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Vol. XXIV. 



DEC. I, 1896. 



No. 23 



A Chinaman seems to be setting type on 

 Gleanings. Page 834 he has "wagon-load" 

 for " wagou-road." Chinaman make velly good 

 plinter. 



I'm RATHER INCLINED to favor light-weight 

 sections, providing they're made so light that 

 by no possibility can a dishonest grocer sell one 

 of them for a pound. 



You oiuECTED, Mr. Editor, to my trying 

 only one colony of bees out of doors last winter. 

 This winter I'm trying ten packed the same 

 way. Will that suit you better? [That is bet- 

 ter, doctor.— Ed.] 



My Funics (half-bloods) did a good deal bet- 

 ter than reported at Lincoln, for at that time 

 No. 2 had a lot of honey that I didn't know of. 

 I think 300 lbs. is below the mark, besides abun- 

 dance for winter. 



I WAS LATE getting some of my lighter colo- 

 nies filled up for winter; and after I used up all 

 sealed combs of honey I gave the rest sections. 

 Extravagant, perhaps, but I didn't want to risk 

 feeding syrup in November. 



Apis dorsata, shall government import 

 them ? is asked in American Bee Journal. Re- 

 pliers are more than three to one against it. 

 Rev. M. Mahin says, " If they are capable of 

 domestication the people of India would have 

 domesticated them long ago." 



Reading page 130 makes one feel rather 

 sad to think that by any possibility could there 

 be any need to advise the securing of a good 

 wife or husband. Something wrong when 

 young people think they can't afford to marry. 

 They can't afford to remain single. 



I've always wanted to have our central 

 organization include Canada as well as United 

 States, although strangely enough some accus- 

 ed me of wanting to drive out Canadians. But 

 if more can be accomplished by having the or- 

 ganization national I give up. Just now the 



most important thing seems to be to make a 

 lively chase after adulterators and swindlers. 



A report in American Bee Journal sounds 

 like old times. L. R. Lighton averaged 120 lbs. 

 extracted honey from each of his 15 colonies, 

 and sold at 20 cts. a pound. That makes .¥24 per 

 colony, or $360 for the 1.5. He keeps bees mainly 

 for recreation. Wonder what he'd report if he 

 kept them for profit. 



Hon. R. L. Taylor might well take up the 

 question, " How long from the laying of the 

 egg to the perfect queen ? " It's hardly safe to 

 average 17 with 1.5 days, for the 17 was an error 

 of 35 years ago that I think no one holds now. 

 The error probably arose from considering the 

 work of weak nuclei, and 1 he right thing, no 

 doubt, is the development of a queen normally 

 in a full colony. 



Now I'm mad. You say, Mr. Editor, p. 820. 

 that I have no credit for originality as to wood* 

 splints in foundation. If you ever want me to 

 speak to you again, just change that "original- 

 ity "to "priority," unless you can show the 

 place I copied from. But friend Averill beats 

 me in getting the bees to respect unwaxed 

 sticks. [I beg pardon. I will change it to "pri- 

 ority " in all the journals I have sentout. That 

 is easily done.— Ed.] 



What's the good of unloading the hives 

 from friend Mendleson's wagons, on p. 817? — 

 might just let the apiary stand on the wagon 

 till time to move again, as photographers do 

 with their wagons— not exactly a floating api- 

 ary, but a flitting apiary. [Yes, a wagon could 

 be arranged so as not to make it necessary to 

 unload the bees at all; but one large enough to 

 take a whole apiary like friend Mendleson's 

 would make it a little difficult to get at the 

 lower tier of hives for putting in the boxes. — 

 Ed.] 



R. Wilkin writes he has fed 3>2 tons of sugar 

 and 1 ton of honey this fall by pouring in at en- 

 trance, and liKes the plan. For each pound of 

 sugar he uses half a pound of water. He says 

 too hot or too thick syrup will kill bees. I fed 

 it thick. Likely tuat's why it killed them. He 



