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line until bee-keepers realize ivhere they 

 are drifting. Consumers may not un- 

 derstand exactly why they do not like 

 honey so well as they did once; but that 

 makes no difference to us so long as the 

 fact remains. I say it in all kindness of 

 spirit, but the greatest blessing that has 

 come to bee-keepers of late was the fail- 

 ure of the deep-cell foundation. 



I know that the advantages of founda- 

 tion are so great that it is not likely that 

 it will ever be dispensed with in comb 

 honey; but let it be of the very lightest 

 and thinnest po.ssible. Mr. Taylor's ex- 

 periments show that the no-wall founda- 

 tion is even thinner than natural comb. 

 This foundation will certainly come the 

 nearest to giving us comb honey that is a 

 near approach to natural comb. If some 

 one like the Roots, for instance, would 

 take hold of this no-wall foundation and 

 " boom " it in their characteristic way, it 

 would be a blessing to the fraternity. So 

 far, there has been only one objection urg- 

 ed against it, and that is that it warps; but 

 Mr. Dadant, who is the man that makes 

 it, says, in the American Bee-Journal, 

 that this can be easily overcome by mak- 

 ing the merest rudimentary walls upon 

 one side; so that it will stick to one roll 

 when it comes from the mill. He says 

 that when foundation sticks to first one 

 roll and then the other and thus warps 

 and twists about while being rolled, it 

 will always give trouble in the hive; and 

 that this is what the no-wall does; and 

 that it can be remedied as he suggests. 



Comb honey is a luxury. Argue as we 

 will, the fact remains. I^et us not for- 

 get it; and, let us, as its producers, see 

 that it never loses one whit of its delicate 

 deliciousness. 



Sinse the above was put in type I have 

 received a letter from Mr. E. R. Root in 

 which he says that he has sent me a sam- 

 ple of their latest product in the founda- 

 tion line — a foundation running 18 feet to 

 the pound. By reducing the wall it can 

 be made even thinner. I am very glad 

 indeed to note the " change of base'" on 

 the part of our enterprising Medina folks. 



A Condensed View of Current 

 Bee Writings. 



E. HASTY. 



" .\nd I also claim that there is nothing out of 

 the way, if any one ohon«os to do so. in shipping 

 cases of honey hnving XXX facers and XX or X 

 honey inside, o.n commission. Yea, more, I 

 claim that there would be nothing DiSHOXESf in 

 filling the center of the case with buckwheat 

 honey, the same having XXX wliite honey 

 facers, providing it wa- shipped on co.mmisbion, 

 every case alike, and the producer thought it to 

 his interest to do so. " Doolittle in Gleanings, 

 17.5. 



Dr. Miller intimates in a recent straw 

 that he expects me, from m\' known 

 opinions, to pitch into you, friend W. Z., 

 for your frank admissions in Review 61. 

 I have chosen the above, however, as 

 smelling the strongest of brimstone of 

 anything on this topic I have seen lately, 

 put out by a leading bee man. Besides, 

 Mr. D. is the foremost of practical bee- 

 keepers, and also stands high as a Chris- 

 tian; and the scriptural maxim that 

 judgment should begin at the house of 

 God apj)lies in his case. 



Who wants the task of arguing Mr. 

 Doolittle down on the quotation given 

 above? Not I. The job is "to let." 

 Nevertheless, my heart is so deeply stirred 

 that I shall talk around the outside of 

 the tent quite a bit. 



It .sometimes happens that a girl casts 

 off the restraints of propriety and good 

 form, speaks to every nice looking young 

 man she sees, and takes twilight walks 

 with well known libertines, and does all 

 such desperate capers. She says she has 

 not the slightest intention of doing 

 anything wrong, but only a heroic deter- 

 mination to claim and maintain her free- 

 dom from unnecessary and unendurable 

 chains. Who wants the task of arguing 

 her out that position ? But, on the other 

 hand, who is willing to insure her a de- 

 cent future ? 



There is a rumor (to say the very least) 

 that a certain business company paid its 

 transportation bills, and then reasoned 

 the carriers to paying back part of the 

 bills — that this went on till it became the 

 usual thing — that the company grew 



