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would be a particular depth on the floor, 

 but that "75 or loo colonies in a cellar lo 

 X lo may furnish dead bees before spring 

 sufficient to cover the floor an inch or two 

 in depth. " This is an abstract proposi- 

 tion; not a concrete one. It allows no 

 room for shallow places nor for stands 

 and affords no foundation for the refine- 

 ment of reason to which he resorts. 



Finally, it is touching to witness the 

 loyalty of editor York to his brother 

 editor as he comes so promptly to his 

 support (American Bee Journal, 185) and 

 says editor Root figured the loss "less 

 than oue-third as many" as I did. Then 

 he waxes hilarious, and says "Mr. Taylor 

 seetns to have had his colonies in some 

 way suspanded from above leaving the 

 entire floor to be covered with bees." 



Behold, how good and how pleasant it is 

 For brethren to dwell together in unity ! 



I trust, however, it may not be at too 

 great a sacrifice. 



Lapeer, Mich., Mar. 21, 1900. 



EDITORIAL 



ffcrings- 



A New Cover will be put upon the Re- 

 view beginning with the next issue. It 

 will be a bright, beautiful goldenrod in 

 color. 



"Greasy Sections," or the cause of 

 them, may be traced to the queen, ac- 

 cording to views of some bee-keepers. 

 Mrs. A. J. Barber holds the queen respon- 

 sible for almost everything that goes 

 wrong — greasy sections and all. 



Travel-Stain, according to the views 

 of Mr. S. r. CuUey, is caused by the sali- 

 va of the bees, which first turns the combs 

 yellow, and then black, as tobacco do^s a 

 pipe. If such were true, I fail to see 

 why more saliva should be placed upon 

 some parts of the comb than upon others. 



Aprii, is the month to leave the bees 

 alone, says Mr. A. E. Hoslial of Canada. 



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starved brood. 



I would not lull any one into fancied 

 security when there was foul brood in the 

 apiary, but it is well to know that so good 

 an authority as Wm. McEvoy of Canada 

 saj's there is great dange*- of starved 

 brood in the spring when a frost, or any- 

 thing, cuts off' the incoming supply of 

 honey. The bees will not uncap the 

 the sealed stores fast enough to supply 

 the larvie with food. The remedy is for 

 the bee-keeper to uncap some of the seal- 

 ed honey; to see that there is uncapped 

 honey in the hive until fresh honey is 

 again brought in. 



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A New Edition of the A B C of Bee 

 Culture will be gotten out the coming 

 season. It is being thoroughly revised 

 again, and a great deal of pains taken 

 with the whole book. It will probably 

 be September, or later, before the new 

 edition will be read3% but orders may be 

 entered at any time, and the book will be 

 sent as soon as ready. The 1899 edition 

 is nearly exhausted, and any one expect- 

 ing to send in an order will do well to 

 wait for the 1900 edition. 



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department of criticism to be dis 

 continued. 

 It is with considerable reluctance that 

 I have decided to discontinue the Depart- 

 ment of Criticism. I am led to take this 

 course for the same reason that I drojiped 

 the other departments, viz. ; the gradual 

 accunmlation of excellent original articles 

 for which I have no room. I believe that 

 more good will be done by the publication 

 of these articles than in criticising what 

 appears in the other journals. As I have 

 said before, the dropping of these depart- 

 ments is no reflection upon the men who 

 conducted them; it simply means that I 

 think the space can be better used in a 

 different way. 



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