THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



147 



This Issue of the Review is a little 

 late, as we were waitins,'- to have 

 illustrations made to ^o with the 

 C3^renius article — it seemed as though 

 it ought to appear in this issue in order 

 to be of much use this year, and it 

 came to hand just as we were almost 

 ready to g'O to press. 



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Smoke must be used with judgment 

 when using' it to release a queen from 

 ■d. ball of bees. If //oi smoke is blown 

 upon the bees they are quite likely to 

 sting the queen. If the smoker is held 

 so far away that the smoke is cool be- 

 fore it reaches the bees they will 

 release her without harm as surely as 

 though the ball had been placed in a 

 dish of water. 



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The National Associalion will meet in 

 San Antonio, Texas, probably during 

 the International Fair that will be held 

 in that place the latter part of October 

 and fore part of November. When this 

 fair is in progress, low rates are given 

 for 600 or 700 miles from San Antonio. 

 At that time of the year there are 

 usually excursion rates from nearlj' all 

 parts of the country, those from Chi- 

 cago being only $20.00 for the round 

 trip. Exact dates will be decided upon 

 as soon as the fair managers and rail- 

 roads decide upon dates. 



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Observation Hives, as usually made, 

 are rather meager in the facilities that 

 they afford for actual observation, but 

 the A. I. Root Co. has been making a 

 hive for Mr. Edward F. Bigelow, of 

 Stamford, Conn., which allows of most 

 extended observations. It is particu- 

 larl}^ adapted for use in dwellings and 

 for lectures in school rooms, and the 

 like. Any one interested should send 

 for a copy of May 1st Gleanings and 

 read about it. It is well-illnstrated 

 and there are several pages of descrip- 

 tion. 



Mr. Abbott, at the Northwestern con- 

 vention last fall, as he has at other 

 times, placed great stress upon the 

 desirability of caging the new queen 

 in the colony to which she is to be in- 

 troduced, a day or two before the re- 

 moval of the old queen. When the old 

 queen is found and removed he would 

 then allow the bees to release the new 

 queen. With this management, he says 

 queens are universally accepted. 



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Mr. W. A Chrysler, of Chatham, Ont., 

 when renewing his subscription to the 

 Review, mentioned having secured 100 

 pounds of surplus honey, per colony, 

 in one location, from a plant that a 

 Professor at the Guelph Agricultural 

 College calls Spurges, but he could not 

 give the exact species, on account of 

 the imperfect nature of the spechnens 

 sent him. The Professor goes on to 

 say that all of the Spurges are poison- 

 ous plants, and to be avoided at all 

 times. These plants have a uiilky 

 juice which is poisonous, and the Pro- 

 fessor thinks it probable that the bees, 

 while collecting- the nectar, also come 

 in contact with the juice. He says, 

 still further, that honey made from the 

 nectar of these plants is hot and dis- 

 agreeable to tlie taste, and likely to 

 cause vomiting and purging. Mr. 

 Chrysler does not mention any such 

 results from the eating of the honey, 

 but he is fearful of the bees wintering 

 well on this honey. He has never be- 

 fore seen nor heard of such honey. 



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Advertisements in some of the farm- 

 papers, and general newspapers, urge 

 upon city people, villagers, farmers — 

 especially women folks — to go into bee- 

 keeping. They tell how profitable, 

 fascinating and healthful it is, and 

 how easily it is learned. I suppose it 

 maj' be "business" for the manufactur- 

 ers of supplies, and the publishers of 

 bee journals, to thus help to make ad- 

 ditions to our ranks, but, if this thing 



