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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



September 



be about as fast as the wire, as the wire 

 has to be put in the frames and then hn- 

 bedded, while the straws may be simply 

 laid on the foundation and imbedded. 

 In using straws or splints perpendicu- 

 larly, care must be taken in handling the 

 combs in hot weather, unless they are 

 attached to the bottom-bar. I have 

 had some very nice combs built by using 

 medium weight foundation and by let- 

 ting the foundation almost touch the 

 bottom-bar and end-bars, and using 

 pieces of straw two or three inches long 

 at odd intervals through the sheet, thus 

 letting the foundation stretch a little. 

 If bee-keepers can find any good in these 

 ideas, they are welcome to them. 



Yours, Wm. Kerxan. 



"We live largely as we think; we think 

 much as we read. Moral : Select good 

 reading." 



"No one is half so good, no one is half so 

 bad, half so poor, half so rich, as he is 

 believed to be." 



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Page 121, July number, second 

 line from bottom of first column, re- 

 ferring to saw palmetto, the word 

 "pinnated" should have been palm- 

 ated. The correction is made at the 

 suggestion of Mr. Hart. 



Mr. T.H. Barber, of Eddy, N.Y., 

 reports a lively season from June 

 10 to July 27. From eighty-five colo- 

 nies he had sixty-eight swarms and 

 secured eight thousand one-pound 

 sections of honey. Mr. Barber uses 

 the eight-frame Quinby hive. 



Upon the erstwhile placid bosom 

 of apicultural journalism a signifi- 

 cant ripple appears in some quar- 

 ters. It is to be hoped that the 

 "storms" of the eighties are not to 

 be repeated. Better let go a little 

 oil now before the seas rise. 



From Union Springs, N.Y., Mr. 

 J. W. Pierson writes: "During 

 the last two years the white honey 

 crop has been very light in this lo- 

 cality ; but this year we have a good 

 crop." The Bee-keeper has pleas- 

 ure in noting the good report this 

 season from its home State. 



The Bee - Keepers' Review for 

 August presents several excellent 



