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Vol. XXII. 



OCT. I, 1894. 



No. 19. 



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If QUEENS LIVE on an average three years, 

 then a third of them are superseded every year. 

 Those whose queens are clipped recognize it. 



Be charitable, brother A. I. Don't be too 

 hard on those who think evil of the sugar trust 

 and the Senate. They can't all shut their eyes. 



Prof. Budd, of Iowa Agricultural College, 

 says that soaking pine wood in a strong solution 

 of salt and lime makes it last well in making 

 caves. 



Alsike stands foremost as the honey-plant 

 that pays best to raise, taking into considera- 

 tion its value for other purposes, according to 

 replies in A. B. J. 



Stimulative feeding can be nicely done, I 

 think, in this way: Put on a percolating feeder 

 with ,5 or 10 pounds of dry sugar, and add a gill 

 or more of water daily. 



A LITTLE SALT is recommended by W. Wood- 

 ley, B. B. J., to be fed in sugar syrup. He 

 doesn't say why. Possibly because bees like 

 salt. It may prevent granulation. 



The American Bee Journal now allows its 

 contributors to spread across a whole page in- 

 stead of dividing them into two columns as 

 heretofore. They'll feel less hampered. Hur- 

 rah for the freedom of the press! 



The editoh of C. B. J. gets propolis off his 

 hands by rubbing kerosene into it, then wash- 

 ing with soap and water. I've always used 

 butter— that is, when I didn't let the propolis 

 stay on my hands. Emma likes scourene. 



Cotton cloth seems to do just as well as 

 woolen for percolating feeders, with the ad- 

 vantage that moths don't eat cotton. [That's 

 a point that we hadn't tested. lam glad to 

 know that either gives good results.— En.] 



Horseradish leaves are much use 1, wilted 

 in hot vinegar, for aches and pains, as a kind 

 of plaster; but I never heard before of a way 

 to have them in winter. Dr. Peiro, in A. B. J., 



says dry them in the shade between sheets of 

 greased wrapping-paper, to preserve the essen- 

 tial oil, and press in a big book. 



"A pint's a pound 

 The world around," 

 but it doesn't hold good with granulated sugar. 

 A pint of the kind I use weighs 13% ounces. 

 [In the case in question, it seems to be near 

 enough.— Ed.] 



Prof. Cook's theory that bee-paralysis is 

 caused by starvation is opposed by a number 

 reported in A. B. J., as saying that the disease 

 has been observed where stores were plentiful. 

 [If it visits us at all, it is when new stores are 

 the most plentiful.— Ed.] 



The Crane SNroKER, after a full season's use, 

 stands higher than ever at our houre. I appre- 

 ciate, as I did not at first, that hinge that sends 

 the nozzle to the right spot every time. The 

 fact that the nozzle can't be lost is quite an 

 item with one as careless as I. 



Drouth and flood are the things for which 

 1894 will long be remembered. In the three 

 summer months the total rainfall here was 3.86 

 inches. That has been exceeded more than 

 once since by the daily fall. Sept. 7 the U. S. 

 gauge showed 9.08 inches of rain in 24 hours! 



An impkovement in super-clearers, by Mr. 

 Meadows, is reported in B. B. J. Beside the 

 usual escape there is a hole in the board which 

 lets the bees up to the wet combs, to be cleaned 

 after extracting; then in the morning this hole 

 is closed by a slide, and the regular escape does 

 its work. 



White clover not only yieldod no honey this 

 year, but it seemed to be utterly killed by the 

 terrible drouth, leaving the chances slim for 

 next year. The heavy rains, however, that 

 came Sept. .5, brought up fresh growth from 

 the apparently dead old roots, and, as usual, 

 we'll begin to bank on next year. 



"Make A firm impression in the minds of 

 the many, that Hritish honey is best!" says a 

 correspondent of B. B. J. In the same way, 

 some Californians want it believed that Cali- 

 fornia honey is best; Canadians, that Canadian 

 honey is best, and soon. All of which can not 



