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their climate find pasturage, and 

 let them bring theirs to ours, I al- 

 most dare stake a dollar on ours. 



I see one or two of them put a 

 parti}' built-out section of the pre- 

 vious year to entice the bees into 

 the racks of sections. This is a 

 plan I have adopted for the last few 

 years and find it very successful. 

 If I have plenty I put one in each 

 corner of the rack, and if they con- 

 tain any honey I uncap it and it 

 quickly fetches the bees up. A 

 partly filled section of heather 

 honey is so powerfully scented, the 

 bees cannot resist such a bait, and 

 they rush up at once. 



I notice Mr. Manum tiers a large 

 nunil)er of sections on a hive at 

 one time ; this is, in my opinion, 

 a retrograde plan. I have tried it 

 and don't think I shall soon do so 

 again, after seeing the state of the 

 sections. What with the heat of 

 the hive and the constant travelling 

 of the bees over the lower sections, 

 to say nothing of the propolis, they 

 are so discolored as to be nearly 

 unsalable ; besides, where is the 

 advantage ? Bees don't like travel- 

 ling over sealed honey so much, 

 and tlie lower racks being filled 

 and sealed notliing is to be gained 

 by leaving them on the hives, and 

 tlie plan necessitates a large out- 

 lay in racks. 



On the other hand. Dr. Miller 

 removes the middle sections as 

 soon as sealed. This is bad policy ; 

 I think it upsets the bees and tiie 

 breaking up of the cluster, when 

 comb-building is decidedly a back- 

 ward movement, besides the loss of 

 time incident to such frequent ma- 

 nipulation. I find nothing better 

 than the plan advocated by the 

 writer of "Useful Hints" in the 

 Journal^ viz., to give a rack beneath 

 when tlie first one is about half 

 finished. I never have more than 

 three racks on a hive at once and 

 seldom more than two, and I ma}'- 

 add seldom less. I see our cous- 



ins use full sheets of foundation 

 in supers. No doubt the sections 

 are more quickly filled by this 

 mode, but those who adopt it in 

 this country must remember that 

 American super foundation is very 

 much tliinner than oar English is, 

 and the latter leaves too thick a 

 midrib for some people when used 

 in full sheets, and is expensive 

 too. — F. BoYES in British Bee Jour. 



APPLIGATIOJV OF WAX IX MED- 

 ICINE. 



(a) Benifidies for coughs, expectora- 

 tion, erysipelas of the head. — Breathe 

 the vapor of wax which has been 

 melted in a hot iron or a brazier. 



(6) Healing Salve. — Honey, oil and 

 wax melted together into a salve hast- 

 ens the healing of old wounds and fls- 

 tiilas. 



(c) Marigold-flmoer plasters for 

 xonnnds. — Out of marigold flowers a 

 plaster can be made b.v bruising the 

 flowers and the stalks and mixing ifc 

 with as mucii lard as will cover them, 

 letting it boil over a moderate fire for 

 an liour, and is then squeezed through 

 a cloth. The stufl" that is presseil out 

 is put over the tire, aud as mucli yel- 

 low wax added as will make it of the 

 consistency of a plaster. If less wax 

 is used, marigold-flower salve is ob- 

 tained. Both preparations are useful 

 in all kinds of wounds. 



(rf) Remedy for diarrhcea. — In France 

 the following remedy is found of fre- 

 quent use : Scoop out the core of a 

 quince, filling it with hot water, let it 

 roast for a long time by the fire, and 

 eat it night and morning for three days 

 consecutively. 



(e) S'lloe for wounds left after remov- 

 ing warts. — Prepare a salve of white 

 wax and fiesh unsalted butter, equal 

 parts, and mix a little white wine with 

 it. 



(/) Salve fur burns. — Wax and lin- 

 seed oil give an excellent plaster for 

 burns. Stahl's burn-salve is made of 

 equal parts of butter and yellow wax. 



(.'/) Corn plaster. — For corns a good 

 plaster is made of wax, tallow and 

 some verdigris. 



(/t) Tooth-stopping. — The tooth-stop- 

 ping is prepared by melting together 

 three parts of pure white wax with 

 three and one-half parts of mastic and 

 a few drops of oil of peppermint and 

 making it into the pill on a marble 



