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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



him; when the facts of the case are he 

 doesn't own a foot of land, but he rents 

 just one acre."" "There is no sweet-clo- 

 ver in this country to speak of. I will 

 agree to wheel all there is within ten 

 miles of Mr. Sawyer"s lot on a daisy 

 wheel-barrow and I don"t think it would 



make a load and what in 



the world ever made him slop over in 

 that kind of a way I don"t know." 

 Doesn't it seem to make quite a difference 

 whose ox is gored ? 



Then, Sommy, you say you enjoy this 

 department, but that you have a fear that 

 some practical bee-keepers may be de- 

 terred from publishing their ideas for 

 fear of criticism of their language. Why, 

 Sommy, have you seen anything to in- 

 dicate that I am anything but tender 

 with the lambs of the flock ? Then you 

 fall in with the expression that it would 

 be better lo criticise ideas than language. 

 But then there seems to be an idea, or 

 was, at least, that we were so callow that 

 it would be better for iis to be dosed with 

 baby-talk, instead of feeding us on good 

 brawny English. Was that an idea to be 

 criticised or not ? But I am in a hurr}- 

 now. Good by, Sommy. 



The Boiler in the American Bee Jour- 

 nal, 42, says 'Tn opposition to the views 

 of Editor Hutchinson, who says queens 

 are the least expensive part of a colony 

 • C. P. Dadant in Glea- 

 nings is emphatic in the assertion that 

 in the Spring the queens are the part of 

 most especial value." W^hy jumble lan- 

 guage, brethren ? Isn't the common air 

 always of "most especial value," and yet, 

 isn't it the least expensive ? 



I,ARGE QUEEN CEI.tS DO NOT INCREASE 

 THE SIZE OF THE QUEENS. 



In a foot note the editor of Gleanings 

 (page 15) says "I am inclined to think 

 there may be something in the idea of 

 large cells producing large queens." 

 Haven't we been all over that matter in 

 the case of workers, and decided that 

 there was nothing in it? And if nothing 

 in the case of workers, are not the rea- 



sons stronger against it in the case of 

 queens ? 



A CORRECTION AND APOLOGY. 



vSometime since I questioned, inferen- 

 tially, the spelling of mealy-mouthed by 

 the new method. In a private note editor 

 York imforms me that he has good au- 

 thority for his spelling. Though I have 

 not had an opportunity to examine the 

 matter fully, I have done so sufficiently 

 to know that he is correct. I owe him 

 an apology, which is hereby tendered. 



Lapeer, Mich, Jan. 31, 1S99. 



EDITORIAL 



ffcrings- 



Gleanings has added a new depart- 

 ment called "Pickings From our Neigh- 

 bor's Fields." It is to be presided over 

 by Mr. W. P. Root, Gleaning's proof 

 reader; and the first installment shows 

 most conclusively that he is "the right 

 man in the right place. ' ' 



CappinGS of the very whitest are se- 

 cured by Mr. Shaver of Canada, by al- 

 lowing no sections to be capped above 

 old brood combs. Colonies with old 

 combs are allowed to build combs and 

 fill them, but, as the capping process is 

 bagun, the super is transferred to a colony 

 of the current year. 



Honey Leaflets gotten up by the A. 

 I. Root Co., have not been so successful 

 as it was hoped they would be in building 

 up local markets. When I saw in Glean- 

 ings the heading to the article in which 

 this fact was stated, I thought about them, 

 "No wonder; they are too cheap looking 

 affairs. " As I read down the colunm I 

 was agreeabl}' surprised to find that the 

 editor took the same view that I did. He 

 thought they better be printed on a fine 



