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Vol. XXVL 



MAY I, 1898. 



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No. 9 



My wife is sorry for Thos. McDonald S5.00 

 worth. Charge to my account. 



One reason for cleats on hives is to 

 strengthen the thin and weak place left by the 

 rabbet. Without the cleat it is easily split off. 



Beeswax from old combs will be much 

 lighter if you first soak the combs several 

 days, occasionally stirring and renewing the 

 water. — Le Riicher Beige. 



Wm. H. EagerTy must have misunderstood 

 my plan of wetting sections, p. 308. Only the 

 grooves are wet, the sections being packed 

 solidly together, and there is no trouble about 

 foundation falling down. But it's much better 

 to have sections that don't need dampening. 



" Criticism of the right kind, that which is 

 fair and fearless, can do much good," says 

 Hutchinson, so he's going to have a depart- 

 ment of that kind, and he has a good man to 

 run it, R. L. Taylor. If I had known about 

 it I would have been more respectful to the 

 Hon. R. L. 



Ventii^aTion from between super and hive, 

 p. 307, is in some respects an excellent thing. 

 I used it for years, producing thousands of 

 beautiful sections. But the bees are very slow 

 to finish the row of sections next to the venti- 

 lation, so I, with no little regret, abandoned it. 

 For extracting I suspect it beats blocking up. 



" Prove your faith by your works," says 

 a footnote, page 292, with reference to long- 

 tongued bees. Why, bless your heart, aren't 

 the works of friend Ritchey any proof ? [I 

 am glad if friend Ritchey has done something 

 toward getting bees with longer tongues; but, 

 doctor, why not prove your individual faith 

 by your individual works? — Ed.] 



Hasty is after you, Ernest, for your deliv- 

 erance, p. 55. He says, "The eight-section 

 holder shows no signs of turning up its toes 

 in my apiary." Doesn't Doolittle also use it? 

 With hybrid bees and proper management. 

 Hasty thinks it's nonsense to say there's any 

 trouble to get storing begun, when there's any 

 thing to store. I had no trouble, no matter 



what bees. [No ; Doolittle uses a single-tier 

 wide frame — ^the same he has alwa5-s used. It 

 was illustrated on page S03 last year. — Ed.] 



M. A. Gill wants me to raise either the yield 

 or the number of colonies I think "can be 

 kept in a good location in Illinois," p. 303. 

 But, friend Gill, I was talking about an aver- 

 age location, not a good one. I'd give a lot 

 to believe I can keep 200 colonies profitably 

 in one apiary. I'd like to know the facts. 

 Friend Gill, give us the name of several who 

 have kept 200 in one apiary in Illinois, and I'll 

 be glad to revamp my answer. 



A cymnder or a disk having a surface like 

 a coarse rasp would be cheaper than one with 

 sandpaper for a section-cleaner, for, instead of 

 fresh sandpaper, you'd merely throw it in hot 

 water. With motion sufiiciently rapid the sur- 

 face might be very coarse. [I am not sure, 

 doctor, but there is something in your idea ; 

 but I am not sure, on the other hand, that it is 

 so easy to dip the cjlinder into hot water. A 

 jet of steam might, perhaps, do just as well. 

 —Ed.] 



"I'd like to try it," said my wife, with 

 much interest when I read that item of E. D. 

 Howell, p. 306, about canning fruit in honey. 

 [I have been trying to persuade my wife to 

 use honey moie in our cookery. She has tried 

 it in rice pudding, and I must say we think it 

 is better, even including my better half. I 

 have been wondering if any other thing would 

 not taste better if sweetened with honey rather 

 than sugar. Occasionally I use honey in pos- 

 tum cereal or caramel coffee, and I do not see 

 why it is not every bit as good as sugar. — Ed.] 



An unfair advantage you take of me, 

 Mr. Editor, p. 293. I said people believed a 

 thing just because it was editorial, and then 

 editorially you hint I don't know what I'm 

 talking about, and I might as well have kept 

 my mouth shut. Say, what'll you tal^e to let 

 me sign " Ed." to what I say whenever I want 

 to knock you out? [Look here, doctor, you 

 are an editor yourself. You help edit the Bee 

 Journal and Gleanings, and so I see no im- 

 propriety in your sticking on "Ed." when- 

 ever you like. — Ed.] 



Anxiety about foul brood in foundation 

 ought to be set at rest, according to the report 

 of Ontario Experiment Station. Foul-brood 



