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the journal for the one bee man of the fam- 

 ily or shall we throw in something that will 

 make it interesting to the whole family ? It 

 seems to me that there is a little rock of 

 danger ahead of the class journal with a lim- 

 ited circulation, both editor and reader are 

 likely to get into the habit of posing as, 

 " We 400." I hope, however, that such a 

 condition of things will never encrust the 

 bright Review. 



Another point in the Re iew is the almost 

 entire absence of lady writers. In looking 

 over the index *or the past year, we find just 

 one article and tliat by Mrs. Atchley. It is 

 very easy to divine the cause. The rear 

 guard, Hasty, is such an inveterate old bach, 

 and makes such onslaughts upon kitchen 

 utensils, calling mops " dagons," etc., that 

 the sight of him is equivalent to " No woman 

 need apply." I admire Mrs. Atchley's cour- 

 age, and wishing always to see fair play, 

 hope in the future to see the name of more 

 ladies ia the Review. 



There is another point, don't praise the 

 camera too much, but let it speak for itself. 

 It seems to be the fashion for great newspa- 

 pers to "eep their editors in the background, 

 but our bee journals have become th j me- 

 diums whereby to become famous, and when 

 we recently opened the first number of a 

 new bee paper and found the editorial face 

 beaming on ours from two half tones, we 

 mentally remarked, " great I and little U." 

 Don't believe it is necessary to have so much 

 editor. 



I am pleased to see the revival of the Given 

 press idea. I used the press for several years 

 in my eastern home, and had good success 

 with it in making brood foundation. In 

 making foundation for sections I found that 

 my press would not give a uniform thick- 

 ness to the septum. I patiently tried to 

 remedy the fault by laying in pieces of pa- 

 per back of the dies, but faults still existed. 

 The only press I ever saw do good work was 

 owned by Mr. Holmes, of Shoreham, Ver- 

 mont. Mr. H. is a fine mechanic a:.d he 

 worked at his press until he could make 

 foundation of a very uniform thickness and 

 I am not sure but he uses it to this day. I 

 think if the press is manufactured at the 

 home of the honey bee the close mechanics 

 in that establishment will give us a machine 

 that will prove a success. 



Foundation can be made quite rapidly 

 upon a press, and I am not sure but the me- 

 chanical movement to secure the pressure 



might be improved so that the work can be 

 done more rapidly. It is no surprise to me 

 to learn that the pressed foundation shows 

 up best undor experiment, and is ahead of 

 the roller - made and even better than the 

 much lauded flat - bottom foundation. 



Bloomington, Calf. 



Jan. 31, 1894. 



[Apropos the foregoing I might say that 

 the gist of the suggestions regarding the 

 management of the Review is that it be kept 

 closely in bounds as a bee journal. The in- 

 troduction of illustrations is regarded with 

 favor, but there are hints that they be con- 

 fined to apicultural subjects. The references 

 to the editor and his hobbies outside of strict 

 apicultural work will be enjoyed if they are 

 brief and timely, but there is a very decided 

 feeling against the Review wandering too 

 far into by-paths. There is an intimation 

 that bee journals are taken for the informa- 

 tion that may be gained in regard to apicul 

 ture, and the closer they are devoted to that 

 industry, the greater will be the satisfaction. 

 Instead of adding departments devoted to 

 other pursuits, make tlie bee-keeping matter 

 so interesting that it will be read by the 

 whole family. For instance, I send the Re- 

 view to my father, and I have been told that 

 the whole family reads Hasty's writings, 

 although only one member is especially in- 

 terested in bees. Another instance : When 

 Mr. Terry wrote a book on potato culture I 

 looked it over, and then became so interested 

 that I read it and then read it aloud to my 

 wife, and neither of us are potato growers or 

 expect to be. Let us carry some sort of en- 

 thusiasm into the work, let us " git up and 

 git," and there is no danger that our jour- 

 nals will be dropped even if side issues are 

 not added. — Ed.] 



Disinfecting Foul - Broody Hives by Burn- 

 ing Kerosene Oil. 



[Hasty referred to this plan in his '• Com- 

 ments " and that led Mr. M. M. Baldridgeto 

 write him a letter. Hasty thought it too 

 good to keep, so he sent it to the Review. I 

 have the author's permission to lay it before 

 my readers, also his promise to describe in 

 the May Review his method of curing foul 

 brood, a method that promises to be as much 



