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Vol. XXIII. 



DEC. 15, 1895. 



No. 24. 



The proposed constitution, as given on p. 

 903, has the approbation of the editor. Very 

 decidedly it hasn't mine, at least on some points. 

 [Weil, on what points?— Ed.] 



Doubling up colonies, as mentioned by friend 

 Aikin, page 890, seems to be just the thing, and 

 I don't know but it is; but so far, when I've 

 tried it, it didn't pan out well. 



S. E. Miller wants to know, p. 893, why I'd 

 nail numbers to hives instead of carrying them 

 in my head. Well, my head isn't large, and 

 I've better use for what little room there is 

 there. 



When snow comes a foot deep in November, 

 as it did this year, there's lot's of comfort in 

 thinking, " How glad 1 am I got the bees in 

 before this cold weather!" And the deeper the 

 snow the deeper your comfort. 



Stern winter now has come; 

 No more the joyful home 

 Within the bnsy hive is heard; 

 Silent, silent, dome. 

 The bees are all now home. 

 Till spring to life again has steard. 



Crimson clover. Michigan Experiment 

 Station Bulletin says: "In England, where 

 this clover is grown with some difficulty, it is 

 said to winter-kill if sown on newly plowed 

 land, but to pass the winter uninjured if merely 

 harrowed in on stubble." 



A SLANDER on A. I. Root. New convert to 

 the beef and hot-water treatment. "Mr. Root 

 wants me to drink hot water an hour and a half 

 before every meal, and here I've been drinking 

 for the last forty minutes; but I'll be jiggered 

 if I can swallow another drop." 



Did you ever notice that bees are unusual- 

 ly quiet directly after a windy time? I don't 

 mean during the wind, for then you can't hear 

 them for the noise of the wind; but I mean in 

 the following calm. I suppose it's because the 



wind has thoroughly ventilated the cellar, and 

 the bees are not suffering for fresh air. 



The editor fudges at the idea of my leaving 

 one colony of bees outdoors, and asks, " Why 

 don't you try more?" Because the last time I 

 tried it I tried cen and lost them all. Fudge! 

 yourself. [So I will fudge! so, there. I don't 

 believe you had 'em packed right.— Ed.] 



A confectioner of Neudorf, says Le Bulletin 

 d^ Alsace - Lorraine, found it convenient to 

 scald the bees that entered his premises. The 

 bee-keepers sued, and the authorities obliged 

 him to screen his premises against the bees, 

 and to keep his empty casks and cans out of 

 their reach. 



Some bitter experience resulted from put- 

 ting a second story on top, as described by F. L. 

 Murray, p. 890. A cold spell came, and the 

 bees couldn't keep both stories warm. Since 

 then I put the second story of empty combs 

 under, and then it can make the bees no colder, 

 the rest, of his practice seems good. 



That map showing the region of small and 

 the region of large hives will be a rather com- 

 plicated affair when such men as friend Crane 

 want different-sized hives for apiaries not ten 

 miles apart. [That map, 1 am afraid, will 

 never materialize; for bee-keepers don't re- 

 spond to the call for information. — Ed.] 



I have samples of the new foundation men- 

 tioned on p. 912. It is fine and beautifully 

 clear, the only question being whether the bees 

 will like it more or less therefor. How is that? 

 [That is to be determined; but from experi- 

 ments made last season for Mr. Weed, the in- 

 ventor of the process, it seemed that the bees 

 took to it more readily. — Ed.] 



A. I. Root thinks, p. 910, that his flat-pea 

 roots have not gone the great distance claimed. 

 Perhaps not; but are you sure, friend Root, 

 that you followed the roots to the end ? This 

 week I saw a gooseberry-plant that had been 

 very carefully dug. It was a cutting set in the 

 open ground last fall, so it was one season's 

 growth. With ordinary digging the roots 

 might have been 8 or 10 inches long. As it was, 

 they measured 34 Inches! [The roots of the 



