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12. Honey-dew, or very dark or an 

 unpalatable or poorly ripened honey may 

 cause dysentery before spring, even 

 when all the other conditions are ideal. 



IS. Pollen in the combs does little or 

 no harm. The old theory that pollen was 

 the cause of much of our winter losses 

 is now an exploded myth. 



14. The size of entrances will depend 

 upon the character of the cellar. 



15. Shutting bees in the hives with 

 wire cloth is usually attended with un- 

 easiness; and, unless removed, there will 

 be severe mortality. 



BURR COMBS. 



Why They Should be Scraped from the 

 Top Bars. 



Some time ago I asked in the Review 

 why burr combs ought ever to be 

 scraped from top bars. Dr. Miller, in 

 Gleanings, replies as follows: 



Some time ago Editor Hutchinson said 

 he never scraped burr combs off top 

 bars, and asked if anything was gained 

 by it. I don't know about extracting; 

 but I know that, if they are left year 

 after year, combs will finally be built be- 

 tween top bars and sections, and. what's 

 worse, honey will be there. I don't want 

 the bottoms of sections mussed up in 

 that way. [Same experience here. — Ed.] 



All of my comb honey has been pro- 

 duced over honey boards and I would 

 never think of attempting its production 

 without their use. Cleaning off the burr 

 combs in the spring does not prevent the 

 bees from building another set and at- 

 taching them to the sections. 



BESTOWING PRAISE. 



Don't Withhold it When it is Due. 



I think many men fail from a lack of 

 appreciation and encouragement. Many 

 a man has dated his success from the 

 day that some one gave him deserved 

 praise for work well done. On this 

 point, Smith's Magazine says: 



Don't be afraid to praise people. It is 

 all very well to say it hurts a boy or a 



man or a woman to praise; there may be 

 those who do their best work without 

 encouragement, but let us remember that 

 nearly all of us living on this earth are 

 human beings, and human beings work 

 best when encouraged. 



It is a great mistake not to tell people 

 when you are satisfied with them. If the 

 cook sets before you a dinner fit for a 

 king tell her so. 



Don't be too lofty to praise the 

 boy if his work is commendable, 

 him so. 



It is harder for some people to give 

 praise than it is for them to give money. 

 Many a generous man is very niggard of 

 praise? 



Do you like to be praised yourself? 

 Then depend upon it the other fellow will 

 like it. 



Pour the oil of encouragement on the 

 wheels of progress and watch 'em whirl. 



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COMB AND EXTRACTED HONEY. 



Some Good Reasons for Producing Both 

 In the Same Apiary. 



One of the live subjects at present is 

 the comparative advantages of producing 

 comb or extracted honey. Many are 

 dropping comb honey production for that 

 of extracted. It may not be generally 

 known, but there are decided advantages 

 in a combination system of producing 

 both kinds in the same apiary. Extracted 

 honey may be produced exclusively to 

 good advantage, but a comb honey pro- 

 ducer can secure some great advantages 

 by adding extracted honey to his pro- 

 ducts. I think these points have never 

 been explained, or brought out more 

 clearly than they were in an article con- 

 tributed to the Review several years ago 

 by Jas. A. Green of Colorado. Consider- 

 ing the increased number of readers that 

 have since joined the Review-family, and 

 the special interest that now attaches to 

 this subject, I feel justified in reproduc- 

 ing the article. Mr. Green wrote as 

 follows: 



Most bee keepers produce either comb 

 or extracted honey exclusively. Those 

 who run largely for extracted honey are 

 likely to consider the production of comb 



