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Vol. XXH. 



DEC. 15, 1894. 



No. 24. 



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A bee's egg Is ,^ inch long and --^ in diame- 

 ter — five times as long as it's thick. 



A novelty in the way of honey-packages at 

 Vienna were little glass casks with aluminum 

 ■covers. 



The British B. J. says giving bees wet combs 

 to clean up at the time of uniting will make 

 them fight. 



A. I. Root is all right, but " The A. I. Root 

 •Co." is better, and the change of name ought to 

 have been made before this. 



All, right, friend Root, I've been much in- 

 terested in the Salvation Army, and will learn 

 some of their hymns first chance. 



Increased adulteration of comb founda- 

 tion is complained of in Germany. Fortunate- 

 ly that doesn't trouble us here yet. 



" Alack the day when a man can not speak 

 well of his friends for fear he will be accused of 

 ■self-interest," says Hutchinson. "Amen," say I. 



Referring to that statement on page 912, I 

 «aw in a foreign paper lately a similar state- 

 ment, preferring cofli'ee A to granulated sugar 

 for feeding. 



"Who can say how much of the antemia, 

 headaches, chorea, and other ailments of 

 ■schoolchildren, is due to the eating of glucose 

 candy ? " — Dr. Eccles in N. Y. Med. Journal. 



A contest in making foundation with the 

 Rietsche press took place at th(! great conven- 

 tion at Vienna. One man made 5 sheets in 7 

 minutes; another in 7}2 minutes, and another 

 In 10. 



Somnambulist has a good report of the St. 

 Joe convention, in Prfxjressivc. I didn't see 

 any one there that looked like a sleep-walker. 

 Who is he, anyhow ? [I know, but dare not 

 tell for fear I'd be wrong. — Ed.] 



"And there is a pitch-dark room, where 

 •some day they hope to experiment with bees." 

 So says J. E. Jenks, in Harper's Young People, 



about the insectary at Washington. Will friend 

 Benton or some one else tell us what that 

 means? 



" Travel- stained " is not the happiest 

 word to apply to sections somewhat darkened, 

 if I am correct in the supposition that the 

 darliening occurs principally from bits of dark 

 wax being deposited on them from the brood- 

 combs. 



Gleanings and A. B. J. are emphasizing the 

 fact that bee^ keepers can't do without bee- 

 journals; but don't you editors get to holding 

 your heads too high, fori give you notice that 

 bee-journals can't get along any better without 

 Its, the subscribers. 



A QUEEN isn't very much of a queen if she 

 can't lay half a mile of eggs in her lifetime. 

 [This seems like a big whopper of a statement; 

 but perhaps it is all right. To verify it with 

 figures scares me ; so I'll try to swallow it, 

 since it is dished up by Dr. Miller. — Ed.] 



The lubricant used in making foundation 

 at the Vienna contest was: One part extracted 

 honey, two parts water, and three parts alcohol. 

 This was on the Rietsche press, but I suppose 

 it would be all right for any foundation. [Why 

 didn't they use soap ? It's far cheaper.— Ed.] 



A FROZEN BIT put into a horse's mouth is 

 simply barbarous. It takes a good while to 

 warm it by blowing your breath on it. Lay it 

 against the horse's coat, then blow on it, and 

 see how much sooner you can warm it. [This 

 is one of the things the doctor knows. — Ed.] 



Baldenspergeb, in B. B. J., indorses Che- 

 shire's statement that Apis dorsata migrates 

 at certain seasons, and that they can not be 

 kept back from these journeys any more than 

 " swallows or storks may be kept back from 

 flying to southern climes when winter ap- 

 proaches." 



To prevent crystallization of sugar-syrup, 

 L'Apiculteur recommends adding a little com- 

 mon salt. [Fudge! leave out the salt and all 

 such, and make the syrup thinner, half and 

 half. I don't know about the salt ; but the 

 acids are not reliable, and too much, I opine, 

 would be dangerous.— Ed.] 



