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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Something: Very Funny.— 



The American Bee Joubnal does not 

 claim to be a comic paper, but here is 

 something so very funny, taken from the 

 American Farmer, and signed "J. W. 

 Tefft," that we cannot forbear giving it 

 to our readers : 



Bee-keeping knowledge must be gained 

 by ourselves. He who tries to solve bee- 

 problems through the bee-trade journals 

 will find that it takes a little longer than 

 a lifetime. There are eight bee-papers 

 published, and all of them are filled with 

 literature upon drone-traps, bee-escapes, 

 Hoffman frames, clipped queens, and a 

 host of worthless things had on sale 

 which the bee-keeper can have as a , 

 premium if he will only subscribe for ' 

 their paper. 



Isn't it just too funny for anything 

 that bee-papers are filled with things 

 that bee-keepers write about and really 

 want to know all about ? And isn't it 

 a side-splitting joke that bee-keepers 

 will continue to subscribe for such 

 worthless things, from which they can 

 learn nothing ? Bro. T. will have to try 

 again, we think. 



Changfing: the Air in Cellars 



— In a recent number, Mr. S. Plummer 

 asked the question whether in a wet and 

 moldy cellar it would do any good to 

 " place a fan wheel in one side of the 

 cellar, and run by a wind-mill so as to 

 put the air in motion around the cellar." 

 The question was understood to refer to 

 forcing in fresh air by means of a fan 

 wheel (a method used for ventilating 

 large buildings), and was answered ac- 

 cordingly. That was not intended, how- 

 ever, and now Mr. Plummer asks : 



What will be the effect of a moderate 

 circulation of the dead air in a cellar, on 

 its temperature ? What difference will 

 there be in the density of the same ? 



It is not likely that merely keeping 

 in motion the air in a cellar would give* 

 any satisfactory result. It will hardly 

 make any noticeable difference either in 

 the temperature or the density. You 

 can easily try the experiment by putting 

 a thermometer in a cold room, fanning 



it vigorously for 15 minutes or longer, 

 then letting it stand the same length of 

 time without fanning, then fanning 

 again, and so on. If, during the inter- 

 vals when the air is stirred by the fan, 

 the thermometer shows no higher stand- 

 ing than when the air is at rest, it will 

 be hardly worth while to stir the air in 

 the cellar. To make it a more satisfac- 

 tory trial, you might stir the air in the 

 room by means of a closet-door swung 

 back and forth. 



On the whole, you will probably come 

 to the conclusion that it will be better to 

 change the air in the cellar by introduc- 

 ing fresh air slowly, warming it in some 

 way, if that should be necessary. 



Honey Caramels. — Chas. F. 

 Muth & Son, of Cincinnati, Ohio, have 

 kindly sent us a sample box of their 

 delicious " honey caramels." We have 

 eaten caramels before, but none like 

 those made by Friends Muth & Son. 

 Theirs are simply superb, and there 

 should be a great demand for them. 



We cannot understand why not more 

 confections are gotten up with honey in 

 them. Here is a remunerative field for 

 some genius, who would also win much 

 honor by helping to replace tasteless 

 adulterations with a pure and health- 

 giving sweet. Chas. F. Muth & Son are 

 leading the way. 



An Attractive Calendar is the 



one sent out by that enterprising bee- 

 supply dealing firm — The W. T. Falconer 

 Mfg. Co., of Jamestown, N. Y. We 

 have one hung up in our home, and our 

 very much "better half" is delighted 

 with it. See their advertisement on the 

 last page. 



Xhe Inter-mountain— a paper 

 published at Salt Lake City, Utah, by 

 Mr. John C. Swaner — is discontinued. 

 We regret to loarn this, and hope Mr. S. 

 is none the poorer for having made the 

 attempt at publishing a paper. 



