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wires from the two poles of the 

 battery, one in each hand, and 

 touch the two ends of each frame 

 "wire for a moment, one end with tlie 

 positive and the other witli the 

 negative wire of the battery, and 

 the frame wire becomes heated 

 and melts its way down to the sej)- 

 tum or midrib of the foundation ; 

 touch each wire of the frame in 

 succession in this way, and the 

 whole is fixed more quickly than 

 by any of the other modes, and so 

 firmly that you can only tear the 

 foundation away piecemeal. If your 

 battery is not strong enough to 

 heat the wire the whole width of 

 the frame, do it in steps, and you 

 will find even that you can do it 

 more quickly than by any of the 

 other plans, with the satisfaction 

 of knowing that the wires are as 

 firmly attached as is the case with 

 the foundation where the wires are 

 embedded during the process of 

 manufacture. 



Mr. Spurgeon and thk Hornet's 

 Nest. — Mr. Spurgeon, speaking at a 

 Blue Ribbon Society meeting, rehited 

 the following anecdote: — He had once 

 had a hornet's nest in his garden. He 

 tried to kill the hornets singly, but it 

 took hira a long time to dispose even 

 of one. At last, on a fine night — he 

 did not previously tell them of his in- 

 tention — he heated a poker red-hot 

 and dropped it in the hole where they 

 ■were. He did not stay any longer, 

 but at once went in for meditation. 

 He never saw another hornet. They 

 seemed to be so pleased with the poker 

 that they stopped in their hole forever 

 afterwards. The living fire of the 

 Gospel was wanted to burn, not one 

 special sin only, but all sins from the 

 human heart. — British Bee Journal. 



Melbourne, May 27, 1887. 

 Mr. H. Alley. 

 Dear Sir : 



I have a number of inquiries 

 whether or not I import any of your 

 best queens. Until now the distance 

 has in some way prevented me. How- 



ever, I am anxious to try a small con- 

 signment of them, say six, if you could 

 manage to forward them so that they 

 ■would reach San Francisco a day or so 

 before the steamer leaves there for Aus- 

 tralia. I am importing large quantities 

 of bee supplies from America every sea 

 son. I receive the Amkhican Apicul 

 TUUisT every month and I hope soon to 

 take orders to supply copies to several 

 beekeepers here. Although not well 

 adapted to our season, it gives a large 

 amount of useful information. The 

 queries and answers in the same num- 

 ber are indeed a very good thought. 

 The answers are always well to the 

 point without any darkness about 

 them. 



The industry in Australia is advanc- 

 ing steadily; to a certain extent, the 

 sale of good honey is retarded by large 

 quantities of bush honey which is sent 

 into the market. However, I suppose 

 that Avill not last long, as the comb 

 honey in section boxes is coming into 

 general use, and is now fetching from 

 nine to twelve cents per dozen pounds 

 wholesale. The Australian Bee .journal 

 published here is doing good work in 

 imparting the science of modern bee- 

 keeping, but I am sorry to say it has 

 been a dead loss to the publishers. 

 However, it is their intention to give it 

 another twelve months' trial. Indeed it 

 would be a great disaster to beekeeping 

 to be without a journal. I also post you 

 an October number of the Journal giv- 

 ing an account of a method to embed 

 wire in foundation, and is now used 

 by a number of beekeepers. 



J. M. Lloyd. 



Honey-Lemonade.— J. M. Shuck, 

 Des Moines, Iowa, uses this recipe for 

 honey- lemonade. 



Make it in the usual way, using 

 lioney instead of sugar; nothing can 

 be used as a summer beverage that is 

 more grateful and refreshing. Try it, 

 Many thousands pounds of honey may 

 be used in this way, and the users all 

 be benefited. 



Answers by Practical Apiarists, 



Feeding Bees. 



Query No. 31. The present season having 

 ))e('n one nf the poorest for many years tor 

 l)ees, it will be necessary to cIo nuioh leeding 

 this fall. I •would be pleased to see the I'ol- 

 lowiug questions answered in the "Api." 



