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liLIOAN'lNdS 1\ HKi: Clll/riKH. 



•H)7 



sciiin'Mtlv niiiny of tln' siniii!; <iiicriilc-;s cdldiiii's 

 were <iiii-('iil<'ss"iii tlic fall. .1. A. ( 1«>i,i>i;n. 



l^.-iniM-svillc. ().. Mar. 1. 



[Of course, tlic rigors of winter must have 

 sonic clTcct upon tlic vitality of lu'cs and queens 

 ;ilii<c: but asiile from tliis we do not discover 

 that our younis i|UC(>ns die more In the s[)rin}r 

 than at other times.] 



i!i:i;s" \viN(.s NOT iN.ii'KKi) itv iii:K-i;\«Ai'Ks. 



Keferrinj; to liie editorial in ti>e last, issue of 

 (Ji.K.\NiN(is. mentioninji tlie I'orter escape. p(>r- 

 mil us to say tiiat tlie ohjeciioii tiieiciii rumor- 

 ed to have been urii«'d ajiainsl its use is, to our 

 minds. al)suid. The spriiijjs used in it are 

 smooth on the edges, and everywhere els(>. and 

 it is not possible for them to injure tlie wings of 

 tiie bees. From tlie lett(>rs. etc.. inclosi d here- 

 with, whicli we should like you to read and re- 

 turn, and others w Inch we lunc. we can not 

 tiiink that any I'anadiaii association of hoa- 

 keepers evei' took such ai'tion. Of the more than 

 5000 escapes sold last year, with the privilege of 

 returning and getting money back after three 

 niontiis" trial, if not satisfactory in every way. 

 not one was returned, nor was a word of com- 

 plaint received from any one; buying them. 



licwistown. 111.. Mar.".i. R. i^ E. C. Puiitkh. 



[We have read the letters from the Canadians 

 reinrred to. They all speak highly of the suc- 

 ■cess of the l*ortei- escape.] 



IXIHANA I5EP:-KEE1'ERS. 



The name? and postoflfices of those who have 

 represented the industry at the county and dis- 

 trict fairs, and those who ai'e thinking of mak- 

 ing an exhibit at the World's Fair, are wanted 

 by a committee, appointed by the Indiana State 

 Hee-keepers" Association. The names are want- 

 ed, to be submitted to the proper authorities 

 who will assign the proper space, give needed 

 information. I'tc. It is hoped that Indiana bee- 

 keepers will take a lively interest in the work, 

 as we have the resources, and there is no reason 

 W'hy we can not make as good a showing as 

 other States. Please send names to Walter S. 

 i'ouder, 17.") East Walnut St.. Indianapolis. Ind. 



i E. H. COLMXS. 



Committee ' R. S. Russei.i., 



{ W. .S. POUDEK. 



MOUK I'HOI'OI.IZEI) (;UKEN-EXCI-UT)EK.S. 



You ask if any one has been troubled with 

 bees propolizing the perforated zinc. I have 

 had them propolize the zinc, and I have had 

 them to till up "(-inch auger-holes t)ored in the 

 top of some bo.\ hives tiiat I used. If I could 

 ■ovei'come that difficulty 1 would put queen-e.x- 

 ■cluders on all my hives. L. A. Duoga.n. 



Cuthbert. Ga., Mar. 7. 



EXTRACTING HONEY HY STEAM. ETf . 



Will Mr. Osbnrn please tell us how one man 

 •can handle a cart containing 80 combs of hon- 

 ey ? From 'M) to 40 are as many as I can handh;. 

 They average something over 7 lbs..conse(iueiit- 

 ly his 80 combs would weigh 5i)0 lbs. or more. 

 With an ordinary cart, such work is impossible. 



Oamma. Mo.. Feb. lit. Tiios. .\. Andehso.n. 



I have ?,'.! colonies at present, ami the leather- 

 colored Italians take the leafl in hoiu^y-produc- 

 tlon. W. R. Clover. 



