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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



there is food in the cage, and I presume 

 that they might Hve in this way as long 

 as warm weather lasts. They have been 

 there now some two or three weeks. 



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Bro. Hir,!,, of the American Bee- 

 Keeper, accompanies his advice regard- 

 ing robber bees by a very realistic picture 

 — one that most of us have seen. All the 

 cracks are black with masses of bees, and 

 the air is full of black streaks. 



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Honey Dew, of plant-lice origin, was 

 found by Prof. Cook, on the pine trees of 

 Cloud Rest, 10,000 feet above the sea. He 

 gives in the American Bee Journal a very 

 interesting account of his visit to this 

 hia:h altitude. 



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"Good Hoxey and Gab did it." That 

 is what Mr. J. T. Hariston of Indian 

 Territory, writes me in regard to his sell- 

 i"o 3.300 pounds of honey in his home 

 nuirket inside of three weeks. Good 

 honey and gab make a winning combi- 

 nation. 



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Bee-RscapivS are not usually left on 

 the hives long enough to become clogged 

 with propolis, but if the}' are found so 

 clogged it is easy to clean them by boil- 

 ing them in concentrated lye, and after- 

 wards rinsing them in cold, running 

 water. This I learn from an item by Mr. 

 Muth-Rathmussen in Gleanings. 



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Cli:.\ning Wax from utensils is made 

 easy by first scraping them and then 

 washing them with kerosene. This makes 

 the wax soft and pasty, when they ma}- 

 be washed the same as one would wash 

 any greasy vessels. Mr. F. L. Thomp- 

 son writes this to the Progressive, and I 

 know from experience that it is true. Mr. 

 Thompson gives a caution as to the care- 

 ful watching needed when wax is allowed 

 to boil. It may boil over very quickly, 



spoiling floors and tempers, and endanger- 

 ing property. 



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Coxfininc, Virgin Queen.s and then 

 introducing them when several days old, 

 th'js gaining time, is not .approved of by 

 Mr. Doolittle, in the American Bee Jour- 

 nal. When the proper age comes for a 

 queen to take her flight, if she is preven- 

 ted, she is injured to the extent of the 

 efforts she puts forth to accomplish her 

 purpose. 



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Advertising in the local papers has 

 been found one of the best methods of 

 selling honey that has been practiced by 

 C. Davenport. He describes his success 

 in the American Bee Journal, and says 

 that much can be done to overcome the 

 fears of adulteration by offering rewards 

 for the detection of any adulteration. 



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Se.\Sonabi.e Artici.es are always wel- 

 come at the Review office. Try and write 

 of those things that will be of interest a 

 month or two later. Marketing and the 

 preparation of bees for winter will be of 

 interest the next two or three months. 

 Nearly all of the correspondence that ap- 

 pears in the Review is paid for. I cer- 

 tainly would be pleased to receive articles 

 with a view to their appearance in the 

 Review. If I don't find them adapted to 

 the needs of the Review, I wish the privi- 

 lege of returning them. 



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Bisulphide ok Carbo.n has been u.sed 

 to a limited extent for the fumigation 

 of honev to destroy the larvtu of the 

 bee moth. C. Davenport gives his ex- 

 perience to the readers of Gleanings. 

 The fumes from this substance are ex- 

 plosive, the same as is the case with the 

 vapor from gasoline. Bisulphide of car- 

 bon is superior to sulphur in that it de- 

 stroys the eggs as well as the larvie. The 

 bisulphide is simply left in an open vessel 

 to evaporate in a closed space containing 



