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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW, 



and that was that it would equalize the bees, 

 and make each hive equally strong. But 

 this reasonable theory did not prove true. 

 The strong colonies at the start remained 

 strong; all the bees staying at their old 

 place without regard to the hive that was 

 made to occupy their stand, and I had to 

 equalize them by swapping combs of brood 

 for empty ones. This year's experiments 

 have Shown me clearer than ever the impor- 

 tant part a good queen plays in a hive. The 

 colonies in both the revolving stand and the 

 house had last year's queens. All were fed 

 so that supplies were not a question, as all 

 had plenty, yet brood raising was very une- 

 qual. I shall pay more attention to this 

 important question hereafter. I will say in 

 closing this article that nothing could be 

 worse for bee-keepers than the three years' 

 failures that we have had exceptiny three 

 big honey crops. If we had secured big 

 crops every year the price of honey would 

 have been so low as not to pay expenses. 

 FOBESTVILLE, MiNN., Aug. 3, 1892. 



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FLINT, MICHIGAN, SEP. 10. 1892. 



Db. Miller, in the A. B. J. of August 11, 

 says: "At present most of my hives are 

 overhauled about once a week." What for. 

 Doctor ? 



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The wintering of bees has seldom been 

 treated in a more masterly manner than Mr. 

 Larrabee has handled it in this number of 

 the Review. To my mind, it is the best 

 article on the subject that I ever read. 

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Are fertile workers ever developed in a 

 hive that has not had queen cells cut out or 

 otherwise destroyed ? This query is asked 

 by H. Fitz Hart, of Avery, La. About the 

 only place that I have ever found them is in 

 a nucleus where I have introduced virgin 

 queens to be fertilized and the queens were 

 lost and the nucleus left standing queenless 

 with no material from which to rear a queen. 



How MANY QUEENS did you raise this year ? 

 Let each breeder write me an answer to this 

 question, and in the next issue I will publish 

 a list of the breeders together with the num- 

 ber of queens each has reared. 



Mrs. Jennie Atchley is conducting a 

 Southern Department in both the A. B. J. 

 and the Progressive Bee-Keeper. She has 

 had experience in the right direction and 

 knows how to tell it in an interesting 

 manner. 



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Gleanings and the A. B. J. have my 

 warmest thanks for the appreciative notices 

 given the Review in late issues. The " Ex- 

 tracted Department" of the Review shows 

 more clearly than anything else the esteem 

 in which these journals are held in this office. 

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A DISPLAY of bees and honey that the 

 editor of the Review prepared and exhibited 

 at the Detroit Exposition and at the State 

 Fair, absorbed so much of his time that this 

 issue is a little late. More about the fairs in 

 next Review. 



The Twins, (Nora and Cora), will be four- 

 teen in November. During the summer va- 

 cation they have helped me considerably in 

 setting up the type for the Review. They 

 take great pains with their composition and, 

 for beginners, furnish remarkably clean 

 proofs 



Hasty's Picture. Why don't you give it ? 

 This question is often asked me. All gentle 

 means have failed to secure his photo, and 

 the consent to use it. Hasty is a little coy 

 in this respect. While the Review is not 

 lacking in enterprise, it respects the feelings 

 of the man who, for reasons best known to 

 himself, prefers not to face the camera. 

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Prof. Cook has sent me proofs of matter 

 that is to appear in the College Sj)eculum. 

 He has been submitting for analysis, to 

 Profs. Kedzie, Wiley and Scovell, samples 

 of honey that were gathered very rapidly 

 from basswood and clover, and they were 

 pronounced adulterated ivith cane sugar. 

 Samples of honey obtained from feeding 

 sugar were pronounced adulterated but 

 classed with genuine honey gathered rapidly 

 from the flowers. The full text of the arti- 

 cle will be given in the next Review. 



