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out tliis country who have and hi,<i"hly 

 reeoinuuMul tlio so-called yellow Car- 

 uiolnns, while there are also numer- 

 ous l)eekeepers who sing the praises 

 of tiie gray race. Each have their 

 admirers. 



No respectable person or publica- 

 tion can be found defending the course 

 of the Missouri Bee- Keeper. The fact 

 is, the editor of the M. B. K. tried to 

 do a smart thing, or, in other words, 

 he is too big for his boots. AYe hope 

 he will live through it, notwithstand- 

 ing his discomfiture. 



The editor of the Am. Bee-Reeper 

 also makes these remarl;s : 



Friend Alley devotes considerable 

 space in the July Apicalturist to the 

 3nssouri Bee-Keeper iu respi»nse to the 

 unfriendly and uncalled for charges 

 which that journal made against Mr. 

 AUc}' in its June number. As stated 

 previously we do uot approve of such 

 personalities appearing in any journal, 

 but we really think Mr. Alley is justi- 

 fied in returning the attack on his in- 

 tegrity and good name. 



A Xinv TOP BAR. 



C. C. Miller in Gleanings writes : 

 "Thick top bars for me, if for no 

 other reason than to keep them 

 straight. 1 used to say that my top- 

 bars didn't sag, but that was because 

 I didn't look close, and didn't realize 

 how exacting the bees are about spac- 

 ing. — Canadian Bee Journal. 



What is there new about them, Bro. 

 Jones? Hasn't the Api been advo- 

 cating such bars the past seven years ? 

 And haven't they been used in the 

 Bay .State and hundreds of other api- 

 aries all these years? And weren't 

 they first used and introduced in the 

 Bay State apiary? Well, they were. 



to l)e starting up witli unusual viru- 

 lence in a great many localities, and 

 some Avrite th:it removing the queen 

 does not bring about a cure. How is 

 this, friends ? — Gleanings. 



The person who claims that by re- 

 moving the queen from a diseased 

 colou}^ to cure the sick bees gives 

 evidence that he knows nothing about 

 the subject he attempts to treat. Re- 

 moving the queen will not effect a 

 cure, most any beekeeper should know 

 this. Give the sick bees something 

 they must eat that will effect them im- 

 mediately. Removing their queen will 

 not. The queen is not diseased, it is 

 the bees that are diseased. 



We wonder how many times the 

 salt remedy must be recommended 

 before Bro. Root will tell his readers 

 of a sure remedy for the nameless dis- 

 ease. This "sure cure" seems to have 

 been overlooked by Bro. Root. Many 

 of the readers of the Api have tested 

 it and have pronounced it effective 

 and a speedy cure Avas effected iu ev- 

 ery case. Try it, Bro. R., and then 

 tell your readers about it, and thus 

 save them the trouble to write you for 

 a remedy. Two to one Bro. Root will 

 pay no attention to this advice. 



SHAKING PALSY OR XAMKMOSS BEK-DISKASK. 



The nameless bee-disease seems to 

 have broken loose again. From the 

 reports that are coming in, it seems 



GLEANINGS NEW COVER. 



How do you like the new design on 

 the front of the cover ? This was or- 

 dered about a year ago, but we told 

 our engravers to do their level best, 

 without regard to time or cost. The 

 representations of clover, and bees on 

 the wing are unusually accurate. You 

 see the idea. The little gleaners are 

 gathering the sweets from far and near. 

 The golden rods are also excellent, and 

 the whole design represents a handful 

 of clovers, golden-rods, and other bee- 

 plants that have been gleaned on the 

 way. The engravers seem to have 

 held in mind distinctly the idea of a 

 gleaner, or, better, a Gleanings in 

 Bee Culture, and it is no little grati- 

 ficatiou to us that they have succeeded 



