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pevature of 50°, and the brood not 

 damaged. Some of the large un- 

 capped brood would die and work 

 out of the cells, but the smaller 

 larva and eggs would not be dam- 

 aged in the least. 



All unheaUhy brood will be 

 promptly removed by the bees, but 

 then if there is any such brood in 

 the combs they should be re- 

 moved.] 



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THE MANAGER'S CORNER. 



Mr. Ivas S. Young of ChristiaHa, 

 Norway, has writlen us that he would 

 like to visit our apiary when he comes 

 to America. Of ctxirse we extended to 

 hiin a most cordial invitation to do so. 

 Mr. Young expects to be here in 

 August, and if lie has any new points 

 ou beel<eeping we shall try to draw 

 them out. 



By the way, this reminds us that 

 Mr. Young has published a bee book, 

 though we liave not seen a copj^, and 

 could not read one word of it if one 

 had been sent us, as the work is print- 

 ed in the Norwegian language. We 

 did notice ^Ir. Knot's criticisms of the 

 work. Mr. Root cannot read it, but 

 he saw therein an illustration of a 

 smoker for burning tobacco. Mr. 

 Root does not like tobacco and so he 

 just went for that smoker and author. 



Well, if u\rr. Hoot does not like to- 

 bacco he has the privilege of letting 

 it alone. If his neighbor wants to use 

 it it is none of Mr. Root's business or 

 concern. 



We have a pipe in which to l)urn to- 

 biicco which has been used in our 

 apiary every year since we began bee- 



keeping. This pipe is one of the most 

 useful instruments and most used of 

 any we have. From May 1 to Oct. 

 15, this pipe comes into play several 

 times each day, yet we never use to- 

 bacco in any other way. When the bee 

 season is over the pipe is laid away till 

 the coming spring. 



Every time a queen is introduced the 

 pipe is used. With the use of this won- 

 derful instrument, we can introduce 

 one hundretl queens in one hour. To 

 introduce an equal number of queens 

 by any other method would require a 

 a whole day; then again, by using the 

 pipe and tobacco, not one queen is lost 

 in introducing, even though a new 

 queen is introluced the moment 

 another is removed. 



People with extreme notions about 

 tobacco and intoxicating drinks are 

 pretty apt to be inconsistent on these 

 points. So far as temperance is con- 

 cerned, I am quite sure Mr. Root and 

 myself would agree. 



The reader will please excuse the 

 rambling ideas as expressed in the 

 above item ; they seem to come in place 

 here. 



Cheap-made Goods. — A friend 

 who lives in the Canadian dominion 

 gave us a call the other tlay. He said 

 he purchased a Hedtlon hive of a well 

 known manufacturer in Canada and it 

 was the "meanest made up thing" he 

 ever saw. Mr. Heddon has a patent 

 claim on ju-t a bee space between the 

 two sets of frames. The hive above 

 alluded to could not be considered 

 an infiingement of Mr. Heddon's as 

 the space tliat ought to have been not 

 over i",; of an inch was 5 of an inch. 

 We would like to see those hives sep- 

 arated when bees have been in them 

 one season. 



I cautioned Mr. Heddon against let- 

 ting liol), Dick and Harry manufuct- 

 ui'e his hives, as not one nnin in tive 

 who advertises such things for sale at 

 a low figure will make an article that 

 will be any credit to the manufacturer. 

 How can a man make a hive that is 

 worth .$4 for about half that sum? 



The craze for cheap goods, and a 

 desire of everybody who manufactures 

 supplies to furin>h them as cheap as 

 the man who sells a carload every day, 

 have brought us to this state of affairs. 



The only remedy is to send your 

 orders to some one who will furnish a 

 good article at a fair price. 



Perhaps we ought not to say that 

 the friend spoken of above said he 



