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waxing the barrels, or rather of coating 

 them on the inside with paraffine, is wor- 

 thy of consideration if, as some asserted, 

 a barrel will'absorl) from 5 to 10 pounds 

 of honev, which must be lost by the 

 producer. A barrel can be coated on the 

 inside with paraffineat a cost of 10 cents 

 — nmch less, if there is any way of heat- 

 ing the barrel. 



The \'.\i,rK ok Rues to the fruit grow- 

 er and the horticulturist have become 

 recognized to such an extent that, at the 

 last meeting of Wisconsin bee-keepers, 

 one of the horticultunsls, who owned ex- 

 tensive orchards, came into the room and 

 offered a site for an apiary, free, to any 

 bee-keeper who would esUiblish an apiary 

 upon it. 



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Wisconsin has a very flourishing bee- 

 keepers' Association. At the recent 

 meeting held in Madison there were 

 75 in attendance. The annual meeting 

 is held at the same time and place as the 

 horticulturists and cheese makers hold 

 their conventions, and in this way redu- 

 ced rates are assured. Here is a hint for 

 the societies of other Sl;ites. 



.\KTICLES \V.\NTEI) ON OlEEN RE.A.RING. 



The May Review is to be a special num- 

 ber on queen rearing, and I should be 

 glafl of some articles on the subject. Go 

 briefly over the subject, beginning with 

 preparing the colony for cell-building, 

 securing the eggs or larviE. starting the 

 cells, caring for them, starting nuclei, 

 introducing virgin queens, or putting in 

 cells, caging and mailing the queens, 

 giving all of the little hints that you can. 

 .\lso give a few hints that will help the 

 man who simply wishes to rear a few 

 queens for his own n.se. For the best 

 article on the subject, received before 

 April 15th I will pay 5voo cash. For any 

 other article on the subject, except the 

 prize article, that I think well enough of 

 to print, I will advance the subscription 

 of the writer one year and send him a 

 queen of that Superior Stock. 



COMPENSATION FOR FOUI. BROODY COL- 

 ONIES THAT .\RE DESTROYED. 



In his last report, X. PI France, State 

 Inspector for Wisconsin, recommended 

 that the foul brood law be so changed 

 as to allow the owners of foul broody 

 colonies to receive some compensation 

 for their loss in getting rid of the disease. 

 At the recent meeting of bee-keepers, at 

 Madison, resolutions were passed favor- 

 ing this change; and the matter will be 

 brought before the next legislature. 



In ridding an apiary of foul brood 

 there is not, of course, a lolal loss; as 

 neither the bees nor the hives are des- 

 troyed. I snppose that even the hone\- 

 may also be c.-^Lracled and the combs ren- 

 dered into wax, but many advise against 

 this, because so much care is needed, 

 and so much carelessness is abroad in the 

 land. 



If the State will bear even a pnrt of the 

 loss incurred in ridding an apiary of foul 

 brood, it will greatly lessen the opposition 

 with which the Inspector has to contend. 



EXTRACTED. 



CALIFORNIA'S HONEY RESOL'KCES. 



Their Past, Present and Future. 



California is a great honey-country, 

 but it has its disadvantages. J. H. Mar- 

 tin, in Gleanings, has an article in which 

 the real situation in California is set 

 forth more perfectly and fully than has 

 been done before. From that article I 

 make the following extracts: — 



During the nine years I have been in 

 Southern California, four of them have 

 been total failures in honev production, 

 while two others have been a partial suc- 

 cess, leaving three good years in nine. 

 Therefore, taking the average production 

 during these nine vears, I have conie to 

 the conclusion that in a series of years 

 California will make no better showing 

 than some of the Ha.stern States. There 

 is not much comfort in that for those who 



