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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



Jan. 



May and June that the call for them 

 must have been enormous. 



The Bee-Keepers' Review is getting 

 to be quite an illustrated journal of 

 late. Editor Hutchinson promises 

 more in this way for the coming sea- 

 son. Iu the Dec number he gives a 

 very interesting sketch of his life. 



The Dec. Apiarist is styled a go-as- 

 you please number by Editor Alley, 

 and he invites criticism on the same. 

 Now, Mr. A. you say on page 178 

 that bee journals are published to 

 give experiences on bee culture and 

 not experiences with persons; If so 

 why don't you use fewer words about 

 Bro. Hasty and not take a column 

 and a half in telling the people what 

 you think of him. 



Dr. Miller says in Stray Straws iu 

 Gleanings of Dec. 1st that he don't 

 use bee-escapes one time in twenty. 

 Well ! well ! we supposed every one 

 liked and used bee-escapes. There is 

 hardly an article in the line of appli- 

 ances that has given us greater satis- 

 faction for the little outlay as has the 

 Porter Escape. 



Alley says in the Nov. Api. "why 

 not stop discussing such unimportant 

 things as bee-escapes, and Hoffman 

 frames", and then iu another place 

 he finds fault because some discuss 

 the scraping of sections. Now tell us 

 Mr, Alley what you would have us 

 discuss, 



Another time he says " One reason 

 why we have never been favorably 

 inclined to bee escapes is because they 

 have not been properly constructed; 

 with one exit it must take a long 



time to clear a super of bees." No, 

 sir! it does not take a long time. We 

 have always used the Porter escape, 

 having but one exit and found that it 

 has cleared the super quickly indeed. 



While on the subject of Escapes we 

 are glad to note that at L ast one 

 paper will not iusert the advertise- 

 ment of the Hastings' escape. Editor 

 Hutchinson speaks of it as follows: " I 

 am led to believe that the Hastiugs' 

 escape is an infringement on the Por- 

 ter, judging from an examination of 

 the Porter patent and from a letter 

 received from Mr. Hastings when I 

 asked him for an explanation, and the 

 Hastings ad. will not appear again in 

 the Review until I am satisfied he 

 has the right to make the escape as 

 he does." 



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