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Vol. XXVI. 



MAR. 15, 1898. 



No. 6. 



Section cleaners are bound to come. That 

 on p. 186 looks hopeful. 



Hurrah for Omaha ! (/ the fare isn't 

 more than to Cincinnati. 



Gra VENHORST says for years he has success- 

 fully wintered reserve queens by putting two 

 or three nuclei in one hive, as given in Glean- 

 ings, p. 132. 



I don't want p 175 read by any one in this 

 region. I've had trouble enough already get- 

 ting my hone}' packed ; and if my packers 

 should read p. 175 I'm afraid they'd want to 

 veneer worse than ever. 



The WHOLE SECRET of getting sections 

 without pop-holes. Review says, lies in having 

 freest communication all round the section. 

 Guess that's about what Gleanings has said. 

 Likely right, but fully testing won't hurt. 



In EVIDENCE that the T super is simply in- 

 tolerable, the editor refers to S. A. Nive'r, p. 

 81, where Niver says the only experience he 

 ever had with T supers was in smashing some 

 old ones ! [Turn to Tilt's article on page 207. 

 — Ed.] 



Talking of grading comb honey, Hutch- 

 inson says it's all right, when you've graded a 

 case of fancy honey, " to select from that case 

 of sections those that are the best, and put 

 them next the glass. " I 'm looking with some 

 interest to see this Review hastily reviewed in 

 next Revieiv. 



L. A. ASPINWALL, in Review, says v^-ith % 

 in. space between and above top-bars, burr- 

 combs vnll be built with insufficient storage 

 room ; that plain sections must be removed as 

 soon as well filled, to prevent bulged edges ; 

 that less expensive cases will be used by him, 

 as the no-drip feature doesn't fully work with 

 plain sections. 



A CORRESPONDENT of Am. B. J., page 122, 

 wants to know what became of part of the syr- 

 up he fed his bees. He gives careful weights, 

 and finds that 5 colonies not fed lost 6;^ lbs. 

 average in 73 days from Sept. 27, while 10 



colonies fed syrup lost 13 lbs. average. Isn't 

 there always considerable loss whenever we 

 feed bees ? 



" Apply castor oil to the projecting ends 

 of brood-frames, edges of closed-end frames, 



etc When this is done the parts 



are always loose, and mav be easil}- taken out 

 or moved."— Ed. Jolley i'nW;;/. B. K. A val- 

 uable thing, if it dof sn't turn out like paraf- 

 fine, and I kind o' think it won't. 



"The TEXT-Book," the periodical publica- 

 tion , and practice, constitute the ' three graces. ' 

 And the greatest of these is practice," says 

 A)>i. B. A'., very truly, and it hints that a man 

 would be a fool to spend years in learning bj- 

 practice what he can gain in a few hours by 

 reading what others have learned from prac- 

 tice. 



A WRITER in another journal says he likes 

 to see me ' ' sassed ' ' in footnotes to ,Straws. 

 I've long noticed, Mr. Editor, that you treated 

 me with " too much flippancy," and now that 

 others notice it I hope you'll be more respect- 

 ful. [It is more fun to " sass " you than' any 

 one else. If you do not like my " too much 

 flippancy," then "flip" back. — Ed.] 



That ' ' sassy ' ' Niver thought that that 

 one section without pop-holes of Danzenba- 

 ker's was about the only one that ever lived. 

 Hutchinson says he had a whole case of 'em 

 at BufTalo, and he, H., ought to know, for he 

 bought ',em. higged 'em to all the fairs, and 

 then sold 'em at 20 cents a pound, and there 

 wasn't a pop-hole in the case. [Yes, Danzen- 

 baker had several cases of them here in Medi- 

 na, and they were not produced by him, ei- 

 ther.— Ed.] 



"I FEEL SURE," says Editor Hutchinson, 

 ' that, if the matter could now be put to vote, 

 amalgamation would be carried unanimously. 

 What is there to hinder such a vote being tak- 

 en now ? " I'll stand up to be counted with 

 W. Z., if he'll put "almost" before unani- 

 mously, but I don't know the answer to his 

 question. [There is nothing to hinder a vote 

 being taken now, if I am correct, providing 

 that % or at least a majority of the members 

 of both organizations ask for such a vote. — 

 Ed.] 



You WONDER, Mr. Editor, I didn't notice 

 your getting 3'our answer hind side afore about 