Clinton. Ind.. Feb. 0. 



[The fact is. as we have often repciated, the 

 leather-colored Italians are br<;d for business 

 and not for yellow bands. Your experience 

 agrees with that of many others.] 



lUKVKN 1 l.Nti Al 1 Kl{ SW AU.MS A I, A DADANT. 



.\s you wanted to hear from those that re- 

 tuineil after-swarms (t la Dadant. I will say 

 they geiM'rally come out again, some as often 

 as "thre(^ dilTei'ent times. Hut after I took 

 to caging the (|ueen out. of the aftcr-swai'iii 

 three or four days before 1 let her loose with 

 them. 1 had no more troulile with aflcr-sw arms. 

 Ilees seem to have wintered well so far. I 

 have not lost any up to dale. 

 Marshtield, Mo.. Mar. 1. .1. I). WiirrTExm-i:<j. 



Notes of Travel 



FROM A. I. ROOT. 



w II, .son's i»e.\k. 



\Mien I lirst visited Pasadena with friend 

 Woodlierry he pointed out to meWMlson's Peak, 

 with the trail jdaiiily visible up its rugged sides, 

 and told me that, before I left the vicinity, I 

 must be sv re to inak(> the ascent. I did not 

 think much a.iuiut it : but as there were several 

 places in that vicinity where we were to call, I 

 took the matter under consideration. On Fri- 

 day, the 3:3d of January, our good friends Fair 

 and \Vm. Stevenson met us at the depot, and, 

 with the aid of friends Kirk and Abbott (presi- 

 dent of the Southern California Association), we 

 were shown over the magnificent new residence 

 of Prof. Lowe, who obtained such a celebrity 

 during our recent war by his wonderful balloon 

 ascensions — Prof. Lowe the aeronaut we used to 

 call him. I think he made about 300 ascensions 

 in all. in the service of the government. From 

 the observatory on the summit of the mansion, 

 we got, by means of a glass, a plain view of the 

 trail, and also a glimpse of the observatory on 

 the summit of the Peak. After finding the spot 

 with the glass we could just define it with the 

 naked eye: but it was a mere speck, about like 

 the head of a pin, and it glistened in the sun 

 like a miniature tin cup. From this time on I 

 began to g(;t the Wilson's Peak fever. Some- 

 body said it was two miles to the top; othens 

 said it was four: and finally some one who had 

 been up said it was seven miles. The livery- 

 stable men said, however, iiine miles, and want- 

 ed $^3.00 for a horse and saddle to go up and 

 back. Now. I knew from sad experience that It 

 tires me and uses m<' up much more to ride a 

 horse than to go on foot — that is. while I have 

 been out of practice for so many years. I in- 

 quired whether anybody had ever gone up on 

 foot. A few had done it. I was told, and friend 

 Fai'r said he had gone part way once, and he 

 said he thought he could go the whole way. 

 W(^ went to dinner, but I kept every now and 

 then turning my eye t(j the dull gray mountain 

 as It lay against the northern sky. Friend 

 Farr's folks gave us an extra nice dinner, and I 

 excused myself for eating so much by saying we 

 rnujht try to asci-nd the mountain. .Mr. Farr 

 said if we tried it we must start right after din- 

 ner; but w-e first had to take Mrs. Root over to 

 friend Stevenson's, and we, liad troubh; in find- 

 ing when; he lived. Then, although the ba.se of 

 the mountain seemed only about half a mile 

 away, it proved to be seven miles. Again, the 

 ground that looked (?o(r/i hill toward the moun- 

 tain was rukiilly up hill. Furthermore, before 

 w(! rt^ached tlu; foot the road was stojjped by a 

 broken bridge, and so we started to go the rest 

 of the way on foot. It was only a little piece, 

 any way; but the further we walked, the fur- 

 ther and rougher the road seemed, until we 

 were on the brink of a cliff tliat looked next to 

 Impassable. While we stood, like Christian in 

 Pilgrim's Progress, sonu; one hailed us from be- 



