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Vol. XXIX. 



JAN. I, 1901. 



No. I. 



H. G. QuiRiisr thinks the loss of young 

 queens results in many cases from the lack of 

 young brood in the hives. — Ai)ier. Bee-keeper. 



" Ai<i< CHEAP QUEENS are not inferior, but 

 facilities and care necessary for the produc- 

 tion of good queens are expensive," is a wise 

 word from Editor Hill. 



It may be well to suggest that if J. War- 

 ren Arthur saves seed from the first crop of 

 that short-tubed clover (p. 9G8), the chances 

 will be better for short tubes in the progeny. 



O. O. POPPLETON says that virgin queens 

 caged and introduced upon removing the old 

 queen do not lay nearly so soon as if they 

 emerged from the cell among the bees. — 

 Ainer. Bee-keeper. 



The brood-nest is placed near the entrance, 

 says C. P. Dadant in Revtie Int., the better to 

 protect the colony against the incursions of 

 robbers, just as we build our forts on our bor- 

 ders rather than in the interior. 



LebrechT Wolff says in Centralbtatt the 

 honey-bee is the most intelligent of insects, 

 as indicated by the size of its brain. The 

 brain of the bee is ^1 j of its entire body ; that 

 of the ant, ^^g ; May-bug, jy^Ti I water-bug, 



Joseph Bethke reports in American Bee 

 Journal that he put 56 colonies of bees in 

 cellar Oct. 7, 1899, and took them out April 

 10, 1900, and they all came out strong in bees. 

 That was 185 days' confinement — a trifle more 

 than half a year. 



Editor Hutchinson says there is no oc- 

 casion for bleaching comb honey in his part of 

 the world, for all the combs the bees build are 

 white. Now I'd like to know whether, in 

 Michigan, sections sealed white in June will 

 remain white if left on the hive till August. 



Without the possibility of collusion be- 

 tween the two, Thaddeus Smith, p. 9H9, and a 

 writer in one of the Australian journals make 

 the same obj ction to Mr. Pender's low esti- 



mate of the amount of honey required to make 

 a p )und of wax. Yes, Mr. Editor, that's a 

 good p^ iat for the experiment stations to set- 

 tle 



Privately, I want to say to J. E. Crane, 

 "When you try sugar and water in equal 

 quantities for feeding (p. 970), don't forget to 

 try a few colonies by pouring dry sugar in the 

 feeder and then pouring wet water on top. 

 The percolating idea has all passed away, and 

 it's just possible the mixing-in-advance idea 

 may go to keep it company." 



Supplementing the good advice Bro. Doo- 

 little gives farmers, p. 967, I should say, be 

 sure to have hives big enough. An eight- 

 frame hive may be the best thing for comb 

 honey in the hands of a man who gives close 

 attention to his bees ; but with the man who 

 gives little attention to his bees it would lead 

 to too many cases of starvation. 



It is said in Bienen- / a/'^r that queens from 

 unusually large queen-cells are no larger than 

 those from normal cells. And I think Doo- 

 little says the largest queens are no better than 

 the medium ones. The most prolific queen I 

 had the past summer was remarkable for small 

 size. That doesn't say small queens are best, 

 but that they may be good in spite of their 

 size. 



At one time ye editor raised the question 

 whether any considerable amount of propolis 

 could be secured. Now that there's a possi- 

 bility of a market for it, I may say that I think 

 I might offer from 10 to 40 pounds every year. 

 [I learn that Frank Benton actually sold 25 

 lbs of real propolis. I suppose if a demand 

 should be made for that article, a considerable 

 quantity of it could be gathered up. — Ed.] 



A. I. Root has tackled a tough problem 

 when he starts in on the "hired girl " quei- 

 tion, page 972. On one point I'm with you, 

 Bro. Root : Any one that isn't fit to sit at ta- 

 ble with me isn't fit to stay in the house with 

 me. In the Christian Endeavor World a 

 story written by Chas. M. Sheldon is now run- 

 ning, in which a refined college graduate has 

 become a hired girl. I'm anxious to know 

 how she makes out. 



Curious how far out of the way one may 

 be when at a distance. A writer in Revue 



