130 



THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



Never until last fall had I experienced any 

 trouble from the sugar crystallizing in the 

 combs. When I discovered the trouble, I 

 fed no more out of that barrel. By the way, 

 the sugar in this barrel was composed of 

 very fine granules, some being quite fine. 

 It resembled the sugar used by confectioners 

 for icing purposes. Looking around I found 

 a barrel in which the granules were larger, 

 almost square, and of uniform size. With a 

 syrup made of this I fed twenty colonies. To 

 the sugar given to one-half of them, tartaric 

 acid was added, a la Heddon, and to the 

 other half honey was added, as advised by 

 yourself and Mr. Doolittle. In neither in- 

 stance did that sugar crystallize, and there 

 is no doubt in my mind that there is a differ- 

 ence in the character of the so-called granu- 

 lated sugar : notwithstanding the assurances 

 of the dealer to the contrary. Possibly the 

 seller thinks that as the sugar is fed to the 

 bees under souie circumstances, the impor- 

 tance of its efle t on the "critters" is small as 

 compared with the possibility of its becom- 

 ming mixed with the honey in the hive and 

 sold as the pure article gathered from the 

 flowers. Consequently, it behooves us, as 

 bee-keepers, to winter our bees on clover or 

 basswood honey, as far as practicable, and to 

 say nothing more about sugar-honey being 

 sold even under the proper name. 



By the way, can't you congratulate us Can- 

 adians upon the passage of a law, prohibit- 

 ing the spraying of fruit trees when in 

 full bloom ? (See copy of law enclosed.) 



Stbatfoed, Canada, April 17, 1892. 



The Apioulttjbist is improving again. 

 During the last few months it has contained 

 some very good correspondence. 



Bees have died in large numbers, in some 

 localities, the past winter. The greatest 

 losses are reported from those places where 

 the bees gathered large quantities of honey 

 dew the preceding season. 



"YoTJ TUBN the crank, and the machine 

 does the rest," may be truthfully said of the 

 section - folding machine, manufactured by 

 E. W. Philo, of Half Moon, N. Y. I have 

 one of the machines, and it will do all that is 

 claimed for it. 



Black bees are again being discussed. 

 That they have some good qualities is true, 

 but the majority of bee-keepers prefer Ital- 

 ians, and as a man can have any kind of bees 

 that he wants, it looks as though there was 

 a cause for this preference. 



The officers of the Ontario Bee-Keepers' 

 Association are as follows : President, F. A. 

 Gemmill, Stratford ; Vice President, A. 

 Pickett. Nassagaweya : Secretary, W. Conse, 

 Streetsville ; Treasurer, Martin Emigh, Hol- 

 brook ; Foul Brood Inspector, Wm. McEvoy, 

 Woodburn. 



Bee-Keepers' Review. 



PUBLISHED MONTHLT. 



W. Z. HOTCHINSOfl, Ed. & Ppop. 



Terms : — Si. 00 a year in advance Two copies, 

 S1.90 : three for $2.70 ; live for $4.00 ; ten, or more, 

 70 cents eacli. i^' Tlie Review is stopped at 

 the expiration of the time paid for, 



FLINT, MICHIGAN. MAY 10. 1S92. 



■Removing queens, to prevent swarming, 

 is advised by Mr. Manum, instead of caging 

 them in the hive. 



Since beginning the publication of the 

 Review I have never worked harder nor 

 found more enjoyment. 



Tallow has often been recommended to 

 prevent the use of propolis on frames in a 

 hive. J. A. Green asks in Gleanings if any- 

 body has used it enough to know anything 

 about it. He once rubbed a few frames with 

 tallow, and they have since remained free 

 from propolis : neither have brace combs 

 been built upon them. 



Byron Walker gave me a call the other 

 evening while on his way home from North- 

 ern Michigan where he has found and expects 

 to occui)y a location abounding in spring 

 flowers, raspberries, clover, basswood, ivil- 

 low herb and fall flowers. After seeing how 

 bees are wintered in that locality, he is in- 

 clined to give their owners but slight credit 

 for their uniform success — the secret is in 

 the winter stores. 



