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THE BEE-KEEPERS* REVIEW* 



Bee-Keepers' Review. 



PUBIilSHBD MONTHLY. 



W. Z. HUTCHINSON. Editor and ProDrletor. 



Terms :— $1.00 a year in advauce. Two copies 

 81.9(J ; three for $2.70 ; live for $4.00 ; ten or more, 

 75 cents eacli. If it is desired to have the Revi iw 

 stopped at the expiration of the time paid for, 

 please say so when subscribing, otlierwise, it 

 will be continued. 



FLINT. MICHIGAN. AUG. 10. 1897. 



Basswood has been a failure in many lo- 

 calities — don't forget that in estimating the 

 honey crop. 



Queens will be thrown out of the mails 

 again unless some folks are more careful 

 than they are in putting them up for ship- 

 ment. Use- a good strong cage and be sure 

 that the queen can't get out. 



De. Howell, who has a notice in the ad- 

 vertising columns of the Review, has been 

 our physician for years, and I can unhesitat- 

 ingly recommend him to those of my readers 

 who may need a physician. 



The Pbogbamme is out for the Buffalo 

 convention. It contains half a dozen bee 

 songs and music. It is sent free to mem- 

 bers, or for five cents to others. Write to 

 Dr. A. B. Mason, Sta. B, Toledo, Ohio. 



The Canadian Bee .Joubnal copies from 

 the Scientific American an extract from a 

 very interesting, illustrated article showing 

 the rapidity of the wing vibrations in the 

 flight of bees. The vibrations sometimes 

 reach l.'j,r>4() strokes per minute. 



A Fight to the finish has always been the 

 result when T put two laying queens to- 

 gether, and I have done this several times 

 when Italianizing black and hybrid colonies. 

 I mention this because the subject is being 

 discussed in the American Bee Journal. 



Mr. J. C. Wallenmeyeb writes very graph- 

 ically in the American Bee Journal of his 

 experiences at the fairs in exhibiting bees 



and honey, selling honey lemonade, giving 

 pie eating contests, etc. If rightly managed 

 such exliibitions lead to the sale of consider- 

 able honey. 



Packing should never be so thick that the 

 colony cannot get the benefit of the warmth 

 when the day is pleasant and sunny, for, if 

 the colony becomes weak and not able to 

 heat the hive, it becomes to the bees a ver- 

 itable refrigerator, says R. C. Aikin in the 

 Canadian Bee Journal. 



Membebship is steadily increasing in the 

 U. S. B. K. U. The Secretary writes me 

 that there are now about 175 members. He 

 also says that he has recently helped bring 

 two commission firms to time. He says 

 that they come to time "easy" when the 

 Union gets after them. 



; Honey Leaflets, not to exceed 500 to 

 one person, will be sent free by the A. I. 

 Root Co., of Medina, ( )hio, to their sub- 

 scribers or to any who have bought goods of 

 them this season, the postage to be paid by 

 the one to whom they are sent. Postage is 

 15 cents per 100, or 50 cents on 500. 



VVateby-appeaeing capping in comb honey 

 is much more prevalent with the yellow than 

 with the dark varieties of bees, the Cyprians 

 being the worst bees in this line. Mr. Doo- 

 little says in Gleanings that bees from 

 mothers many generations removed from 

 imported stock are more likely to give 

 combs more nearly approaching those built 

 by the black bees. 



Gleanings has a new dress of handsome 

 type, and is also printed on a new press. In 

 commenting upon the changes the editor 

 says that while they do not claim to make 

 the best bee journal, they think that they are 

 "keeping up with the procession." Yes, 

 Gleanings is fully entitled to all that she 

 claims in this respect. 



Fall Feeding, how to manage the bees so 



as to avoid this, is asked in the Canadian 



- Bee Journal, and answered by fifteen cor- 



