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Vol XXXII. 



AUG. \, 1904. 



No. 15 



Sweet- CLOVER pollen, quite unlike that 

 of white clover, is of a rather dull yellow 

 cjlor. 



Thanks, friend Womble, for additional 

 testimony that alfalfa yields in the East, 

 page 705. But please explain why you say, 

 *' The only trouble I had was in getting- rid 

 of it." 



That cut of Mack's swarm-catcher, page 

 706, should have a board cover instead of a 

 wire one. [But the engraving had already 

 been made before I noticed that our corres- 

 pondent specified a board. — Ed.] 



Bro. Doolittle, p. 690, urges again the 

 value of pollen. Keep it up, Bro. D., for a 

 good many look upon pollen as so much 

 dead waste. I formerly thought a pound 

 of pollen was worth as much as a pound of 

 honey. I'm inclined to think now that it's 

 worth a little more. 



When Mr. Hooper showed he was an 

 expert by "the way in which he picked up 

 the frames, handled the smoker," etc., p. 

 694, did you note, Mr. Editor, whether his 

 thumb or his fingers came next the fire-box 

 of the smoker? [He handles it both ways; 

 and, to be frank, I find myself using both 

 ways. — Ed.] 



Migratory bee-keeping on a large 

 scale seems contemplated in Belgium, by 

 rail, a special train running for that pur- 

 pose if a minimum of 16 cars are ordered, 

 starting at 4 in the morning, stopping only 

 to take on cars of bees at stations along the 

 route, and making the trip in about six 

 hours. [We shall be glad to have you give 

 us the result of the experiment. — Ed.] 



Regarding the point raised by F. N. 

 Somerford, page 704, the testimony is that a 



queen mates upon the wing, and without 

 some very strong proof to the contrary it 

 can hardly be believed that she mates in 

 any other way. I don't know, but I believe 

 it is a physical impossibility for a queen to 

 mate in the hive, hence an impossibility for 

 a queen to mate after she is clipped. 



Look here— isn't this thing of inventing 

 new bee diseases being carried a little too 

 far? First we had foul brood alone. Then 

 came the "nameless disease" which was 

 afterward "named" paralysis; and now 

 we have black and pickled brood, and those 

 Utah fellows are getting ready to take out 

 a copyright on something else. Better stop 

 soon. [May be it is not a new disease. 

 Perhaps later developments will throw 

 some light on the subject. — Ed.] 



Right, Mr. Editor; let discussion as to 

 manufactured comb honey come well to the 

 front at St. Louis, and let the reporters 

 try to pick out two sections just exactly 

 alike. [Yes, let us ofl'er to give them $500 

 or even $1000 if they can find two sections 

 that are exactly alike in filling and cap- 

 ping. Of course, if comb honey were man- 

 ufactured there would be a lot of combs 

 that would have the same imprint, the same 

 pop-holes, the sanie regular capping, and 

 every thing else the same. — Ed.] 



Stenog, p. 689, speaks of the good work 

 of the Atnerican Bee Journal in convention 

 reports, and of Gleanings leaving that 

 field free. What a blessing that is will be 

 appreciated by those who are familiar with 

 European bee-journals. After one of the 

 big conventions, different journals will have 

 page after page of the same thing reported, 

 and some of the little fellows will tag along 

 after, copying from the others. Then, too, 

 there is a big difi^erence in the time of get- 

 ting out the reports. Mr. York will rush 

 through a long stenographic report in a 

 very few numbers, while foreign reports 

 will string along for a year — sometimes 

 longer ! 



Safford's extracting-frame, according to 

 my experience, is worth while. I tried the 

 simple frame advised by the editor, but it 



