THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



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The Campaiiilla is about one-half the size of our morning- glory 

 of old New England. The flower is white, going- to a delicate yel- 

 low in the center. It produces the finest honey raised in Cuba. 



The Italian is probably the best bee, Ijut I will put in a good 

 word for the black bee. Like the mule she has a bad name, hut I 

 have found even mules become as much pets as horses with kind 

 treatment. 



These bees had been dumped from the box hives into hives with 

 the frames of foundation, wired, loose, tied at the corners and criss- 

 crossed, the wires not imbedded ! There were lots of bee moths 

 among- them and under these conditions I did not blame them for 

 being- mighty ugly. 



Aly wife and I have been constantly working- among them ; there 

 have not been three days in succession that we have not had every 

 frame out, hunting- moth, scraping- the hive or something of the sort. 

 Instead of the bees getting worse they have become quite agreeable 

 and we do not pat them on the backs, either. We do not have the 

 time. 



i2 Photo of Ira D. Bartlett's Apiary, East Jordan, Mich. 



For a bee brush we use a white wing- about eighteen inches long, 

 which comes from the Ganson — a Cuban crane. I cut them oft" at 

 the first joint and wired the butt with bicycle tape for a handle, 

 and it makes the best bee brush I have ever seen. 



If the bees begin to get noisy I give them plent}- of pitch pine 



