THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW, 



77 



that the so-called fly-hole is really a winter- 

 ing device — to let moisture out that would 

 otherwise condense inside. 



The cold weather found Mrs. Atchley's new 

 Eden, and went for her with ice an inch 

 thick — and pinched the tropical trees there- 

 about. And thus we sometimes "change the 

 skies over us, but not the spirit (of shiver- 

 de-freeze) which is within us." A.B. J. 174. 



"Get the best." It seems that the best 

 medium to carry "pizen" to the gentle 

 skunk is not a • en's egg but a hunk of drone 

 brood. He cannot resist its self-evident 

 toothsomeness, but " tumbles " to it at once. 

 Credited to Dr. Gallup. 



It seems the simple alcohol test for glucose 

 miscarried because we'uns didn't know what 

 to expect. The alcohol and honey do not 

 stay mixed. And (quite important) the alco- 

 hol may get a little milky when the honey is 

 perfectly pure. It's the honey at the bottom 

 that's to be looked at. If that is clear all 

 right, if milky there is glucose in it. Why 

 didn't you tell a body before ? We chaps 

 were like Absalom's guests : " W^e went in 

 our simplicity, we knew not anything.^' 

 Gleanings, G3. 



The attemp J to prove that there is no such 

 thing as poisonous honey is going to fail. 

 Very greatly exaggerated no doubt such re- 

 ports usually are, but they are not a mere 

 figment of the brain. J. P. H. Brown, who 

 is excellent authority, and right on the 

 ground testifies in Gleanings, page 84, to the 

 poisonous qualities of jasmine honey. It is 

 very deadly to newly emerged bees, killing 

 piles of them ; and people sometimes come 

 near losing their lives by eating it. Old bees 

 do not die of it ; and black bees mostly 

 know too much to gather it. 



''I could never make a success of having comb 

 built ill upper stories." 



So says Doolittle in Gleanings, 96. The 

 sentence rather surprised me — and yet, come 

 to think of it, I don't know as I have had 

 much success at it either. My up stairs built 

 combs mostly get cut up into squares to be 

 eaten or sold as comb honey, instead of be- 

 ing extracted and the comb used for next 

 time. But I am willing to have lots of drone 

 comb in the supers ; and if half of my extra 

 combs were drone size I should hardly call it 

 failure. 



There, now, I've gone and used my space 

 all up, and that big talk about the bees- fer- 

 tilizing-fruit discussion will have to lie over. 



RiOHABDS, Lucas Co., ( )hio, Feb. 23, '94. 



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 have never found a race of bees ( and we have 

 tried them all ) that could compare with them. 

 A. complete description of this wonderful race 

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 it. Bee-keepiing friends, give the gray Oarnio- 

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 what we say of them is true. 



Our live - banded, golden Italians are guaran- 

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 regards gentleness, hardiness and working qual- 

 ities, as we follow the best known methods for 

 producing first-class, business queens. Our 

 qiieen rearing apiaries are four miles apart 

 with lake George between the two races. Prices 

 of queens of either race are as follows. 



May .lune July Aug. 



One untested queen, $1.25 $1.00 75 65 



" Tested " 2 50 2.00 1.50 1.25 



Prices on large orders, imported and best 

 breeding queens sent upon application. 3-94-tf 



GOL0[fl • ITALIAN • QUFENS, 



The best of untested, five - banded Italian 

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 List of every thing needed in the apiary. 



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n. H. HUfiT, 



Bell Branch, Mich. 



