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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



June 18, 1903. 



defy the " freezing, bitter sky." They found 

 that the loss of heat from their clusters was in- 

 versely as their diameters, and that an eight- 

 inch cluster had twice the advantage of a 

 four-inch cluster in retaining its heat, and a 

 four-inch cluster four times the advantage of 

 a one-inch cluster, but for reasons to be ad- 

 duced hereafter, the larger clusters will be 

 shown to have a much greater advantage. 



The old bee-kee]>ers, with their straw-skeps, 

 found out that two colonies united for win- 

 tering would consume less than even one 

 colony. They did not understand this, but as 

 they increased the size of the clusters by add- 

 ing more bees, the loss of heat from the clus- 

 ter must have been greatly diminished, and 

 this, no doubt, is the true explanation. 



It is certain that the more bees that can be 

 safely wintered in a colony the more honey 

 will that colony store in the coming season ; 

 and it is about equally certain that bee-keep- 

 ing is about to advance in the direction of 

 larger clusters.— A. W. Smyth, M. D., in 

 Irish Bee Journal. 



Time Needed for Pressing Out Wax. 



In the experience I have had pressing wax, 

 it has appeared to me that timi' is one of the 

 most important factors — a factor that has 

 not been sufficiently emphasized. If you 

 double your pressure and cut your time in 

 two, I think you'll not get as much wax. If 

 you give half the pressure for twice as long, I 

 think you will get an increase of wax. — [Right 

 you are, Doctor. We have learned by expe- 

 rience that it is not tonsof pres.sure, but a mild 

 pressure exerted often or continuously, that 

 does the work. The free wax must have tiini' 

 to disengage itself from the mass of foreign 

 matter; and a high pressure in a short time 

 will not accomplish as much as a low pressure 

 applied intermittently; but each intermittent 

 pressure should be a little harder than the one 

 preceeding; that is to say, the mass of slum- 

 gum should be reduced in size a little at a 

 time. One may say it takes time to do all 

 this. That is true; but at the present price 

 of wax it pays to take the time, especially 

 if taken in bad weather or at night. — Editor. | 

 — Stray Straw in Gleanings in Bee-Culture. 



Getting Pollen Out of Combs. 



In (ileanings in Bee-Culture is given a con- 

 versation between G. M. Doolittle and a vis- 

 itor who asks what to do with combs filled 

 with pollen. Mr. Doolittle advises giving 

 such combs to the bees, if the pollen be in 

 good condition. The conversation then con- 

 tinues, the visitor leading: 



" But a part of the combs containing pollen 

 have been off the hives for three or four years, 

 and it seems to have hardened la the cells, so 

 I judge the bees can not remove it." 



" I have had a few combs like these, and I 

 place such in tepid water, and allow them to 

 remain thus for a few days, when the pollen 

 will all be soaked soft ; and by putting them 

 in the extractor after this, the most or all of it 

 can be thrown out. I have so few that 1 do 

 not wish to dirty up the extractor for them. 

 I shake what I can out of the combs after the 

 soaking process, when the combs are put in 

 sweetened water tor a tew hours, and then 

 given to the bees, which will clean them up 

 as good as new. In fact, I think this the bet- 

 ter way to work at all times, as it incites the 



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