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THE AMERICAN APIGULTURIST. 



The eggs wliicli show through 

 the body, as seen in the drawing, 

 are mere specks of a color, and 

 from the fact that there are several 

 sizes in the gravid females, indi- 

 cating separate crops, it is prob- 

 able that these females are not 

 creatures of a day, but possess 

 quite a longevity. The mites wei-e 

 sent me in a bottle, and when they 

 arrived there were very numerous 

 eggs and several of the young six- 

 legged mites occupying the vial 

 with the more mature forms. 



REMEDIES. 



The fact that what would be 

 prison to the mite would probably 

 be death to the bees, makes this 

 question of remedy quite a difficult 

 one. I can only suggest what 

 Mrs. Squire has tried — frequently 

 clianging of the bees from one hive 

 to another, after which the hive 

 can be freed from the mites by 

 scalding. The trouble with this 

 cure is the rapid increase of these 

 Liliputian pests, and the fact that 

 many would adhere to the bees, 

 and so be can-ied along with them, 

 and thus escape the hot water bath. 

 Of course, the more frequent the 

 transfer the more thorough the 

 remedy. 



IMPORTANT SUGGESTION. 



I would suggest placing pieces 

 of fresh meat, greased paper, etc., 

 in the hives in hopes to attract the 

 pests, which when massed on 

 these decoys could easily be killed. 

 If thought best, ihe traps could be 

 screened by placing them in a box 

 made of fine wire gauze so that 

 the bees could not reach them. In 

 such screens I should try placing 

 pasteboard smeared with a thin 

 coat of thick syrup, to see if the 

 mites had a sugar tooth to lure 

 them to destruction. On such a 

 sticky surface it would be well to 

 sprinkle flour, sugar, etc. If we 

 can find in this manner some sub- 

 stance that will attract these little 



destroyers, and call them off of 

 the bees, the battle is won. — Rural 

 Neiv)- Yorker. 



BOOK NOTICES AND 

 REVIEWS. 



We have received froni the 

 publishers a copy of Modern Bee- 

 keeping ; a Handbook for Cot- 

 tagers : publislied for the British 

 Beekeepers' Association. 



It is a neat little volume of about 

 100 pages, illustrated and bound 

 in paper. The typography is good 

 and it is well gotten up. It deals 

 with the subject of bee-culture in 

 a plain and practical manner, giv- 

 ing just the kind of information 

 most needed by its readers. 



We are pleased to see that our 

 English brethren are progressing 

 rapidly regarding advanced apicul- 

 ture and are adopting the new in- 

 ventions and methods of managing 

 bees. They certainly merit credit 

 on the question of associations and 

 we may well take lessons of them 

 in this regard. 



We would advise any of our 

 readers who wish to become con- 

 versant with beekeeping in Eng- 

 land to purchase a copy of this 

 work ; the price is nominal (one 

 sixpence, about 15 cents). 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



The fall meeting of the New 

 Jersey and Eastern Beekeepers' 

 Association will be held in New 

 York city, at the Cooper Union 

 on Wednesda3% Nov. 7, 1883. 

 J. Hasbrouck, Sec. 

 Bound Brook, N. J. 



A Watertown (N. Y.) man, who 

 has kept an account of tlie weather, 

 claims that it invariably repeats 

 itself, and gives the following as 



