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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



July 



They came through in fine condition, and he thinks it good 

 proof that bees have no need of pollen for wintering, as the 

 latter part of September was too late for gathering pollen. — 

 Canadian Bee Journal. 



The Yield of a Linden Tree is equal to that of a whole 

 acre of buckwheat, according to A. Sonsiedsky, in Revue In- 

 ternationale. Would York State men agree to that ? 



Improvement in Extractors. — Rambler, In Gleanings, 

 has continued after a long vacation his series of rambles. He 

 mentions an improvement in G. W. Brodbeck's extractor. 

 There is a deep receptacle at the end for the wax and honey 

 to collect, and this saves the honey from being so much colored 

 by the heat. 



The Mosquito-Hawk and Bees. — This insect, which is 

 also called dragon-fly and darning-needle, has been accused of 

 destroying bees. A. .T. Wright says, in Gleanings, that what- 

 ever it may be in other localities, he considers it a friend. In 

 the day-time it makes havoc among gnats and mosquitoes, and 

 at night it devours bee-moths. 



Honey-Vinegar.— Boil 25 quarts of rain-water with two 

 quarts of honey, skimming frequently for about an hour. 

 When cool put into a 30-quart vessel, and fill full with strong 

 vinegar. Put it In a warm place with the bung open, to fer- 

 ment for 9 or 10 weeks. If too weak, add strong vinegar. 

 Draw off half to bottle, then fill afresh with honey-water. 



Wintering Bees in Cellars.— Henry Alley doesn't believe 

 in keeping the temperature of the cellar continuously as high 

 as 40- to 50- — too much hot-bed plan. His bees were con- 

 fined from the middle of December till March 9, the tempera- 

 ture varying with the weather. When at zero outside the 

 thermometer stood at 20^ inside, and it never went above 45 . 

 His bees came through in fine condition. — Gleanings. 



Transferring.— The question being askt in Canadian Bee 

 Journal as to the best time and way to transfer from box 

 hives, all agree upon the time of fruit-bloom except A. D. 

 Allan, who replies as follows: 



"Wait till they are strong, nearly ready to swarm. Oper- 

 ate as follows : Reverse the hive and set an empty box on it, 

 drive the bees up, divide about equal, put one part with queen 

 in the new hive on the old stand, the other part put back in 

 the old hive and move to a new stand. In 21 days repeat the 

 operation, only put all the bees in the new hive, set the old 

 hive at the side of your apiary until the bees have removed 

 the honey, theo cut out the old combs and put them into the 

 wax-extractor." 



Eight or Ten Frames— Which ?— Editor Root has been 

 advocating large brood-nests, and a correspondent rather 

 accuses him of inconsistency in advocating 8-frame hives. 

 Mr. Root replies : 



"I do not know but I am like Dr. Miller— I don't know 

 which is better— the 8 or 10-frame. I know this : That the 

 8-frame with single brood-chamber is not nearly large enough. 

 I am pretty well satisfied, also, that the 10-frame is too small. 

 I am not sure that a 12-frame Langstroth brood-nest is large 

 enough. An 8-frame body is plenty heavy enough to lift when 

 it is full of honey; and I am almost inclined to believe that 

 two 8's — that is, 16 frames in all — are none too big for a 

 brood-nest; but 10-framers would be too large. No, I prefer 

 an 8-frame to a 10-frame; and I think I should prefer a 12- 

 frame to a lo-frame ; but if a 12-frame is too small, then I 

 should rather have two S-frames." 



Leveling Unfinisht Sections.— C. Theilmann gives an in- 

 teresting bit of history regarding B. Taylor's comb-leveler, in 

 Gleanings. Mr. Taylor opposed the use of drawn combs, but 

 after seeing what beautiful sections Mr. Theilmann got by 

 means of them, he repented, and the next year he brought to 

 the convention his comb-leveler. Mr. Theilmann says the 

 whole secret of getting as nice sections of honey from these 

 drawn combs as from foundation is In getting rid of "the big 

 rim around the cells, which is generally soiled more or less ; 

 and if not taken away, the bees will use part of it for capping 

 the honey, which gives it a yellow tint." Eiitor Root — who 

 has stoutly maintained that it was necessary to reduce the 

 depth of the cells to 3,-inch — now says : " I think we can as- 

 sume that the whole purpose of leveling, as was once advo- 

 cated by the late B. Taylor, was to get rid of the thickened, 

 soiled edges of the cells as they are ordinarily left by the 

 bees." 



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