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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



Size of Hives still receives a large share 

 of the discussion that appears in the journ- 

 als. In the last issue of Gleanings my friend 

 B. Taylor says that he has no faith in the 

 Dadants' arguments in favor of large hives, 

 because they secure on an average only fifty 

 pounds of extracted honey per colony, while 

 he expects, on an average, 100 pounds of 

 comb honey per colony from his small hives. 

 This appears to be another of those vf rong 

 conclusions into which a difference of local- 

 ity has led so many. Bro. Taylor may have 

 the be ter locality. The question is which 

 size of hive gives better results in Illinois, 

 or which the better in Minnesota. Bro. Da- 

 dant's experience leads him to decide in fa- 

 vor of a large hive, while Bro. Taylor comes 

 to an opposite decision. Methods of man- 

 agement may also play an important part. 



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JUDGING HONEY AT FAIKS. 



At the meeting of the Ontario Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association in Stratford, there was one 

 subject came up of which I intended to give 

 a report, and that was the Recommendation 

 of a score card for use in judging honey at 

 fairs, but I neglected to get the figures. 

 The Canadian Bee Journal now publishes 

 them and I take pleasure in reproducing 

 them. 



EXTKAOTED HONET. 



Flavor 35 



Body 35 



Color 25 



General Appearance 5 



Total 



100 



OOMB HONEY. 



Flavor 30 



Sealed Cells 10 



Freedom from Pop Holes 10 



Absence of Travel Stain or Propolis on wood 



or comb 10 



Evenness of Color of Honey 10 



Evenness of Comb (drone or brood) 10 



Neatness of Crating 5 



Style of Section 5 



Total 100 



Where display is to be considered as well 



as quality, it is recommended that display 



and quality count equally, and that in the 



consideration of display the following score 



be employed : 



Magnitude 35 



Originality 15 



Neatnoss and Artistic Design 50 



Total 100 



Candy for provisioning queen cages is one 

 of the most important factors in the success- 

 ful shipment of queens. One shipment 

 reached me recently in which one-half the 



bees and queens were dead, and daubed with 

 the candy that was so soft that much of it 

 had run out of the cages. In the same mail 

 came another shipment in which half the 

 bees and queens were dead from starvation 

 because the candy was too hard. In both 

 cases I should judge that the candy was made 

 of pulverized sugar and honey. I have never 

 had bees come in better condition than when 

 the. cages were provisioned with candy made 

 of these ingredients, but when too hard or 

 too soft it means death. Candy made of 

 granulated sugar and honey answers the 

 purpose admirably when the distance is not 

 too great. The bees dig it out quite rapidly, 

 and an ordinary cage provisioned with this 

 kind of candy will not keep the bees alive 

 more than a week. The soft candy is all 

 right if made just righi. 



PHOTOGRAPHS OF HONEY PLANTS WANTED. 



I wish to secure a collection of photo- 

 graphs of the leading honey producing 

 plants of the United States. Of course, I 

 can photograph those growing in this part 

 of the country, but to secure those of other 

 parts of the country I must depend upon the 

 kindness of my friends. I should want a 

 large photograph, as large as 8 x 10 if possi- 

 ble, of a field of the plants in bloom, if the 

 plant grows in the field, or of a group of 

 trees if it is a tree under consideration, care 

 being taken to get as picturesque a view as 

 possible, and then I would like, in addition, 

 a small photograph of a twig showing blos- 

 soms, leaves and buds if possible. This 

 small picture should be made with the sprig 

 of bloom as near the camera as possible so 

 as to show details very clearly. The large 

 picture will show the general character of 

 the plant or tree, while the small one will 

 show the leaf, bud and blossom more clear- 

 ly. Of course, I expect to pay for all trouble 

 and expense that may be incurred. Write 

 me before taking any steps in the matter, as 

 it might be possible that I had already made 

 arrangements for securing a picture of the 

 same kind of a plant. 



HOW TO KAISE THE MOST OOMB HONEY. 



A subscriber asks me to tell him how to 

 raise the most comb honey. Whew ! That's 

 what I have been trying to tell folks for 

 several years, and now to be asked to tell, 

 off-hand, in a few words, just how to raise 

 the most comb honey, rather staggers me, 

 but I am going to try it. 



