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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



elusions it may bring us sore disappoint- 

 ment. 



THE INELEGANCE OF SLANG. 



I notice on page 41 of Gleanings that 

 Dr. Miller has been taking the editor to 

 task for allowing the wordy phrase, " new- 

 beginner, "' to slip into his pages; and 

 very properly, too, but what about such 

 inelegant editorial phrases ( not to put too 

 fine a point on it) as the following: " It is 

 more fun to 'sass' you," pige 203. "You 

 must have flopped over since the advent of 

 that naughty canard," page 205. " They 

 had to 'schrooch' down," page 205. "You 

 are exasperating for sure, " page 205. "I 

 ' smoled ' another big smile," page 208. 

 And this jewel, on page 223, " A snide 

 house may have an honest appearance; 

 but a bee-jonrnal can often uncover the 

 swindling schemes they are about to 

 launch forth; /. c., how the zvolf has put 

 on sheep's clothing. Whenever that hon- 

 est old ram comes, etc., bee-keepers will 

 * * * recognize at once the true 'inward- 

 ness' of the 'baste, " etc. " If you do not 

 look a 'leedle out. ' " Page ^+3- And on 

 page 123, Dr. Miller himself says: " I 

 smole a smile of considerable extent " 

 Page 203, " That ' sassy ' Niver. " Page 

 204, "Nary a hit. " Page 248, " What 

 fordo you let" etc. Page 166. "Prof. 

 Cook has riz up." 



PHONETIC .SPELLING. 



The reformed spelling is evidently go- 

 ing to make trouble. For proof see page 

 38 of the Pacific Bee Journal. The editor 

 is evidently wrestling with the problem, 

 and, as a sample of the result I quote 

 " Cyperian, " "Cyprian," " Syperian, " 

 " Carnolan," " Carnolian, " " Carolan " 

 "Cornolon," "Syrian," " Serian," and 

 " Zerman Brown." Perhaps the article 

 is intended for burlesque. Witness this 

 sentence. Speaking of "Syperians and 

 Carnolians " the writer says: " This race 

 or type of honey bee has given me better 

 results, equal and excel in importance to 

 any other class, race or type of honey bee 

 I have had anything to do with. They 

 truly are the giants of industry." Possi- 



bly the Southland Queen, from which it 

 purports to be taken, is responsible. 



F.A.STENING FOUND.\TION TO THE TOP 

 BARS. 



Dr. Miller, (A. B. J.. 182) prefers to 

 fasten foundation in brood frames by 

 slipping the edge of it into a saw-kerf cut 

 into the under side of the top-Vjar and 

 fastening it by' drops of melted wax. 

 That is good but too slow. I think this 

 is preferable: Upon a board slightly 

 larger than the frame fasten another 

 board, just large enough to slip into the 

 frame and scant half as thick as the top 

 bar is wide. Put the frame over this 

 " form, " lay in the foundation with a 

 straight edge close against the top, then, 

 holding the whole firmly in the left hand, 

 pour with a teaspoon into the angle be- 

 tween the top-bar and the foundation 

 about half a teaspoon of melted wax and 

 rosin half and half, holding the form in 

 such a way that the melted material will 

 run quickly from one end of tlie founda- 

 tion to the other. Keep a cup of the wax 

 warm over a lamp or in some other con- 

 venient way. I use this method even 

 when the frames are well wired. 



CURLING OF FOUNDATION IN SECTIONS. 



Mr. Aspinwall finds the no-wall foun- 

 dation liable to warp (A. B. J., 149), and 

 Mr. C. P. Dadant gives a novel reason 

 for warping (A. B. J., 177); one which I 

 have as yet found no reason to consider 

 correct. The reason he gives is that it is 

 warped in milling by sticking alternately 

 to the two rollers. This, at least, is not 

 the warping that troubles cww/' houeypvo- 

 ducers. In their troubles the lower edge 

 of the foundation turns invariable out, 

 away from the centre of the super, which 

 could not well be the case were Dadant's 

 reason the correct one. The true reason 

 is evident: there are not bees enough to 

 fully occup)- the su])er, and both the force 

 they exert in following their habit of 

 crowding tc gelher at the center of the su- 

 per, and their drawing out under such 

 circumstances the inside of the founila- 

 tion first, cause the foundation to curl 

 outward. No-wall foundation may curl 



