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VOL. XLl. 



NOVEMBER 1, 19l:J 



XO. 21 



Editorial 



WATER-BOTTLES AND HARD CANDY Foil il AIL- 

 ING QUEENS. 



We are now continuing our experiments 

 in supplying' queens by mail by the use of 

 little tin water-bottles. So far the results 

 have been highly satisfactory. We will 

 make no positive predictions at this time; 

 but we believe that the use of water in our 

 mailing-cages will enable us to use a hard 

 drj' candy. It will be much more satisfac- 

 tory than any of the soft candy, for that is 

 liable to be too soft, and run out of the 

 candv-holes and daub the bees. 



MOVING BEES BY WAGON WITHOUT CLOSING 

 THE ENTRANCES. 



The conservative IVIr. Doolittle, in his 

 regular department in this issue, recom- 

 mends moving bees by wagon without clos- 

 ing the entrances of the hives, even when 

 the motor is a horse, and he is right. When 

 the entrances are left open there is no dan- 

 ger of suffocation : and even during hot 

 weather bees will not cluster out much if 

 the moving be done toward night or early 

 morning. Of course, when the automobile 

 truck is used there is no danger of bees get- 

 ting- out and causing trouble. 



MADAM MAETERLINCK PREACHING THE USE 

 OF HONEY IN COOKING ; HONEY- 

 CURED HAMS. 



In these columns we have already refer- 

 red to Madam Maeterlinck, the wife of the 

 great Belgian poet, Maurice Maeterlinck, is 

 an enthusiast in regard to the use of honey 

 in cooking. We have already given one or 

 two of her recipes. A number of her fine 

 recipes are being circulated through many 

 newspapers of the country, together with 

 a writeup on Madam Maeterlinck and her 

 views in regard to honey as a food. These 

 articles are ably written; and as the recipes 

 are all good they can not fail to stimulate 

 the use of honey to a great degree. 



As is well known, in olden days honey 

 Avas used as one of the materials employed 

 in the curing of hams. One of Madam 

 Maetei'linck's recipes mentions this. We 

 give herewith the recipe in full : 



To make it, a brine is formed of four pounds of 

 coarse salt and an ounce of saltpeter; two pounds 



of honey and two gallons of water. All the ingredi 

 ents are well blended and poured over the hams, 

 which are permitted to rest in the honied brine f.r 

 six weeks, when they are found to be marvelousK 

 saturated with a flavor that is truly indescribable. 



OUR COVER PICTURE. 



The view on the cover for this issue is 

 iiom a negative originally made by W. Z. 

 flutchinson. It shows a method of "protect- 

 ing hives by means of a super filled with 

 pacldng material, and building paper wraj)- 

 ))er around the brood-chamber. This is a 

 plan that gives satisfactory results in a lo- 

 cality where the winters are not severe, 

 where the temperature seldom goes down as 

 low as zero, and then for only a few houi's. 



Better results are secured if another piece 

 of paper is properly wrapped and folded 

 over the cover lapping down over this under 

 I'lece so as to shed tlie water. Othenvis? 

 the rain will run down the side of the super 

 and thoroughly soak up the hive-bod v, and 

 keep it wet. Tacking strips of lath" along 

 (he upper edge of the paper helps to shed 

 ■lie water, and does very well for spring 

 l^rotection; but another piece of paper over 

 ihe cover lapping down over the brood- 

 chamber is better still. A A-ery wide piece 

 of paper will answer for both if, after being 

 iolded down over the cover, it will extend 

 to the bottom-board. Where it is impossible 

 'o obtain paper wide enough we advise tlie 

 use of tTvo pieces, as above mentioned. 



THE AUTOMOmLi^ IRrtK FOR OUT-AI'IAI.V 

 WORK. 



On page 77-") of this issue will be found a 

 reply to R. Y. Cox as to the value of an 

 automobile truck for out-apiary work. We 

 may say in this connection that" the machine 

 lias not only proved its value in beeyaid 

 work, but it has been used to good advan- 

 tage in delivering honey to the city markets. 

 We have used it in carrying exhibits from 

 fair to fair; in making quick trips over 

 long distances. One day we drove it over 

 one hundi'ed miles. 



The great advantage of tlie automobile 

 truck for the beekeeper of 500 or more 

 colonies is that it will deliver his honey 

 (leaf lip to the door of tlie consumer or to 



