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AMKRiCAN BEE JOURNAL.. 



R ESIGNM^XION. 



There is no flock, however watched and 

 tended, 



But one dead lamb is there! 

 There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended. 



But has one vacant chair I 



The air is full of farewells to the dying. 



And mournings for the dead; 

 The heart of Rachel, for her children crying, 



Will not be comfortedl 



Let us be patient. These severe afflictions 



Not from the ground arise, 

 But oftentimes celestial benedictions 



Assume this dark disguise. 



We see but dimly through the mists and va- 

 pors; 



Amid these earthly damps 

 What seem to be but sad, funereal tapers 



May be heaven's distant lamps. 



There is no deathl What seems so is transi- 

 tion. 

 This life of mortal breath 

 Is but a suburb of the life elysian. 

 Whose portals we call death. 



—Longfellow, 



Queries a|id Replies. 



TenmeratBre of a Bee-Cellar, 



Query 798. — At wliat temperature 

 should a cellar be kept when the bees 

 are in it ? — Reader. 



At about 450 Fahr.— M. Mahin. 



From 42- to 46- Fahr.— Dadant & 

 Son. 



From 380 to 45- Fahr.— J. M. Ham- 



BAUGH. 



At from 420 to 45° Fahr.— G. M. Dog- 

 little. 



At from 420 to 45o Fahr.— R. L. 

 Taylor. 



From about 450 to 50o Fahr.— J. P. 

 H. Brown. 



If it is a dry cellar, 38o to 40o ; if 

 damp, 420 to 450 Fahr.— H. D. Cutting. 



I do not know. From 3 50 to SQo 

 Fahr. is given by the bee-books. — J. E. 

 Pond. 



As nearly 45o Fahr. as possible. If 

 dry, it should be 40o, and if damp, 50o. 



— C. H. DiBBERN. 



I prefer it to be about 450 Fahr. in a 

 dry cellar. If the cellar is damp, a 

 higher degree is preferable. — A. B. 



Mason. 



Forty to 45 degrees Fa'hr. is about 

 right. An occasional warmer degree 

 up to 48, or down to 35 for a short 

 time, if dry, will do no harm. — Eugene 

 Secor. 



The temperature in which their 

 keeper sees they are the most quiet. 

 Where the outside air is very quiet, or 

 windy, may make a difference. — Mrs. L. 

 Harrison. 



Find out at what temperature they 

 keep quiet in your cellar. It may be 

 somewhere from 350 to 50o. Forty- 

 five degrees Fahr. is the orthodox point. 

 — C. C. Miller. 



Between 40o and SQo Fahr., accord- 

 ing to how humid the atmosphere is in 

 the cellar ; and consequently at the 

 point at which the bees are most quiet. — 

 James Heddon. 



I prefer it to be from 400to 450 Fahr. 

 I have had bees winter excellently where 

 the temperature was 38o Fahr. for 

 weeks. It did not go below that. There 

 was running water in the cellar. — A. J. 

 Cook. 



From 410 to 450 Fahr. Certainly 

 never below 410, if it Is possible to pre- 

 vent it. With warm cushions over the 

 brood-nest, the temperature may be 

 allowed to go down to 38o for a few 

 days at a time, without injury. — G. L. 

 Tinker. 



At about 450 Fahr., or such a tem- 

 perature as will keep the bees in 

 quietude.— The Editor. 



Xlie Dardanelles Strait being 

 the marine gate to Constantinople, is to- 

 day the most anxiously guarded water- 

 way in all the world. This fact, in 

 connection with the present political 

 situation abroad, gives universal inter- 

 est to the illustrated article upon " The 

 Dardanelles Question and the European 

 Equilibrium," by John Laird Wilson, in 

 the January number of Frank Leslie's 

 Popular Monthly. 



l^lieii l^riting a letter be sure 

 to sign it. Too often we get letters 

 with the name of the post-ofiSce, but no 

 County or State. One such came 

 recently, and we looked into the Postal 

 Guide and found there were places by 

 that name in 13 States. Be sure to 

 stamp your letter, or it may go to the 

 dead letter office, in Washington, D. C. 



