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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



What Are Pure Italian Bees? 



During one of those "between ses- 

 sion" visits, Mr. Geo. B. Howe, of Black 

 River, X. Y., told me at the Ontario 

 Convention that he did not consider 

 either a very dark or a very yellow 

 Italian bee as being pure. He claims 

 that they should show just three bands, 

 and a variation either way is a mark of 

 impurity. If I remember correctly he 

 said that he could take the regular Ital- 

 ian bee, and in three seasons breed them 

 back to the black bee. If I am wrong- 

 Mr. Howe will please correct me. 



may come before the National Govern- 

 ment. They may also propose such 

 measures as are of importance to bee- 

 keepers. 



Honey from Clover One Year Old. 



This fall has been one of excessive 

 rains throughout the clover belt. It has 

 resulted in a mass of new clover plants 

 springing up, and now the interesting 

 question is, will these plants produce 

 honey next year? 



For a good many years we have 

 heard much about clover not producing 

 honey the first year. Never before in 

 my experience has there been such a 

 chance to prove the statement true or 

 false as there will be next year. The 

 extreme drought during the summer 

 killed practically all the old clover 

 plants, leaving us with nothing but 

 young plants from which to get our 

 next year's clover crop. If we get a 

 clover crop next year it will be pretty 

 conclusive evidence that clover one year 

 old will produce honey. 



National Committee on Legislation. 



A letter received from President Geo. 

 W. York states that he has made the 

 following appointments as members of 

 the Committee on Legislation as per in- 

 structions given him at the Minneapolis 

 Convention : J. H. M. Cook, 70 Cort- 

 land street, New York City, and N. W. 

 Saunders of Rockville, Maryland, to act 

 with Wm. A. Selser, 10 Vine street, 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



This committee will represent the bee- 

 keepers in matters of legislation which 



That Ontario Convention at Toronto. 



It was certainly an enjoyable atifair. 

 There was a splendid attendance from 

 among its 470 members. Besides myself 

 there were Dr. E. F. Phillips of Wash- 

 ington, D. C, Foul brood Inspector 

 Chas. Stewart, of Johnstown, N. Y., and 

 O. L. Hershiser of Kenmore, N. Y., 

 from the states. The first three con- 

 tributed to the program. 



A great deal of the sessions was 

 taken up in the discussion of foul brood, 

 both American and European. Some 

 valuable information was brought out. 

 In addition some time was devoted to 

 the discussion of co-operation and or- 

 ganization. Then there was that op- 

 portunity to grasp the hands of those 

 "big guns" among the Canadian bee- 

 men, and those pleasant little visits "be- 

 tween sessions." 



Space will not permit me to give a 

 detailed account of the meeting, but 

 suffice it to say that it was a success in 

 every particular. 



Fastening Foundation in Frames 

 With Wedges. 



Complaints have l)een made that fas- 

 tening foundation in frames with 

 wedges was not alwaj^s reliable. The 

 wedges sometimes loosen, and down 

 comes the foundation. No one seemed 

 to know just how to remedy this. 



Stephen Anthony, a New Zealand sub- 

 scriber, has a little son. This little son 

 has a sheep-puppy. This boy put the 

 sheep-puppy to bed one night in a shed 

 where the father was nailing frames. 

 The puppy didn't sleep all night, but 

 turned loose on those frames. Among 

 the things used for his midnight lunch 

 was a bundle of wedges. They were 

 short lengths the next morning. 



Now it was found that by using these 



