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VoL XXXI. 



AUG U J 903. 



No. J5 



That A. C. Miller cover, p. 632, looks 

 like a g-ood thing-. 



I HAVE HAD dead mice in hives several 

 times, and they always dry up so dry as to 

 appear inoffensive. 



The proposed amendments, p. 624, are 

 good, excepting as to the number of direct- 

 ors. Wouldn't six be better than twelve? 



Bro. Doolittle might have added, p. 

 622, that the advocates of feeding back 

 make a point of having the right bees for 

 the work — blacks, I think, being preferred. 



I'm surprised to see, p. 635, that bees 

 will not work down upon foundation in a 

 story placed under the brood-nest. In this 

 locality they do. If I mistake not, Sim- 

 mins' non-swarming plan consists in keep- 

 ing' foundation alwaj's below the brood- 

 nest. 



"Queen-right" is the word we've al- 

 ways needed to express that a colony was 

 not queenless but had a good laying queen; 

 and Fr. Greiner is the man bright enough 

 to transplant it from the German into the 

 English language. He thus uses it in the 

 Atnetican Bee-keeper. Sehr gut, Herr G. I 



In some cases, Mr. Editor, you had bees 

 nearly abandon work in the upper super 

 and begin work in the empty super below, 

 p. 620. Bees are queer things. I've had 

 them do nearly the opposite — utterly neg- 

 lect the under super and finish work in the 

 upper. But that was late in the season. 



A FEW BASSwoODS on the place were full 

 of blossoms, and very fragrant, but I never 

 saw a bee on them. Could it be possible 

 there was no nectar present? or were the 

 bees too busy on white clover? Neither did 



I find more than a scattering bee on sweet 

 clover till after the middle of July, although 

 there was abundant bloom many days be- 

 fore. 



O. O. PopPLETON writes that we are 

 mistaken in saying there is no cure fpr 

 paralysis. He is very positive he has cured 

 it with sulphur. Diseased colonies jdelded 

 to the treatment every time, while those 

 side by side untreated remained diseased. 

 Mr. Poppleton is a man whose word counts. 



Furious swarming at Medina is men- 

 tioned, p. 623, and it's the worst here I ever 

 knew. Young queens, shaken swarms, 

 and every thing else, seem crazy to swarm. 

 It has generally been considered that, when 

 bees get to storing in quantity, they were 

 less inclined to swarm; but this year it 

 seems just the opposite — the heaviest stor- 

 ing and the most swarming I ever kne\^ . 

 And withal the bees are cross beyond un- 

 derstanding, right while the flood of nectar 

 is on. 



If I UNDERSTAND the matter rightly, 

 there's to be a meeting of bee-keepers at 

 Los Angeles, Aug. 18 — 20, and a number 

 will leave Chicago for that place Wednes- 

 day, Aug. 12, 10 p. M., stopping over Sun- 

 day at Grand Canyon, reaching Los An- 

 geles Tuesdaj', 18, 8 A. m. That's quite a 

 time to be on the way; and when I get tired 

 enjoying the scenery I can rest myself 

 fighting with a certain editor from Medina. 

 The worst thing about it is to get the bees 

 to agree to be good for so long a time while 

 I'm away. 



I don't KNOW what's the best arrange- 

 ment of supers on hives; but at presen't we 

 have settled upon this order: An empty su- 

 per is put next the brood-nest; next above 

 this the super nearest completion, then the 

 next nearest completion, and so on, the one 

 least advanced being on top. If it seems 

 possible that more room maj' be needed, an 

 additional empty super is put above all. 

 Next time around this upper super gener- 

 ally has the foundation drawn, but no hon- 

 ey in it — sometimes a little honey, and 

 sometimes the foundation not drawn at all. 



