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Vol. XXIII. 



MAY I, 1895. 



No. 9, 



Foul-brood cure of McEvoy, says B. B. J., 

 was advocated by Shirach in 1769. 



Honey, applied outwardly, is reported in B. 

 B. J. as a satisfactory cure for chilblains and 

 chapped hands. 



The usual number of pages in Gleanings 

 is eight more than usual, and this time sixteen. 

 If that thing goes any farther I'll have to sit 

 up all night to read Gleanings. 



How MANY bright bee-keepers are coming to 

 the surface as writers! [Yes, I've noticed that 

 there were more lately. I am glad of it, be- 

 cause it infuses new blood into our literature. — 

 Ed.] 



The " Long Idea" hive, if I am not mistaken, 

 was just as popular with Puppleton in Iowa as 

 in Florida. This in reply to A. I. R.'s query on 

 p. 320. [Then is it a question of locality, or of 

 the man?— Ed.] 



A 13-FRAME HIVE is what Observer in Pro- 

 gressive says Ernest Root has "gone and done." 

 How's that, Ernest? Have you been getting 

 up a new hive so much on the sly that I 

 haven't noticed it? [See Editorials.] 



F. L. Thompson, in A. B. J., wants bee-jour- 

 nals to be more like conventions in having 

 pithy, good-natured discussions. Good idea. 

 [That's so; but the editors must have the help 

 of their contributors. — Ed.] 



Boards % thick were tried by Ed. Goodrich, 

 for hives. It was hard to keep them warm 

 enough for brood-rearing in spring. In the 

 fall, combs and bees were kept damp by the 

 ready condensation of moisture. — A. B. J. 



Caging the queen at swarming and cutting 

 out cells twice, as given by E. France, p. 304, is 

 a good plan that I formerly practiced, only I 

 freed the queen at the last cutting of cells in- 

 stead of keeping her caged ten days longer. I 

 believe you'd like that better, friend France. I 

 learned the plan from Doolittle. 



I SECOND the motion you make on p. 312, Mr. 

 Editor, to try to get an appropriation from 

 Washington for ihe N. A. B. K. A., and may 

 be Canada could chip in too: but I don't see 

 why that should make any less effort in each 

 State. 



The Nebraska Queen has a warning from 

 Prof. Bessey against sacaline. After growing 

 roots obtained direct from Russia, and giving 

 it a fair trial, he sums up his opinion in these 

 words: " I am confident that itis a rank fraud." 

 Alas! farewell, sacaline. 



"How much CONVENTION time should be 

 given to essays?" is a query in A.B.J. One 

 man wants the time all taken up with essays, 

 " unless the discussions can be well managed;" 

 two or three would rather have no essays, and 

 nearly all agree that essays should be short, 

 merely used to start discussion. 



Honey or butter? Dr. Peiro, in A. B. J., 

 says of honey, "Its nourishing properties are 

 certainly equal to, and for many greater than, 

 that of the best butter; and in view of the dan- 

 ger of butter from cows affected with tubercu- 

 losis he raises the question whether it would 

 not be wise to substitute the perfectly safe ar- 

 ticle, honey. 



Doolittle is right, p. 313, that bees gnaw 

 foundation whenever they're idle, but I've 

 found it only at the close of the honey season, 

 for the simple reason that they've had the 

 chance only at that time. I've had to put on 

 sections in advance of their need, for want of 

 time later; but the bees are busy in the brood- 

 chamber, and don't gnaw sections then. 



Burning sulphur made a yellow deposit for 

 you, Mr. Editor, p. 317. I've had a few sections 

 at different times discolored with sulphur, and 

 it was always a greenish color. I suspect it 

 makes a difference on what surface the deposit 

 is made. [My "yellow" you might call a 

 "greenish color." The difference, I suspect, is 

 not in color but in the individual. — Ed.] 



Fight fair, friend Boardman. On page 294 

 you teach that a queen doesn't go into the 

 super over a square hive; but that in the long 

 shallow hive, queen-excluders and other ex- 



