THE BEE-KEEPRS' REVIEW. 



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EDITORIAL 



fferings. 



Mrs. Hutchinson has been home 

 about six weeks. I nientioii this that our 

 friends ina\' rejoice with us. 



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Foul Brood and pickled brood are 

 giving the bee-keepers of York State a 

 little uneasiness in some parts of the 

 State. 



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F. L. Thompson, who writes "Notes 

 From Foreign Bee Journals" for the Re- 

 view is taking a trip among the bee-keep- 

 ers of Utah. 



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HONEV is being used more and more 

 by bakers; and the beauty of it is that 

 they can not use adulterated goods. The 

 least amount of glucose "spoils the cake." 



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W. L. CoGOSHALL puts locality first, 

 the man second, ami the hive last, and I 

 agree with him, but this does not necessa- 

 rily imply that the hive is of little impor- 

 tance. 



"A B.\r)LE.\K" is what comrade K. E. 

 Hasty calls the loss of swarms that come 

 out and abscond when the bee-keeper is 

 not on the watch — thinking it is too early 

 or too late in the day. Bro. Hast}- asks 

 how to stop the leak. That's easy. .Al- 

 ley's queen-trap will stop it. 



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IX)UIS SCHOIJ., Secretary of the Cen- 

 tral Texas Bee-Keepers' .Association, has 

 my thanks for a copy of the report of the 

 proceedings of their last convention; but 

 there is not room in a monthly, conduct- 

 ed on the lines followed by the Review, 

 to publish convention reports in detail. 



Bro. Holterm.vn has severed his con- 

 nection with the Canadian Bee Journal, 

 and is engaged in evangelical work. Mr. 

 W. J. Craig has taken his place for the 

 present. 



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Sulphuric Acid was once condemned 

 by the Dadants for use in refining bees- 

 wax, on the ground that it destroyed the 

 agreeable, natural odor of the wax. The 

 editor of Gleanings says that this was be- 

 cause too much acid was used in the past. 

 The amount used at present is sufficient, 

 yet the wax retains its well known, de- 

 lightful honey-smell. 



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"Too Much Honev for winter is just 

 enough," is the way that the elder Franc e 

 put it when I was out there last summer. 

 Mr. Dadant, in the American Bee Jour- 

 nal, quotes this expression from an arti- 

 cle of Mr. France, and then adds that it 

 does not pay to let bees starve, and that it 

 is still less profitable to feed them so stingi- 

 ly that they stan-e. Twenty-five pounds 

 of honey is considered a good, middle 

 average for wintering one colony — so says 

 .Mr. Dadant. 



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COLORADO BEE-KEEPERS' CONVENTION. 



That "irrepressible" Colorado State 

 Bee-Keepers' Association, will hold its 

 annual convention Nov. 27th, 28th and 

 29th, in the .State House at Denver, Colora- 

 do, beginning at 10 A. M. .\s usual, the 

 State Agricultural College will assist. 

 Every one should come loaded with ideas 

 and subjects for discussion. Those who 

 cannot come should write soon to the 

 Secretar>' or the President and tell what 

 are the particular needs of their locality. 

 The members will be the program. We 

 know from experience that you will 

 make a very lively convention. Come 

 every body — there is sure to be a "hot 

 time in the old town." 



R. C. Aikin, President, Loveland, Col. 

 F. Rauchfuss, Sec, box 378, Denver, Col. 



