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Vol. XXX. 



MAR. I, 1902. 



No. 5. 



Bkes and poultry have had a somewhat 

 prominent place in Glkanings, and now a 

 swine department is added. See last arti- 

 cle p. 140. 



Since reading that wax- worms would 

 not eat into basswood lumber I have met 

 positive violations of the rule, for there was 

 no question about their eating- into the 

 wood in many places. Whether they would 

 have done any worse on pine I do not know. 



The duty on honey from Canada to this 

 country is 1% cts. per lb.; but President 

 Newton, of the Ontario Association, thinks 

 it will pay to grain a market here at that 

 rate. If so, then American bee-keepers 

 ought hardlj' to grumble at a better price 

 of 1% cts. a pound. 



Alfalfa, 150 acres of it in one locality, 

 reported in Canada, p. 151. The question 

 is, does it produce honey there or any other 

 where east of the Rockies? [Yes, I should 

 like to know where there is a field of alfal- 

 fa, outside of the irrigated regions, that 

 jaelds honey. So far I have yet to hear of 

 one. — Ed.] 



The reason given why drugs will do 

 more to cure foul brood in Europe than 

 here, and why they are more immune to 

 the disease, is that they have had the dis- 

 ease longer, and it has lost something of 

 its force. A disease is likely to be at its 

 worst in a locality where it has never been 

 before. 



Ye Editor, page 139. speaks of being 

 months behind on copy. Well, there's one 

 good thing about that; sometimes thej^ hold 

 on to an article of mine so long that I've 

 nearly forgotten about it, and then I can 

 •stand it to read it myself. [Perhaps I had 

 better " let the cat out." The fact is, it is 

 easier to impose on a friend than on one 

 who might be a violent kicker. There, I 

 guess I will not say anymore. — Ed.] 



I WONDER how much I could collect from 

 the A. I. Root Co. if I should sue them for 

 damages because they did not sooner get 

 out the German wax-press. Since using 

 one I feel sure that, for want of it in past 

 years, I have suffered no little loss. [We 

 had asked the doctor to criticise and smash 

 the machine if he could. He may tell a 

 different story later. — Ed.] 



"Occasionally a cluster appears slight- 

 ly active, but the next time this is quiet," 

 says R. F. Holtermann, p. 152, about bees 

 in cellar. I've often wished I had the lei- 

 sure to spend 24 hours in the cellar listening- 

 to the bees. I think I've had some evidence 

 that each colony has its stated spell of ac- 

 tivity, " turning over in bed," if you please. 

 [It almost seems that our bees under the 

 machine-shop never "turn over in bed." 

 See editorials. — Ed.] 



Please allow a remark by way of ap- 

 pendix to a reply, page 155. W^hen, at the 

 beginning of the harvest, a colony which 

 has had two stories is reduced to one story 

 for brood, with plenty of storage room 

 above, and the eight combs fullest of brood 

 are left, the queen is by no means greatl}' 

 restricted. She has the whole of eight 

 frames to lay in, and that is likely to be as 

 much as she would occupy after the harvest 

 begins, even if she had two stories. She 

 may swarm, but hardly on account of the 

 reduction to one story. 



Nowadays the bellows of smokers have 

 grooves cut in the boards to make them eas- 

 ier to hold. So far, good. But the round- 

 ing edges leave something to be desired; 

 and if you want entire satisfaction take W. 

 L. Coggshall's plan and nail on a little 

 cleat >4:x's or l{ square. That sharp edge 

 is what holds, so there is no danger of the 

 smoker dropping out of j^our hand. [I do 

 not know how dauby you let your fingers 

 get; but if one allows them to get smeared 

 much with honey it is almost impossible to 

 get a good grab on any thing. I take it 

 that 3'ou have slippery hands when you 

 handle a smoker. Say, doctor, if you can 

 not find a pail of water handy, rub your fin- 

 gers in the dust a little bit. That is the way 



