THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



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seconds thick by tweiit}'^ inches long, 

 nailed np and down to a frame at tlie 

 top and bottom. Tlie bottom and cover 

 are also lined with the same thin stnff ; 

 and the whole, witli the flat, tin roof, 

 weighs under twenty-five pounds. It 

 is light, easy to handle and very dur- 

 able. After five years' use I have yet 

 to lose a colony in them. In summer 

 we take most of tlie packing away, 

 when they become excellent summer 

 hives. In conclusion, allow me to 

 again call the attention of beekeepers 

 to the matter of bottom ventilation 

 for winter hives. — Exchange. 



The above 8o nenrly meets onr views so often 

 expressed in tlie diA'crent bee-papers that we fr've 

 space to it here. Tlie article is one of the best we 

 have seen on the s\ibject of double-walled hives 

 for a long time. — Ed. 



Biftinqs in 3tt Culture. 



CONDUCTED BY M. A. KELLEY. 



Periodicals for review, exchanges and corre- 

 spondence intended for this department should 

 be addressed to 



M. A. Kelley, 

 Milton, W. Va. 



" La Grippe" prevented the ap- 

 pearance of Siftings in the Api for 

 March. 



Mr. Heddon, in Gleanings^ says 

 that frames spaced 1^ from centre to 

 centre will do very well. 



Mrs. L. Harrison, in American Bee 

 Journal, advises beekee[)ers to have 

 honey on hand to supply their trade 

 at all times. 



Our old friend, Mr. C. W. Dayton, 

 has invented what iie calls a " queen- 

 restrictor." Siftiyigs awaits further 

 developments. 



Well, well! What next? Here is 

 Mr. Doolitt^e using nearly a page in 

 the American Bee Journal discussing 

 frame vs. box-hives. " Chaff." 



A series of able articles are being 

 published in the American Bee Jour- 

 nal on " Extracted honey." Much 

 valuable information is thus being 

 disseminated. 



An entire page in a recent Cana- 

 dian Bee Journal is devoted to the 

 consideration of the best means of 

 filling up a "crack" in a log "gum." 

 " ChaflT," Brother Jones, chaflF! 



Even A. I. Root seems to be com- 

 ing around upon the side of those 

 of US who have been advocating the 

 idea of brood-frames being spaced 

 not more than 1| from centre to ceii- 

 fre. 



A correspondent in Gleanings 

 speaks of adding something to ex- 

 tracted honey to cause it to retain its 

 liquid form. 



Siftings wants to sit down hard up- 

 on all such plans and all such talk. 

 Better mix a little brains with your 

 beekeeping and then, perhaps, there 

 will not be so much talk about impure 

 honey. 



Mr. F. Danzenbaker says in the 

 Revieiv that he has thrown aside hon- 

 ey-boards, queen-excluders and rever- 

 sible frames, as useless nuisances. 

 He says also, that only three-six- 

 teenths of an inch should l)e allowed 

 between top-bars and the sections and 

 that the prevention of brace-combs is 

 a matter of distance. Proper spacing 

 will prevent them. — [Correct — Ed.] 



Well, if this be correct and likely 

 it is, brace-combs are not so terrible 

 after all. 



Mv. W. F. F. Petty, in the Beviezv, 

 puts himself on record as of the opin- 

 ion that the best preventive of brace- 



