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Place a keg or stone jar (a stone jar is 

 best because the water will keep cooler 

 and purer in it) of water, with a faucet 

 in it, so that the water will drop into 

 one of the holes at the highest end of 

 the board, and soon every hole and 

 trench will be full of water, and the 

 surface between the holes will be moist- 

 ened. Place this contrivance in the 

 shade, renewing the water every day, 

 and you have a plan for watering bees 

 that I do not believe can be improved 

 upon. J. A. C. DoBSON.. 



Brownsburg, Ind. 



Italianizing an Apiary. 



The answer to A. J. Duncan, page 

 229, suggests a point that is often over- 

 looked. Should he introduce 40 Italian 

 queens any time this Spring, he would 

 have 40 colonies stocked with black 

 drones, ready for his young queens ; but 

 if he introduces his queens in the Fall, 

 this trouble will be avoided. 



J. M. Mitchell. 



Knob Noster, Mo., Feb. 16, 1891. 



Clamps for Standing* Frames. 



Clamps for holding frames in place, 

 seem to be a source of great trouble to 

 some bee-keepers. I use a hive, the back 

 of which is supplied with hinges, so that 

 it may be turned down half-way, and a 

 thin follower, the upper half of glass, 

 fixed in each side with slides, made of 

 blass wire, attached for tightening up 

 the frames. Bees are doing finely, and 

 on Feb. 6, had their first flight of the 

 season, having unmistakable signs of 

 early breeding. B. Losee. 



Cobourg, Ont. 



Good Courage. 



Last Spring I had 73 colonies of bees. 

 I had no swarms or honey. I put 70 

 colonies into winter quarters, which are 

 doing well. My courage is good for 

 1891. T. M. Hebrick. 



Woodstock, N. Y. 



Pure Food Bill. 



I wrote to our Senator, G. G. Vest, 

 asking him to do all he could for the 

 Pure Food Bill now before Congress. His 

 reply was, "He would support it." It 

 was possible he would vote for certain 

 amendments to the bill, but with its gen- 

 eral object he was heartily in sympathy. 

 R. G. Robertson. 

 Pres. Salem (Mo.) B.-K. Ass'n. 



Foul-Brood Legislation. 



In " Editorial Buzzings," page 2 1 8, is 

 a statement that the Legislature of Wis- 

 consin is about to pass a law for the 

 eradication of foul-brood, and I think 

 there should be such a law in every 

 State. In the Northern portion of this 

 State, and especially in the vicinity of 

 Denison, it is very prevalent, many bee- 

 keepers having lost colonies thereby, 

 without knowing the cause of such loss. 

 I have had considerable experience with 

 methods for eradicating foul-brood, and 

 have found transferring to be the most 

 successful, but even that does not prove 

 effective when there are other colonies 

 in the neighborhood afflicted with the 

 same disease. The bee-keepers of this 

 State should unite in an effort to secure 

 the adoption, by our Legislature, of 

 measures for stamping out the disease. 

 C. M. Davis. 



Denison, Tex., Feb. 15, 1891. 



Hold the Meeting at Decatur. 



In regard to the proposed meeting of 

 the bee-keepers of the State, for the pur- 

 pose of forming a State Association, and 

 the time and place therefor, I am in 

 favor of the meeting being held in 

 Decatur, it being a central point, and 

 with sufficient accommodations for all 

 who may come, and as Mr. Hughes sug- 

 gested, I think April 8, would be soon 

 enough for all purposes. 



R. T. Davis. 



Decatur, Ills., Feb. 16, 1891. 



Exhibits at the State Fair. 



I consider it necessary to say a few 

 words in reply to Mrs. Harrison (page 

 843— Dec. 20, 1890), even though 

 deeming the article uncalled for, and be- 

 lieving it would have been better had 

 she taken the trouble to examine the 

 Secretary's books, and then given a full 

 report. I failed to discover that the 

 Iowa men did not exhibit all of their 

 comb-honey, and as to their comb-honey 

 being the best, that is a question that 

 admits of argument. The quantity was 

 greater, but the question of quality is 

 another thing. Perhaps it is a matter of 

 minor importance that Aaron Coppin re- 

 ceived a premium of . '^3 on "a little bit 

 of comb-honey," but not for lack of com- 

 petition, as there was one display of 

 comb-honey which must have amounted 

 to 500 pounds, but it received no pre- 

 mium. Now, I will ask, Who were the 

 exhibitors of bees and honey at the Fair 

 in 1890? Mr. D. D. Hammond, of 



