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Gleanings in Bee Culture 



er bees take an active part. It is the 

 tongue which forces the warm, ahnost fluid 

 gum into cracks and crevices. Watch a 

 bee busy in propoUzing, and it is readily 

 seen that the tongue is merely spreading 

 propohs. It may have been from this that 

 Dr. Kuestenmacher surmised that propo- 

 lis came from the liee's stomach. 



To those who wish to check propoUzing, 

 to keep covers from being stuck down, frames 

 glued together, etc., the following simi)le 

 remedy will be found eflicacious: Whitewash 

 all parts which it is desired to keep free. 

 Our English cousins have for years used 

 chalk rubbed along hive edges, etc., for the 

 same purpose. After trying both of these 

 for several seasons, the writer abandoned 

 the practice so far as covers, floors, and some 

 other parts were concerned. It was found 



to be more satisfactory to have things rea- 

 sonably sealed. When the accumulation of 

 propolis liecomes too great it is the work of 

 but a moment to remove the excess. 

 Providence, R. I. 



BIGELOW'S HEN-HOUSE STILL IN STAMFORD. 



Arcadia: Sound Beach, Connecticut. 



Fig. 2.— The'cut-off sawlwlthtable raised. 



BY EDWARD F. BIGELOW. 



For many years, until about two years 

 ago last spring, I had an experimental house 

 known as a biological laboratory, and a smal 1- 

 er building known as an apiarian laboratory, 

 in a small back yard at the corner of Grove 

 Street and Highland Avenue, Stamford, Ct. 

 In the larger of 

 the two build- 

 ings I had a few 

 hens, a few rab- 

 bits, cavies, and- 

 other pets. Ev- 

 ery thing was 

 kept perfectly 

 clean, yet every 

 a u t u m n the 

 neighbors com- 

 ]) 1 a i n e d abou t 

 the olTensive 

 condition of that 

 hen-house. Two 

 or three repeat- 

 edly comi)lained 

 to the health de- 

 liartment. Mr. 

 Anderson, a zeal- 

 ous and efficient 

 health ofTicer, 

 paid me a series 

 of visits — one in 

 response to each 

 complaint. H e 

 carefully inspect- 

 ed the coops and 

 the hutches. He 

 sniffed at the 

 ground, the sides 

 of the building, 

 and even turned 

 his nose sky- 

 ward. He was 

 mystified. That 

 there was a smell 

 was plain, but it 

 did not seem 

 "henny." After 

 each call he re- 

 marked that ev- 

 ery thing ap- 

 peared to be in 

 good condition. 

 But the neigh-T 

 bors passed by 

 sometimes on 

 the other side, 

 and continued to 

 complain, and to 

 ask for an inves- 



