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Vol XXXIII. 



JAN. J 5, J 905. 



No. 2 



"A Subscriber," page 26, says, '"comb 

 honey should be judged by appearance only. 

 . . Flavor I would not consider at all." 

 Oh, my! my ! my ! isn't taste the chief con- 

 sideration when folks buy things to eat ? 

 He also says, "Most people prefer honey 

 in the crystallized or granulated condition." 

 Perhaps in New Zealand, but not on this 

 side, my good friend. 



"Some experts" are asked their opin- 

 ions of plain sections in American Bee Jour- 

 nal. Ten have never tried them, two of the 

 ten being favorably inchned ; six who have 

 tried them have no preference for them ; 

 five prefer them. Secor hkes them in supers 

 but not in shipping-case. Stachelhausen 

 likes them, but finds some talking necessary 

 to get his customers to accept them. [A 

 few years ago the testimony was decidedly 

 against spaced frames of any sort ; but at 

 the present rate it will not be long, 1 think, 

 before the great majority will prefer some 

 one of the various forms. Plain sections will 

 run the same gauntlet, and I believe they 

 will come out the victor in the end. —Ed.] 



A SUNNY DAY, with thermometer at 44, 

 came Dec. 31, although a little windy, and I 

 carried one colony out of cellar. The bees 

 didn't seem to care to fly, although it went 

 to 45 degrees in the afternoon. 1 think not 

 more than two or three bees at any time 

 flew at the same time. On the same kind 

 of a day in April I should have expected to 

 see the entire population outside. But after 

 44 days' confinement they didn't need any 

 flight. [As you know, I do not attach very 

 much impprtance to bees having a flight 

 very early in winter. As you say, March 

 and April would show a decided difference; 

 but a temperature of 45 is a little too low to 

 get much flying. In order that our bees 



may get the best cleansing we prefer a day 

 when it is 65 to 70 at noon, with the sun 

 shining. With a temperature of or.ly 45 the 

 bees may fly long enough to get chilled and 

 not get back. They are confused as to their 

 entrances somewhat, and it takes time for 

 them to get back. —Ed.] 



A FRIEND in Cuba sent me by mail a bee- 

 hat that I wore all summer with great satis- 

 faction. It is made of tough palmleaf, so 

 tough that it came done up in a solid wad 

 without a single strand being broken; but it 

 had scarcely any semblance of a hat till 

 after much coaxing it was got into shape. 

 Comfortable, durable, cheap— it would be a 

 good thing if they were thrown on the mar- 

 ket. [We are all curiosity to know the shape 

 and character of that hat. Say, we have not 

 seen a picture of you very lately. Suppose 

 you go to your local artist in Marengo and 

 have him "take" you with that hat on, 

 togged out in your regular bee-suit. We 

 will pay the bill. I know our readers would 

 like to see your smiling face, even if they can 

 see only a little of it under that hat. —Ed.} 



Testimony as to the efficacy of bee-stings 

 in rheumatism is conflicting. Possibly it 

 would be less so if the treatment were 

 always as thorough as that practiced by the 

 German physician. Dr. Terc, whose experi- 

 ence includes a series of years. As far back 

 as 1888, as reported in Deutsche Imker, he 

 had treated 173 persons, using about 39,000 

 stings, an average of 225 stings to each 

 patient ! One patient alone received 5600 

 stings. Beginning with two or three stings 

 a day. the number reached 20, 25, and even 

 50 a day. In all he has treated some 500 

 cases, the treatment continuing one, two, 

 and even three years. According to that, 

 one should not expect a cure from an occa- 

 sional sting at irregular intervals. [While 

 the testimony in our American journals may 

 be somewhat conflicting, yet it shows such 

 a strong leaning toward the value of the 

 remedy that I may think we may safely con- 

 clude, in many cases at least, that bee-poison, 

 when properly administered, does bring 

 about certain and positive relief. For fur- 

 ther particulars see Pickings, p. 740, 1904. 

 -Ed.] 



