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Vol. XXXIIL 



NOV. I. J905. 



No 21 



F. Greiner, in American Bee Journal, 

 prefers sulphur to bisulphide of carbon, be- 

 CHUse the bisulphide costs 35 cts. a pound. 

 He burns the sulphur over the combs. He 

 uses IJ oz. of sulphur for 10 supers of 24 

 sections each. 



A QUESTION, page 1086, suggests that it is 

 time again to say that colonies are not likely 

 to have "a fertile worker or two," but that 

 quite a number of them are found at the dis- 

 reputable business; and Mr. Griggs may be 

 assured that, even if there was only one 

 laying worker in a cdsny it would not ac- 

 cept a queen without balling— nor with ball- 

 ing, either. 



Young bees ^not young brood, as the 

 heading has ir) attached firmly to the bot- 

 tom of the cell, page 1084. Dr. Brown's 

 description tallies exactly with the cases 

 mentioned in a Straw, page 1062, and I sus- 

 pect that the same miscreant, that little 

 worm, was the culprit in each case. [I have 

 never seen this little worm, and should be 

 very glad to have specimens by mail in a 

 little box from any of our subscribers so 

 that we may have them sent to an entomol- 

 ogist for identfication and life history. The 

 little worm spoken of was, no doubt, respon- 

 sible for the injured young bees spoken of 

 in Gleanings. Was it not, doctor, some 

 species of wax- worm ?— Ed.] 



Conflicting testimony as to Caucasian 

 bees may possibly not be so very conflicting 

 after all. If they are never so gentle, and 

 yet only mediocre as storers, they will be no 

 acquisition for those whose main object is a 

 crop of honey; but if more gentle than any 

 others they will be a great acquisition for 

 those who. like Dr. Lyon, do not care so 

 much for the commercial side of bee-keep- 

 ing. I'd rather have bees that would give 



me a lot of stings more than any others^if 

 they would also give me a lot more honey 

 than any others; but if I kept only a few 

 colonies just for the fun of it, I'd rather 

 have bees that wouldn't sting, even if they 

 gave only half a crop. How are the Cauca- 

 sians as honey-gatherers, anyhow? [See 

 editorials for a statement of our Caucasian 

 bees. —Ed.] 



Good joke on ye editor, who says, page 

 1067, that Miss Dittmer, who has just been 

 married, created a very favorable impression 

 at the Northwestern, in Chicago. Say, Er- 

 nest, whisper; that was Miss Dittmer's 

 mother you met there. But I don't blame 

 you for being favorably impressed, even if 

 you did think she was a young damsel instead 

 of a woman with a marriageable daughter. 

 [I discovered the "joke" before the last is- 

 sue got off the press, but it was too late to 

 correct it then. As a matter of fact, I met 

 Miss Dittmer at the Minneapolis convention 

 with her brother. Yes, I was very favora- 

 bly impressed with all the Dittmers. I wish 

 there were more like them in this world. — 

 Ed.] 



When hauling bees from outyards with- 

 out closing entrances, you say, Mr. Editor, 

 p. 1071, you will have the king-bolt so it can 

 be easily withdrawn. You don't mean 

 "king-bolt," do you? and I don't knowwhat 

 is the right name of the bolt that holds the 

 doubletree. But, even if freed from the 

 wagon, there would be danger of a bad run- 

 away with some horses if a pair of single- 

 trees and a doubletree were clattering at 

 their heels. Couldn't some way be devised 

 to unhitch the tugs instantly? Another good 

 way for safety is to close all entrances bee- 

 tight. Guess I 11 stick to that. [I accept 

 the correction on the king-bolt. At all 

 events, it is a bolt that releases the double- 

 tree. No danger of a bad runaway if the 

 driver does as our teamster does. I have 

 seen him, time and again, jump down off the 

 wa^on, pull out the doubletree bolt, as we 

 will call it. grab the doubletree with one 

 hand, and drive the team away with the 

 other. As the team moves forward he pulls 

 on the doubletree, keeping the whiffletref.s 

 and all off the heels of the horses. One can 



