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ix or eight combs for the winter, low figure. The worst part of it, its 



uring the flow, it is moved farther sales of good honey considerably, 



nd farther as new combs are added, of the apiarist and damage his future 



-L'Apiculteur. sales of good honey considerably. 



Mr. E. Van Hay suggests the making 



A German apiarist has patented an of vinegar with it as a solution. Dark 



ivention consisting of making foun- honey, even from honey due, will 



ation with very thin tin passed in a make vinegar as good as any appb 



oiler and coated with wax. The tin vinegar ever made. As to strength, 



sed is as thin as paper (it takes 16 a little less than a pound of honey 



heets to make one millimeter). The to a gallon of water will make it as 



fax coating is very light. The rollers strong as the best apple vinegar. — Le 



sed to make it are of steel, ordinary Bucher Beige, 

 nes being too soft to work tin. Steps 

 re being take nto have the invention 

 atented in the United States. — L' 

 k.piculteur. 



Germania, Ark., Oct. 5, 1904. 

 Editor American Bee-Keeper: 

 Accept thanks for giving us 



' "Dutch" article, page 216-217. I have 



Reference has been made in these just finished reading it. 

 olumns to a method of leaving an in my opinion apicultural periodi- 

 pening or entrance between the cals might do worse than to give a 

 rood nest and the surplus depart- little closer attention to this funny 

 lent. Such an entrance increases the side of the bee business. 



urplus considerably. A correspon- 

 ent writes that the process has also 

 een used to some extent in Germany 

 ith good results. In winter, only 

 le lower one is left open. In sum- 

 ler both, but the lower one is par- 

 ially closed. If the hive has more 

 ban two stories, each nas its own en- 

 rance open. (This must apply to the 

 Jerlepsch hive, which is composed of 

 everal stories tiered one upon an- 

 ther. All these experiments with top 

 ntrances are in reference to extract- 

 d honey. How it would work with 

 omb honey is yet to be seen.) — L,' 

 Lpiculteur. 



With many thanks, I remain 

 Respectfully, 

 Dr. L. E. Kerr. 



CONVENTION NOTICE. 



BELGIUM 



^ut^^""}]^^ ?.^^^.^ ^^^ ^ department Zu Fn "this meeting. 



Monthly York m the Apiary.' D l. Woods, Secretary 



or_ September the followmg advice Muncy, Pa 



given : ' '_ 



See that every colony has a queen 

 See that there is enough bees to 



The Pennsylvania State Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association will hold its fall con- 

 vention in Harrisburg on Tuesday 

 and Wednesday, December 6th and 

 7th, 1904. An excellent program has 

 been arranged. Many subjects of 

 vital interest will be ably presented. 

 General Manager N. E. France, of the 

 National Bee-Keepers' Association, 

 will be present, as well as other prom- 

 inent bee-keepers. Every bee-keeper 

 in Pennsylvania should interest him- 



STOLE A BEE HIVE. 



over seven or eight frames, chiefly Thief Took Not Only the Honey, but 



oung bees, (ihe European frames ...1. -d t, 



re all larger than ours). ^^^ ^^^^' ^°^- 



See that each colony has from 30 to At the home of James Miley, of 



pounds of honey. Glenloch, Pa., a thief took long 



Replace all queens three years old chances, says a West Chester, Pa., 



r more. _ paper. Mr. Miley has a number of 



Further instruction are given con- hives of bees, and during the night the 

 erning feeding, uniting weak col- thief stole swarm, hive, and honey, 

 nies, etc. carried them half a mile, broke open 

 the hive, and secured the bees and 



Dark and inferior honey is to manj'- fifty pounds of honey, 



piarists a serious drawback. It is Mr. Miley ofifers a reward for the 



ifficult to sell, and if sold, it is at a detection of the thief. 



