THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



119 



Dr. Gallup says, in A. B. J., 68, that 

 the cold wet-sheet pack is the best reme- 

 dy when life is in danger by reason of 

 a multitude of stings. For a horse the 

 same. Strap on wet blankets, and keep 

 them wet with more cold water. 



C. B. Elliott of Colorado had a case 

 where a pint of bees with a young queen, 

 just beginning to lay Oct. 5, built up 

 steadily all winter, became extra strong 

 in June, and then made one of the best 

 honey records of the apiary. A. B. J., 68. 

 As is well known, bees have two kinds 

 of eyes; three ocelli, or simple eyes, and 

 two compound ones, which are the usual 

 eyes of insects. It seems the question has 

 been raised by Henry W. Brice whether 

 one kind of eye may not use X-rays, or 

 something similar, instead of light. If 

 so, the queen may see the eggs she has 

 laid on the other side of the comb, and 

 that's why she gets them so correctly 

 opposite. A. B. J., 71, from B. B. J. I 

 would add that the seeming absurdity of 

 having little eyes located in a mat of hair 

 would mainly disappear if said eyes used 

 rays to which the hairs were transparen.t. 

 And do the mole's eyes use X-rays too, 

 penetrating through hair and dirt too, to 

 betray his enemies above ground ? 



It would seem from A. B. J., 87, that it's 

 all right for hot water to get into the boil- 

 er, but still the Boiler don't like to get 

 into hot water. I'm going to throw some 

 hot water onto the outside of him because 

 he does not give the page of the passages 

 he refers to. I get disgruntled in mind 

 when I try to refer to the original passage 

 and can't find it. 



A little further down the same column 

 we find him at Dr. Miller and the Ger- 

 mans about a half-and-half cross chang- 

 ing in process of Nature and mathematics 

 to a two-thirds cross. This is a queer 

 matter, not without importance. Put 

 colonies with pure Italian virgin queens, 

 and a supply of black drones, in an iso- 

 lated location, and the next year all your 

 drones will be pure Italian and all your 

 young queens half Itahan. This would 

 seem to indicate bees three-quarters Ital- 



ian and one quarter black. The third 

 year, however, backslide one-half — with 

 the ultimate result of bees two-thirds Ital- 

 ian and one third black. 



Richards, Ohio, Mar. 31, 1898. 



EXXRMOXeO, 



SUCCESS. 



.\ Journal That is Devoted to That Weighty 

 I'robleni — Success in Life. 



Of all the newer ventures in journalism 

 I think none found a place ready and 

 waiting for it to a greater extent than 

 did the one that has chosen for its 

 title that one word: "Success." It 

 claims to be an up-to-date journal of 

 ijispiration, progress, self-help, self-re- 

 spect, .self-reliance, self-culture and self- 

 control; and, in my judgment it is all that 

 it claims to be. It is only four months old, 

 but it is going ahead and gaining sub- 

 scribers at a wonderful rate. Probably 

 more of us fail because of getting dis- 

 couraged and giving up than from any 

 other cause; and here is what Success 

 has to say on this point: — 



Persistency is characteristic of all men 

 who have accomplished anything great. 

 They may lack in some other particular, 

 may have many weaknesses and eccentric- 

 ities, but the quality of pers stence is nev- 

 er absent in a succes.sful man. No n-atter 

 what opposition he meets, or what discour- 

 agements overtake him, he is always per- 

 sistent. Drudgery can not disgust him, la- 

 bor can not weary him. He will persist, 

 no matter what comes or what goes; it is a 

 part of his nature; he could almost as ea.si- 

 lystop breathing. It is not so much brill- 

 iancy of intellect or fertility of resource 

 as persistency of effort, constancy of pur- 

 pose, that gives success. Persistency 

 always inspires confidence. Everybody 

 believes in the man who persists. He 

 . may meet misfortunes, sorrows and re- 

 verses, but everybody believes that he 

 will ultimately triumph, because they 

 know there is no keeping him down. 

 " Does he keep at it, — is he persistent?" 

 This is the question which the world asks 

 about a man. Even a man with small 

 ability' will often succeed if he has the 



