THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



Moths will not attack clfean, dry 

 combs that have never been used for 

 brood rearing, and contain no pollen. 

 Mr. J. B. Hall told me this over at the 

 Canadian convention. By means of an 

 excluder, he keeps the queen out of the 

 extracting conii-s. At the end of the 

 season, after the combs have been emp- 

 tied, the bees are allowed to lick the 

 combs dry and clean. In this condition, 

 free from honey, pollen or cocoons, they 

 may be hung in hives and stacked up out 

 of doors, and, even with the hives left 

 open, there is no trouble from moths. I 

 presume the secret is that the bee moth's 

 larvae find no nitrogenous food, in a per- 

 fectly clean comb, hence can not devel- 

 ope. 



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HASTY SAYS GOOD BV. 



In almost every number of the Review 

 since it began its career, something more 

 than ten years ago, there has been some- 

 thing from the pen of Hasty. When you 

 think of this, how he has twined himself 

 around our hearts, you can realize some- 

 thing of the regret with which I make 

 place for the following: — 



Richards, Ohio. Dec. 26, 1898. 



Friend Hutchinson; 



I think I must 

 bring my long series of the "View" to 

 a close. Many reasons combine in this 

 conclusion — of which it is only necessary 

 to mention one. I ca.n't'. read up my 

 journals evenings — have lost hope of being 

 able to do so. The result of this is that 

 whenever a "View" /las to be made out, 

 the reading first has to be done, all in 

 a pile, and the time for it taken out of 

 the few hours each day when I am at my 

 best. The net result is that the number 

 of days it takes to make out a "View" is 

 unreasonably great, and has come to be 

 unendurable. 



Regretfully; K. R. Hasty. 



Bro. Hasty, I know that all of my read- 

 ers join with me in regrets at the step 

 you feel compelled to take, and hope that 

 this isn't really good by ior good and at/; 

 that occasionally, at least, when the 

 spirit moves, you will send something to 

 thft-Review. 



The Western Bee-Keeper is the 

 name of a 50-ct., semi-monthly just 

 started at Denver, Colorano. Gordon 

 and Bailey are the editors and publishers. 

 Attention is called to the cilmatic differ- 

 ences between the East and the West, 

 necessitating a difference in management; 

 and our western brethren expect to find 

 a field for their labor in furnishing in- 

 struction that is especially adapted to 

 that particular locality. 



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Propous is often mixed with wax when 

 it is used. Mr. D. W. Heise, at the 

 Guelph meeting of the Ontario Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association, showed a neat little cake 

 of wax secured from chips of propolis 

 that he had taken the pains to pick up 

 one by one, so as to make sure no pellets 

 of clear wax were mixed in by accident. 

 Repeated meltings were necessary to fin- 

 ally separate the wax; and even then 

 there remained a strong odor of propolis. 

 According to this, we are losing a little 

 wax when we throw away the propolis 

 scraped from our sections. 



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WEDDED IN WASHINGTON. 



The Review has frequently referred to 

 that hustling young man, Mr. Charles 

 Koeppen, who, with no help, manages 

 several out apiaries for comb honey, this 

 year producing 20,000 pounds of fine, 

 white comb hone}', and it takes pleasure 

 in cop3'ing the following from the local 

 paper: 



"Charles Koeppen, of this x:ity, and 

 Miss \'irgie Tyler, of Fredericksburg, Va., 

 were united in marriage at the residence 

 of Rev. Dr. C. C. Meador, jjastor of the 

 Fifth Baptist church at Washington, I). 

 C. on Thursday of last week. The wed- 

 ding was a quiet one and was a surprise 

 to many of the bride's friends at her 

 home. The happy couple left for Phil- 

 adelphia and Ridgley Park, Pa., and will 

 return to Fredericksburg to spend the 

 Christmas holidays before coming to 

 Flint to reside. The Washington Star 

 says: 'The bride is the accomplished and 

 attractive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. 

 J. Tyler, while the groom is a promising 

 and prominent young citizen of Flint and 



