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Vol. XXVIII. 



MAR. I, 1900. 



No. 5. 



Three queens were given to a queenless 

 ■colony in the expectation that two of them 

 would be killed. All three remained peace- 

 ably together. Leipz. Bztg. 



"The amount of comb occupied with 

 brood just before the flow commences is the 

 right number of frames to have in the brood- 

 chamber during that flow," p. 136. Well 

 said, Bro. Doolittle. 



F. T. HooPES, p. 138, speaks of having to 

 use both hands for a Clark smoker. How is 

 his Clark made ? All I ever saw are easily 

 used with one hand. [I would as soon use 

 two hands to try to write with a pen. — Ed.] 



If I HAD that candied comb honey W. E. 

 Head speaks of, p. 139, I'd melt it very slozvly, 

 take off the cake of wax, and eat the honey. 

 [The solar extractor that I recommended does 

 that very thing. It melts very slowly, and 

 takes a long while to bring about a separation. 

 —Ed.] 



DziERZON, the grand old man to whom we 

 owe so much, seems to possess still the vigor 

 of youth. His name is generally pronounced 

 Tseertsotie, in accordance with German pro- 

 nunciation. But Dzierzon himself says the 

 name is of Polish origin. As nearly as it may 

 be given in English, he pronounces it Cheer- 

 ^one. 



A RECENT STRAW says Die Noerdlhtger 

 Bienenzeitung championed the Dickel theory, 

 and then died. That doas not prove the Dick- 

 el theory false, for if it did the Dzierzon theo- 

 ry would be proven false in the same way. 

 Nearly half a century ago the same paper 

 ■championed the Dzierzon theory and suffered 

 in consequence. 



Mr. Editor, you say you'd like a smoker 

 to send a continuous stream of smoke. Go to 

 Germany and you'll find one acting automat- 

 ically. [Are you joking about two-legged 

 smokers, or do you mean some sort of auto- 

 matic affair of springs, leather, cogwheels, tin, 

 bolts, screws, etc.? If you don't, then you 

 should have labeled this a joke. — Ed.] 



Now YOU have done it — letting Stenog say 

 what he did, p. 119, about Dickel theory. 

 Perhaps you'd better offer Greiner a column 

 to defend the theory, and say that ends the 

 discussion. [The European papers seem to 

 regard the Dickel theory as now devoid of in- 

 terest, and hence we may conclude, I think, it 

 has run its course. — ST.] 



I LEARN that some think I am unfair to the 

 Dickel theory. I much regret that any word 

 of mine against it has found its way into 

 print. I do not believe American bee-journals 

 ought to take up room discussing it while it is 

 being so fully discussed by German bee-keep- 

 ers who lead the world in careful investiga- 

 tion. We can afford to wait till they settle it, 

 as no change in bee management will come 

 from its acceptance or rejection. 



Speaking of cellar bottoms, I suspect you're 

 right, Mr. Editor, in saying that much depends 

 on the soil. Adam Grimm showed me a cel- 

 lar with cement bottom made especially for 

 bees. Next time I was there he said the ce- 

 ment was a mistake. A room in my cellar 

 with cement floor was meant for bees. I used 

 it one winter, but since then have used a room 

 with clay bottom. And yet I don't under- 

 stand why cement isn't all right. 



J. M. Rankin is reported in American Bee 

 Journal as saying that five colonies were af- 

 fected with foul brood from a diseased colony 

 piled up with them in the cellar. [This seems 

 very probable. Foul brood is communicated 

 very commonly by bees in the apiary inter- 

 mingling from one hive to another. When 

 the hives are closely piled in the cellar, the 

 inmates are almost sure to work from one en- 

 trance to another, to a limited extent. — Ed.] 



^I MAY SAY to friend Coppin, p. 137, I have 

 the same arrangement he has, only I don't 

 keep vegetables in the room with my bees, and 

 years ago used his plan by opening the door 

 from dining-room to cellar. Having tried 

 both plans, I much prefer the fire in cellar. 

 Has he tried both plans, or is he only theoriz- 

 ing? Up to this date, Feb. 19, there has been 

 no fire, 40° having been the lowest notch ; and 

 I don't expect to start a fire unless there coines 

 a time when temperature is about 50° inside 

 and out, and then a fire may be made to start 

 circulation. 



