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trance to honey-boai'd is secured, and 

 the hive liept reasonably cool. The 

 sectional drawing herewith shown, 

 will make clear the arrangement. For 

 a very exhaustive discussion of this 

 subject, relating to shade for Cuban 

 apiaries, we would refer our corres- 



pondent to the American Bee-Keeper 

 for December. 1890, page 197, where 

 it is handled from a practical and .sci- 

 entific standpoint by Dr. G. Garcia 

 Yieta. of Cienfuegos. one of the fore- 

 most apiai'ists of our hemisphere. — 

 Editor. 



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GERMANY. 



In defense of a certain style of hive 

 Reidenbach, the editor of the Thaelzer 

 Bztg. brings out some points in sup- 

 port of full-sized combs versus half- 

 story frames. After testing both kinds 

 of frames he finds that a colony will 

 develop considerably quicker in a hive 

 where bees and queen are not hin- 

 dered by a multitude of sticks and 

 spaces. He can manipulate two colo- 

 nies on full-depth frames for every 

 one on half-depth frames. In the same 

 article Mr. K. speaks favorably of the 

 use of comli foundation in the brood- 

 chambers and advises to use tlie heavy 

 grade. To secure perfect filling of 

 the frames with the mid-rib exactly 

 In center of the frame he drives two 

 wire nails into each end-l)ar in such 

 a way as to keep the sheet of founda- 

 tion where it belongs. The same ob.iect 

 would be accomplished by stretching 

 one or two wires horizontally between 

 the end-bars. Mr. Reidenbach also 

 says further on, that he is opposed to 

 restricting the queen at any time. He 

 wants his bees to have the whole of 

 the l»rood-chnmber for breeding all the 

 time. \Yinter losses resulting from 

 starvation and lack of bees are thus 

 prevented, he claims. 



against the use of comb foundation is 

 all the objection he has, then he ought 

 to give wiring a trial. 



Alberty says in Illustr. Bztg. that it 

 Is not advisable to furnish young 

 swarms Avith full sheets of comb foun- 

 dation on account of their liability 

 to break down. The Gleaner of this 

 has noticed that the bee-keepers in 

 Germany begin to Avire their frames 

 and if the olijection Mr. A. raises 



F. Dickel asserts in Die Beeire that 

 the bee has not the slightest degree 

 of intelligence. H. Mulot does not ful- 

 ly agree with Dickel but thinks the 

 bee at least possesses some little in- 

 telligence. He shows that some indi- 

 vidual bees seem to be able "to think" 

 better than some others, even of the 

 same colonv. 



Gerstung has been figuring out that 

 50 colonies is the most that may be 

 kept profitably in one location. 



An effectual method to prevent such 

 combs or l)its of combs as are intended 

 to be rendered, being destroyed by 

 A\'ax-moth larvae, is to keep them \iu- 

 der water. Ill Mouats blaetter. 



Lehzen expresses a desire in Central- 

 blatt that Dr. Miller may send out a 

 German edition of his "Fort.v Years 

 Among the Bees" for the benefit of 

 the bee-keepers in Germany. (Dr. 

 Miller's book would undoubtedl.v serve 

 a good purpose if it was so tran.slated.) 



Dr. Dzerzon. now 9,j years old. in- 

 tends to be present at the next bee- 

 keepers convention in Strassburg on 

 the Khein. As the sub,iect he is to 

 speak on he has again selected: "What 

 are the retiuirements of a bee-hive."' 

 Every bee-keeper in Germany will 

 know before hand wnat Dzierzon will 

 say. He has handled the subject at 

 these conventions .so many times that 



