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Vol XXXI. 



JAN. 15, J 903. 



No. 2. 





Sevkke weather will rule the rest of 

 the winter, if it is a winter of averagfe se- 

 verity, for thus far it has been mild. [This 

 is apt to be the rule. One extreme is liable 

 to be followed by another; so, let us look 

 out. — Ed.] 



You CAN SCALD milk or any thing else in 

 aluminum, and it will never burn on or 

 stick," p. 29. But it will "in this local- 

 ity," friend A. I., and we got it at Mont- 

 gomery "Ward's too. But it takes a hotter 

 fire to make trouble, and the ware is very 

 nice. 



The mole spoken of on p. 9 " has a tail 

 as long as that of a mouse, but the animal 

 is larger." The mole that lives "in this 

 locality'" is larger than a mouse, but it has 

 a verj' short tail. I think it has the most 

 beautiful fur I ever saw. I don't think it 

 ever troubles bees. 



DooLiTTLi-: and Stenog must be both 

 good-natured men or there'd be a row be- 

 tween them when they get mixed up the 

 way the3' have on p. 9. [Yes, bj' mistake 

 we got our heads mixed; but there's some 

 satisfaction in having such a head as Doo- 

 little's, even if for but a short time.— 

 Stenog.] 



I)k. RiehmGrifte says in Die Deutsche 

 Bienenzticht that a queen is killed when 

 balled, neither by stinging nor suffocation, 

 but b3' lack of food, and rough handling. I 

 suspect that the starving is the usual cause 

 of death, and I have some doubt that a 

 queen is ever stung when balled, unless 

 the bee-keeper meddles. [This would be 

 in harmonj* with mv own observations. — 

 Ed.] 



That itrst-page cover of Gleanings 

 is good, only you ought to have had a queen's 

 &gg instead of a hen's ^gg to contain the 



"Contents." [You mean that we ought to 

 have adopted the shape of the queen's &gg 

 instead of that of the hen. Perhaps it 

 would have been more in harmony with the 

 general subject-matter of the journal, but 

 it would not be in harmony with the design 

 from an artistic point of view. — Ed.] 



" I DO not despair of finding some feasi- 

 ble plan of dealing with a colony that will 

 leave it without the desire to swarm." So 

 I said, p. 7, and then ye editor says, "but 

 the apiarist must somehow have some 

 means of knowing whether a colon3' will 

 ever think of swarming." Well, when that 

 " feasible plan " is discovered I'll apply it 

 to the colony, and then I'll know that it 

 will never think of swarming. See? [Yep! 

 —Ed.] 



The double-drive plan will help a 

 whole lot with forced swarms; and now if 

 there's some way to relieve them from any 

 extra comb building the plan will be get- 

 ting close to perfection. [It seems to me 

 the soheine of double driving is one of the 

 essentials to the best success in the plan of 

 handling forced swarms. By the way, 

 some one suggested driven swarms to ap- 

 ply to all swarms, shaken, shook, brushed, 

 jounced, or forced. — Ed.] 



I have some of Luhdorff's phacelia seed 

 planted in a pot standing in the window, 

 and I expect to find out whether it's the 

 same as the ordinary flowering phacelia. 

 My first acquaintance with that was as a 

 window-plant many years ago; and, if I 

 remember rightly, besides having a beau- 

 tiful flower it was fragrant, although not 

 having the same fragrance when growing 

 in the open air. Later on I may find out 

 whether it's a forage-plant, unless some of 

 those California fellows get thawed out 

 enough to tell us. 



Yes, Mr. Editor, give us cuts and illus- 

 trations in physical culture that will make 

 us strong and live long. At least put it in 

 the copy of Gleanings 3'ou send me, so I 

 can live longer than the others. [Just wait 

 till I get a little time for our artist to show 

 the different poses. You may be interested 

 in knowing that three members of the R(X)t 

 Co., including some of the women-folks, are 



