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Vol. XXIX. 



MARCH I, 1901. 



No. 5. 



DooLiTTi^E's TEACHINGS sound like good 

 sense in French as well as English. "Bee- 

 keeping for Farmers," Gleanings, 967, is 

 translated in full in Le Progres Apicole. 



The Bienenzvirtschaftliches Centralblatt 

 says Rudolph Dathe has the largest apiarj' in 

 Germany, with 451 colonies, the next six in 

 order containing 380, 300, 285, 210, 170, and 

 150 each. 



In This locality prospects look bright for 

 the coming harvest. (The bee-keeper that 

 can't see any bright prospect ahead isn't very 

 much of a bee-keeper.) White clover was in 

 good condition when winter set in, and there 

 has been a good blanket of snow for several 

 weeks, with a prospect of C( ntinuance. 



Here's a kink worth thinking about that 

 Editor Hutchinson lets out on W. L(ightning) 

 Coggshall : When uncapping for the extract- 

 or, slice deep. Takes ever so much less time 

 than the usual way, the honey can be drained 

 from the cappings, and it takes no more wax 

 to build out the cells than the bees will secrete 

 anyway. 



I ONCE got myself into trouble, not with 

 the Dadants, but with one of their friends, by 

 speaking jokingly of those miserable frog-eat- 

 ers down at Hamilton. (As a matter of fact 

 I am exceedingly partial to frog-legs. ) I hope 

 to reinstate myself in the good graces of their 

 belligerent defender by quoting an expression 

 from that bright new periodical, L' Apiculture 

 Pratique: "The bee-keepers of the whole 

 world owe to the Messrs. Dadant a tribute of 

 profound gratitude " Which sentiment I 

 heartily indorse. 



Editor Hutchinson says Italians are much 

 less susceptible to black brood than blacks or 

 hybrids. The Australians s^v Italians are 

 safer against foul brood. [Two inspectors 

 who attended the State convention at Geneva, 

 N. Y., stated that, for some reason, the Ital- 

 ians seemed much more able to resist black 

 brood. They could assign no cause for it, but 



the fact was nevertheless true. I believe, 

 though, it was suggested that, as black bees, 

 including hybrids, are more inclined to rob 

 than the pure yellow Italians, the former in 

 the stealing expeditions would carry to their 

 colonies germs of infection when the Italians, 

 content to work in the fields, would gather 

 the pure non-infected nectar from the flowers. 

 —Ed.] 



The Chicago Bee- keepers' Association, 

 as reported in American Bee Journal, urges 

 the N. B. K. A. to provide local associations 

 with printed matter to help boom theN. B. K. 

 A. Now, why didn't some one think of that 

 before ? With all the bee-journals and the lo- 

 cal societies booming it, why ought not the 

 membership this year to reach 1000 ? A thou- 

 sand members ! Hip, hip — but perhaps we 

 better wait till we reach the thousand. [A 

 good idea ; and I would suggest that the Gen- 

 eral Manager, if he deems it proper, prepare 

 a circular or booklet, giving the objects of the 

 Association, and what it has accomplished 

 during the period of its existence. I think it 

 would be proper to include the work of the 

 old Union, as that is now a part of the new 

 organization, the N. B. K. A. The organiza- 

 tion has a great record and it should be known. 

 —Ed.] 



Inspector McEvoy says in Revieiv that it 

 is perfectly safe to give to a healthy colony 

 combs taken from a foul -broody colony if 

 such combs never had brood in them, And, if 

 they have been licked clean and dry by the 

 foul-broody bees. [I remember our friend 

 McEvoy making that statement in convention ; 

 but assuming that he is correct, the advice 

 would be a little dangerous to beginners and 

 to bee-keepers of experience who are a little 

 careless in their ways of working. It takes 

 good strong eyes sometimes to detect the pres- 

 ence of a cocoon or cocoons in brood-combs. 

 Methinks it would be safer for the average 

 bee-keeper to render up all combs from foul- 

 broody hives. We must not forget that a line 

 of procedure that would be safe for an expert 

 inspector like Mr. McEvoy might be unsafe 

 for some bee-keepers. For example, I can 

 handle with a fair degree of safety a razor or 

 a loaded revolver, and I can give my ten-year- 



