

 able; but principally because it establish- 

 es the fact that this method of queen 

 rearing is neither desirable nor safe. 



Lapeer, Mich., Dec. i, 1899. 



EDITORIAL 



ffcrings. 



Ontario Bee-Keepers will hold their 

 next annual meeting at Niagara Falls. 



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Mr. Leahy, of the Leahy Mfg. Co., 

 of Higginsville, Mo., writes that he has 

 completed arrangements with Mr. Hed- 

 don for the exclusive right to manufac- 

 ture his hive in the United States; ex- 

 cept what Mr. Heddon may wish to make 

 himself. 



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Michigan Bee-Keepers will meet 

 next year at Traverse City. Geo. E. 

 Hilton, Fremont, is President; H. K. 

 Beecham of Williamsburg is Vice Presi- 

 dent^ \Vm. G. Voorheis, South Frankfort, 

 Secretary; John M. Rankin of Agricultu- 

 ral College is Treasurer. 



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The Foul Brood Bill that was intro- 

 duced into the Michigan legislature last 

 winter failed of passage from the indiffer- 

 ence of bee-keepers. At least, this is the 

 report given at the last Michigan State 

 Bee-Keeper's convention by Mr. John M. 

 Rankin of the .Agricultural College. 



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The American Bee-Keeper is using 

 some very dainty, photographically pro- 

 duced initial letters for heading its arti- 

 cles. The Departmental headings are 

 also of the same attractive style. I sus- 

 pect that all these little finishing touches 

 originate in the artistically inclined brain 

 of its editor. 



Gleanings gives some very kind no- 

 tices of The American Bee Journal and the 

 Review, accompanying them by portraits 

 of Bro. York, the Review's compositor 

 (Miss Nora Hutchinson) and myself. 

 Thank you Bro. Root. As I have said be- 

 fore, I think that no journal ever suffers 

 from the giving of well-deserved notices 

 of rivals. 



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THE EFFECT OF BLACK UPON BEES. 



Mr. W. H. Pridgen writes that before 

 the discussion as to whether black^'or^ 

 dark clothes irritate bees is forgotten, he 

 wishes to state that, according to his ob- 

 servations, those who claim that black 

 does not anger the bees are right; and 

 equally correct are those who assert that 

 when an attack is made it is usually on 

 the darkest object or part of the object 

 present. If a hard surface be struck, no 

 time is lost in attempting to sling it; the 

 effort to sting being made at the time of 

 contact; which is almost invariably suc- 

 cessful if a penetrable object; but, if fuzzy, 

 it is clinched at once, and a desperate 

 effort made to reach the vital part. 



A man may be dressed in light colored 

 clothes, with the corner of a dark hand- 

 kerchief sticking out of his pocket, and, 

 if the bees are atigered, they will attack 

 the handkerchief in numbers. He has 

 seen this very thing occur. 



To put the matter in a few words, he 

 says that dark objects do not irri- 

 tate bees, but when they are irritated they 

 are more likely to attack dark objects. 



HONEY DEW IN WINTER. 



Mr. W. H. Pridgen writes me that late 

 in the winter, or early in the spring, of 

 1875, he saw honey dew on the pines. 

 It was so copious that it stood in drops on 

 the boughs of all sizes of the trees; and 

 one could not pass through a pine thick- 

 et without having his clothes soiled. 

 The drops were as clear as crystal, and 

 glistened in the sunlight as the branches 

 swayed back and forth. The leaves, 



