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intbrmod us in conv^ersation, that lie bad 

 thoroughly tried warming them in a 

 warm room, etc., etc., but all Avithout 

 avail ; and that sealed comb of the 

 same hone}' given to a healthy colony 

 brought from a dii^ance, icill kill them 

 in one weefi. even in Api'il. It is true 

 that all of the above do not point in 

 one diivction ; but they furnish a large 

 number of facts. 



We have at ])resent a colony of Bees 

 in a room kept constantly warmed up 

 to from 50° to G0°. In spite of food, 

 pollen, etc., and a wire-cloth house to 

 fly in, we cannot induce healthy brood- 

 rearing ; but the Bees seem to be dying 

 off eveiy day, much faster, indeed, than 

 those in the Bee house at about 40°. — 

 AVe have had them thus for about three 

 weeks. Although the queen lays eggs, 

 no brood appears. The confinement 

 eeenis to be very objectionable. They 

 iilight on the wire-cloth boundaries of 

 their prison, and many will not volun- 

 tarily go back even at night. 



Quite a large number of our Bee- 

 keepers, with Mr. Gallup among them, 

 contend strongly in favor of out-door 

 Wintering : and such letters i-each us 

 from all directions — facts observed both 

 practically and experimentally. Have 

 you,too,abandoned double walled hives ? 



It may be proper to say that our re- 

 marks in regard to the hive which 

 •" Scientific " offered to furnish at 50 

 cents each, were intended onl}- as pleas- 

 untry, and without the least feeling of 

 ill nature. Should " Scientific '' not feel 

 inclined to accept the above explanation, 

 we have nothing further to offer. He 

 who will undertake to furnish good hives 

 for 50 cents, or even $1.00, will receive 

 our earnest thanks for the good he will 

 do our people, and we think we shall 

 have no trouble in convincing the most 

 incredulous of our sincerit3^ The hives 

 shall be made to use any of the popular 

 frames — those mentioned on page 266 

 of last June number, for instance, and 

 the only other condition is, that they 

 be approved of by the editor of the 

 Journal; and, to help the cause, we 

 will pay for a standing advertisement of 

 the same in this Journal one year, un- 

 less some of those who find fault with 

 cur efforts will come forward and help 

 pay for it. and thus show their disinter- 



estedness. It is not "Novice," simply, 

 you are opposing now, but the cause of 

 Bee-culture. If you would see hives 

 made to a gauge, like Elgin watches, 

 stand up like a man, or " forever hold 

 your peace." Chicago will perhaps be 

 as central a j)oint as any for the under- 

 taking, and, what is better, will be so 

 far from " Novice " that he can have no 

 hand in it except to pay for an adver- 

 tisement for the year. 



We certainl}' did not mean to insist 

 that Mr Muth had had no experience 

 with Bee disease, we only conjectured. 



Has no one else a word of encoui-age- 

 ment for the fair stranger, Cyula Lins- 

 wik, who has entered our midst? or 

 are our sex all so intent on their own 

 affairs that they cannot spend time to 

 encourage real merit ? In our opinion, 

 the writer of those articles, although 

 the information conveyed may not be 

 of great j^ractical value, has a power of 

 delineation* and a delicacy of touch, 

 such as has never before, since Mr. 

 Langstroth's book, graced Bee litera- 

 ture. Will both herself and " Sister 

 Nellie " accept the thanks of one who 

 means well, even if his efforts be at 

 times ill-timed, and injudicious. 



Mr. O. can certainly take off his box 

 honey quicker than we could extract a 

 like amount ; but our honej' would be 

 all ready to ship at a low rate of freight 

 by rail, while his would need consid- 

 erable " fixing " before it could be safe- 

 ly shipped over one hundred miles at a 

 like expense (see Dadant's articles). 

 There is certainly no need that we 

 should defend the cause of extracted 

 honey longer, for attention seems being 

 turned in that direction with a strong 

 current from all sides. 



Using cloth instead of perforated tin for 

 feeding has been quite unsatisfactory, 

 for the reason that if thick, it feeds too 

 slowly, and, finally, not at all, after the 

 syruj) has dried on them ; if the cloth 

 was thin, the Bees gnawed through it, 

 and then 



We are beset by reverses, as well as 

 encouraged by occasional success. We 

 still hope ultimately to succeed. To 

 those who give us credit for feeling 

 sincere pleasure in all the advances in 

 Apiculture, wo subscribe ourself as of 

 old, Novice. 



