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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



Squeeze or wring the cloths as dry as possi- 

 ble, then take off the cover of the hive, place 

 the clearer or escape board fitted with a 

 " Porter escape " on the cover of the hive, 

 lift the crate of sections off the hive and al- 

 low one of the cloths to drop gently in its 

 place over the top of frames and the super is 

 placed on the clearer before a bee has es- 

 caped. The other cloth comes handy when 

 taking two crates from one hive, or in put- 

 ting an extra crate on under the clearer. 

 The bees pass into the hive in a few hours, 

 or by the morning. At my out-apiary I put 

 them on in the evening and remove the hon- 

 ey in the morning ^-eady to be put into the 

 trap to take home. I consider the super 

 clearer one of the most useful appliances 

 that has been added to the bee-keepers' out- 

 fit for many years. I well remember the old 

 way of removing sections, brushing and 

 shaking or blowing the bees off or out or 

 through the pop holes at the corners of the 

 sections, now tlie bees clear out themselves 

 while other work can be attended to. Once 

 it was a general disturbance, now it is done 

 (luietly ; then the stings were many, now 

 they are a rarity ; then one's eyes were oft- 

 times full of or smarting with smoke, now 

 by the use of the cloths (parbolized) there is 

 no danger of stained sections, or robber bees 

 following around ready to pounce in as soon 

 as the quilt is removed from the top of the 

 section crate, making the bees of the hive 

 vicious and spiteful ; then it meant a general 

 upset to the hives from which the honey was 

 removed and a great loss of time to the bees, 

 now, with plenty of supering crates on hand, 

 the honey can be removed and the bees con- 

 tinue right along with their work without a 

 Vjreak, thus increasing the out-put. 



Yet another point in favor of the super 

 clearer, i. e., when the bees have built brace 

 combs between the bottoms of sections and 

 tops of frames, the bees, as they pass from 

 the sections to the escape, will sip up the 

 bleeding honey and carry it down into the 

 next super, or into the brood combs as the 

 case may be, and when the super is removed 

 there is only a little dry wax to remove. 



A closing word for the carbolized cloths ; 

 when taking the clearers off, the bees are in- 

 stantly driven down out of the way as soon 

 as the cloth falls on the top of the super or 

 frames, on removing the clearer, and the 

 quilts can be replaced expeditiously without 

 killing a bee. 



Newbuby, England. March 10, 'i)4. 



Judging the Future From the Past.— Given 

 Foundation. 



"BAMBLEB." 



Please the children's and their mamma's eyes ; 

 No man liveth to himself, or dies. 



mHE Dec. 

 'T' number of 

 the Review 

 was very much 

 delayed and 

 did not arrive 

 till well along 

 into January 

 It struck me 

 that I would 

 like to have 

 something t o 

 say in answer to that question of yours, 

 " How to make the Revie v a better paper." 

 It is a vry easy thing to take up the Re- 

 view or any other paper at the end of the 

 year and take a retrospective view of it and 

 observe the many points of improvement. 

 If there is improvement the points are so 

 plain that they indicate the line of improve- 

 ment for the future. Half-tone illustrations 

 have been creeping into the Review, and an 

 assurance that they are to be continued is 

 an evidence of striking improvement that is 

 sure to be popular. 



The picture conveys to the gaze a meaning 

 that cannot be gained from the printed page. 

 Then the picture livens up the journal much 

 as pictures on the wall make the home more 

 pleasant and interesting. 



We sort of dream over valuable facts some- 

 times that are not illustrated, but throw in 

 now and then an illustration and the fact is 

 fastened in the mind. 



This is certainly an age of pictures and 

 there is no use for any one to deny the value 

 of good illustrations, and judging from Bro. 

 Heddon's remark on page !•, the Review to 

 accord with his view would be as bare of 

 adornment as a thorn bush in mid-winter ; 

 just think how forbidding that would be. 



The question in relation to the special 

 topic plan, is a little more obscure, but 

 again taking a retrospective view we find 

 that the Review has not of late held so close 

 to the special topic feature, and it is pro- 

 nounced a better paper than ever. It is very 

 evident that a class journal, with a large cir- 

 culation, can stick closer to its text than 

 such a journal with a small circulation, and 

 the (juestion comes in here, shall we make 



