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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



put them over sections nearly full, or that 

 the bees are capping, and cover them 

 with a bell-glass, or glass - box, with free 

 comnmnicatioii below, and see how 

 quickly the bees will pounce upon them 

 and lug them down. Then, in a day or 

 so, just lift some of the sections and ob- 

 serve their mottled white and yellow. I 

 have a comb in my honey room illustrat- 

 ing just this point, and wish you could 

 see it. It is a fact that bees will take 

 wax, when they need it, just as readily as 

 they will honey. 



Now, where is the inventive genius 

 who can give us a wax-feeding annex to a 

 moth-trap ? Price, I2.50; five for |io.oo. 

 For, don't you see, oh, ignoramus! wax is 

 worth but twenty -five cts. per pound, and 

 honey ten cents, and if it takes seventeen 

 and one-half pounds of honey to make 

 one of wax, that is worth 11.75, don't 

 you see a clear saving of I1.50 on every 

 pound of wax needed if you only have a 

 wax-feeder ? Besides, you can feed ex- 

 tracted honey and keep the bees build- 

 ing combs all summer at a profit; and if you 

 haven't extracted honey you can feed — 

 but, ''ll7ieream I at f' as, the drunken 

 Congressman observed to the Speaker. 



P. S. After some experiments in feed- 

 ing wax, I prefer to feed it in thin sheets 

 — some call it foundation. 



MiDDLEBURY, Vt. Feb. 19, 1898. 



Mv Bees are still in the cellar this 7th 

 day of April. They are nicely clustered 

 and quiet, and I am not worrying. 



EDITORIAL 



fferings, 



Mr. Daggitt is to be praised or blamed, 

 as the case may be, for this new editorial 

 heading. See his article on another page, 

 and you will understand what is meant. 



This Issue of the Review goes to a 

 large nimiber of bee-keepers who are not 

 subscribers; and, for this reason, I have 

 used considerable space is describing the 

 Review and its characteristics. 



A Journal that is bright, wide-awake, 

 vigorous, up to date, and full of ideas 

 that help and arouse the reader to better 

 deeds, can be forgiven almost any fail- 

 ing. 



Twelve Hundred Nuclei, is the num- 

 ber that Mr. H. G. Quirin, of Bellevue, 

 Ohio, proposes to run the coming season. 

 It would seem as though there need be 

 no waiting there in filling orders. 

 Wouldn't I like to work in such a yard. 

 Whoop-e-e ! 



Dr. J. P. H. Brown, of Augusta, Geor- 

 gia, has written and published a neat 

 book especially designed for beginners in 

 bee-keeping; pains being taken to adapt 

 it particularly to the requirements of the 

 South. Its title is "Bee-Keeping for 

 Beginners, ' ' and the price is fifty cents. 



Criticism of the right kind, that which 

 is fair and fearless, can do much good; 

 and the Review expects to soon have a 

 department devoted entirely to that 

 branch of apicultural journalism. The 

 critic will be none other than our old- 

 time correspondent, R. L. Taylor, of 

 Lapeer, Michigan. His first batch of crit- 

 icisms will probably appear in the May 

 Review. 



The Frontispiece in this issue of the 

 Review was made from a photograph tak- 

 en within half a mile of the Review-office. 

 It is on the flats of Flint river. By look- 

 ing closely a glimpse of the river can 

 be seen in the shape of a light streak near 

 the top of the clover. Part of a lumber- 

 yard belonging to a saw-mill can also be 

 seen in the background. 



I sent a copy of the picture to Mrs. 

 Hutchinson, and she wrote "That growth 

 of clover is fine; and the picture of your- 

 self is just you; it is as natural as any 

 picture of you that I ever saw," 



