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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



combs is a properly constructed and 

 correctly spaced brood-nest. He pre- 

 fers brood-frames, nine to the foot, 

 l^y inches wide and \ inch thick. 

 Frames that are spaced 1 J- inches from 

 centre to centre are losing ground in 

 the estimation of many bright bee 

 men. 



Mr. J. E. Pond, in American Bee 

 Journal, gives some ideas regarding 

 the much-talked-of burr-comb ques- 

 tion. He says, in substance, tiiat the 

 prevention of brace-combs depends 

 on proper spacing. The frames should 

 be ^ wide and the combs \ thick and 

 spaced f apart. 



This agrees with my views exactly. 

 "Why anyone should want frames IJ- 

 Indies from centre to cent.'-e is hard 

 to understand. 



The Canadian Bee Journal has an 

 article, copied from the British Bee 

 Journal, relating some facts as to 

 heating bee houses in winter. It is 

 claimed that a great saving of stores 

 is thus accomplished. And that va- 

 various manipulations may be per- 

 formed in winter. Beekeeping, as a 

 practical, mone3'-raaking business, is 

 yet in its infancy. The coming years 

 will bring as much progress as those 

 that are now passed away. 



A hint that may, if followed up, 

 lead to some practical result. Is given 

 by Mr. G-. E. Hilton in the Revieio. 

 It is that bees, if furnished with 

 combs or foundation, have no good 

 use for their wax, and rather than 

 waste it they use it in building brace- 

 combs. 



Now, cannot some of our good 

 thinkers invent a way to gather and 

 save the wax scales and thus prevent 

 their misuse? 



The American Bee Journal says 

 that the hone}' and pollen gathered 

 from the yellow jessamine {Gelsemium 



sem2')ervirens), is poisonous to the 

 bees. This noxious shrub is plentiful 

 in the south and should be destroyed 

 wherever found. 



Tlie one great trouble in securing 

 comb honey in presental)le shape is to 

 overcome or circumvent the bees' pro- 

 pensity to waste their time in gather- 

 ing propolis and depositing it in all 

 available places. 



dHuccn-brecbcrs' IDepartmcnt. 



Conducted bi' e. l. pratt. 



Northern breeders are now pricking 

 up their ears. 



The Revieio did not give us many 

 fresh points on queen-rearing in the 

 special issue for March. 



Who makes a good perforated zinc 

 that will exclude drones and yet al- 

 low virgin queens to pass? 



It looks as though control of flight 

 was going to be as near to mating in 

 confinement as we shall ever set. 



Dr. Tinker is going to give us a 

 book on how to get honey. We iiope 

 the doctor will give all the light pos- 

 sible on the use of zinc. 



One of the first rudiments of breed- 

 ing is the povver to detect a small ad- 

 vancement in qualities, and to hold it 

 there until another can be made. 



Have a care when spring opens to 

 keep down the rearing of undesirable 

 drones. Keep drone comb away from 

 your poor stock and give it to the 

 2,ood. 



We have wintered over some quite 

 small nuclei for experiments and are 

 well pleased with the result. Next 

 season we shall try a large number of 

 them. 



