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 LowviLLE. N. Y. August 12, 1897. 



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FLINT, MICHIGAN. SEP. 10. 1897. 



The Fall Honey Flow is quite good in 

 this locality. My friend Koeppen was here 

 yesterday and he says that the cases of sec- 

 tions are filling quite rapidly in some of his 

 apiaries. 



Honey ought to be stored where it is warm 

 and dry. Most bee keepers know this, but 

 not all of them. Have the honey stored in 

 the southeast corner of the building. Have 

 the walls painted black if you can. On a 

 hot, dry day open the doors and windows if 

 it is practical, and keep the room closed 

 nights and on cool, damp days. 



Syrian Bees, or Holy Laud bees, as they 

 are sometimes called, are condemned by Mr. 

 Doolittle in the Progressive Bee Keeper. 

 He says that tliey have two grevious faults, 

 viz., that they do not breed when they ought, 

 and then again, breed beyond measure at a 

 time when they ought not, and the workers 

 (fertile workers) begin laying about as soon 

 as the queen leaves the hive. 



The Bee Keepers' Exchange of Califor- 

 nia is beginning to be criticised quite sharp- 

 ly, and that by Californians. The forming 

 of the Exchange has had the effect of keep- 

 ing away the brokers which were once so 

 plentiful, and now, having the field clear to 

 itself, the Exchange finds itself unable to 

 effect sales, and in despair has turned the 



honey over to one commission firm. This, 

 at least, is the talk. Then there are other 

 troubles reported. I had considerable hopes 

 that the Exchange would really help Cali- 

 fornia bee keepers, and 1 yet hope that such 

 may be the case. 



" Follow my Leadeb " is the thought that 

 came to me when I read an item in Glean- 

 ings telling how popular had becone the self- 

 spacing frames. I was led to this thought 

 because when Bro. Leahy was here he said 

 that they had scarcely a call for them, in 

 fact, some went so far as to specify that they 

 didn't want them. He said that the Fal- 

 coners told him that they had had exactly 

 the same experience. 



F. L. Thompson wrote, July 2r>, that he had 

 so much work to do that he should not be 

 able to send any more notes until about the 

 first of September. He says, " You know 

 how it is when one can hardly make the 

 rounds in time to get fresh supers on as soon 

 as they ought to be, and remove the full 

 ones." I know that we all will excuse our 

 western friend, and rejoice that he is kept so 

 busy in putting on empty supers and taking 

 off full ones. 



The Deep-Cell Foundation receives some 

 favorable testimonials in the last issue of 

 Gleanings. I hope now that those who have 

 not found it so good will have the courage to 

 so report to the Roots, and that they will 

 also have the fairness to publish such re- 

 ports. I did not try it this season, although 

 I expected to do so. The samples that I re- 

 ceived came just as the season was waning, 

 and the walls were only about one- sixteenth 

 inch deep. I sincerely hope that the exact 

 truth about this foundation will come out. 



The Next Review will probably be late, as 

 by the time this issue is in the hands of its 

 readers I shall be at the Michigan State fair 

 at Grand Rapids with an exhibit of bees 

 and honey. From there I expect to go to 

 to the Indiana fair, then to Wisconsin, next 

 to Illinois, and wind up at the St. Louis 

 fair. I shall take a tent with me and camp 

 out and shall travel with my exhibit in the 

 freight car; this is the only way to get an 

 exhibit around in time and not have it 

 smashed. I hope to meet many of my 

 friends at these fairs. 



