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the only cure, and it is simple enough. 

 I say " only cure," because it was caused 

 by partial starvation, and feeding will 

 cure it. I always push the feeding to 

 the front on my rounds through Ontario. 



Well done, Prof. Cook ; you have given 

 both the cause and cure. This makes 

 the second time that Prof. Cook has done 

 big work for the bee-keepers. His first 

 was settling, by test cases, the disputes 

 between the bee-keepers and the scien- 

 tists over the spraying of fruit-trees 

 while in bloom. 



Woodburn, Ont., Canada, Aug. 6. 



Bee-Holes ani Connnenls. 



Written for the American Bee Journal 

 BY DK. C. C. MILLER. 



Cotton-Waste. — That cotton-waste 

 for smoker fuel, on page 167, is a goo'd 

 thing. I tried it, on Mr. Highbarger's 

 recommendation. It is used after it has 

 been used on axles of cars, and has been 

 thrown away. 



Clamp Staple. — The same gentleman 

 gave me a sample of clamp staple that 

 is worthy of being more fully known. 

 It is simply a very light staple bent in 

 the form of the letter U) only bent at 

 right angles instead of curved. The 

 middle part is perhaps an inch, and the 

 two legs not so long. For fastening the 

 bottom to a hive, or to fasten the top 

 for hauling, I don't know that I've ever 

 tried anything I like so well. I don't 

 know the expense, but it must be very 

 trifling. From what Friend Highbarger 

 said, I supposed they could be found in 

 any hardware store, but I don't find 

 them in Marengo, and I want to lay in a 

 stock before fall. 



Wire-Screened Porch. — I commend 

 to the brotherhood that wire-screened 

 porch of Bro. Lyman (page 168), es- 

 pecially as it is worth all its cost aside 

 from the bees. At Huntley, 12 miles 

 east of here, such porches are quite 

 common, and I see they are working in 

 here. It is pleasant to have the porch 

 entirely free from flies and mosquitoes. 



Danurolicon.— If Dr. Peiro would 

 color vaseline blue, perfume it heavily, 

 and put it in two-ounce boxes, labeled 

 "Dr. Peiro's Dandrolicon," price .$1.25 

 per box, I suspect there might be more 

 datidruff cures than will come from his 

 very plain, common-sense directions on 

 page 172. Now, Doctor, can you give 

 A. I. Root and me a prescription to stop 



our heads growing up through our hair? 

 or is it too late? 



Sympathy. — However "broad" may 

 have been my smile on reading Emm 

 Dee's first article, my sympathies are 

 fully aroused on reading the contrite 

 confession of failure and punishment, 

 on page 180. I'll not repeat the prov- 

 erb, " Pride goeth before, etc." Here's 

 wishing you better success in the future, 

 Emma. 



Miller Feeder. — I think Edwin 

 Bevins (page 182) would be better sat- 

 isfied with a Miller feeder than with his 

 arrangement. With that, he could feed 

 anywhere from an ounce to 20 pounds, 

 fill up at any time without the possi- 

 bility of a bee getting in the way, and 

 with little labor and expense. 



Wired Frames.— John A. Balmer's 

 interesting report of that 2,300-mile 

 ride for his bees (page 183) is a strong 

 argument in favor of wired frames. I 

 think it quite likely that wiring might 

 have saved those four colonies. With 

 wires, a comb may become very soft 

 without breaking down. But let an un- 

 wired comb break down, and the excite- 

 ment of the bees increases the heat, 

 making a general smash of all the 

 combs, and the ruin of the colony. 



Sulphur for Paralysis. — If cures of 

 paralysis by sulphur keep coming In 

 without any failures, the case will look 

 quite hopeful. Has any one tried it and 

 failed ? 



"Taken Down." — On page 192, Doo- 

 little's old man seems to be quite " taken 

 down." Any one who would do any- 

 thing to take down such a forlorn, de- 

 jected looking creature must be very 

 nearly heartless. 



Marengo, 111. 



SuEesllons Regariliiig Bee-Paralysis. 



Written tor the American Bee Journal 

 BY ADRIAN GETAZ. 



Some'of the readers of the Bee Joub.- 

 NAL will be somewhat astonished to 

 learn that bee-paralysis has always ex- 

 isted here, more or less, in all or nearly 

 all the apiaries ; at least for seven or 

 eight years, and probably much longer. 

 Nevertheless it is a fact. The malady 

 is much worse some years than others, 

 and generally much worse in the spring, 

 precisely when we can the least spare 

 the bees. Workers, drones and queens 

 are infected. I have seen drones with 



