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Vol. XXXIII. 



FEB I, J 905. 



No 3 



The administration of railways of Al- 

 sace-Lorraine urges its employees to engage 

 in bee-keeping, engages to aid them in start- 

 ing, and will sow seeds of honey-plants along 

 its lines.— L'Afte-i/ie Alpine. 



To CLEANSE WAX it is recommended, in 

 Pfselzer Bienenzeitung, to boil in salt water, 

 two or three repetitions making it beauti- 

 fully clear. Wonder if that will work on 

 this side. [We commonly use in this coun- 

 try acid to clarify dirty wax. We have 

 never tried salt, but I presume it would do 

 the work. Will try it. -Ed.] 



In Goerz AND Gradiska, Austria, says 

 Bi'even-Vater, bees can be located less than 

 33 feet from the highway or the premises of 

 another only when the entrance of the hive 

 is ten feet high, or when a fence, hedge, or 

 other obstacle at least ten feet high ob- 

 structs the passage of the bees. Isn't that 

 law liberal enough for anywhere ? 



Wm. W. Whitney writes that he has 

 never had paralysis among black bees or 

 hybrids, but has among Italians, and asks 

 whether Italians are more likely than others 

 to be afflicted with paralysis. I've had 

 paralysis among hybrids ; I think never 

 among blacks ; but then, I haven't had 

 blacks since I had paralysis. 



Pastor Fleischmann says, in Illustrierte 

 Monatsblsetter, that Prof. Frank Benton 

 first introduced American methods of queen- 

 rearing into Germany. He says W. Wank- 

 ler, in his pamphlet on queen-rearing, differs 

 from American methods only in emphasiz- 

 ing selection for improvement of stock— a 

 good thing to emphasize anywhere, only 

 proper selection can hardly be made except 

 in connection with honey-production. 



C. E. Woodward, page 77, is afraid I'll 

 trip him up by saying "there never was 

 and never will be an effect without a cause." 

 I had never thought of doubting that before, 

 friend Woodward ; but your fear of being 

 tripped up on it made me look about for 

 exceptions to the rule, and I didn't have to 

 go far. In the next sentence you're "on to 

 me as big as a cart-wheel." Now, I'm sure 

 there's no cause for your seating yourself on 

 me so heavily, so there's an effect without a 

 cause, isn't there ? 



Hereafter, any bee-keeper who gets into 

 a lawsuit can't count on the National to 

 bear more than half the expenses of the 

 same. With all the precedents established 

 by the National, there is some question 

 whether any of its money ought to be spent 

 on lawsuits. It can be spent in better ways. 

 [This is better ; and I am not so sure but it 

 would be better still if the amount were 

 limited to a certain small definite sum. I 

 believe the Association should bend its ener- 

 gies to foster better legislation to protect 

 the bee-keeper and to keep down adultera- 

 tion.— Ed.] 



Henry E. Woest asks what counteracts 

 the soda in six of the recipes in Honey Leaf- 

 let that have no sour milk or other acid. I 

 first thought, "Isn't there acid enough in 

 the honey?" but not being sure of the 

 answer, I turned the question over to the 

 women. ' ' Why, soda is often used in baking, 

 without any acid. " "In what?" "Oh! in 

 lots of things." "Well, but in what?" 

 They opened at random Marion Harland's 

 "Common Sense in the Household," and, 

 beginning at page 323, showed me five reci- 

 pes withm three pages that had soda but no 

 acid. I gave it up. 



Honey pancakes contributed by Henry E. 

 Woest : 1 pint flour ; heaping teaspoonful 

 baking-powder ; big pinch salt ; J pint ex- 

 tracted honey. Mix to a thin batter with 

 water or sweet milk. Sift flour, baking- 

 powder, and salt together, then stir in honey 

 and water or milk. Griddle must not be too 

 hot, or cakes will burn. Part of our family 

 like them, part don't. [I suppose it is ex- 



