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Vol. XXV. 



APR. I, 1897, 



No. 7 



G. C. Grkiner, p. 193. thinks it would be bet- 

 ter to unite two or three weak colonies and have 

 better work in sections. Right. Now if we 

 could only unite two or three poor seasons ! 



A. I. Root, p. 213, has " let up " on humbugs 

 because he concludes he has done his part in 

 warning the public. No, you haven't, A. I. 

 Don't " let up " till you're '• let down " into the 

 ground. 



WooDCHOPPER says, p. 194, that burr-combs 

 between top-bars and super will make bees 

 work sooner and better in sections. So they 

 will if there's only foundation in the super, but 

 I don't believe they will if there's a bait in the 

 super. 



A SPECIAL VFAGON for bee-keepers is a desid- 

 eratum. Why not have such a wagon on your 

 price list, as well as a wheelbarrow? [Can. 

 Send us your orders and we will give them our 

 attention. In lots of 10 and 100 the price will 

 be less.— Ed.] 



A SERIES of experiments which have been car- 

 ried on under the direction of the Smithsonian 

 Institution has developed the fact that the col- 

 ored boys and girls in the Washington schools 

 have naturally much better memories than the 

 white children.— C/iicago Record. 



Brood rearing is not repressed by R. Mc- 

 Knight at any time. He said at Ontario con- 

 vention: "I just let them go on as long or as 

 much as they please; and the more bees that go 

 into winter quarters with me in a hive, I expect 

 the more bees will come out in the spring, and 

 I shall have so much more working force." 



Inquiries have come lately as to whether 

 bees are taxable. I know no reason why they 

 should not be taxable like any other live stock; 

 but as a matter of fact I think they are ex- 

 empt in some States. Assessors don't always 

 know the law, and it might be a good thing if 

 those who know would report as to whether or 



how bees are to be taxed, so a condensed state- 

 ment might be made of all the States. 



This winter, for the first time, I saw some 

 genuine honey put up in a tumbler with a piece 

 of comb in it. It came direct from the bee- 

 keeper to the grocer. I wouldn't infringe on 

 the adulterators' trade-mark in that way. [Yes, 

 come to think of it I have seen such honey; but 

 I agree with you that I would not adopt the 

 adulterators' trade-mark.— Ed.] 



Bee-paralysis amounts to something in a 

 good many cases with Woodchopper— p. 194— 

 which means, I suppose, that he lives in the 

 South, for there it's a very serious matter. 

 Last year, however. I had one case so bad— the 

 only case I had— that I killed the colony, queen 

 and all — the only colony I ever deliberately 

 killed. [Woodchopper lives in Wisconsin.— 

 Ed.] 



Crimson clover.— Not encouraging are the 

 words from the Experiment Station of Illinois. 

 It reports: "Crimson clover is less likely than 

 red clover to succeed in Illinois. Drouth and 

 cold are its great enemies— notably drouth, es- 

 pecially in the early life of the plant. [Crimson 

 clover around Medina is a great success. My 

 eyes are now resting upon a beautiful field on 

 the hill in front of the factory. Perhaps your 

 experiment station in Illinois does not know 

 how to grow it.— Ed.] 



A divider, as described on page 52 by S. T. 

 Pettit, is before me, and I'm inclined to believe 

 it may nicely accomplish what he claims for it 

 —the sealing of the outside sections sooner than 

 it is accomplished in the ordinary way. At 

 any rate, it's easily tried. [Yes, I believe the 

 idea is a good one, and should be tried this 

 summer. The ordinary dovetailed supers have 

 a follower and tightening-wedge. In place of 

 these, but on each side of the sections, may be 

 placed a perforated separator with bee-space 

 cleats on one or both sides. This would carry 

 out Pettit's idea.— Ed.] 



L. A. AspiNWALL, in Review, gives something 

 that may prove to be a decided forward step in 

 the matter of controlling fertilization. A day 



