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were superseded in the course of a 

 year. 



1. Yes: if she is properly in- 

 troduced. 



2. They will finally supersede 

 her, but 1 have had them to do 

 good service first. 



3. I would not, if I really 

 needed her service. 



GRANULATED CORK FOR WINTER PACKING. 



Query No 37. Mr. G. B. Dodfre of Lan- 

 castei", Pa., has a.sed "granulated" cork for 

 winter packing. Is sucli a material as good 

 an absorbent as sawdust or chaff? Will it 

 retain the lieat as well as other packing usu- 

 ally used in winter? 



G. P. 



ANSWER BY R. L. TATLOR. 



I have had no experience with 

 cork. 



ANSWER BY PROF. COOK. 



I can only judge from what I 

 know of cork. If the cork is cut 

 tine I should expect it to be ad- 

 mirable. 



ANSWER BY JAMES HEDDON. 



Yes, it is the best of an absorb- 

 ent ; and, if cut fine enough and 

 closely packed, a splendid non-con- 

 ductor of heat. 



ANSWER BY C. C. MILLER. 



I have had no experience in pack- 

 ing to amount to much, but have 

 heard ground cork highly com- 

 mended by successful Canadian bee- 

 keepers. 



ANSWERS BY DR. TINKER. 



Theoretically, granulated cork next 

 to sheep's wool is the best winter 

 packing for bees ; but, in practice, 

 good chaff and dry sawdust are found 

 quite as good. 



ANSWER BY G. W. DEMAREE. 



If the cork shavings are fine 

 enough, they have no equal as an 

 absorbent, and they will retain 

 heat as well as any other like ma- 

 terial. 



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ANSWER BY J. E. POND. 



It is a good material for the pur- 

 pose, but no better in my opinion 

 than cliafF or sawdust. I find as 

 good results from use of a dead-air 

 space, as with packed walls. 



ANSWER BY H. ALLEY. 



Cork, it seems to me, must be a 

 much better material for winter 

 packing than any other material I 

 know of. Tlie objection I have to 

 sawdust, shavings and chaff is that 

 if the smallest crack is not closed 

 the water will enter and wet the 

 packing long before spring. I had 

 all the experience in that direction 

 I wanted last winter. The above 

 materials are too much of an ab- 

 sorbent for the purpose for which 

 they are used. Cork, it seems to 

 me, will not act as an absorbent, 

 and yet it is a non-conductor of 

 heat and cold, if I mistake not ; 

 it should be considered the best, 

 if not the cheapest, material to use 

 for packing bees. 



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After a long and unusually rough 

 passage, Mr. Ivar S. Young landed 

 in New York on Sunday, Sept. 4. 

 Being delayed there several days on 

 account of his baggage he did not 

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Mr. Young is, probably, the most 



