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Vol. XXVIII. 



DEC. 15, 1900. 



No. 24. 



Bees begin work earlier in hives facing 

 east, but they work later in hives facing west. 



When a queen is introduced, if the bees 

 are in such a state of surprise as to ask, "Where 

 ami?" the queen is always accepted; but 

 never when the bees are in condition to ask 

 the queen, " Who are you?" — Bienen-]'ater. 

 Wonder if there isn't a good deal in that. [I 

 guess that is so— Ed.] 



Some years ago there was a warm discus- 

 sion in this country as to whether healthy 

 bees voided their feces in a solid or liquid 

 condition. Now the discussion is on in Eu- 

 rope. Editor Gerstung takes the position 

 that both may be correct, the ape of bees and 

 other conditions making the difference. 



You ASK, Mr. Editor, p. 907, that I swap you 

 two of those ragged covers for two new ones, so 

 you may search for evidence of women having 

 nailed them. I'd like to do that, but I don't 

 like to break the set, and would rather have 

 the whole fifty alike. But you can find out 

 whether women nailed them by inquiring at 

 Medina, where they were nailed. 



W. E CuRTiss, the noted correspondent of 

 the Chicago Record, has been looking up the 

 book business. "That the Bible is the most 

 popular selling book " is the verdict he gets 

 from the bookstores and the big department 

 stores. One of the latter said, " No, we do 

 not sell them in large lots. We sell only one 

 copy at a time, as a rule. Our average the 

 year round will run from 125 to 150 a day. 

 Neither David Harum nor Trilby nor any oth- 

 er story has touched the Bible as a seller." 



Stenog springs a new idea, p. 909. At pres- 

 ent it is only the second crop of red clover 

 that is a seed crop, because there are not bum- 

 ble-bees enough to fertilize the first crop. 

 When hive bees get their tongues stretched, 

 the first crop ivill be a seed crop. That may or 

 may not be a desirable thing for farmers, but 

 here's another thought that has possibilities in 

 it, for bee-keeping at least : The first crop be- 



ing left entirely to the hive bees, only blos- 

 soms with short enough tubes will be fertilized, 

 and sowings from the first crop will soon make 

 short tubes permanent. Whoop up the long 

 tongues, Ernest ! 



" I do not understand how fasting for 

 only 30 minutes on the part of the queen 

 should induce a friendly behavior on the part 

 of the bees," quoth ye editor, p. 913. A hun- 

 gry queen behaves differently, and will that 

 not affect the behavior of the bees ? Whether 

 you understand it or not, I think you'd be- 

 lieve in it if you'd try it for two or three years 

 as I have done. [I believe in fasting on the 

 part of human beings, but I should not sup- 

 pose it would make very much difference with 

 a queen-bee. You may be right, however. 

 —Ed.] 



PuiyVERizED SUGAR is better for Good candy 

 than granulated, but it costs nearly twice as 

 much at the groceries, although the wholesale 

 price is nearly the same. How much better is 

 pulverized than granulated for Good candy ? 

 [Yes, pulverized sugar is far better than gran- 

 ulated, for making Good candy. The last 

 named is like so much sand held together by 

 honey, while the former welds together in a 

 homogeneous dough. Granulated-sugar can- 

 dy is apt to waste, in that the granules rattle 

 down, either out of the cages or between the 

 brood-combs. The bees will then tote these 

 particles out of the entrance as so much use- 

 less rubbish. — Ed.] 



In a report of the exhibit at the Paris 

 show, the Revue Internationale says: "The 

 Danzy hive passes for the most suitable of all 

 hives for the production of comb honey." If 

 the worthy editor of the Revue were to visit 

 this country he might be surprised to find that 

 it is by no means the great mass of comb-hon- 

 ey producers that thus esteem the Danzy. 

 [The same thing might have been said during 

 the first two or three years of its introduction, 

 of the Langstroth hive, the extractor, and, in 

 fact, of any valuable and recognized invention 

 which is to-day used almost universally. The 

 Danzenbaker hive must not be judged by the 

 number now in use, but by the progress it has 

 made since the date of its introduction. Next 

 to the Dovetailed hive, it has made as rapid 

 strides as any hive we have ever put out. — Ed ] 



