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eeu per ceut. between 2 and 3 p. m., trance between the brood-nest filled 



wo per ceut. after 3 p. m. about five, and those with the en- 



4. Among the points to be observed trance above the supers six. As Mr. 

 vas the atmospheric pressure — that is, A. G. is one of the leading writers of 

 \ liether the barometer is high or low. the Apiculteur, his statement can be 

 Che result was that eighty-five per accepted. What I would like to know 

 ent. of the swarms came out on days is, how much brood and honey were 

 vhen the barometer was at 760 mm. in the brood-nest, especially at the end 

 lid above, and only fifteen per cent, of the season. 



dien below none at all when below UNITING FOR THE HONEY FLOW. 

 oO mm. It must be noted here that 



hese observations were made in the ^r- C- ^^- Weber unites his colonies 



Kirtheast part of France Avhere a fall two by two during the honey flow. 



if the barometer is always accom- '^^(^ two colonies are sprinkled with 



)anied by damp and rainy weather. I water to which some extract has been 



hink the state of ^'>- atmospnere added, to give them the same scent, 



•ught to have been observed in con- One of the colonies is unqueened and 



ectiou, that is, whetlier the weather placed on the top of the other. A queen 



vas clear or cloudy. excluder is placed between the two, so 



5. Eighty-two per cent, of the as to confine the queen below. Both 

 warms came out during light winds entrances are left open and Mr. Weber 

 r calm weather, and eighteen per says the bees use both equally well: 

 ent. durin£r medium winds. If possible, the colonies united should 



G. Eighty-nine per cent, of the be those close together and the united 

 warms came out when the tempera- concern placed between the two old 

 lire (in the shade) was above 68 F., stands. At the end of the flow, the 

 lid eleven per cent, when below. The two colonies are separated, the brood 

 Dwest ^— orature observed was 61 equally divided between them and, of 

 degrees, and tne highest 77 degrees, course, a queen given to the queen- 

 bat the summer temperature of less one. The queens removed at the 

 lorthern France is much below that time of uniting may have been kept 

 f nearly the wh^^'^ United States, and in nuclei, or young ones can be pro- 

 I: no swarm issued at a higher tem- vided. 



erature it is because such tempera- BEE STINGS FOR RHEUMATISM. 

 are did not occur. jj^ a^ previous issue, mention was 

 7. Eighty-six per cent, of the made of Dr. Langer's study of the bee 

 warms come out when the sun was venom Since that time, he has re- 

 hining on the hive entrances. That ceived a number of inquiries upon the 

 5 nearly nine out of ten. This goes effect of the bee stings in case of 

 3 show the importance of shading in rheumatism. In a recent communica- 

 lot weather, and of sufficient ventila- ^ion, he states that he has no experi- 

 ion— in a word, to avoid having the ence in that line himself, but quotes 

 olonies suffering from over-heating, dj. ^ere, of Marburg. Dr. Terc has 

 Further observations will appear ^sed bee stings for the cure of rheuma- 

 _Li a future number. tism for quite a number of years. In 

 POSITION OF ENTRANCES. 1888 he reported having applied al- 

 ready some 39,000 stings to 173 pa- 

 Mention was made in a previous tients. In 190.3, he presented an ex- 

 umber of the experiments of Mr. tensive report on the subject to the Im- 

 liehards, who obtained about five perial Society of Medicine, of Vienna. 

 imes more sui*plus when the entrance More than five hundred persons have 

 f the hive was between the brood- been treated. The remedy is sure 

 est and the supers than when it is against the rheumatism of articula- 

 elow the brood-nest. Mr. A. G. of N. tions, whether chronic or temporary. 

 Isere) went this summer "one bet- The sooner the treatment is begun, 

 er." On some of his colonies, he put the better. None of the persons 

 he entrance as Mr. Richards, and on treated showed any affection of the 

 ome above the supers, under the cov- heart. The remedy is also effective 

 r, or, rather, under the roof, for all in cases of muscular or neuralgic 

 Juropean hives out in open have a rheumatism or pains. It is slower, but 

 egular additional roof-like cover. The much surer than the salicylic acid or 

 Bsults were that, while the colonies other remedies usually employed. It 

 '1th the entrance below filled one su- is not to be applied to very young 

 er or thereabout, those with the en- children, very old people, or those af- 



