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*rom a memorandum, mean "satisfied." 

 Thus, if we have done the thing refe; red to 

 in the memorandum, we cross it out with 

 blue ; if we have definitely decided not to 

 do it, we cross it out with red. In either 

 case, we are " satisfied." 



We will now take an example in the Fri- 

 day column, supposing that it is in the week 

 beginning Sept. 5. We are to examine the 

 condition of the colonies with respect to 

 wintering. We do not need to place any 

 character at the top of the line, but simply 

 go through and mark it in blue as we exam- 

 ine the hives. No. 1 we find in good condi- 

 tion, so we make no record, except the blue 

 mark. No. 2 is weak, and we write win the 

 space belonging to it. No 3 needs feeding, 

 so we write f, ( feed ) in red. No. 4 is not 

 quite strong enough, and we write m ( med- 

 ium ) in blue. W'e find that No. .G is queen- 

 less, and we write Q followed by the charac- 

 ter ( ' ). This character gives a negative 

 meaning to every noun, verb, or adjective to 

 which it is attached. In this case, Q' means 

 " no queen, "or, queenless. After we have 

 gone through all the hives we look at the 

 register, and decide how we want to double 

 them up, in order to make colonies of the 

 proper strength. Suppose we decide to 

 unite Nos. 2, i, and, 5 on the stand of No. 4. 

 In the No. 4 space, we write, in red, the No. 

 2 and 5 at the same time canceling the Nos. 

 2 and.') in the left hand column. We will do 

 no more to-day. On Saturday, we see the 

 Nos. 2 and 5 in red, in the No. 4 space, where 

 we wrote them the day before. We unite the 

 colonies as indicated, crossing out the mem 

 orandum with blue. Here the exact date on 

 which we did the work is of no consequence, 

 so we make no entry in the Saturday column 

 but simply cross out with blue our memor- 

 andum in the Friday column, indicating 

 that the work has been done, as intended. 



Now in regard to using the register, our 

 aim should be not to see how much we can 

 put into it, but to see how little will serve 

 our purpose. To put down everything we 

 do would be a waste of time. Nothing 

 should be put down except what it is necessa- 

 ry to remember, in order to avoid future labor 

 or loss, and which we could not remember 

 without putting it down. Everything is to 

 be left to the memory without burdening it. 

 And when we make a record, it should be in 

 the fewest possible terms, and yet be intel- 

 ligible. Our principal dilticulity, which we 

 overcome by the use of the register in a very 



satisfactory way, and with very little trouble, 

 is not to remember what operations w 

 have performed, nor when we performed 

 them, but to remember on which hives we 

 have performed them, which ones we have 

 found do not require them, and which ones 

 we have not yet examined. 



With this register, we have no trouble 

 carrying the oook around or forgetting whtr e 

 we left it ; no opening it, finding the place 

 and feeling in our pocket for a pencil ; no 

 putting down numbers or dates, and, if we 

 have a good system of shorthand, no tedi- 

 ous writing. All our records, pertaining to 

 any day, or to any hive, are easily referred 

 to, and all our memoranda are sure to be 

 seen. 



Ransomville, N. Y. Nov. 2, 18t»5. 



Notes From Foreign Bee Journals. 



F. L. THOMPSON. 



Leipziger Bienenzeitung. — It seems like- 

 ly that the tariff on honey in Germany will 

 be raised, if it has not been already, from a 

 little over 2 to 4>2 cents a pound. This has 

 encountered much opposition, hitherto 

 without avail, from the manufacturers of 

 gingerbread, who have been using foreign 

 honey quite extensively for the purpose. 

 Though the movement is in the interest of 

 bee-keepers mainly, and has met with their 

 support, it is said to have been first started 

 by the firm of Langenluetje Brothers, in 

 order to get a monopoly for their own pro- 

 duct, viz. "artificial honey" manufactured 

 from sugar-leavings, which they claim can 

 not be distinguished from the foreign honey. 

 "When will the designation 'honey' be 

 only lawfully applied to nectar ? " asks Pas- 

 tor Fleishmann. Whatever may be thought 

 of the wisdom of opposing adulteration, all 

 will agree that this abuse of the word "hon- 

 ey " would be a detriment, in like manner 

 as if oleomargarine had been known as 

 artificial butter. There is some danger of 

 that in this country, for I have met several 

 customers who used the word " honey " in 

 that way. 



H. Bollback, in proposing outside feeding 

 at home to deter the bees from visiting 

 candy-stands, speaks of a device which 

 promises to materially lessen what little 

 labor there i_ in outside feeding. A wooden 

 trough, several yards long, pitched in the 

 joint, has one end placed under a spigot 



