1900 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



109 



floats in the Doolittle feeders necessary, 

 wliile others consider them a nuisance. 

 A writer, I thinly, in the Amer. Bee 

 Journal, called attention to the fact 

 that they sometimes stick to the sides of 

 the feeder until considerable feed is re- 

 moved from below, and then fall in 

 catching many bees under them. This 

 trouble, I think, could be overcome by 

 driving two small staples or shot-head 

 tacks in each side and one at each end 

 of the float, then their use no doubt 

 would save the ti'ouble of licking many 

 unfortunate bees that fall in and 

 manage to scuffle out the best they can. 

 Creek, N. C. 



For Free Distribution. 

 "Bees and Horticulture — their Rela- 

 tions Mutual," is the title of a twelve- 

 page pamphlet recently published by 

 the National Bee-keepers' Association. 

 It is a compilation of important facts 

 and general information relating to 

 their mutual inter-dependence together 

 with numerous suggestions regarding 

 the spraying of fruit trees, the laws reg- 

 ulating the practice in several states, 

 and instructive quotations from author- 

 ities everywhere. The pamphlet is by 

 Hon. Eugene Secor, Forest City, Iowa, 

 treasurer and general manager of the 

 National Association, to whom we are 

 indebted for a copy, and to whom appli- 

 cation should be made for as many 

 copies as can be judiciously used. It is 

 designed as an educator along the line 

 which its name indicates, and is sent 

 free to those who write for it. Good 

 results should follow a liberal circula- 

 tion of such a paper. 



Apple trees are O. K. for shade, but 

 when the apples drop on the hives it is 

 not so nice. Hike mulberry best of all, 

 for more reasons than one. Chickens 

 are a nice accompaniment for bees and 

 they are very fond of the berries. The 

 birds that come for the berries add new 

 life to the apiary; besides, if a swarm 

 issues it can be easily brought down 

 from a mulberrv. — J. O. Geimsley. 



Bleaching Pollen-Stained Cappings. 



Mr. Byron Walker, Evart, Mich., is 

 an extensive producer and dealer in 

 honey. According to Oleanings, when 

 Mr. Walker has a lot of comb honey, 

 the cappings of which is pollen-stained, 

 the surface of the combs is exposed to 

 the sun for two or three days, the result 

 being that their original snowy white- 

 ness is restored, thus fitting them for a 

 higher grade in the market. Though no 

 mention of the point is made, we think 

 it would be necessary to exercise some 

 precaution on very hot days to guard 

 against the possibility of melting. A 

 tree circulation of air would prevent 

 any such trouble. 



We are in receipt of a letter from Mr. 

 Major, the famous ceinent man, of 

 New York, iu which he sets forth some 

 very interesting facts about Major's 

 Cement. The multitudes who use this 

 standard article know it is better than 

 other cements for which similar claims 

 are made, but a great many do not know 

 why. The simple reason is that Mr. 

 Major uses the best materials ever dis- 

 covered and some other manufacturers 

 do not use them because they are too 

 expensive and do not allow large profits. 

 Mr. Major tells us that one of the ele- 

 ments of his cement costs $3.7.5 a pound, 

 and another costs S3. 65 a gallon, while 

 a large share of the so-called cements 

 and liquid glue upon the market are 

 nothing more than sixteen-cent glue, 

 dissolved in water or citric acid, and in 

 some cases altered slightly in color and 

 odor by the addition of cheap and use- 

 less materials. Mr. Major's advertising 

 now amounts to over $5,000 a month 

 throughout the country. If you are at 

 all handy (and you will be likely to find 

 that you are a good deal more so than 

 you imagine) you can repair your rubber 

 "boots and family shoes and any other 

 rubber and leather articles with Major's 

 Rubber Cement and Major's Leather 

 Cement. 



Ira Barber, in the Review, after pretty 

 thoroughly establishing his claim, that 

 bees will gather honey at a distance of 

 eight to ten miles from the hive, re- 

 marks : "Bees appear to prefer to go a 

 long distance to gather honey, when 

 there is plenty near by." 



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