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JUNE J, J 904. 



No. U 



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m^Br.C.CMiLLER, 



The lamented Revue Internationale, 

 Mr. Ed. Bertrand, editor, has a successor 

 in Bulletin de la Societe Romande d' Api- 

 culture, which opens up well with good 

 ability back of it. 



G. J. Yoder's plan of putting- foundation 

 in sections will make nice work at top and 

 sides; but do you think, Mr. Editor, it will 

 be all right at the bottom with that ,'4^- inch 

 space between starter and bottom- bar? In 

 this locality I don't believe it would be 

 built any better to the bottom-bar than if 

 the section were only one- fourth full of 

 foundation. [You are probably right. — 

 Ed.] 



Pastor Fleischmann, in ///. Monats- 

 blcetter, speaks in complimentary terms of 

 the Jefferson extracting-wagon (January 

 Gleanings), with its ample provision for 

 ventilation, as compared with the German 

 wagons with their " bake-oven heat." 

 [Yes, indeed, the Jefferson wagon is a good 

 one. I believe it to be so good that I have 

 incorporated it in the next edition of the A 

 B C book now on the press. ^Ec] 



"To PREVENT swarming, foundation is to 

 be preferred," page 503. That probably 

 means that a swarm hived on foundation is 

 less likely to swarm again the same year 

 than if hived on full combs. If so, isn't it 

 because more rapid progress is made with 

 combs than with foundation, and isn't rapid 

 progress the very thing we want? With 

 many there isn't one chance in fifty of a 

 swarm swarming again anyhow, whether 

 hived on combs or foundation. 



F. N. SOMERFORD has my hearty sympa- 

 thy in his condemnation of Hoffman frames, 

 but not because they " place too much wood 

 between the brood and the super for comb 



honey, " page 489. If the sections are too 

 close to the brood- frames it favors carrying 

 bits of black comb from the brood- combs to 

 finish sealing sections. [If a manufactur- 

 er could make a brood- frame that would 

 suit everybody in every particular, and 

 could have the exclusive manufacture of it, 

 he would have a bonanza. But he will nev- 

 er get the frame nor the bonanza. —Ed. ] 



An uncapping-plane is described in II- 

 lustrierte jMonatsbhrtter as the latest. The 

 bit of the plane is an uncapping- fork. In 

 60 seconds it uncapped 3 combs, and left 

 the cappings perfectly dry. Of course, it 

 wouldn't work well on a very uneven sur- 

 face. [Judging from the illustration only, 

 I should say that a very rough burr edge 

 would be left to the tops of the cells. These 

 little fins or bits of wax would clog the 

 wire cloth in the extractor. I should like 

 to have you watch and see whether any 

 thing more comes of it. — Ed.] 



When I read about A. I. Root's visit to 

 those greenhouses, with all those roses, p. 

 507, how I did wish I could have been 

 along! Honest, now, A. I., wouldn't you 

 have enjoyed it more if I had been along? 

 [Yes, doctor, I should have greatly enjoyed 

 having you along to look at the roses; and 

 I made up my mind then to write you to 

 pick out the biggest commercial greenhouse 

 in your neighborhood, and the next time 

 I go that way you and I would go through 

 it together. I should want to take plenty of 

 time, and not be rushed as we were when 

 we went through the aquarium on Catalina 

 Island.— A. I. R.J 



That foul-brood law of Ohio, in spite 

 of some spots where the language needs 

 tinkering, is a fine law. I wish we could 

 have as good a one in Illinois. Section 8 

 says, should anyone " conceal the fact that 

 such disease exists among his bees." Just 

 what constitutes csncealment might be a 

 nice point to determine. Would it be con- 

 cealment to keep entirely quiet about it? 

 [Suppose the bee-keeper should let an em- 

 ployee or neighbor, or both, know that he 

 had the disease, but tells them to keep quiet 

 about it. Suppose, later on, the employee 



