THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



by smoke. The moment the smoker is 

 laid down, dozens of angry bees at- 

 tack the operator. Such behavior is 

 characteristic of the Cyprians. The 

 proper treatment is to close the hive, 

 and the entrance, and then drum, or 

 pound on the hive a short time, when 

 the bees will fill themselves with hon- 

 ey, and may be handled with ease. 

 Someone (I think it was Mr. L. A. 

 Aspinwall) called my attention to this 

 point while I was out on one of my 

 inspection-trips. 



^^^^ *^^^k^r^^ 



"Preparedness is the secret of most 

 successes," says Senator Beveridg-e of 

 Indiana. I believe I have written 

 before on this subject in the Review, 

 but I wish to call attention 

 to an illustration upon which 

 is now turned the eyes of the whole 

 world — the conflict between g-reat, over- 

 grown Russia and little Japan. There 

 is probably more than one reason why 

 victory has thus far perched upon 

 Japanese banners, but the principal 

 one is that Japan has been for years 

 preparing for this very strug-g-le, while 

 Russia was wholly unprepared. Once 

 more let me say: "Preparedness is the 

 secret of most successes." 



■M'^Wmf^ra^v 



An Observation hive containing a 

 colony of bees was kept for several 

 5rears in the dining- room of the editor 

 of the American Bee-Keeper, and prov- 

 ed, among- other things, that bees will 

 store honey where there is light, as 

 they did in this case in a glass globe 

 placed on top of the hive, notwith- 

 standing the popular belief that they 

 will work only in the dark. Another 

 interesting thing is the fact that the 

 colony wintered perfectly although the 

 room was kept constantly at a temper- 

 ature that was comfortable for the 

 family, natural g-as being used as a 

 fuel. 



^^*n««^T«jr*** 



ducing extracted honey. A corres- 

 pondent in Gleanings, after telling how 

 he supports the comb on a slanting 

 board attached to the top of the uncap- 

 ping tub, says, "When all is ready I 

 take my honey knife in my right hand, 

 start at the top right-hand corner, run 

 across to the other end of the top-bar, 

 down across the end; then cut up and 

 down as I come back to where I start- 

 ed, and one side is nearly all off." 

 Mr. Woodhouse, who writes thus, 

 ought to read Mr. Townsend's article 

 in the last Review, and learn how he 

 uncaps one whole side of a comb at a 

 single clip. 



>t»U»U»^*»^lt» 



Pure Orange bloom honey is some- 

 times secured in large quantities; so 

 writes Mr. Frank McNay, of Redlands, 

 California. He says that near the 

 coast, in California, the weather is 

 seldom suitable (too cool) when orange 

 blooms to secure much surplus from 

 that source, but, farther inland, at 

 Redlands, for instance, which is 80 

 miles from the coast, the weather is 

 warmer when the orange is in bloom, 

 and bee-keepers secure not only bar- 

 rels, but tons and carloads of pure 

 orange bloom honey. A Mr. E. B. 

 Rood, of Braidentown, Florida, writes 

 the Ainerican Bee-Keeper that as 

 much as 50 pounds per colony of pure 

 orange honey has been gathered per 

 colony in his locality. 



iw'mr^^^^f^i^ 



Uncapping the combs is one very 

 laborious portion of the work in pro- 



A Verbatim Report of the pro- 

 ceedings of the National convention 

 that will be held in St. Louis, Sep. 

 27-30, together with the annual report 

 of the General Manager, is expected to 

 be in the hands of the members within 

 three weeks after the close of the con- 

 vention. The report will be gotten 

 out at the Review oflice, and we are 

 now at work getting up the lists of 

 names, printing the advertising pages, 

 etc., so that when the convention is 

 over there will be nothing more to do 



