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held, or become liable, in any amount in 

 excess of the sum hereby appropriated. 



Now, if every bee-keeper in Tl.linois has 

 not already written to the Senator and 

 Assemblyman of his district, let that be 

 done at once, urging them to support the 

 measure, and endeavor to secure the 

 necessary appropriation for a creditable 

 exhibition of the products of the bee, at 

 the coming World's Fair. 



Transferring- Bees.— In reply to sev- 

 eral inquiries, we will say that Mr. Hed- 

 don transfers bees in the following way, 

 which he claims to be far preferable to 

 the old way : 



About swarming time he drives the 

 queen and a majority of the bees into a 

 forcing box, and then removes the old 

 hive back a few feet, and puts in its 

 place a hive with its frames filled with 

 foundation, and pours the forced swarm 

 in front of it. All field-workers will 

 leave the old hive, and join the queen. 

 It would be well to return a part of the 

 bees to the old hive, for fear that the 

 brood will get chilled, being careful not 

 to take the queen. Twenty-one days 

 after the forcing of the bees, Mr. Heddon 

 drives the old hive clean of its bees, 

 uniting with the former drive. The 

 worker-brood is all hatched, and nothing 

 remains but the honey and comb, which 

 can be either transferred, or honey ex- 

 tracted and comb melted. 



To Prevent Robbing, close the en- 

 trance so as to give passage but for a 

 single bee at a time. This is effective, 

 if the bees will defend themselves ; if 

 not, remove them to a cellar for a few 

 days, then place them on a new stand, 

 or exchange places with the colony that 

 is robbing it. This will answer a ques- 

 tion sent in by W. R. Reynolds, of Cave 

 City, Ky. 



Well Satisfied. 



I would not do without the American 

 Bee Journal for anything. It is the 

 best and cheapest publication on bees 

 and honey that I know. 



Thomas Foreacre. 



Marshallton, Del. 



Sections for Comb-Honey. — We have 

 discarded the honey-boxes of yore, hold- 

 ing many combs, and even the unicomb 

 two-pound section has nearly gone out 

 of use, leaving the one-pound one-piece 

 section as the sole favorite. 



Now, another " advanced step " is 

 very necessary. There should be a uni- 

 formity of size and width for this one- 

 pound section. The present condition 

 of things, where many sizes and shapes, 

 and many widths are used, should give 

 way to one size, and one, or at most two, 

 widths for sections where separators are 

 used or dispensed with. 



All supers should be made to accom- 

 modate one size of sections. This could 

 easily be done, and would save much 

 confusion and inconvenience. There are 

 many other good reasons for uniformity. 



Uniformity should be the rule in sec- 

 tions and crates, and any departure 

 from that rule should be disapproved 

 and frowned down. These are our views, 

 and have been expressed quite often in 

 the past. We now invite a formal dis- 

 cussion of the points presented, and 

 suggestions for a way out of the diffi- 

 culty. The Bee Journal will give 

 space for a full and free discussion of 

 the subject, as one of the important 

 topics now interesting all bee-keepers. 



Honey for La Grippe. — In comment- 

 ing upon the present condition of the 

 honey market, Mr. R. A. Burnett remarks 

 as follows : 



The market is about cleaned up on 

 comb-honey ; at the ruling prices of 17 

 and 18 cents, very little is coming, and 

 we are of the opinion that there is not 

 any in the producers' hands. There has 

 been an unusually large Spring trade in 

 comb-honey, as many are using it as a 

 preventive and cure of la grippe. 



R. A. Burnett. 



Chicago, Ills., April 2, 1891. 



In this and many other cities, la gHppe 

 has been more devastating and deadly 

 than former epidemics of small-pox, 

 diphtheria, and the like. The liberal 

 use of honey has been one of the best 

 remedies, as well as preventives. 



