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Full Slieets of Foundation given 

 to bees in brood-frames having no combs, 

 will greatly encourage the bees to work. 



Honey in tlie United States.— 



We have received the following bit of in- 

 formation from our good friend, Hon. 

 Eugene Secor, in regard to the amount of 

 honey produced in the United States, ac- 

 cording to the 11th census: 



Perhaps you may have published the 

 findings of the Census Bureau touching 

 apiarian products for the year 1889, but if 

 so it has escaped my notice. I have the 

 figures by private letter from the Depart- 

 ment, and they are as follows : 

 Pounds of honey produced in 1889 . .63,897,327 

 " wax " " .. 1,166,588 



The enumerators were not instructed to 

 collect information as to the number of 

 colonies. The above figures may, or may 

 not, represent a fair average production. 



The yield depends so much upon atmos- 

 pheric conditions, that one year in ten will 

 hardly give us a reliable basis for statistics, 

 unless we take an average of several dec- 

 ades. But it is a pretty good guess for 

 1889. 



It doesn't seem much like over-produc- 

 tion in this line, when only about one 

 pound of honey ixr capita is produced in the 

 United States. Eugkne Secor. 



No, there never can be an over-production 

 of honey — it will always be under-consump- 

 tion. When once people are educated up 

 to the use of honey, they will require every 

 pound that can be produced, and at a fair 

 price. Bee-keepers need only to produce it 

 and put it up in neat and attractive shape, 

 when this sweet-loving nation will soon 

 help to get rid of it. Only preserve its 

 purity, and peculiarity of flavor, and peo- 

 ple will buy and use it all. 



Weai-ing- a Bee- Veil.— In the April 



Beview, Bro. Hutchinson tells " how to wear 

 a bee-veil without tucking it inside the 

 collar," thus making it more comfortable. 

 He also gives an illustration in connection 

 with the description, but doubtless the 

 majority of readers will be able to under- 

 stand it without seeing the picture. Here is 

 what Bro. H. says : 



When it is necessary to wear a veil in hot 

 weather, who has not wished that there 

 was some way of holding it down, aside 

 from that of tucking it inside the collar ? 

 When the neck is hot and sweaty, how it 

 feels with a sort of muffler pressed close 

 against it by the collar. Besides this, the 

 veil is held suffocatingly close to the face. 

 All this may be avoided, and I'LL tell you 

 how. 



In a hem in the bottom of the veil run a 

 string, leaving about a foot of the hem, 

 right in front, unoccupied by the string. 

 That is, let the string enter the hem at 

 about 6 inches to the right of the center of 

 the front of the person, pass it around the 

 back of the neck, bringing it out of the 

 hem at a point 6 inches to the left of the 

 center. The projecting ends of the string 

 must be long enough to pass under the 

 arms, cross at the back, and then be 

 brought around and tied in front. The 

 string holds the edge of the veil securely 

 out upon the shoulders, while if the right 

 length of hem is left without a string in 

 front, that part will be drawn snugly across 

 the breast. 



To Mr. Porter of bee-escape fame, belongs 

 the honor of devising this unsurpassable 

 way of holding down a bee-veil. 



Later. — In the Review for May, we find 

 the following additional reference to the 

 foregoing item about wearing a bee- veil: 



Another point in holding down a veil, as 

 described in the last Review, is that the veil 

 is held out from the face and neck, thus no 

 bees are caught in the folds touching the 

 neck and sting through, as is so often the 

 case when the veil is tucked inside the col- 

 lar. As I never taste of honey when work- 

 ing with the bees, and don't wear glasses, it 

 never occurred to me until Friend Hasty 

 mentioned that it might be a convenience 

 to some folks to be able to handily get in- 

 side their veil. Mr. Daggitt suggests that 

 there be an elastic in front to allow the veil 

 to be raised. This arrangement would re- 

 sult in numerous folds in front of the face — 

 something that would greatly obstruct the 

 vision. 



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