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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



June, 



trouble with queenless colonies. It 

 assists the young queens very ma- 

 terially to find their hive on a re- 

 turning trip when they have been 

 painted of a color different from its 

 neighbor. Hive and alighting board 

 should be of the same color. — Ung. 

 Biene. 



the same measure, it must be good. 

 (The hives are also so arranged that 

 the frames may be takf'ii cur from 

 the side). 



Bee-keepers in Austria, Germany, 

 and, in fact, nearly all European 

 countries, are not situated as favor- 

 ably as the large portion of American 

 bee-keepers as to the room at their 

 command, placing their hives singly 

 and spreading them out over an ex- 

 tensive yard. Bee-keeping is also not 

 carried on by professionals, and for 

 other reasons bee-keepers prefer to 

 have their hives stand in a cozy 

 room. Their hives must therefore 

 conform to this notion or these con- 

 ditions. The bee-keepers who value 



DR. PHILLIPS SUCCEEDS 

 PROFESSOR BENTON. 



Editor American Bee-Keeper: 



Dear Sir: — I beg to announce to 

 you that the apicultural investigations 

 of this Bureau are now in charge of 

 Dr. E. F. Phillips. I would also an- 

 nounce to you the appointment' of 

 Dr. G. F. White as an ex-^ert in bac- 

 teriology, and Mr. Franklin G. Fox 

 as assistant in the apiary, and Mr. 

 Burton N. Gates as colaborator in 

 Massachusetts. 



Yours very truly, 



C. L. Marlatt, 

 Acting Chief of Bureau. 

 Washington, D. C, May 7, 1907. 



AMERICAN HIVES ADAPTED TO GERMAN CONDISIONS. 



the American hives have therefore, 

 studied how they can adapt our hives 

 to their wants. Four different men 

 of Austria and Germany, Houbes, 

 Gerstung, Ludwig and Znidersic, hit 

 simultaneously upon the same meth- 

 od. They placed the hives length- 

 wise, side by side, attached a cover 

 and enclosed portico or tube to the 

 front of each hive about six or eight 

 inches square. The entrances lead 

 into this anteroom by which each 

 hive is separated from the other. 

 This anteroom may be closed on the 

 inside of the house apiary as well 

 as on the outside, either by a close 

 fitting board or a screen. The en- 

 trance of the hives is thus protected 

 from sun and winds and may be ar- 

 ranged so as to open into the build- 

 ing or out into the open. 



Editor Alfonsus adds and says that 

 when four men hit independently on 



BIRD'S NEST MADE ROUND. 



The little, abandoned nest had fallen 

 from the tree. The nature student 

 lifted it from the frozen ground. 



"How round it is" he said. "No 

 cup rim could be rounder. Don't you 

 wonder how the bird, with neither rule 

 nor compass, can make her nest so 

 round? 



"Well, she does it easily. She builds 

 the nest about her own breast, turning 

 round and round in it, and its circular 

 character comes spontaneously and in- 

 evitably. 



"The circle is found everywhere in 

 the buildings of the lower animals. The 

 straight line, on the other hand, they 

 can never achieve." — New Orleans 

 Times-Democrat. 



The slower honey comes the more 

 gluing is done. — Grant Stanley. 



