THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



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CONTROIXINO A OIKKN'S I-I,IGHT BV 

 CLIPPING HKR WINGS. 



Among the first Italian queens that Dr. 

 Dzierzon raised was one that had short 

 wings, but she was successfully mated. 

 Another had one long wing and one short 

 one, and could not fl}- until he clipped 

 the long one a little, when she also mated. 

 Both flew with some exertion, and he con- 

 cludes that to clip the wings slighth- 

 would be a means of having them mate 

 near home to desirable drones, and sug- 

 gests that the clipping be done in a room, 

 and but slightly at first, then the queen 

 allowed to fly to the window, so that one 

 may judge whether to clip her wings still 

 shorter. 



HUNG.\RI.\N BEES. 



The Banater or Hungarian bee, says 

 Baron Bela Amboozy, occupies an inter- 

 mediate position between the Italian and 

 Carniolan in swarming proclivities, and 

 also in brood rearing, and storage ofhon- 

 ey in the brood-chamber. The colonies 

 do not become weak in a prolonged flow 

 as Italians do, while at the same time 

 they store enough for the future. Its 

 only faults are its inclination to rob, and 

 to fly for nectar in bad weather, when 

 numbers often perish. Since 1873 he has 

 shipped nearly 6ocx) swarms and 8500 

 queens to nearly all the countries of Eu- 

 rope and America, and fitm Rus.'ia tcj 

 Illinois, Ohio and Kentuck}' it has met 

 with great favor. It is gray, with yellow- 

 ish abdominal rings and yellowish down, 

 and somewhat slenderer than the Carnio- 

 lan, and it has a direct flight, while that of 

 the Carniolan is waving. The be.st colored 

 examples are in southern Hungary; those 

 from the mountainous regions are nmch 

 darker. 



K.\ERNTNKR BEi:S SOI.I) .\S C.\RNIOI,.\NS. 



Dealers in Carniolan bees, says Wilhelm 

 Hild. buy many colonies in the Gail val- 

 ley, Kaernten, and take them to Carniola 

 whence they are shipped as Carniolans,so 

 that the Kaerntner bees reallv deserve 



the world-wide reputation that the Carni- 

 olans have, instead of the bees in Carniola. 



IMPORTANCE OF INSECTS IN EERTII^IZING 

 BI^OSSOMS. 



In seven localities in Austria last year 

 experiments on the fertilizing of fruit- 

 blossoms were conducted according to a 

 concerted plan on a variety of trees and 

 shrubs, choosing those that had not borne 

 much the preceding year. In one locality 

 apple-blossoms covered from insects 

 bloomed one to three days longer, than 

 uncovered ones; pear-l)lossoms four to five 

 diys longer; and plum-blossoms four to 

 six da3^s. No fruit set on the covered ap- 

 ple-boughs; and less on the covered pear 

 and plum-boughs than on the uncovered 

 ones; much of which fell oflF prematurely. 

 In another locality the experiment was 

 tried on an almond tree, a pear and a cher- 

 ry, which bore fruit in abundance on the 

 uncovered branches. All the covered 

 l)lossoms remained in bloom longer, but 

 none developed except one of the almond 

 blossoms, apparently because it rubbed 

 against the covering, and this withered 

 without a kernel. In the third locality, 

 two covered apple boughs bloomed three 

 days longer than the others, and no fruit 

 developed, while the uncovered branches 

 bore in abundance. In the other four 

 localities the experiments and results 

 were so similar it is not worth while to 

 mention them particularly. The whole 

 forms a convincing proof that insect aid 

 is necessary to the fruit indu.stry. 



WHAT TO DO WHEN A REL.A.PSE IS THREAT- 

 ENED EROM .\ BEE STING. 



A person of a weak constitution, visit- 

 ing a bee-keeper, was so affected, for a 

 short time, by a sting on the ear as to seem 

 about to die. Commenting, Dr. Ritterin 

 such cases advises a horizontal position, 

 immediate loosening of the collar, belt, 

 etc., opening a window if in a room, and 

 energetic spraying of the face (but not 

 the eyes, ) breast, and abdomen with cold 

 water; not hesitating to dash a glassful 



