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hy the Union Jack. It was made by the 

 late William Suelgrt)vt« of \Voodstock, Out., 

 a cabiuet -maker by tnulc, who took to boe- 

 keepiug aud small fruit ^'rowing from love 

 of out-door life. The " Mansion of Indus- 

 try " has a history. It was shown with a 

 stock of bees in it at the Philadelphia Cen- 

 tenial in 1!S7(>. Some one offered Mr. Snel- 

 grove s,">0 for it, but lie refused the bid. 

 .\s he said to me. that price did not begin to 

 pay him for his work ou it. It is a minia- 

 ture brown stone mausiou, perfect in all its 

 details. In IWR), Mr. Suelgrove advertised 

 to sell out his apiary owing to advanced age 

 and growing iutirmitics. I coveted the 

 " Mansion, " but doubted if he would sell it 

 for any price 1 would feel able to give, but 

 thought I might Imy some of the 

 cheaper hives. So I went up to Woodstock 

 to see what I could do with him. I looked 

 over the hives he had for sale, and finally 

 asked if he would sell the "Mansion." 

 " Well you know, " said he, " That is my 

 chefiV oeavre, in plain English my master- 

 piece, but I was offered slO for it the other 

 day , and though I thought I would keep it, 

 for I must have a hive or two of bees to 

 keep me company, I have thought since 

 1 was a fool to refuse the offer. " " Well, '' 

 I said, " you need be a fool no longer, I'll 

 give you slO for it. " So the bargain was 

 made. The other hives in view are of his 

 make also. Every one of them is of cabmet 

 maker workmanship, and must have been 

 worth, wJiau new, ^"^ or §10 apiece. I 

 bought 10 from him, and they averaged, 

 including the "Mansion," ^4 each. Of 

 course I bought them empty. The "Man- 

 sion " has never failed to winter a stock of 

 bees, in first class shape, during the six 

 winters it has been in my possession. (Jf 

 course, it stands out of doors, all the year 

 round. 



The little building to tlie right is a sort of 

 office in which I do my literary work all 

 summer long. Back of the portion of the 

 apiary that is in sight, I have an octagonal 

 house apiary built souuwhat after the style 

 of the one shown in Knot's A B C of Bee- 

 Kee|>ing, but only one story in height. The 

 pony shown in the picture is our pet Shet- 

 land; ".Jessie the llower of Dumblaue. " 

 She cost a big price for snch a dimiutive 

 piece of horseflesh, ^ >;200 ) but money 

 would not bny her now unless the sheriff 

 was in chase of me. \N e have had her sev- 

 en years. She was six when we got her, so 



we know her age to a dot. She is sound in 

 wind, limb and eyesight, and has neither a 

 blemish nor a fault that I know of. She 

 carries myself and my wife around town 

 with perfect ease, and we are neither of us 

 light weights. She belongs to me in the 

 forenoon, and to my wife in the afternoon. 

 As soon as breakfast is over. I jog off to the 

 apiary, about a mile distant, getting my 

 mail on the way. * »n arrival at the apiary 

 Jessie is turned out to kick up her heels and 

 graze. Invariably, when let loose she takes 

 a good roll, then eats grass until she is satis- 

 fied, after which she usually has a " kick- 

 up "and a short gallop on her own hook. 

 After dinner she is at my wife's disposal, 

 who drives around in a little low down gig, 

 built especially for a lame old lady. Of 

 course this is the summer programme. To 

 day is the first of May, and the weather has 

 been so backward that the programme has 

 not started yet, this year. In this northern 

 region there is not much of a bite of grass 

 as yet and our base-burner is going in the 

 house, pretty well checked off however, 

 most of the time. 

 GuELPH, Ont., May 1, 1897. 



Notes From Foreign Bee Journals. 



F. L. THOMPSON. 



iTF- LINE dropped made me say the oppo- 

 l\ site of what was intended, about half 

 way down the first column of page 14. 

 Read " bees on Layeus frames will be 

 slow to enter the supers, and bees on 

 Dadant frames will be slow about extend- 

 ing work sideways. " 



BlENENWIBTSCHAFTLICHES CeNTKALBLATT. 



— Very successful experiments, says H, 

 Petersen, are being made in the " Berliner 

 Chante" with two new germicides, the 

 discoveries of two Berlin physicians. The 

 effects in tuberculosis are extremely sooth- 

 ing; whether curative or not will appear 

 later. It is said that there are great hopes 

 of the remedies, but it is desired to be ab- 

 solutely sure before placing the matter be- 

 fore the public. One of the substances, 

 holzinol, is com[)osed of methyl alcohol 

 which has absorbed (>0 percent, of " formal-, 

 dehyd gas, " with a small addition of men- 

 thol, and is to be evaporated in a special 

 instrument in fixed quanities, according to 

 the amount of sjiace in the apartment. By 

 its use Herr Petersen sacceeded in reuiov- 



