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THE BEE-KEEPERS' HEVIEW 



"soured honey " can be put in good order 

 again— by simply heating up, or by heating 

 in such a way as to evaporate it down some 

 what. When we say "This is soured just a 

 little " usually not much is the matter ex- 

 cept that the alcoholic fermentation is be- 

 gun. Heat will stop this, and also evapor- 

 ate the alcohol already formed: and the hon- 

 ey will be all right, or nearly so. But if the 

 acetic fermentation has begun, or if either 

 fermentation has provoked other chemical 

 changes accompanied by a mean taste ( the 

 usual result ) then the situation is pretty 

 nearly hopeless. 



The April Progressive, just received, is a 

 specialist number tremendously " foruinst " 

 the new deep cell foundation. Very appro- 

 priately it bears at mast head the banner 

 " VVeed'em out. " Some of the writers 

 doubtless get " hobia " on the brain too 

 much; but they'll do to average with writers 

 on the other side. Let them spit out their 

 real sentiments, even if they are extreme. 

 And when O. P. Miller says he is opposed to 

 everything that will not bear the strictest 

 investigation of the public in general, my 

 heart goes with him. That sounds very 

 much like Christianity. Such a doctrine 

 would " turn upside down " a good deal 

 which is already firmly established in our 

 craft — but what of it ? 



When Texas and Oalifornia are brought 

 into competion we must expect "some 

 pumpkins " as the result. Mr. Atchley of 

 Beeville Texas planted some California 

 grape cuttings (no roots at all) and had ripe 

 grapes on them inside of a year. Gleanings 

 2r). At one of the Atchley apiaries the hives 

 are just set on the dry sandy ground with- 

 out bottom boards. 



British Bee Journal says it ai'ui so about 

 Italian bees having longer tongues than Ger- 

 man bees. Gleanings 41. 



The alfalfa yield is few pounds a day, it 

 seems, rarely over four pounds, even in the 

 best seasons. R. C. Aikin Gleanmgs 44. 



Doolittle thinks that the bees that get sep- 

 arated from the cluster and die in little 

 groups on the combs in winter are the same 

 bees that would have come out of the hive to 

 die had the weather been warmer. Glea- 

 nings ri.\. 



When 20,000 bees get ahead a pound a day 

 40,000 will get ahead four pounds. So 

 thinks P. Schachinger:and Ernest K )ot en- 

 dorses, and thinks the most of us will sec- 

 ond the estimate. Gleanings 72. I'll not 



protest — but would like to be more sure of 

 it. In fact I suspect that in actual experi- 

 ence a good many colonies of 40,000 have 

 the extra 20,000 nearly all of bees too young 

 to gather. Don't believe the extra three 

 pounds would show up in that case. Some- 

 times in a fall flow a great colony which is 

 great because it did not swarm when others 

 did, may have more than four times as many 

 flying bees as the rest. 



J. E. Crane prefers cutting to melting in 

 putting sections of empty comb in order 

 for use. Thinks he can shave down 200 per 

 hour. Gleanings 7'J. 



If the boys want to try taller sections it 

 can be managed by nailing supporting slats 

 on a rim about an inch wide to go under the 

 regular rim of the super. The Roots offer 

 to supply such an arrangement. Gleanings 

 87. 



Twice as much formic acid in buckwheat 

 honey as in clover honey. ( )ften noticed 

 that bees in buckwheat harvest sting worse 

 than during other harvests. The two facts 

 seem to be related somehow. Gleanings 9(5. 



RiOHAKDS, Ohio. 



April 15, 1897. 



EXXRMOXED. 



Selling- Names of Bee-Keepers. 



The foregoing appeared in a late issue of 

 the American Bee Journal. 



" Selling names of Bee-Keepers is con- 

 demned as 'a bad policy ' by Editor Root in 

 Gleanings. We made a similar suggestion 

 quite a while ago. We venture to say that 

 had not Horrie, VVheadou, and others been 

 able to get hold of lists of bee-keepers' 

 names and addresses, they would never have 

 gone into the business of systematically 

 swindling honey-producers. We have the 

 names of perhaps 20,000 bee-keepers, but 

 no amount of money would tempt us to sell 

 them to an\i commission tirin. The fact is, 

 we believe that reliable commission houses 

 don't resort to sending out pleading letters 

 in order to get trade. If they are all right, 

 they usually get about as much produce as 

 tiiey can profitable handle without soliciting 

 through the use of egotistical and misrepre- 

 senting letters. " 



According to this line of reasoning my 

 editorial brothers ought not to sell advertis- 

 ing space for fear that dishonest men may 

 advertise therein. Before a commis- 

 sion man can do business he must be 

 made known to producers, and it is 



