THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 153 



There is no reason in the world why the National can not assist 

 alonj^ this line, and we believe the next few years will show some 

 surprises to the bee-keeping fraternity as to what is possible. 



Windbreaks for Wintering, 



Editorially Gicaiiiiigs in Bcc Culture says they have noticed that 

 a windbreak, where built solid, will sometimes protect one part of 

 the apiary and in so doing divert the wind to another part, and 

 that they are beginning to believe that a windbreak is more effective 

 if it is not solid. Trees, brush, open fences and such things accom- 

 plish the purpose of an open windbreak. 



Protecting Entrances During Winter. 



J. L. Byer tells of a plan used by a Mr. Davison for i)rotecting 

 entrances during winter. It is some sort of a contrivance which 

 fits over the entrance like a vestibule. Why not try a little pile of 

 straw piled against the entrance, covering the whole with snow 

 where possible? Of cotirse, this can not be done unless you are 

 near the bees to remove the straw when warm enotigh for bees to 

 flv. — Gleanings. 



Pollen Famines. 



^^"e often hear of honey famines, in fact they are a part of every 

 A-ear's report, but the question of a pollen famine is not so generally 

 imderstood. 



R. Buehne says in TIic Australasian Bcckccpcr that it is a serious 

 thing with him. and gives an illustration of a case where queens 

 were laying normally while the brood was not developed. There 

 was no pollen in the hives and none coming in. 



He also noticed that bees appear sluggish and gather but little 

 honey where there is no pollen in the hives or fields. I don't 

 remember of any such reports on this side of the water, and yet I 

 wonder just how much attention has been paid to it by our Amer- 

 ican bee-keepers. 



Americans and Canadians. 



Samuel Simmons, of England, in a long article in the Canadian 

 Bee Journal, gives the American and the Canadian a sharp rap be- 

 tween the eyes over the results they are achieving. He does not 

 feel that the amount of honey per colony we are securing is suffi- 

 cient to crow over. He advocates a large hive, criticises the size 

 and shape of the regular Langstroth frame. He uses a frame ten 

 by sixteen inches and quotes an instance of a Mr. Eddows, formerly 

 of Argentine, who used this size frame, securing an average of 330 

 lbs. of extracted honey per colony, W'hile the use of the Langstroth 

 frame gave him but 150 lbs. per colony. 



