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such bees can be found in America ; 

 none to my knowledge have ever been 

 sent here. 



The explanation is all right, Bro. H., 

 except the Tunisian part. That I can- 

 not accept. No one but T. VV. Cowan 

 has ever mentioned Tunisian bees that 

 I know of. There are no Tunisian 

 bees in America and never has been. 



A reader of the Api writes thus : 

 "What is the use of a man posing as 

 a bee expert in the leading bee papers 

 who has no practical knowledge of api- 

 cuhure save what he gets from a few 

 colonies of bees kept in box- hives, and 

 what ideas he picks up by reading the 

 bee j jurnals ? 



The person in mind seldom ever gets 

 any honey from his bees, yet he sits in 

 some office scribbling away for dear Hfe 

 and trying to pose as a great writer on 

 bee matters. I know such a person, and 

 every few weeks his articles appear in 

 the bee papers. This week there is an 

 article in a leading bee journal from this 

 person on a subject he knows nothing 

 about. Such men should be exposed." 

 J. R. C. 



[I quite agree with J. R. C. in his 

 opinion as expressed above. 1 here are 

 too many inexperienced beekeepers 

 writing for the bee-papers. I'here are 

 thousands of beekeepers in this coun- 

 try who can, if they would, write arti- 

 cles giving their experience in bee cul- 

 ture that would be of great value to 

 beekeepers generally. Many of these 

 beekeepers, like J. R. C, are thorough- 

 ly disgusted with the trashy articles 

 found in some publications.] 



Our old friend, Newman, writing un- 

 der date Sept. 19, says : "I am again 

 having a tussle with La Grippe, but in 

 a milder form than previous attacks." 



The t.aroest house apiary in the world 

 is probably owned by H. P. Langdon, of 

 E:ist Constable, N. Y., who writes as fol- 

 lows : "Thanks to the Rkvievv for helping 

 me to build what is probably the largest 

 house apiary in the world. It is 11 x 100 

 feet and capable of accommodating 200 

 colonies. I ran 100 in it this season and 

 expect to move in the other 100 next 

 spring. It is a perfect success."— J?ewiew 



[Any beekeeper can take solid com- 

 fort in a convenient and well constructed 

 beehouse. During my queen-rearing 

 operations the past year, the weather 

 has not interfered with my work in the 

 least. In cool weather a fire is built in 

 the stove, while in warm weather the 

 windows and doors are opened. 



This same house is used to operate 

 the extractor in, to store combs, honey, 

 etc. 



Of course more or less bees fly to the 

 windows when a hive is opened. All 

 that is necessary to get rid of them is to 

 open one of the windows : will say that 

 mine are so arranged that the sash is 

 quickly removed and the bees are out 

 in a jiffy. 



I advise all who have a fair amount 

 of interest in bee culture to erect a bee- 

 house, and thus increase the profits of 

 your apiary and at the same time make 

 beekeeping a more comfortable busi- 

 ness.] 



The Progressive Bee-keeper says that 

 four horizontal wires on medium brood 

 foundation for L. frames is a grand suc- 

 cess in their apiary. Just our experience 

 exactly, Bro. Quigley.— Gleanings. 



I get good results and use no wires 

 of any kind. Can get as good combs, 

 without wires as it is possible to get with. 

 To the dogs with wired foundation, that 

 is if the wire must be put in the frames. 



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