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Publishedy THE^A it^OO'f Co. 

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Vol. xxni. 



FEB. 15, 1895. 



No. 4. 



23° nELOvv ZERO, Feb. 5— the lowest point up 

 to that date. 



The beginning of the series of articles on 

 extracted honey, by Chas. Dadant, in A. B. J., 

 is something in the line of an historical treat. 



The British Bee Journal thinl^s it is not 

 an extravagant estimate to suppose the British 

 Isles could produce annually 5250 lbs. of honey. 



An apiary of 34 colonies on top of a four- 

 story building in Philadelphia is reported in 

 A. B. J. Averaged 50 lbs. per colony in 18U2 

 and 18'.)3. 



" Does it pay for the trouble to pack bees in 

 the spring after taking out of the cellar? " is a 

 query in A. B. J. Sixteen say no, five say yes, 

 and a few give mixed answers. 



The a. I. Root Co. seems to be putting 

 branch houses everywhere. Please give the 

 street and number of the Marengo branch, so I 

 can save freight from Medina. 



At Rockford. III., convention, several cases 

 of killing bees by spraying fruit-bloom were re- 

 ported. One man sprayed his plum-trees while 

 in bloom, and killed 30 colonies of bees. 



I THOUGHT Doolittle was a Prohibitionist. 

 But from the way he scatters around sawdust 

 at intervals on the bottom of his bee-cellar, it's 

 evident that he's quite familiar with the ways 

 of the saloon! 



"Foul brood" and "compulsory powers" 

 are words seen very frequently in connection in 

 the British Bee Jourudl nowadays, which 

 means they're making strong efforts to have 

 foul-brood laws. 



"I FIND no difficulty," says J. Martin, in 

 Ji. B. /., "in retailing over half a ton of ex- 

 tracted honey every season at one shilling per 

 Mb. bottle." Think of it: $250.00 for 1000 lbs. 

 of extracted honey, and the bottles to hold it! 



W. Stokes, Balnastraid, Scotland, writes: " I 

 am very successful in wintering. I use an 



outer case, giving about two inches between it 

 and the hive. This space I pack with mats 

 made of rye straw, which gives warmth and 

 ventilation." 



G. K. Hubbard reports in ^. -B. J. that in 

 moving his bees by wagon 50 miles he laid " a 

 small, tightly rolled roll of burlap across each 

 end of the frames before nailing fast the cov- 

 ers." That kept the frames in place without 

 other fastening. 



It's doubtful if any one overlooks that ad. 

 on p. 112. It won't hurt that chap to "look 

 over" providing he moves cautiously; but a 

 sudden dodge backward might be fatal, for the 

 size of his lip is altogether out of proportion to 

 the allowance of neck. 



A new departure in the way of programs 

 is that of Wisconsin for their winter conven- 

 tion. Not a speaker or essayist is mentioned, 

 but eight thoroughly practical topics are nam- 

 ed for discussion, with no hours named. I bet 

 you they'll have a good time. 



Herr Reepen, the Centralhlatt epitomist, 

 met a box-hive man with 450 lbs. of wax on his 

 wagon who had harvested 6000 lbs. of honey, 

 making him a net income of $625. Herr 

 Reepen agrees with many others that box hives 

 should still hold a place in the heather regions. 



I don't know who wrote this beautiful verse, 

 but it's what I wish for all the Gleaning.s 

 family: 



Not to be tuneless in old age. 

 Oil ! surely blest, his pilgrim agre, 



Who in his winter's snow 

 Still sings with note as sweet and clear 

 As in the morning of the year 

 When the first violets blow. 



Where ARE WE at? Gleanings, page 104, 

 talks of voting for men, "irrespective of party." 

 What will become of our country if it comes to 

 that pass that a man isn't ready to sacrifice 

 any thing and every thing for " the good of the 

 party " ? Allee samee, I indorse what is said 

 about our Eugene, and add that he's no office 

 Secor. 



Here's how Jas. Poindexter treats colonies 

 that have swarmed, the same having clipped 



