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the bees kept adding scales of tiewly secreted wax and then 

 pulling the side wall, thus decreasing gradually the percen- 

 tage of colored wax. We also conclude that the quality of 

 wax used in the foundation has an influence, not only on the 

 base, but, to a certain extent, in almost the entire wall of the 

 cell. The heavier the foundation, the greater the influence 

 on the side wall. Again, notes were taken daily when the 

 bees were beginning to draw the foundation ; and although 

 the heavier foundation was scattered about in various parts 

 of the upper stories, they gave the preference to the heavier 

 foundation, working on it first. Great caution must, of 

 course, be observed in coming to conclusions. The bees, if 

 the heavier foundation had been taken away, might have been 

 almost as willing to go to work at once upon the lighter 

 grade. At present no way appears open for conducting a 

 satisfactory experiment to prove auything in this direction. 

 The measurements taken at the base of the wall, and half an 

 inch from the base, all tend to show that the wall is thicker 

 at the base, and tapers, becoming thinner at the mouth. So 

 far as I am aware, no one has ever made such measurements. 



The " Vandeusen " is a flat-bottom (unnatural) founda- 

 tion. The various specimens of this kind which were put into 

 the sections were partially covered to prevent the bees from 



touching the covered portion. The remainder was left to the 

 bees. In every case the bees changed the base from flat-bot- 

 tom to natural. I have adopted a new method. 



EXPEKIMENTS WITH FIVE-BANDED ITALIAN BEES. 



This is summed up in the following deductions : 



1st. They are below the average as to wintering qualties. 



2nd. They are short-lived, probably because of a high- 

 strung temperament. 



3rd. They are prolific. 



4th. They are gentle, unless when queenless. 



5th. They are inclined to rob. 



In conclusion, I might say that the Ontario Agricultural 

 and Experimental Union also conducted co-operative experi- 

 ments with these bees. Nine successful experiments were 

 made, and, with the exception of one experiment, the above 

 results were indorsed. 



[The foregoing is taken from Gleanings. We, also, re- 

 ceived the Report referred to, which in all is a volume of over 

 400 large pages, about 10 pages being devoted to the " Re- 

 port of the Apiculturist," by Mr. Holtermann.— Editor.] 



Every Subscribek is invited to send 

 us anything that would be appropriate 

 for this or any other department of the 

 American Bee Journal. 



Mr. T. F. Bingham (of bee-smoker 

 fame), Parwell, Mich., wrote us May 

 16, as follows: "We have the most 

 delightful spring — just as nice as Cali- 

 fornia." That's the general report. 



Mr. H. E. Hill, of Spruce Bluff, Fla., 

 has been writing some interesting letters 

 to the Aylmer Sun, of Oat., Canada, 

 about his travels in Cuba and the 

 southern part of North America. Mr. 

 Hill is a bee-keeper and writes occasion- 

 ally for the bee-papers. 



Mr. B. Taylor, in his article on page 

 855, tells how the slotted separators are 

 made. Any one interested, can have a 

 sample separator mailed him by sending 

 to Mr. Taylor (addressing him at Forest- 

 ville, Minn.) 15 cents in stamps to pay 

 postage and packing. Having a sample 

 you will then know just how to make 

 them yourself. 



Mrs. L. C. Axtell, of Roseville, III., 

 wrote on May 23 : " Bees have been 

 for three or six days making a living 

 from white clover, which now promises 

 to give us a better crop of honey than 

 we have had for several years. We 

 have had several heavy rains the past 

 week." White clover seems to be reviv- 

 ing in various localities. Hope it will 

 keep on till " the old-time honey crops " 

 are here again. 



Mrs. B. J. Livingston, of Martin Co., 

 Minn., is one of the busiest women we 

 ever heard of. Referring to her active 

 life, she says : 



" I have too many irons in the fire. 

 Myself and grown-up daughter are do- 

 ing the work for three families — our 

 own home with hired help to cook for; 

 two (youngest) children who keep a 

 room in town and are attending the 

 Fairmount High School ; and a bachelor 

 son who has a farm two miles away. 

 Then we are raising and shipping fancy 



poultry and eggs — mostly white Holland 

 turkeys and Light Brahma chickens. 

 We also have 30 colonies of bees and 

 the post-office, with reporting for two 

 weekly papers, and making garden — but 

 I'll stop." 



Now, if the foregoing isn't enough for 

 a small regiment to attend to, then we 

 are away off. Where is the 77ia?i that 

 would undertake to successfully manage 

 all that business? And yet some 

 pompous individuals delight in referring 

 to woman as the "weaker sex!" Not 

 much. We know better, for our own 

 dear mother is one of the " Livingston 

 kind." All honor to the toiling, loving 

 and never-despairing women ! 



Mrs. M. Louise Thomas, of Philadel- 

 phia, at the last meeting of the Ameri- 

 can Institute Farmers' Club, delivered 

 an address on bee-keeping, in which she 

 is reported to have said she knew of 

 " two women who have incomes of 

 ■S5,000 each, annually, selling queens." 

 Of course we don't like to doubt Louise's 

 word, but in plain language we can only 

 say we don't believe it. At least we 

 won't until we have some proof for it. 



We did hear, some time ago, that there 

 was a noted (?) bee-woman somewhere 

 that sold 5,000 queens in one season, 

 but since learning that in reality the 

 husband was doing business in his wife's 

 name, we have put only about one-fifth 

 as ranch confidence (if not less) in the 

 5,000 report. 



As Mrs. Thomas was reported in the 

 Country Gentleman, we call upon the 

 publishers of that excellent paper to re- 

 quest her to furnish proof of her state- 

 ment about those two "incomes of 

 ■So, 000 each, annually." We want to 

 help crown somebody — either as the 

 queen of bee-women or the princess of 

 prevaricators. 



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