THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW, 



71 



If in an argument you talk louder than 

 your oponent, it means that he has the best 

 of it. 



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Have you reached that stage where you 

 can believe that those who differ from you 

 are honest in their belief ? 



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The Bee-Keepers' Union re-elected all of 

 its old officers. This means that T. G. New- 

 man is Manager and R. L. Taylor President. 



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H. P. Langdon is mourning the loss of 

 his dear wife ; his greatest comforter being 

 a little tvvo-months-old girl. 



Editobially, I will say nothing this month 

 about foundation as there are several arti- 

 cles yet on hand, pnd after this issue is read 

 there may be others who will wish to write 

 on the subject, 



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PuLVEBizED SuGAK for making candy for 

 use in queen cages ought to be selected with 

 care, so says the Progressive. One kind is 

 mixed with starch or flour and is not suita- 

 ble. It will become very hard. The other 

 grade is pure sugar. It may have some 

 lumps in it but the greater part of it will re- 

 main fine. 



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Mb. W. J. Ellison, the well known queen 

 breeder of Catchall, S. C, has passed beyond 

 this vale of tears. He had suffered a long 

 time from throat and lung troubles, I be- 

 lieve, and on the 9th of February he passed 

 peacefully away. He leaves a widow and 

 four children, all boys, to mourn his loss. 

 My business relations with the deceased were 

 extensive, long continued and very pleasant, 

 and I feel as though I had lost an old friend. 

 



Gleanings has been having a most 

 thorough discussion of the necessity for bees 

 in the fertilization of blossoms. While they 

 may not always be a necessity it is very evi- 

 dent that their presence greatly increases the 

 yield in many instances. All of the papers 

 have been gathered together and published 

 in pamphlet form which can be furnished 

 at a very low price. They are intended for 

 distribution where there is "friction" be- 

 tween fruit and bee men. 



THE WOODOOOK FOUNDATION FASTENEB. 



Mr. Marcus Woodcock of this place has 

 invented a new foundation fastener. It 

 works upon the hot-iron-melted-wax-plan, 

 its distinctive feature being that the section 

 is left in an upright position, or rather the 

 foundation is supported while the section is 

 being turned into an upright position. The 

 accompanying cut makes a description al- 



WOODOOOK FOUNDATION FASTENEB. 



most fmnecessary. The machine is fastened 

 to the floor, the upper part being placed 

 against a table. A metal plate is attached 

 to a cross-piece, the plate being heated by a 

 lamp placed upon an adjustable shelf. The 

 part of the machine bearing the block over 

 which the section is slipped is hinged at the 

 top, and as soon as the sheet of foundation 

 is dropped upon the hot plate that projects 

 through the section just above the top bar, 

 this hinged part is swung outwardly and 

 upwardly. As the section is swung out the 

 heated plate is withdrawn allowing the 

 melted edge of the foundation to drop down 

 upon the center of the top bar. As the f oun- 



