1903 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



143 



the hive to be operated on- Brush 

 bees carefully into the hive, being care- 

 ful not to injure the queen. Trim off 

 the rounding bottom of the comb, with 

 a thin-bladed knife and cut the comb 

 lose from the frame all around, letting 

 it rest on the bo'ttom-bar, and wind it 

 with a No. lO sewing thread to hold 

 comb in position, and replace in hive. 

 In two to four days you can treat the 

 other combs likewise. 



Now, dear reader, this operation 

 takes less time than it does to wire 

 frames, and according to my idea 

 combs so treated are much stronger 

 than those wired. And if you don't use 

 full sheets of foundation, you will have 

 more or less drone comb to contend 

 with; and you can't cut out and re- 

 pair wired combs. 

 Yours truly, 



Geo. B. Crum. 



Cienfuegos, Cuba, April 20, 1903- 

 My Dear Mr. Hill: 



The swarming season is at hand, and 

 we are now very busy in our efforts 

 to suppress it. The honey harvest is 

 over for the present year; and while 

 I obtained some four thousand gallons. 



the markets are so dull that the re- 

 turns fail to reward the necessary la- 

 bor of production. Though I secured 

 46 cents per gallon for the first lot of 

 2,500 gallons, f. o. b- at this port, I am 

 unable to obtain more than 34 cents 

 for the remaining 1,600 gallons yet gn 

 hand, which is unprofitable- 

 Fraternally yours, 



Dr. J. B. Pons. 



Glenwood, Wis., May i, 1903. 

 Editor Bee-Keeper: 



Bees wintered poorly in this locality. 

 From what I can learn I think the 

 loss is about 40 per cen't. and weather 

 stays cold and windy. Elms and maple 

 are just in bloom. Clover wintered 

 splendidly and is making a fine start. 

 I have wondered quite often why it is 

 that we never see your face in the 

 journals- I, for one, would like to see 

 your picture. Am better pleased with 

 your journal every issue. I have seen 

 nearly every bee journal in the world, 

 and for fifty cents I do not know where 

 I can get a better jnonthly bee journal 

 than The Bee-Keeper. 



Fraternally yours. 



Leo. F. Hanegan. 



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AUSTRIA. 



The bee-keepers of Austria are in 

 hot water because their government 

 has seen fit to reduce the tariff on 

 honey and all honej--substitutes. 



The Bienenvater, \'ienna, is asking 

 its subscribers and all Austrian bee- 

 keepers to use their influence that the 

 old rate on adulterated honey will be 

 maintained, that on "bee-honey" the 

 tariff will be increased and that an im- 

 port tax will be levied on hives with 

 bees when such hives weigh over 15 

 kg. 



Oswald Muck describes his -.jow hive 



in Bienenvater. It is made of wood 

 and straw (straw-covered). He uses a 

 deep frame composed of two halves 

 jointed or held together by a wire- 

 clasp. The hive is accessible only from 

 the top. The introduction of such a 

 hive is remarkable as the American 

 hive feature (access from the top) is 

 generally condemned in Germany and 

 Austria- 



SWITZERLAND. 



To observe the behavior of the bees 

 — young versus old — toward the brood 

 and the queen, Kramer of Zurich made 



