1904 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



273 



ual frames is much worse than at the point 

 of support. I have not and do not now take 

 issue with you there; but the point I was 

 trying- to make was that metal lines of con- 

 tact would be much more easily separated, 

 and to some extent less propolized, than the 

 same form and shape entirely of zvood. I 

 still think that the metal-spaced Hoffman 

 would work in your locality better than the 

 regular HoflFman with wood projections. In 

 any locality, a metal-spaced Hoffman that 

 would separate more easily than the reg^u- 

 lar Hoffman would be appreciated. But 

 there is another fact I did not bring- out be- 

 fore. It sometimes happens that the wood- 

 en projections on the Hoffman split off when 

 the propolis is dry and hard. That objec- 

 tion could not apply in the case of metal 

 points of contact. There! do I make myself 

 clear now? — Ed.] 



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Thej'Ve chopped my automobile down, 



And simply rail it auto ; 

 And now they've boiled the spelling down. 



And give us just a' 0° 



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A French advertiser says, " Whoeverw ill 

 prove that mj' honey is bad for the health 

 will receive two pounds free." 



In the British Bee Journal the editor, Mr. 

 Thos. Wm. Cowan, pays a touching- tribute 

 to the memory of Capt. J. E. Hetherington, 

 whom he visited in 1887. 

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The eyes of European bee keepers are so 

 intently fixed on the United States that I 

 find a good part of their literature is large- 

 ly a discussion of our methods. That's a 

 good idea on their part. 



In a French exchange, Progres Apicole, 

 a writer speaks highly of a smoker fuel 

 made of cotton waste, such as is used for 

 cleaning michinery. He makes a wad of 

 it, like a link of sausage, rolling it together 

 rather loosely, and just large enough so it 

 will slip into the barrel easily. It burns 

 slowly and for a long time. Two pounds 

 of it can be made for a dime. 



A friend wants to know what garage (p. 

 230) means. It comes from the French word 

 gare, a railroad station, commonly called a 

 "depot." The word is now applied to a 

 place where automobiles are stored and re- 

 paired — a general rendezvous in cities for 

 autoists. It is generally called garridge. 



to rhj'me with carriage. It should be pro- 

 nounced "gah-ra^/t." The word has come 

 to stay, being now anglicized. 



A bee-keeper in Canada, writing to the 

 Australasian Bee Bulletin, says he prevents 

 robbing by piling three bricks thus [-f^ 

 in front of the hive-entrance, the low- 

 er ones being just far enough apart to ad- 

 mit two bees at once. The bees are much 

 averse to running into such long passage- 

 ways, and soon conclude to get into safer 

 business. We are not told how long the 

 bricks are kept in that position. 



Progres Apicole says the Bee-keepers' 

 Society of the Aisne, France, is miking 

 use of illustrated postal cards to draw the 

 attention of the public to the good quality of 

 honey as a food. One picture now btfore 

 me represents a little girl giving some honey 

 to a boy younger than she is — evidently the 

 baby. Under the picture are the words, 

 "For our use we prefer, in place of com- 

 mon bonbons, honey, so pleasant, from the 

 generous bees." It is certainly a good way 

 to teach. 



About a month ago a writer in the Brit- 

 ish Bee Journal made a vigorous protest 

 against a certain firm advertising " honey 

 without bees." The matter was referred 

 to the company in question, and the point 

 of their reply is contained in the following 

 paragraph: 



It seems to us quite natural that to bee-keepers the 

 description. " Honey without Bees," would appear to 

 be prejudicial to their industry, and consequ;nlly we 

 are willing to refrain from advertising the product ia 

 this way from henceforth. 



False statements in advertisements need 

 looking after on this side of the ocean. 



The Australasian Bee-keeper finds the 

 following in a German bee- journal. It runs 

 quite athwart American doctrine: 



Brossard is a follower of Wygandt. He heats his 

 bee house in winter; says he in'av warm his bees up to 

 86 degrees F. and not a bee will fly out, providing they 

 have water given them. When I come to he apiary 

 and find bees flj'iiig out when the wtather is not suita- 

 ble I know thty have uo water in the hive, and I must 

 supply them. 



From the same source I learn that Otto 

 Schultz, one of the most voluminous bee- 

 writers in the world, has this to say con- 

 cerning the crystallizing of honey: 



Take honey from combs that have no* been sealed, 

 and fili some glasses. Wait a few days or till the 

 combs are sealtd. Now extract, and with the product 

 fill some more glasses Seal these, a'so the o hers. 

 Take another quantity of the same honey as last lot, 

 heat it to not over 122 degrees P., allow it to cool and 

 fill another number of glasses. Seal them as the oth- 

 ers, and label all of them Store them in the same 

 place. L,ot No. 1 will cr^sl'^llize fir^t, lot No. 2 after a 

 time; lot No 3 will remain liquid a long time. 



Gerstung, the editor, adds, "Crystalliz- 

 ation will be deferred by stirring the honey 

 occasionally." It seems to hasten it here. 



In Stray Straws in this issue. Dr. Miller 

 speaks a word in behalf of Dr. Dzierzon as 

 the real discoverer of parthenogenesis, per- 



