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Vol. XXII. 



MAY 15, 1894. 



No. 10. 



My percolator makes nice work, but takes 

 24 hours to make 5 gallons. 



Dad ANT USES, if I figure rightly, a comb sur- 

 face equal to 15 Dovetail frames. 



Frogs are reported in Germany as catching 

 bees when at work on white clover. 



$7.50 AND COSTS was the penalty inflicted on 

 H. Eichler, in Germany, for adulterating honey. 



That i-1ver tasted good, friend Root, p. 386; 

 but if you want something tine, just try caff's 

 liver. 



I WONDER if chemically pure sugar, even if 

 expensive, is not a desideratum for shipping 

 <:iueens. 



Took out of cellar nearly all my bees April 

 18. Tiptop condition. Never saw so few dead 

 bees on cellar- bottom. 



Gorgeous spring 1 To-day, April 30, bees 

 have ail they can do on hard maple, plum, and 

 •dandelion. Cherry just out. 



The Layens hive, which is quite popular 

 in Europe, has about three times the capacity 

 of an 8-frame Dovetail. 



Yk editor has put me on the fence, p. 363. 

 All right, ril stay there till I see which side 

 has most solid ground to alight on. 



That V edge. Say, Ernest, that talk of 

 yours on p. 383 kind o' staggers me, but I won't 

 give up till I have a consultation with the bees. 



Did you know that Hasty was a poet? Wit- 

 ness the following from Review: 



And the Smith named Jake contributes the 



fact 

 That, although nice honey by frost is cracked, 

 It will stand all the zeros you please intact, 

 If through summer it's up in the garret packed. 



[Kur-ract.J 



Gerstung thinks the diseased condition of 

 bees in spring is consumption, caused by eating 

 sugar instead of honey during time of breeding 

 or activity. 



The Bee-kee-pers'' Quarterly, Heddon's new 

 paper, strikes out in a new field— it's ail edi- 

 torial. But it seems a good while to wait three 

 months between meals. 



Natural swarming, according to replies in 

 A. B. J., seems to be growing in favor as com- 

 pared with artificial increase. But 1 never 

 want to see another swarm. 



The editor holds, page 367, that it's all the 

 same whether you give more room in a hive at 

 the side or below. Can any one confirm or 

 refute that? 



Adulteration is not entirely confined to 

 this country. Luxemburg B. Z. reports a pur- 

 chase of three boxes of honey from a peddler, 

 but the second and third boxes contained only 

 soft soap. 



If you're unfortunate enough to have lots 

 of burr-combs, raise your super to-day snd let 

 it right down again. To-morrow you can take 

 itoiT dry, for the bees will empty the honey. 

 That's the way I do with honey-boards. 



Fire in cellar fits my case, although it 

 may be bad for others. After experimenting 

 two winters without fire, I fired up again last 

 winter, and lost only one colony out of 2.59, be- 

 sides 7 that [printer, have you got any small 



type?] STARVED. 



I never used a stove but one year, and then I 

 lost nearly all of the bees. — Doolittle. 



I never used a cellar without a stove for many 

 years, except two years, and then I lost heavily 

 in bees. — Miller. 



What makes th^ difference? 



FouL-BRooD CURE reported in Lu.i. Bienen- 

 zeitung. Wash the bottom-board with 5 per 

 cent carbolic acid; put 1% oz. formic acid in 

 one of the outside combs, and repeat the dose 

 in 8 days. [Wouldn't have any faith in such 



