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PiO. 12. — A luxuriant growth of white sweet clover near Selkirk, Ont. 



stuck to the brood-chamber. Doubtless 

 rather more care should be taken in loosen- 

 ing this type of board than the regular 

 more rigid tj'pe. Mr. Ivar Holtermann ad- 

 mitted that bees attach brace-combs to the 

 wire cloth somewhat, but thought this not a 

 serious objection. It has been suggested 

 that bees would not go down out of a super 

 as readily, since they can see the light from 

 the entrance through the wire cloth; and, 

 finding themselves confined, might spend 

 their time trying to get through the wire 

 cloth directly above the entrance. Those 

 who have used this board, however, insist 

 that the bees go down through the escape 

 just as readily as though it were located in 

 the solid board. 



In parting with Mr. Holtermann at the 

 station, after tl:e delightful trip that we 

 had had, I renewed my i^romise to " come 

 back again " next year. As the train moved 

 away, I reflected that my friend is a suc- 

 cessful business man who believes that there 

 is more in life than the mere making of 

 money. Even in the summer time when 

 business obligations press hard he often 

 takes the Sunday services in churches sur- 

 rounding the section where his bees are lo- 

 cated, thus making himself one of that great 

 and steadily increasing class of Christian 

 business men who believe in mixing religion 

 and business. 



HANDS ACROSS THE SEA 



BY JOHN SMALLWOOD 



I have been a constant reader of Glean- 

 ings for some time, for I greedily devour 

 all literature anent bees or beekeeping. You 

 know what Bacon, in the quaint phraseology 

 of his day, says of books : " Some books aie 

 to be tasted, others swallowed, and some 

 few to be chewed;" and Gleanings is one 

 of the " few to be chewed." Yes, you have 

 to chew it, and digest it too, because the 

 modern beekeeper who would be abreast of 

 the time must know what you are doing 

 over there. We have scientific men galore 

 in Europe, yet all the knowledge and all the 

 discoveries are not to them. On your side, 

 too, important investigations have been 

 made, and with great success, in bacteriol- 

 ogy, in the diseases of bees, in queen-rais- 

 ing, and in the best way to raise and market 

 honey, and we are willing to be taught. 



But it is not pleasant to note how seldom 

 are the contributions to your columns which 

 reach you from this country. They are al- 

 most as rare as flies in amber, or as the 

 proverbial plums in a sailoi''s pudding. 

 Why ? I am sure it is not the fault of your 

 editorial staff. The same arguments which 

 compel me to read you apply also to you. 

 Your staff are broad-minded enough to wish 

 to gather in all that the world has to say 



