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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



what the character of the food, no mat- 

 ter how long the confinement, no matter 

 about anything else." I am at a loss to 

 imagine how the doctor could have made 

 that assertion ; for I said expressly ( Re- 

 view, 153) right in connection, "he rests 

 the entire solution of the problem appar- 

 ently upon 'cold' and length of confine- 

 ment. ' ' Nor did I suppose that anyone 

 of sense would take the doctor's language 

 to mean (for I quoted him correctly) 

 that bees would winter well on molasses 

 for stores; or if they were kept confined 

 much beyond the proper time for setting 

 them out. The doctor can have it the 

 other way if he chooses, but I really do 

 not believe his language should be taken 

 to mean all he says it would. Referring 

 again to page 153, he thinks he "would 

 be pretty well justified in saying ,Mr. 

 Taylor teaches that if bees have the right 

 kind of stores it makes no difference how 

 long they are confined or how cold they 

 are.' " May be he would in his own eyes, 

 but I cannot see how, for I said expressly, 

 right in connection, "for I can easily con- 

 trol the temperature;" and of the length 

 of the time of confinement I used the ex- 

 pression ' ■ within reasonable bounds. ' ' 

 And, after all, why should we fear length 

 of confinement, if the doctor's feelings 

 are right, for he says ( A. B. J., 194) "I have 

 a strong feeling that when cold weather 

 sets in every day they are left out is as 

 bad as five day's confinement in the cel- 

 lar." Is not that equivalent to saying 

 that if they winter well through three 

 months of cold outside, as they often do, 

 that they could stand fifteen months in 

 the cellar ? 



THAT "TEN-FOLD INCREASE OF SURPIATS" 



THAT MAY BE EXPECTED (?) IF A COI,- 



ONY IS PREVENTED FROM 



SWARMING MORE 



THAN ONCE. 



The false reference to Gleanings when 

 corrected stands 123 instead of 125. The 

 reference is to the first "stray straw." 

 The doctor guesses I have "subjected it 

 to unwarranted distortion, " and that 



"taken in its connection it is entirely cor- 

 rect" To show that I have not distorted 

 it I quote the whole "straw. " "In addi- 

 tion to the advice given John Camm, p. 

 96, he might increase his surplus ten fold 

 by allowing only one swarm instead of 

 two from each colony." I can find noth- 

 ing in the matter to which he refers that 

 can at all help him to make out any dis- 

 tortion. I certainly wish that "taken in 

 its connection it is evidentlj- correct" for 

 it would prove a great boon. Only let 

 him explain what the further manage- 

 ment must be to "increase the surplus 

 tenfold." At all events, I hope he will 

 explain to Mr. Camm how he may prevent 

 more than one swarm, for I think the edi- 

 tor's advice (Gleanings, 96) entirely in- 

 adequate. 



HAS THE CRITIC "SCOI.DED?" IF SO, WHEN 

 AND WHERE? 



In connection with these matters, where 

 the printer bungled the references, I wish 

 to call the doctor's attention to the fact 

 that in addition to continually charging 

 me with misrepresentation he says that 

 I am ' 'at times given to scold, ' ' and does 

 not even attempt to give book and page. 

 I hope he will yet do so. If I have either 

 misrepresented or scolded (for I guess 

 that is what he means b}' "given to scold" ) 

 I am anxious to make an apology and I'll 

 not mail it either. I'll make it publicly. 



FAI,I.-FEEDING DOES CAUSE BREEDING. 



Again the doctor aflfiirms that I say "it 

 hurts him (me) terribly becau.se editor 

 Root and myself (himself) are not thor- 

 oughly established that late feeding in- 

 duces late laying. " Not at all, but be- 

 cause they were "put all at sea by so 

 slight a puff . " Few things are better es- 

 tablished than that by proper feeding in 

 the fall, breeding may be induced. In 

 many cases I have had it continued till 

 into November. If one man's assertion, 

 and that not definite, makes these two 

 great file-leaders in apiculture more than 

 doubt that, then I am compelled to think 

 that the assertion of almost any man to 

 whose name "distance lends enchant- 



