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Vol. XX. 



MARCH 1, 1892. 



No. 5. 



STR/ir Straws 



FROM DR. C. C. MILLER. 



Thk iiiJiP has paid its coniplinionts to both 

 editors of the B. B. ./". 



IIoAV MiTfii doos it cost yon to raise a pound 

 of lioney".' Tliat's tlio question. 



Ci.iriMNG (;r?:KXs. in reply to a queiy in ^t. 

 11. J., showed 14 in fa\'or and '.» against. 



CAinsoi.ir-.xfii) treatment for bee-|)aralysis is 

 excellent, says .1. li. IJaniage in A. B. J. 



ExPKXSivK iiiVKS are advised against in 

 li. D. J. How would the Dovetailed suit'.' 



I'm o.v thk fi:xck on the bounty question, 

 looking for u good place to alight on the other 

 side. 



Full sheets of foundation in sections are 

 preferred bv 10 out of ".*:! repjiers to queries in 

 .1. B. ./. 



Hoxi:v-i)Kw is worked into vinegar by \V. 1'. 

 Odendahl f^. B. ./.). and priim* white vinegar 

 it is making. 



The wrxn.MiLL at Medina had a delected 

 look, and the gi'eenhouse seemed very "lonely 

 without A. I. 



A wHLspEK conies that railroad rates to the 

 convention at Washington next fall will be sur- 

 prisingly low. Let's go. 



SfKATf-HEs in horses, a correspond(>nt in Tlir 

 Stockmtiii says, can be easily cured by bathing 

 with thick sour buttermilk. 



"HoXEY fKEAMs" and '■ Honey Scotch ■■ seem 

 to be two items of confectionery on the British 

 market that ai'e made from genuine honey. 



Cost of phodicixg honey was discuss(!d at 

 the Colorado State Convention. Porter said 4c 

 per lb.: Aikin and Rauchfuss s. and Adams 

 103^. 



E. BAKTJiUM, D. J)., in B. B.J.. warns against 

 low hives, on account of backacln^ from stoop- 

 ing. Sit down, doctor, sit down, and take it 

 comfortably. 



(Jkavukahds were in the majority at the 

 Ohio State Bee -keepers' Convention. Never 

 saw so large a proportion in a gathering of bee- 

 keepei-s. 



The C. B. J. thinks the Ontario conv(!ntion 

 would have Vjeen better if there had been more 

 bee-talk in it. Bee-talk is a good thing in a 

 bee convention. 



P>)rxi)ATiox-MiLi-s making 4}^ cells to tiie 

 inch, they told me at Medina, were ordered— 

 nine of them. I think— from Russia. I wonder 

 if Ru.^sian "swear words" won't be overtaxed 

 next fall. 



The British goveknmkxt makes an appro- 

 jtriation through which county councils provide 

 lectures and technical instruction in bee-keep- 

 ing, (iood for the Britishers! 



The Wliite Mountain Ap(V(;t.v^ suggests that 

 "some bee-keeper living in or neai' Cliicago 

 open a boarding-house for bee-keepers during 

 the World's Fail- in 1S'.)3." 



M.X'i' is the sunniest month bee-keepers have 

 in England, and yet in that month the sun does 

 not shine half the time it is above the horizon. 

 We might swap them somt; of our "scorchers." 



Editor Newman looks a good deal as if a 

 train of cars had run over him. But the grip 

 hasn't taken all the grit out of him. Just say 

 "adulteration" to him. and you'll find he's not 

 dead yet. 



Pkof. .1. L. BuDi) recommends sowing or- 

 chards with Japan buckwheat about the first 

 of July. Makes largei, cleaner, liealthier trees 

 than the usual cultivation, and the fruit more 

 abundant and uniform in size. 



Ax almanac is very handy in a family to 

 keei) track of the days of the month: but if you 

 subscribe for the "old reliable" ^-ImeciMnt Bee 

 Jonvtuil it will keep you straight as to the day 

 of the week. Never misses. 



Dox't teli- what per cent you lost in winter- 

 ing till your bees are past all danger of si)ring 

 dwindling. I can winter 1()() per cent every 

 winter by taking out of the cellar in January, 

 but I wouldn't have many left in June. 



I don't know what those Frenchnu'u are 

 hinting at on jjage 110. I know the Dadants 

 have " no swarming to speak of." and I think 

 if I should run for extracted honey I wouldn't 

 have a tithe of the trouble with swarming I do 

 with comb honey. 



When a max gets uj) in a convention and be- 

 gins. " I am only a learner, but I wanted to ask 

 the best way to do'' so and so, you may look 

 out for a plan of his own that he'll tight for as 

 away ahead of any other, and nine times out of 

 ten it's either old or worthless. 



The RifiHT TKMi'EUATiTHE for cellai's. Fve al- 

 ways said, each oik; must find out for himself, 

 as cellars diffei' so. I don't know of any better 

 way yi't: but if they keep on fooling with wet 

 and dry bulb thermometers they may yet give 

 us some rule of universal application. 



Have vou ordered yoiw supplies for the 

 season yet? You can tell just about as well 

 now as any time how many sections you'll want, 

 unless you wait till the bees are storing, and 

 you may have trouble in getting them in time 

 then. Better be in time, and have enough too. 

 Yes. be sure to have a little //tore than you 

 want, for there's no harm in having something 

 left over tor the next season. 



