igos. 



IT MUST BE A LITTLE ONE. 



Those who use a solar extractor 

 know that it should be placed so 

 ;he sun strikes directly on it. That 

 neans moving it around occasionally- 

 luring the day. To accom£lish this 

 -asily, Mr. Couterel keeps his extrac- 

 or on a wheel barrow. 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



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from the flowers the mixture will re- 

 main clear. If it is honey dew it will 

 be cloudy and finally leave a precipi- 

 tate. 



SO HE SAYS. 



HONEY AS AN OINTMENT. 

 A two-year-old child scalded his 

 arm completely in overturning a ket- 

 tle of boiling water. The arm was 

 covered with honey and a cloth wrap- 

 ped around it. The pain subsided im- 



A correspondent says that the r-- -. v.....^ ,.. x iic i^diu auusmeu im- 

 ctar of flowers is colorless and that mediately and the arm got well in a 



he color of the honey is due to pollen 

 hat gets in it. The honey or nectar 

 issolves the coloring matter con- 

 ained in the p ;)llen. 



few days without trouble, the cloth 

 was removed occasionally without 

 causing pain by first wetting it well. 

 Another cloth with honey was then 

 substituted. 



WORSE THAN A FLEA. 

 Mr. Lacoppe Arnold says that while 

 good apiarist could work very well 

 'ithout a veil, it is not prudent to do 

 D. He relates a case, where a bee got 

 ccidently in the ear of the apiarist 

 nd caused quite a trouble. 



JUST FILLS THE GAP. 

 Among the ornamental trees pro- 

 ucing a quantity of honey is the 

 ophora japonica. It grows rapidly, 

 irnishes an excellent timber, and an 

 nmense quantity of white flowers 

 reducing almost as much nectar as 

 le linden. The blossoming period is 

 .iring August and September in 

 elgium, precisely during a period 

 hen the other sources of nectar are 

 ■arce. 



In uniting two colonies Mr. Sharp 

 advises to shake the bees of both 

 colonies in front of a new hive. There 

 will be no fight. 



Mr. Bertin lives in a locality where 

 the bees are very much inclined to 

 swarm. He finally found best to al- 

 low the first swarms to issue. He puts 

 two or more together, so as to have 

 some surplus from them. The second 

 swarms are either prevented or re- 

 turned to the parent hive. — L'ApicuI- 

 teur. 



EVIDENTLY FROM OHIO. 

 Mr. Leger says that one year, a col- 

 ly having an imported Italian queen 

 ive a good crop of honey from red 

 over while no other flower wasyield- 

 g and the other colonies gathered 

 )thing. The amount is not stated in 

 mnds. He says that in two weeks 

 ey built (in the super) ten combs 

 led and sealed them. The frames 

 aen given had only small founda- 

 )n starters, their size was 13 by 6 1-2 

 ches. 



A TEST FOR HONEY DEW. 



^Ir. Reidenbach gives the following 

 in to test whether honey is from the 

 wers or whether it is honey dew. 

 IX some of the honey with lime 

 ter, stir well and let it rest. If it is 



TESTING NEW STRAINS OF 

 RACES. 



Quite amusing is the advice given 

 by some writers regarding the intro- 

 duction and trial of new strains or 

 races of bees. If it is one in which 

 they are interested it is at once the 

 part of wisdom for every bee-keeper 

 to try it, but if perchance the writer 

 IS opposed to it on account of com- 

 mercial or other interests or from 

 prejudice what do we hear? "It is 

 dangerous to put such bees into your 

 apiary. They will contaminate all 

 your stock. You can never elinfmate 

 the bad blood, etc." 



Oh, consistency thou art indeed a 

 rare jewel. 



Practically it is quite safe to ex- 

 periment with any race yoju choose. 

 If it becomes crossed with the other 

 stock the mismated queens can be de- 

 stroyed, and if perchance some of the 

 crosses are not disposed of, the blood 

 is soon "swamped" in the dominant 

 race. 



