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Vol. XXVI. 



SEPT. 15, 1898. 



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No. 18. 



Horseradish leaves crushed are among the 

 latest remedies for bee-stings. 



I'M EXCEEDINGLY THANKFUL tO say that, 



although the harvest was a failure, the bees 

 are filling up nicely for winter — on cucumber, 

 I think. 



As PROOF that bees need fresh air, M. Gub- 

 ler cites in Revue the fact that bees begin 

 brood-rearing near the entrance, where fresh 

 air is plentiful. 



Bee-GLOVES of cotton, double, are adver- 

 tised in Revue Internationale. Perhaps the 

 same end would be gained by having a pair 

 of cotton gloves to fit, then a larger pair over. 



A WRITER in L' Apiculteur has seen bees 

 passing freely from one kind of flower to an- 

 other while gathering only honey, but when 

 gathering pollen they adhere strictly to the 

 one kind. 



In Centralblatt, mention is made of the 

 manufacture, on a large scale, of a mixture 

 under the name of " table honey," consisting 

 of honey and sugar of a certain kind. The 

 writer thinks bee-keepers should have a friend- 

 ly feeling toward the product ! 



The OBJECTION that Dr. Hurst makes to 

 the fence, p. 659, might be overcome by hav- 

 ing thinner wedges and wedging on both 

 sides. By the way, isn't it easier to slide the 

 wedges in and out with the fence than with 

 the old way ? Less friction to overcome. 



A SAMPLE of dark-colored honey sent to 

 the British Bee Journal was pronounced from 

 crimson clover. Is crimson-clover honey al- 

 ways dark ? [While the honey from crimson 

 clover is darker than that from white, I shall 

 be almost inclined to believe that our usually 

 accurate cotemporary is in error. — Ed.] 



At a meeting of the Northern Illinois B. 

 K. A., " What good can we expect by joining 

 the Bee-keepers' Union?" was one of the 

 questions discussed. " As a result of the dis- 

 cussion, eight became members. " If the mat- 

 ter were similarly brought up in every bee- 



keepers' meeting, the Union would have quite 

 a boom. 



Yes, it must be t^iat locality makes a dif- 

 ference as to bees bulging over the edges of 

 separators. There's Aikin's honey, p. 652, 

 bulging with the separator % inch below top 

 of section, while on p. 657 Doolittle's experi- 

 ence of 25 years shows the honey all right 

 with the separator Y% inch lower than Aikin's. 

 Then there's E. W. Brown, p. 654, with fences 

 14^ below top of section, and no bulging with 

 plain sections. 



The deep indentations in these queen- 

 cells, p. 647, promise good queens. Wouldn't 

 their looks be helped a trifle if the cells were 

 not quite so sharp-pointed ? [I do not know. 

 I am inclined to think, however, that the fact 

 of whether they are pointed or rounding is 

 due to the peculiarity of the bees building the 

 cells. If I mistake not, one colony may build 

 pointed cells and another colony rounded 

 ones. — Ed.] 



Bee-veils of horse hair are among the 

 things used in Europe. Can any one tell us 

 as to their durability and desirability ? [Such 

 veils might be strong, but they would be too 

 coarse to see through readily. I much prefer 

 a veil with a facing of silk brussels netting — 

 a veil that will wear out in a season, or less 

 than a season, than to have a strong durable 

 affair that is both hot, and difficult to see 

 through. — Ed.] 



Closer attention shows there are more 

 exceptions than I had supposed as to bees 

 using the side for entrance when the hive is 

 raised on blocks. But the rule is that the 

 ■front is the entrance used; and the only harm 

 that comes from the exceptions is that, when 

 the hive is let down, it bothers the bees. 

 [This goes to prove my old assertion, that the 

 bees never do any thing invariably in their 

 work in and about the hive. — Ed.] 



You say, p. 656, you can have the bottom 

 edge of the fence so adjusted as to be queen- 

 excluding. I doubt it. Takes too nice work. 

 Some of the openings would let a queen 

 through, and some would be too small for a 

 worker. But does the queen go up often 

 enough to make such a thing desirable ? [The 

 feat is not so difficult as you imagine, doctor. 

 We have only to make the bottom of the su- 



