THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



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large warehouse, 48 x 80 feet, is used as 

 a storeroom for the company's goods. 

 The members of the company, Messrs. 

 G. B. Lewis and Clias. E. Parks, are en- 

 ergetic go ahead business men, up with 

 tiie time and alive to the wants of their 

 trade. By their enterprise and sagacity 

 they have done much towards the pros- 

 perity of our city, and have earned for 

 themselves a well-merited competency. 

 IVaierioum, Wis., Gazette. 



CmrS AND SHAVINGS. 



INTERESTING NOTES OK PRACI ICAX VALUE. 

 (JONDUCTKD BY E. L. PKATf. 



Kit Clover's last article in the Api 

 was as full of points as an egg is of 

 meat. 



I guess the new Alley Swarm Hivers 

 will settle the wing clipping business 

 after all. 



Mr. E. Francis' article, with diagram, 

 on "out yards," in "Gleanings," was very 

 interesting reading to us. 



Dr. Miller's method of "pulling 

 queens" is quite original but not at all 

 advisable. 



Mr. George Morris suggested paint- 

 ing the quilts and mats with melted pro- 

 polis to prevent the bees from gnawing 

 them. 



Mr. Jas. Heddon has an electric turn 

 of mind at present. It may be that is 

 why we do not see more from his pen of 

 late. 



F. A. Salisbury, a commission man at 

 Syracuse, N. Y., has found that the 

 honey producer is apt to cheat a little 

 now and again. 



Enamelled cloth for covering over 

 the frames is getting the "grand bounce" 

 all around. Like the honey-board, it 

 has had its day. 



High color, Bro. Vandruff, sells en- 

 tirely by its flash. We are all inclined 

 to bow down to gold, no mattter what 

 form it assumes. 



Why try to prevent swarming when 

 such gojd results can be had by allow- 

 ing bees to swarm? Increase can be 

 profitably prevented, but swarming 

 never can. 



The G. B. Lewis Co. is manufactur- 

 ing a dovetailed hive made of | inch 

 stock ; they doubtless are aware of the 

 fact that hives made of \ inch lumber 

 have had their day and are about ready 

 to be doomed. 



The "Rambler" has the correct idea 

 about the "American bee of the future." 

 We shall turn to and endeavor to de- 

 velop that bee. I believe the yellow 

 Carniolans are a long stride toward a 

 more perfect bee. 



The "We" business may be anti- 

 quated but Mr. Miller will have to coin a 

 word to use in its stead. Big "I" will 

 never do for an editor who is anyways 

 modest. How would it do to use one's 

 name entirely ? thus : C. C. Miller will 

 do so and so. 



The Roots hive had trouble in ship- 

 ping queens in cold weather on account 

 of the candy becoming hard. Try best 

 grade New Orleans syrup, kneaded in 

 just like honey and you will have good 

 success. A little comb honey added 

 will not do any harm. 



In a few years the clumsy things will 

 be classed along with things of the past. 

 It was only a few years ago that bee 

 hives were made of two-inch plank. 

 The hive of the future will not be much 

 thicker than % of an inch, and their out- 

 side cases will be used in cold, change- 

 able climates. 



