THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



I sold some of the honey, however, 

 took a twenty-dollar and four-dollar prize 

 at our State Fair, and raised a dozen 

 queens, five of which I sold. I could 

 have sold more, but August 17th little 

 No. 3 arrived, our first boy, and put an 

 end to my experiments with bees nntil 

 next season. 



I fear now that they are not strong 

 enough to winter over, for, of course, I 

 divided them to have more, and will 

 will probably in the spring have less bees, 

 but more experience. I put a nucleus in 

 one section of the Heddon hive in one of 

 the green houses, so that I could look at 

 it once in a while. Of course, I feed it, 

 and having no neighbors to attempt rob- 

 bing they are very docile. 



My husband raises lettuce, etc., in 

 winter, and thought he would try some 

 tomatoes if the bees would fertilize the 

 blossoms, but it was not successful. The 

 queen started laying and they had very 

 little pollen, but they paid no attention 

 to the tomatoes, getting moisture from 

 the leaves of the lettuce plants. I believe 

 I will get no more Heddon hives, although 

 I think they are the best for one who is 

 not a beginner. }'ou could tell at a 

 glance, while / must examine carefully 

 for any information concerning the in- 

 terior of the hive. 



I got two sections of honey but I was 

 not disappointed, as I handled them so 

 much — " wanted to know, know." Will 

 send my renewal when it is due. 



Yours as ever, Mrs. Andrew Akkrs. 



A Condensed View of Current 

 Bee Writings. 



E. E. HASTV. 



Sometimes when we get hot in a scrim- 

 mage it is a good plan to give ourselves 

 and the cause a respite to cool off, before 

 trying to close it up. Of course I notice 

 with heed Mr. Doolittle's articles on the 

 honey-facing question. Presumably I 

 shall want to say something in rejoinder, 



but not now — and whether in a private 

 letter or a public article I have not de- 

 cided yet. ( This is a month old now, 

 but still undecided. ) 



And Rambler back again at ramble 147 

 — just as if there had been no intermis- 

 sion of rambling! Three cheers! Ram- 

 bling was friend Martin's strongest hold, 

 and we are willing to see" him "wrastle" 

 that way indefinitely. Gleanings, 473. 



T. R. W^oodward of Quebec, and the 

 editor of the American Bee Journal ( Page 

 415) are exploiting the plan of retailing 

 extracting honey in paper bags. Bags 

 can be had, it seems, that wall hold li- 

 quid honey nicely in the store room of 

 the apiary; and when the honey is can- 

 died solid, it can be sent to market thus. 

 Quite likely there's something in it (grant- 

 ing that the honey continues in it, that 

 is ) but the demand for candied honey 

 will have to improve some before much 

 will go that way. The most advanced 

 bag honey enthusiast will hardly claim 

 that the ordinary customer can liquefy 

 the honey in the bags. 



Comrade Taylor (Review, 150) doubts 

 at what temperature propolis melts. 

 Propolis does not melt at all, strictly 

 speaking, will take fire and burn up 

 first; but under continued high temper- 

 ature in the sun extractor it will, some of 

 it, spin out in threads and work its way 

 through the meshes of cheese cloth. 

 Never gets fluid enough to stir into melt- 

 ed wax. Yet probably wax and 

 propolis at 90° could be rubbed togeth- 

 er mechanically. That is the way 

 the bees themselves are continually 

 doing. They seldom use propolis pure. 

 When it looks to be pure you just apply 

 heat and be astonished to see how much 

 nice wax will melt out of it. 



The Southland Queen. 



The Queen continues a well-appearing 

 magazine although the queen herself has 

 been retired for a season by protracted 

 illness. It is much to be hoped that Mrs. 

 Atchley may be fully restored to her 

 health and to her place in the editorial 



