THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



and their crosses, together with a 

 few black crosses. I noticed no dif- 

 ference. I could only account for 

 Mr. Rasin's Italians not storing 

 the red hone}' in one of the follow- 

 ing ways : they were robbing other 

 colonies whicli the hybrids could 

 not do, or the Italians were able to 

 reach the nectar in flowers where 

 the others could not. I trust that 

 this may throw some light on the 

 matter. 



We have heard so much about 

 not being able to sell good queens 

 for one dollar and the slipshod way 

 of rearing them, perhaps it would 

 be of benefit to hear a little about 

 the same method when practised by 

 those charging high prices for their 

 queens. 



In preference to having a poor 

 queen for $5.00 I would have the 

 same at $1.00. Whom shall wetrust 

 or shall we trust no one and rear 

 our own queens? 



There are men in the dollar queen 

 business whom I would trust and 

 who have as good a character as 

 those selling high-priced queens. 

 I think that more care should be 

 given to developing better and more 

 practical methods of rearing queens. 

 The season has a great influence in 

 this matter and I think that with 

 100 colonies of flrst-class bees to 

 select from and a thorough knowl- 

 edge of queen-rearing, one should 

 be able to rear good queens cheaply 

 during the swarming season. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



— Will Mr. John Elmford please 

 send us his address. 



• — Our friend Tefft kindl}' sends 

 us the following note. 



FromB. W. A., Pittsburgh. — In an- 

 swer to an inquiry recently publi?hed 

 in the The Metal Worker, I inclose a re- 

 cipe lor a paste that will adhere to tin, 

 which has recently been published in 



another journal in answer to a similar 

 inquiry. The recipe, which has been 

 taken from Lillard's "Practical Hints 

 and Formulas," is as follows : 



Tragacantli mucilage 5 drams. 



Hoiiev 5 '' 



Flour'. 1 " 



iMix. 



The addition of honey to any good 

 paste is said to make it adhere well to 

 tin. 



— Those who find the word ex- 

 pired on the wrappers of their jour- 

 nals will kindly send in their 

 renewals as promptly as possible 

 so as to avoiu delay. 



Also please write your addresses 

 very plainh', as next year we shall 

 have them printed so as to pre- 

 vent an}' misdirection. If we make 

 any mistakes and the parties will 

 notify us promptly we will rec- 

 tify them at once. If you or your 

 neighbors want to take advantage 

 of our offer for bound vols. 1 & 2, 

 please reply at once. Many have 

 already, but we want 1000 calls for 

 it at once. We trust that you will 

 not only renew promptl}- but induce 

 your neighbor to also. 



— This time the cr}^ against 

 adulterated honey comes from our 

 " British cousins," who are now 

 forming a "British Honey Com- 

 pany" for the purpose of educating 

 the public to api)reciate pure Brit- 

 ish lioney, as well as to bring the 

 producer and consumer together 

 and establish better relations be- 

 tween them. 



The enterprise is a laudable one, 

 and our beekeepers' associations 

 should take notice of this advance 

 on the side of reform. Those who 

 will read the editorial notes in the 

 " British Bee Journal for Oct. 15 

 will recognize the result of cutting 

 up our comb honey placing it in 

 jars and " saturating the contents 

 with corn syrup," according to the 

 fornnda suggested by Messrs. Thur- 

 ber & Co. ; and every attempt to 

 shield this practice of adultera- 

 tion is an injury to the honey mar- 



