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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



Bee-Keepers' Review. 



PUBLISHED MONTHLY. 



W. Z. HUTCHINSON. Editor and Proprietor. 



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FLINT, MICHIGAN. MAY 10. 1897. 



Bko. Hasty, for some reason, has not 

 sent in his "View" for this month. I 

 fear that he is sick, as I know that he has 

 been none too well of late. 



The Solae Wax Extbaotoe is used by 

 Mr. R. McK^night, of Canada, for evapora- 

 ting frnit. It is necessary to raise the cover 

 slightly to allow the moisture to pass off. 



Mes. Hutchinson has now been home 

 several weeks, and Ivy has greatly improved, 

 but, of course, we don't know yet how per- 

 manent this improvement may be. 



Haed wood split into small pieces will 

 burn all right in a good smoker, but it 

 burns the smoker out much more quickly 

 than is the case with a fire from shavings, 

 which smolders and gives more smoke but 

 less heat than the solid wood. 



White Clovee is the most abundant in 

 this vicinity that it has been in years. An 

 abundance of moisture has fallen in the last 

 few months, and the indications now are 

 that the present may be one of the good 

 years for honey. 



Edttoeial Notice of the starting of new 

 journals is opposed by the Canadian Bee 

 Journal on the ground that no good business 

 man will advertise his rival. As an illustra- 

 tion attention is called to the fact that mer- 

 chants do not run and tell every one when a 

 new store is started. It isn't a merchant's 

 business to publish news, but it is the busi- 



ness of a newspaper. Even a class journal 

 is expected to give the news pertaining to 

 its particular line, but I suppose that relat- 

 ing to a rival may be witheld on the ground 

 of selfishness and jealously, if the editor is 

 built that way. 



Apis Dobsata is to be experimented with 

 in its own country. This is as it should be. 

 The A. I. Root Co. is to furnish hives etc. to 

 a missionary, Mr. Rambo, who is to return 

 to India in September. If these giant bees 

 can be domesticated, and made to do mod- 

 ern work in their own home, then it will be 

 time enough to import them. 



Sweet Olovee is classed as a noxious 

 weed in some States. This seems an in- 

 justice; but, suppose that it is a weed, here 

 is a point that has been brought up by some 

 one : The road sides and waste places are 

 certain to be covered with something, that 

 is, some "green thing growing," and why 

 not sweet clover, particularly where there 

 are bees, instead of some wholly useless 

 plant ? 



Wisconsin now has a foul brood law, one 

 against the adulteration of honey, and sweet 

 clover is no longer on the list of noxious 

 weeds. All this has been accomplished 

 largely through the efforts and at the ex- 

 pense of one man, Mr. N. E. France. The 

 Wisconsin bee-keepers' society contributed 

 something to the expense, but not so much as 

 Mr. France has paid. Such work as this is 

 what the Union should do. 



The Van Allen & Williams honey ex- 

 tractor is, I believe, the only extractor on 

 this market that is really an automatic re- 

 versible machine. By simply slowing up 

 the motion and reversing the direction of 

 the crank, the comb baskets are reversed. 

 The old Stanley machine accomplished the 

 same thing, but in a much less desirable 

 manner than it is done by the Van Allen and 

 Williams. This machine costs but a trifle 

 more than other reversible extractors, and 

 it should be remembered that to get along 

 without a tool that saves labor is the worst 

 kind of extravagance. 



