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Vol. XXII. 



NOV. 15, 1894. 



No. 22. 



Some nice men use tobacco. If they didn't 

 use it they would be nicer. 



Every farmer's boy who wants to go to the 

 city ought to read page 848. 



An advertisement. This is to give notice 

 that I have no honey to sell. 



That photograph of bee-keepers taken by 

 Hutchinson at St. Jo is a gem. 



When begins the bee-year proper? Certain- 

 ly not with Jan. 1. Is it October, November, or 

 when ? 



Honey imported in the British Isles in 1891 

 to the value of $172,000; 1893, $318,000; 1893, 

 $14.5,000.— B. B. J. 



Hauled home last bees from out apiaries 

 Nov. 3. [I supposed ycur climate would require 

 earlier hauling. — Ed.] 



Glossometers, or instruments for measuring 

 bees' tongues, are being worked up by the 

 French. Some are quite complicated. 



Turnip-patches and greenhouses must be 

 scarce about St. Joseph. A. I. Root wasn't 

 absent from a single session of the convention. 



Dreary winter is coming, and I wouldn't 

 be without a growing plant in the window, 

 even if I could get nothing better than a turnip. 



Dandelions have sent out a third swarm 

 this season. Oct. 35 the blossoms were as thick 

 in my pasture as in spring, and bees were quite 

 busy on them. 



(Jravenhorst thinks that, instead of only a 

 few laying workers being in a colony, the ma- 

 jority of them become such. [I am inclined to 

 think he is right.— Ed. J 



Tooth-wash. Put 8 or 10 drops of carbolic 

 acid in a glass of water. Wet your brush and 

 rinse your mouth with it, and see how sweet it 

 will leave your mouth. 



When I read on page 848 about 300 families 

 living in one house, ray wife said, with a look 

 half of awe on her face. " We've lots of room!" 



Nov. .5, BEES that had been hauled home Nov. 

 3 flew at 40°, while those of the home apiary 

 remained quiet in their hives. The hauling 

 made a flight necessary. 



Abbe Baffert, in L'Aplculteur, says that, 

 when a cloud comes up. bees at a distance 

 hurry home, while those near by keep on at 

 work. Cunning creatures 1 



Henry W. Brice, B. B. J., in queen-rearing, 

 uses wax cups on the Doolittle plan; but before 

 putting larva' in them he submits them to the 

 bees for 24 hours to see if they accept them. 



So y'ou're going to send out top- bars -^^ thick 

 in 189.5. Sorry. I'm afraid they're not so good 

 as %. [Practically, I think you will see but lit- 

 tle if any dilTerence should you try them on a 

 larger scale.— Ed.] 



Hutchinson, in A. B. J., objects to having 

 the time of a convention taken up with essays 

 that could just as well be read in the bee- jour- 

 nals. He's had a spirit level on his head. [Yes, 

 I think so too.— Ed.] 



In moving bees short distances. Abbe Baf- 

 fert found them troubled by a removal of 30 

 inches the first day, but after that they seemed 

 to learn the trick, and found the hive sooner 

 although moved farther. 



The Hatch-Root controversy seems to be 

 shifting in this direction: Will bees do as well 

 in two stories as with the same amount of room 

 in one story ? [Yes. let that phase of it be dis- 

 cussed. It is important. See Mr. tJill's article, 

 this issue— Ed.] 



Friend Anthony, where did you get the 

 idea that I want a thick top-bar "for the bees 

 to wipe their feet on " ? I'm not anxious about 

 their feet; it's theirjait'.s I want to stop from 

 carrying black wax up into the super. 



A BIG point in favor of the Higginsville cov- 

 er is the thin edge. It will not curl up as doeS 

 the X thickness. Then it can hardly twist like 



