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Vol. XXVI. 



DEC. 15, 1898. 



No. 24. 



J. O. GrimslEy says in Ruralist that there 

 are various causes for mailed queens giving 

 way early, the main one being balling when 

 introduced. 



WeisKLRICHTIG is a word the Germans use 

 to signify that a colony has a good laying 

 queen. It would be convenient if we could 

 express the same thing in a single word. 



The most prominent feature of November 

 Review is the absence of Hasty. Hope he 

 hasn't been carrying his dietetic experiments 

 too far. His writings are always refreshing. 



Speaking of wild ground-cherries, friend 

 A. I., I once had some dried in my pocket 

 that tasted very much like figs. I never could 

 repeat it, but I believe some one who knew 

 enough might. 



W. W. Somerford'S plan of ventilation, p. 

 875, by raising the cover, is intended by him 

 "for extracted honey." A caution may be 

 necessary to prevent any one from trying it 

 with comb honey. Sections near the opening 

 would not be promptly sealed. 



Mr. Hooker reports in Britisli Bee JouDial 

 that he boiled /;/ vacuo thin honey beginning 

 to ferment. The ferment was removed with- 

 out hurting the aroma, and the honey became 

 thick and of good quality. Possibly that's no 

 better than to give the honey its time on the 

 reservoir of a cook-stove. 



Twenty per cent more honey is needed to 

 winter in a frame hive than in a skep, says 

 Riicher Beige. Doesn't that mean that a skep 

 is 20 per cent better than a frame hive, for 

 wintering? [It is evident that the man who 

 made the statement kept bees in straw skeps. 

 How natural it is for our opinions to be biased 

 by what we use ! — Ed.] 



You DOUBT, Mr. Editor, page S70, if any one 

 would take the job of gathering 100 lbs. of 

 propolis at S5 a pound. If my bees were all 

 Funics I think I could easily gather that 

 much. In 1897 I think I threw away 25 lbs. 

 scraped from sections. I'd be glad to get 50 

 cts. a pound for it. [Would you take a con- 



tract to furnish 100 lbs. during the coming 

 sunmier, at M) cts. per lb., and, failing to fur- 

 ni.'-h that amc unt at the time specified, give a 

 forfeit ? — Ed.] 



At the Omaha convention, of 21 who 

 had tried both small starttrs and full sheets in 

 sections, 17prei"erred the full sheets. [Ire- 

 member this ; and I wondered at the time if 

 this preference was not based wholly on the 

 fact that bees did quicker work with full 

 sheets, and perhaps made better- looking 

 combs. — Ed.] 



Referring to an item on p. 886, haven't I 

 seen the statement in some bee-journal that 

 hives would go up 25 per cent ? [Perhaps so ; 

 but I was not aware ;hat any such statement 

 had gone forth. All I know is that we do not 

 expect to raise prices on our own goods. Of 

 course, theie will be, as every year, some 

 fluctuations of minor importance. — Ed.] 



I WAS one of those who got caught by the 

 cold weather. Nov. 2, 3, 4, and 5 my bees 

 flew. Then the weather kept getting colder, 

 but I thought surely another warm day would 

 come. Nov. 22 it was 15° above zero; 23d, 6°; 

 24th, .3°. I couldn't stand the strain any 

 longer, and took the bees in the 24th. Glad I 

 did, for it's been cold ever since. But I wish 

 they had been taken in Nov. 6. 



DooEiTTLE says, in Progressive, that he has 

 modified his views. If he were starting afresh 

 he would prefer the ten- frame Langstroth to 

 the nine-frame Gallup, providing he was 

 where he could cellar them. But he has no 

 use for any thing bigger than a ten-frame L,. 

 [The best evidence of one's candor is the fact 

 that he is willing to acknowledge a change of 

 views occasionally. I always feel a little bit 

 shy of accepting the opinions of one whom I 

 never knew to change his mind — Ed.] 



I SHAIX BE GLAD to believe, Mr. Editor, 

 that it is necessary to boil foul -broody honey 

 only " several minutes;" but please remember 

 that we have the following to face, which 

 stantls yet as a fact: Prof. Mackenzie secured 

 growth from spores after they had been kept 

 at 212° — not approaching, but at 212°; that is, 

 they were brought to a boil, and kept boiling 

 for tzi'o full hours. If there is no mistake 

 about this, is it safe to advise less than some- 

 thing more than two hours ? [The only ques- 



