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Vol. XXVI. 



JAN. 15, 1898. 



No. 2. 



The sun wax-extractor, says W. Fitzky, 

 in Centralblatt, was invented by G. Leandri, 

 who exhibited it in 18S1, and it was afterward 

 notably improved by Dr. Dubini. 



With a building that is separate, and spe- 

 cially arranged for it, the Trans- Mississippi 

 Exposition honey show will easily eclipse that 

 of the World's Fair. Then it's something to 

 have the right man at the head of it. 



How MANY COLONIES Can be kept in one 

 apiary with only white clover? is asked in 

 Australian Bee Bulletifi. No light is given, 

 except that some have no white clover, and 

 with others it's a very uncertain honey -plant. 



That plan for prevention of swarming, 

 given by Doolittle, p. 16, is well worth trying. 

 But for those who expect to be on hand to see 

 swarms, as does his querist, I know a better 

 plan, and one which I practiced with a great 

 deal of satisfaction. It's the" Doolitileplan." 

 Make him tell it. 



Staples for spacers seem to be so much 

 used in France that they are listed in the 

 extensive catalog of R. Gariel. [And yet you 

 do not like staples, doctor. Suppose you try 

 them again this coming summer. The}' will 

 not punch into the wood like a nail-head, 

 neither are they so naughty about catching in 

 the wire cloth, or in hitching and catching in 

 getting the frames past each other into posi- 

 tion in the hive. — Ed.] 



You WANT ME, Mr. Editor, to point out the 

 culprit guilty of saj-ing " new beginner." Of 

 course, you want me to give you page and line 

 where it will be found in Gleanings. Well, 

 you can breathe easier. I don't know that 

 Gleanings is guilty. It's the other fellows. 

 [We draw an easy breath, doctor. The term 

 " new beginner " is such a natural, easy one, 

 that we find ourselves obliged to be on the 

 watch for it continually. But say, doctor, 

 why don't vou hit the other fellows direct? — 

 Ed.] 



The Australian Bee Bulletin mentions 

 what it calls an excellent suggestion by a cor- 



respondent, "that the government, while 

 leasing land for wool-raising, also lease the 

 same land for bee-farming — one not to inter- 

 fere with the other — the government giving 

 the squatters the grass, the bee-keeper the 

 tops of the trees, and a radius to which he 

 would be protected from other bee-farmers." 

 Some fellow who didn't know any too much 

 once urged something a little in that line on 

 this side the globe. 



vStaTistics for France for 1895 have just 

 been published in L' Apiculteur. Total colo- 

 nies, 1,()15,0()1. Total honey, 17,621,672 lbs. 

 — about 11 pounds per colony. Total wax, 

 ■4,867,219 lbs. — about 3 lbs. per colony. Aver- 

 age price of honev, 12^^ cts. a pound; of wax, 

 20 cts. a pound. [Honey statistics for France 

 may be reasonably correct; but the statistics 

 that have been offered by our own govern- 

 ment, detailing the extent and importance of 

 the bee-keeping industry, were wide of the 

 mark. — Ed.] 



Now JUST SEE, Ernest, what a mess yoii've 

 made of it, by meddling in that joke I had on 

 your father, p. 6. I said the (Golden Rule was 

 behind the times, and he ought to read Chris- 

 tian Endeavor World, and then you go to 

 talking about other papers, when the joke was 

 that there was no such paper as the Golden 

 Rule, the name having been changed to Chris- 

 tian Endeavor World. Of course, that slip- 

 ped his mind. [I wanted to say what I have 

 desired to saj' for a long time ; and it seemed 

 opportune to bring it in right then and there, 

 even if it did make a mess of yoiir joke. — Ed.] 



A CASE is minutely related in Australian 

 Bee Bulletin, in which a virgin queen stung a 

 worker to death. I was once eye-witness to a 

 similar case, and my reputation for veracity 

 suffered because I didn't keep it to myself. 

 L. B. Smith, in Southland Queen, says he saw 

 a virgin queen sting to death three workers in 

 rapid succession. [After your veracity was 

 questioned at the time, reports came in very 

 shortly, verifying your statement. Facts are 

 facts, and we can't get around them, even if 

 they do seem improbable. — Ed.] 



A CORRESPONDENT stum'des at that state- 

 ment, p. 777. that queens not fertilized this 

 fall will stand a good chance to be mated next 

 spring. What do we know definitely about 

 the matter, anyhow ? Is there any clear proof 



