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Vol. XXII. 



AUG. I, 1894. 



No. 15. 



That apkon of A. C. N.. p. 584. is good, but 

 Emma prefers ticking. She tried the oilcloth, 

 and couldn't stand the smell. 



I FANCY I see Doolittle loading his gun when 

 he reads that tariff article, p. .574. [We fancy 

 we hear the doctor say, "Sick 'em, Doolittle." 

 —Ed.] 



The American Bee Journal has started a 

 medical page, " Our Doctor's Hints, by P. L. 

 Peiro, M. D.'" It's good, and dished up in ex- 

 cellent style. 



If it were not for Ernest chuckling over it, 

 I'd mention that I find the narrow ends of the 

 latest Hoflfman frames ever so much nicer to 

 handle than the old broad ones. 



This week, for the first time, I saw in a nor- 

 mal colony two cells partly filled with pollen, 

 and an egg laid on the pollen. Good colony, 

 good queen, and plenty of empty cells. Didn't 

 suppose such a thing possible. 



The Bienen-Vater reports a closely watched 

 case in which a queen on her wedding-flight 

 was absent from 3 to 6 o'clock. When her 

 brood hatched they were half Italians, and the 

 nearest Italians were 4}4 miles away. 



That Holtekmann family, p. 5!iO, is nice. 

 I'd just like to get hold of those little chicks. 

 Now let's have the Root family. If you can't 

 get them on one page, take three pages. [We'll 

 see what the women-folks say. — En.] 



A LIBELOUS EDITOIUAL in A. B. J. gives the 

 whole of my wearing apparel as " hat, shirt, 

 overalls, shoes."' Notwithstanding the failure 

 of the honey crop, I still luxuriate in stockings. 

 [Perhaps Bro. York was thinking of Sockless 

 Jerry.— Ei).] 



I WAS ANXIOUS about A. I. Root while he 

 was riding a Flyer, for fear he'd break his neck. 



Now that he has given up the Flyer and taken 

 to a Racer I feel anxious about his morals. 

 Racing and gambling are likely to go together. 

 [Yes, he's been racing with good horses— on the 

 road— and .54 years old at that.— Ed.] 



The Illustrlerte Bienenzeitung quotes an 

 editorial in American Bee Journal about A B 

 C, and adds, "The book contains every thing 

 necessary in the science of bee culture, arrang- 

 ed alphabetically, and is splendidly illustrated 

 throughout. 



Somnambulist, in Progressive, thinks I'm 

 arguing for loose bottoms on the sly, and quotes 

 four Straws giving instructions that can be 

 followed only with loose bottom -boards. Never 

 thought of it in that light, honest Injun; I 

 didn't, Sommy. 



Sweet clover stands up bravely through 

 the terrific drouth. While grass is burned 

 brown as in winter, sweet clover is bright and 

 green, the bees working on it all day long, ex- 

 cept iu the morning, when perhaps they work 

 on cucumbers. 



What ails the season? It's always warmer 

 and earlier at Medina than here; but July 11 

 you were having a tremendous yield from 

 linden, an 1 it was all out of bloom here four 

 days earlier. Did they get through sooner 

 because so few V 



July 17 I was hunting around for a cool spot, 

 with the thermometer at 103 — just right for 

 hatching chickens — and thinking I was having 

 a pretty hot time of it. Gleanivgs came at 

 noon; and when I read Mrs. Atchley's story on 

 p. .581 I was glad I lived in a cool place. 



"I AM LOOKING forward with pleasant an- 

 ticipation to the time when my own basswood 

 orchard of about. 500 trees, planted with my own 

 hands, will be yielding no the precious sweet 

 to the hees.''— Allen Pringle, in Practical Bee- 

 keeper. So there's another man for me to envy 

 besides A. I. Root. 



Sweet clovkk that was cut early, and 

 sprung up again, seems more fully visited by 

 the bees than the big stalks that were left un- 



