THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



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The Review for March contains an 

 editorial on the production of comb 

 honey that, in the humble estimation 

 of Siftings is worth more tlian tl>e 

 price of tliat excellent Journal for the 

 entire year. I cannot "sift" it and 

 give you the wheat, for it is all wheat. 

 Get the Review and read it for your- 

 self. 



The Beekeepers' Review for March 

 rebukes Mr. A. I. Root pretty se- 

 verely for the unreasonable position 

 he takes with regard to patents. In 

 closing, Mr. Hutchinson says : "Mr. 

 Root's position is very peculiar, and 

 one that cannot be successfully de- 

 fended by argument." Mr. Root is 

 almost alone in his strange views 

 about this matter. 



Mr. James A. Stone in A. B. J. 

 gives some good advice as to keeping 

 honey. Do not put it in the cellar but 

 in some dry, warm place. It would 

 be a splendid thing to have correct 

 information as to the management of 

 honey plainly printed on a gummed 

 label so that all who buy might read 

 and thus know how to care for their 

 honey. It would pay the producer a 

 hundredfold in increased sales. 



In view of the present trouble to 

 keep sections free from propolis how 

 would it do to make them alike on all 

 sides, that is without insets, and sup- 

 port them in the supers, bee-space 

 apart, in all directions upon the points 

 of wire nails driven through the slats 

 of the super? This is only a hint, 

 but if anyone invents such a thing 

 don't you see that Siftings can be fash- 

 ionaUe and claim priority? 



Much is being said in the bee 

 journals about supers. No one seems 

 to be satisfied with those in use. Most 

 bee men are all the time looking for 

 something better. One leading bee- 

 keeper says he must have something 

 better. It may be that this general 



dissatisfaction v/ith the supers in use 

 will lead to a radical change in the 

 section itself. If the super cannot be 

 made to suit the section, why not 

 make the section to suit the super? 



A large card printed in colors con- 

 taining the leading facts about comb 

 antl extracted honey to be framed and 

 hung where honey is for sale would do 

 a world of good. It should be illus- 

 trated and have the local dealer's ad- 

 dress placed upon it in such a way as 

 to appear that the whole affair was his 

 own special announcement. Now, let 

 some of our brethren who are printers 

 see to it that we have such a card be- 

 fore we come to sell the coming sea- 

 son's crop. 



The editor of the Canadian Bee 

 Journal says, " it is totally unnec- 

 essary to wire frames of the dimen- 

 sions you name (lOf X 14), or in 

 fact any frame having a sufficiently 

 stiff top-bar to prevent sagging of the 

 comb." 



The editor of the Api and Dr. G. 

 L. Tinker are of the same opinion 

 and this triumvirate of leading lights 

 in the vocation is good authority on 

 such points. Will the beekeeper of 

 the future wire his frames? 



It would be interesting to know 

 what proportion of the beekeepers of 

 the world use veils. Mr. Doolittle 

 says he always uses one when work- 

 ing with the bees. I think I would 

 quit the business if I were obliged to 

 use a veil. I regard them as a nui- 

 sance, absolutely necessaiy at times 

 it is true, but still what might be 

 called a necessar3' nuisance. Handy 

 to have around, for when you need 

 one you need it badly, but from their 

 usual use, good luck, deliver us. 



For one, I think the course of 

 Gleanings regarding Carniolans is 

 commendable. 



Mr. Root does not wish to sell 



