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ence in the matter of inoculation regard- 

 ing bee-stings, which must compel con- 

 viction to the most obdurate mind. 



The only exception that can be taken 

 to his reply — and it is taken with pro- 

 found deference — is the suggestion that 

 he overlooks the querist's point as to 

 causes that prevent stings from hees. 

 There is likelihood that repeated inocu- 

 lations of formic acid by the bees may 

 render some tolerant of the virus, as he 

 says, but my article referred to persons 

 who were not stung, and suggested a 

 possible reason whu they were not. Not 

 being a "savant" on the subject, I 

 modestly suggested a theory, only. But 

 as the importance of the subject is en- 

 tirely secondary, I close it right here. 

 "Nuff sed." 



Sunnyside, Ills. 



Direction§ for Making a Cheap 

 Extractor. 



Written for the American Bee Journal 



BY R. F. WHITESIDE. 



For a bee-keeper running from 5 to 

 50 colonies an extractor can be made 

 for about $1.25, thus : 



Four frames 10x18 inches, outside 

 measure, 2 boards 17 inches wide, 15 

 inches long, 7 cents; 1 board 21 inches 

 long, 12 inches wide, 3 cents ; 6 sticks, 

 4 cents ; nails, 3 cents ; barrel, 10 

 cents; 3 feet of wire-cloth, 33 cents; 

 and half a day's work, 62 cents ; total, 

 $1.25. 



To make it, nail two sticks about 5 

 inches long to the inside of the barrel 

 opposite each other, and 4 inches from 

 the bottom of it, having notches cut in 

 them to receive a cross-bar, which make 

 about J^x2 inches (off a bunch of shing- 

 les would do). The upright center piece 

 for the basket is 2x2 inches, and 2 feet 

 long ; bore two one-inch holes through 

 it, 10 inches apart, drive through two 

 round sticks Sli inches long, that fit 

 nicely — old broom, mop or rake handle 

 stuff. The upright stick should be 

 tapered off at the bottom end, and made 

 round to one inch diameter near the 

 top endior a journal. A board 2 inches 

 wide and 5 inches long, with two or 

 three half-inch holes bored in it, and 

 nailed to the top of it with wire-nails, 

 does very well for a crank to turn it by. 



Nail two sticks 17 inches long to the 

 17-inch wide boards, and 1% inches 

 thick, and bore two one-inch holes %- 

 inch deep, and 10 inches apart in each 



of them, and fit them on the ends of the 

 round inch sticks. Nail on the wire- 

 cloth (which should be 12 inches wide, 

 and 19 inches long) to the ends of the 

 boards as tight as you can, and then 

 spring the boards apart, and fasten 

 firmly to the spokes. Let your 21-inch 

 board cover 3^-inch more than half the 

 top of the barrel, and place a hook and 

 staple to fasten it to the wall firmly, and 

 box on your center upright piece. The 

 inside of the barrel should be sand- 

 papered and waxed. 

 Little Britain, Ont. 



l¥ork at Micliigan's Experiment 

 Apiary. 



As Reported in the "Bee-Keepers' Itevieiv,^'' 

 BY K. L. TAYLOR, APIARIST. 



In the first article concerning the 

 work at the Michigan Apicultural Ex- 

 periment Station, I must confine myself 

 briefly to a statement of some of the 

 items of work already undertaken, and 

 to indicating some of the benefits which 

 it is hoped may be derived from them, 

 only briefly alluding to results so far as 

 they yet appear, without entering into 

 details. 



It must be remembered that I have, 

 been plunged into the midst of the work 

 of the Station at the most important as 

 well as the busiest season of the year, 

 by an appointment as Director only a 

 short time before the opening of the 

 honey season — an appointment which I 

 had previously not the remotest thought 

 of receiving — and so no doubt many of 

 the methods pursued will prove cruder 

 than they might have done had I had 

 the advantage of time for previous 

 thought directed to the maturing of 

 plans best calculated to secure the clear- 

 est results in some of the still unsolved 

 matters that are of especial interest to 

 bee-keepers ; indeed, I already see more 

 than one point where improvement could 

 have been made. It is to be noted also 

 that thus far I have been left to my own 

 resources for the selection of points to 

 be investigated in conducting the work, 

 but it is to be hoped that in the near 

 future direction may be given in this 

 respect by a committee appointed by 

 those who on account of their vocation 

 or avocation are specially interested. 



FOUNDATION FOR COMB HONEY. 



No intelligent, well-informed, practical 

 apiarist can avoid the rising of numerous 

 questions with regard to the comb-foun- 



