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has been done along that line. I don't know 

 that there would be any thing gained or lost 

 by such experiments. 



W. B. BURLINGAME. 



Exeter, N. H., Nov. 14, 1906. 



[This subject has been fairly well studied 

 in Germany, where quite a number of com- 

 pounds are made by bee-supply houses, and 

 sold to bee-keepers generally. Dr. Dzierzon 

 highly recommended some of them. The best 

 compound is said to be a paste composed of 

 invert sugar, pea Hour, and white of eggs in 

 certain proportions. This, if fed in spring. 

 is supposed to stimulate greatly the secretion 

 of chyle food by the workers who have to feed 

 the queen and the larvtX3. Perhaps the most 

 celebrated of these manufactured foods is that 

 of Dr. Follenius, in Hamburg, or Karl Glo- 

 riu.s, in Leipzig-Schonau. — Ed.] 



A SUPPORT FOR A ROW OF HIVES MADE OF 

 CEMENT BLOCKS AND IRON PIPES. 



I send a rude sketch of a cement block, 

 such as my few hives are resting on. The 

 groove in the top is for the reception of an 

 iron pipe. The pipes are 20 feet long and 

 supported by four such blocks each. The 



blocks are 8 to 10 inches high, and are ar- 

 ranged in two rows like a railroad. Such 

 blot^ks and pipes have at least the merit of 

 durability, of which the hives also partake. 

 Chuluota, Fla. J. A. Barber. 



THE ALEXANDER PLAN FOR BUILDING UP 

 WEAK COLONIES; A SLIDE TO PREVENT 

 THE INTERMINGLING OF THE COLONIES 

 FOR TWO DAYS. 



I had a very weak colony last spring. I 

 went to a strong one and took every thing 

 from the top of the hive tlown to the brood- 

 frames. Over them I laid a queen-excluding 

 honey-board, and over that a wire cloth. I 

 then cut out a piece of wire cloth, 8X0 in., 

 from the back end, then over these I fitted a 

 Ijiece of thin tin, extending back an inch be- 

 yond the hive. I then took the weak colony 

 (bottom-board off), and set them on the 

 strong colony for two days. I then drew 

 the piece of tin back a very little, admitting 

 few bees at a time. After two more days I 

 withdrew the tin entirely, then after one 

 week more I peeled off the wire cloth. 

 When the colonies became equal I sepai'ated 

 them, setting them each side of the old 

 stand, watched them a little while, and 

 every thing was lovely. 



My bees had been Hying for several days 

 before mv experiment. E. McNett. 



Lewis Center, Ohio, Oct. 23, 1906. 



THE ALEXANDER PLAN FOR WEAK COLONIES 

 A SUCCESS. 



I bought 31 stands of bees in old hives, 

 nearly all of them weak, and transferred 

 them into ten-frame hives on April ]0. I 

 had eight weak colonies of from one pint to 

 one quart of bees in each, and I put these 

 eight colonies on eight colonies of the same 

 lot that had about two quarts of bees in each. 

 1 lost only two colonies out of the sixteen, 

 and I fed them in the Doolittle feeder in 

 the top of the hive with young queens from 

 Texas. I claim the plan is a success. 



Boonville, Ind. Leonard Eckstein. 



THE ALEXANDER PLAN OF BUILDING UP 

 WEAK COLONIES; FIVE COLONIES LOST. 



I find something good in every number of 

 Gleanings; but the Alexander plan of build- 

 ing up weak colonies M^as a sticker. I lost 

 every one of five so treated, but will try it 

 again. Next time I'll use a wire screen be- 

 tween the two colonies at first for a short 

 time. E. H. Beakdsley. 



Chicago, 111. 



STICKY FLY-PAPER TO CATCH ROACHES. 



On page 97, in reply to Miss Wood's re- 

 quest I will say if she will use fly-paper — the 

 Tanglefoot, or some good kind — by placing 

 the sheet on mattings or between open cov- 

 ei'S, or tagk a strip around the hive next to 

 the cover, except in front of the hive, it will 

 catch the roaches, bugs, etc. But care must 

 be taken that Miss Bee can not get on the 

 matting. Half -inch strips on the outside will 

 do; but I prefer the inside when used be- 

 tween the cover. A thin strip of wood can 

 be used to keep out the bees, and leave room 

 enough for the roaches to crawl in. The 

 roach will eat honey, but I can't say how 

 much they can eat; but let it be little or 

 much it takes that much from the bees. 



AVhen a moth-miller goes on top in the 

 cover it is a goner. J. W. Patten. 



Holden, Mo., Jan. 28. 



CHICK PEAS. 



\^'ould you kindly favor a subsci'iber by 

 telling him where he can obtain chick peas, 

 as suggested, good for sowing on behalf of 

 bees? Do you think they can be sown in 

 Minnesota? K. G. Fishkr. 



Lakeland, Minn. 



[Large quantities of these peas (garban- 

 zos) are shipped from Sonora, Mexico, over 

 the Southern Pacific Ry. to New Orleans. 

 Perhaps one of our subscril)ers in that re- 

 gion could supply our friend.— W. K. M.] 



KANSAS STATE CONVENTION. 



The fourth annual meeting of the Kansas 

 State Bee-keepers' Association was held in 

 the parlors of the National Hotel, at Topeka, 

 Dec. 27, 28. While the attendance was not 

 large, it was nevertheless the best and most 

 interesting meeting ever held by the Associ- 

 tion. Mr. C. P. Dadant, of Illinois, was pres- 



