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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



A good deal is said in the ApirnUnrist 

 about yellow Carniolans. If they resem- 

 ble the Italians at all, how are we to dis- 

 tinguish them from the bees from sunny 

 Italy? 'I'he typical Carniolans we have 

 tested seem different from Italians only in 

 color. — Gleanings. 



Yellow Carniolans, are 7^ery gentle, 

 the queens extremely large, and pro- 

 lific. They have a different shade of 

 yellow and the markings are not like 

 the Italians. 



In very cold weather, the moisture 

 coming from tlie bees condenses about 

 the cluster. In order to keep from 

 freezing, the bees lick it up and by over- 

 loading their stomachs with water they 

 contract what is called diarrhea. 



Moisture condenses on the coldest 

 wall and that is the outside wall. 



If outside cases are used the mois- 

 ture is taken entirely away from the 

 bees and they will winter well, even if 

 the hive contains pollen. 



Wish Gleajiings would continue their 

 editorial department to the same extent 

 as in Jan. 15 number. It was the most 

 interesting part of the jjublication. A 

 paper without a good editorial depart- 

 ment is like a man without a heart. 



I think Dr. Miller is off his "Ca- 

 boose" in recommending full sheets of 

 foundation at all times. He is old 

 enough to know better than to hive new 

 swarms upon all full sheets of founda- 

 tion. He must be in league with some 

 foundation manufacturer 



I do not want kerosene oil in the 

 honey I am going to eat. If those Cal- 

 ifornia fellows would buy a ten cent 

 can of potash and mix it with two buck- 

 ets of water they could clean ten car- 

 loads of oil cans in a few days and save 

 ''kicks" from the eastern market. 



A government station can conduct 

 experiments that would be too expen- 

 sive for an individual or company, there- 

 fore I say it is desirable to induce the 

 government to give apiculture more at- 

 tention and place men in charge of the 

 stations who have more than one idea. 



NOTES AND COMMENTS. 



Under this head will he included apicultural 

 iiew.-s and comments thereon. 



SPKINGIXG BKES. 



Why not say springing bees as well as 

 wintering bees ? Most any one with a 

 proper hive can winter bees, but it re- 

 quires some experience to spring them 

 and to bring the colonies up rapidly 

 early in the season. 



In order to get brood-rearing started 

 early in the spring the brood- chamber 

 should be warmly packed, and if short 

 of stores, food in some form should be 

 given. I know of no better food than 

 pulverized sugar and honey, and no bet- 

 ter way to feed it than by placing a 

 piece of heavy paper on the frames, and 

 then putting the food right upon the 

 paper, and letting the mat and cushion 

 come directly down on the food. As 

 this food is iu a semi-solid form, it will 

 not excite the bees as liquid food does. 

 There is no danger of the moisture 

 from the colony softening the food so 

 that it will run and daub the bees. The 

 bees will cluster close to it and will not 

 be in the least disturbed by its presence 

 in the hive. 



Later on, and when the weather' is 

 warmer, in fact so warm that the bees 

 can fly about every day, it will do to 

 feed liquid food. This can be done 

 with most any kind of a feeder that has 

 been recommended in the v^irious bee- 

 papers. Liquid food may be granu- 

 lated sugar and water ; say to each three 

 pounds of sugar, add one pound of 

 water. 



BKK CRANKS. 



A man by the name of Bunch desires 

 the readers of the American Bee Jour- 

 nal to understand that no bee fixtures 

 of any kind are of the least account ex- 

 cept those he uses. To show what a re- 

 markably wonderful and brainy fellow 

 he is we make the following quotations : 



"A hive that gives the best satisfaction 

 to me, for a summer and vvinter hive, is 

 made as follows: Make the brood cham- 

 ber, sides and ends, of If inch pine plank, 

 and the supers of \ inch lumber." 



There ! friends, if you wish to follow 



