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THE AMKh'lCAX BKE-KEEPKR 



bees from January on. and uses artifi- 

 cial heat in liis warmly-constructed 

 house apiaries. He is successful in pro- 

 ducing very strong colonies early in the 

 season, claiming one colony so fed up 

 is equal to two not so fed. 



Fraberger said some of his colonies 

 not onlj- drove out the drones after the 

 honey season had closed, but they also 

 killed the old worker bees, intimating 

 that bees did not live up to our teach- 

 ing: "Honor the aged." 



Carbolineum has been spoken of in 

 Gleanings and other bee journals here 

 as cheap and very effective paint for 

 hives. The Alunchener Bienen 

 Zeitung says, the odor of this paint will 

 so taint the honey within the hive so 

 painted as to make it objectionable, and 

 adds the advice: "Go slow." 



Weinberger showed at a honey show 

 in Augsburg, that bees do use the wax 

 of the foundation for Iniilding it out in- 

 to comb. He made foundation from 

 blue-colored wax. when the foundation 

 was all drawn out it was of a decidedly 

 blue color. 



Reidenbach. editor of the Phaelzer. B. 

 Z.. says in an editorial: The secret of 

 securing gilt-edged extracted honey is 

 to extract from newly built combs. <The 

 question whether old combs impair the 

 quality and color of the honey stored 

 in them was not agreed upon in Buffa- 

 lo: but I believe the majority of honey- 

 producers were of the opinion that it 

 did not. Individually. I think it does to 

 some extent.) 



It is hinted in the Deutsche Imker. 

 the reason why the addresses delivered 

 at the joint meeting of the two great 

 and principal bee-keepers* organiza- 

 tions in Breslau lacked in quality has 

 been on account of improper manage- 

 ment. It is suggested, that whatever is 

 offered for the purpose should first be 

 submitted in writing to the committee 

 in charge, they to select what they con- 



sider fit for the occasion. It would 

 spare many the necessity of listening to 

 matter of no value. 



An ordinance has been passed in some 

 parts of Germany making it unlawful to 

 destroy the blooming heath. This for 

 the production of bee-keepers. 



Quantities of honey are often gath- 

 ered in Germany from pine and fir 

 trees. The honey is very thick and 

 cannot be extracted, but is of very poor 

 quality otherwise and proves especially 

 detrimental to the bees during winter. 



Warmth is the life-element of bees, 

 cold is their death enemy. Protect 

 your bees against cold by suitable hives 

 or otherwise. — Wurth. 



To clean hands from propolis Die 

 Biene recommends: Wash with soap- 

 suds and rub off with pumice stone. 

 • The writer of this finds thin white- 

 wash quite effectual.) 



In a discussion on the Dickel theory, 

 the case of a queen which never laid a 

 drone-egg was mentioned. In uncap- 

 ping what was supposed to be drone 

 brood, it was discovered that instead of 

 drones, the drone cells contained work- 

 ers. Later on. drone comb was given 

 purposely, but invariably with the same 

 results. That queen lived four years, 

 1873 to 1877. The fact was reported in 

 the Muenchever Bienen Zeitung. 



Russia. 



Ed. Uhle reports from Lachina as fol- 

 lows: Bees wintered well and spring 

 was favorable. Just before basswood 

 bloomed we had south wind with abun- 

 dance of rain. During the following 

 bright days the nights brought heavy 

 dews and the basswood secreted nec- 

 tar plentifully. We also had a fair har- 

 vest from buckwheat, but the season 

 lasted but 15 days. A sharp wind 

 caused the secretion to cease. A 

 heavy frost, August 29, froze cucum- 

 bers, etc., and ended the honey season. 



