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Published by A. I. I^oot, |Wedina, O. 



Vol. XIX. 



JUNE 1, 1891. 



No. 11. 



FROM DR. C. C. MILLER. 



A srx WAX-EXTiJACToH pays. Ahvajs ready. 



Thk We-stCDi Fdrincr has a good bee-editor. 

 Dr. J. W. Vance. 



My ForK COLONIES outdoors wintered well. 

 They had entrances 1;* by .'2! 



E. E. H.\STY thinks it possil)i(> that honey- 

 eaters may be long livers. 



Ants. G. A. Simpkins (^1. B. K.) drives them 

 away by sprinkling sulphur. 



Blackwalnvt is mentioned by Chas. White, 

 in N. B. iv., as a lieavy pollen-yielder. 



The Nehr<tf<lx(t B. K. thinks 35 per cent of col- 

 onies in that region failed in wintering. 



My bees. Prof. Cook. I feel pretty sure, sting 

 dark materials more readily than white. 



Pkof. Cook is a poor hand to sort grain. He 

 gets seed corn nii.xed in with his nubbins. 



\V. L. CoftGSHALi- thinks there are five essen- 

 tials for success in bee-keeping: Location, man. 

 appliances, hives, bees. 



Thijow a avari'ed boaki) on the ground, in 

 the sun. hollow side down, and see liow soon it 

 will straighten out. 



H. FiTZ Hakt has used closed-end frames 

 with bee-space outside of end-bars, and found 

 no trouble from propolis. 



For smoker fuei, Fve never tried any thing 

 better than hard-wood turning-lathe shavings, 

 ©sage orange taking the lead. 



New things are generally reported rose-col- 

 01'. Those who succeed, report promptly: those 

 who fail, generally keep still. 



Has Prof. Cook any reason, other than cus- 

 tom, for the editorial " we " ? Will not the same 

 reason make him say "he"' for a worker? 



Gleanings for May 1 has converted me in 

 theory to fixed frames. I'll consult the bees 

 about it before I'm much converted in practice. 



The American Bee-Tieejicr proposes to make 

 a specialty of catering to the needs of those 

 who have had little or no experience. A good 

 field. 



Some people who justify Dr. Hall in taking 

 ^ would feel very indignant if a merchant 

 charged them 4 cents for an article that they 

 afterward found they could get anywhere else 

 for a cent. 



My bees never built up so fa.st. To-day, 

 May 14, they've been just four weeks out of the 

 cellar, and many of them have had brood taken 

 away to give the queen room. They've liad 

 gorgeous weather. 



My latest spacer is a little stick r.').; inches 

 long, nailed on one side of one end-bar, and 

 another on the opposite side of the other end- 

 bar. 



The Missouri Bee-keeper for May has nearly 

 all its space occupied with the report of the 

 Missouri State convention: and the space is 

 icell occupied. 



Emma took a good look at the picture on page 

 3t)'.i. and then remarked, with some emphasis, 

 '• Well, Mr. Ernest, you can sit on that sharp 

 edge if you want to.'" 



Dadaxt says, " Workers do not live, on an 

 average, more than 35 days during the working 

 season." Isn't that a week less than othei' au- 

 thorities? Who is right? 



W. W. Case, p. 379, says bees draw out foun- 

 dation best in a heavy flow. Doolittle says, 

 when lioiiey comes slowly. I follow both, and 

 give full sheets at all times. 



Those latest improvements in the Clark 

 smoker are a I'eal comfort — the little holes giv- 

 ing air. with no chance for sparks, and the door 

 fitting so snugly. I'm in hopes, too, that the 

 door will not get out of working order. 



I'm tryixg six different frames — Hoffman, 

 closed-end in tight-fitting case, ditto in loose 

 case, closed end with Hoffman top-bar and bee- 

 space outside end-bars, ditto with half-inch 

 space outside end-bar, and top-bars V thick, 

 spaced. 



Mice in hives. The C. B. J. found ■'scarce- 

 ly a hive in the bee-house that had not from 

 one to five mice in it."' One had 391 Last win- 

 ter I had all entrances closed with wire cloth, 

 three meshes to the inch, and not a mouse trou- 

 bled. Mr. Jones found that the mice killed live 

 bees, the pieces still moving. 



Pies make trouble, while baking, some- 

 times, as well as after. The juice boils out and 

 spoils the pie, the oven, and the good wife's 

 temper. To prevent it, make four or five little 

 chimneys, !>.< to 3 inches high, of w'hite writing 

 paper, funnel-shaped, and stick in the top of 

 the pie, somewhat centrally. The juice will 

 be satisfied to boil up into these without run- 

 ning out. 



Melilot covered a patch of more than an 

 acre for me, year before last, in pretty fair 

 shape, the bees reveling on it. I allowed noth- 

 ing to touch it. so that it would be crowded this 

 yeai'. Careful examination shows not a single 

 sUtU: on it. It just can't stand prosperity. If 

 it had been abused by driving over it. it would 

 have been so thick you could hardly wade 

 through it. 



Names for frames. I like the names sug- 

 gested on page 388. close-end for those whose 

 end-bars touch throughout: loose for those 

 which are not spaced in any way: HvffimDi for 



