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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



jig" when combs of unequal weight are 

 being extracted, and have wished for 

 some simple and effective method for 

 speedily, easily, and efifectively fastening 

 it so as to take the dance out of it, and 

 still have it so fastened as to be readil)' 

 and quickly removed when desired. The 

 best appliance of this kind that I have 

 seen is described in the November num- 

 ber of the Canadian Bee-Journal by H. R. 

 Smith, the inventor. He says: — 



Our honey extractor had an exasperat- 

 ing habit of dancing about on its stand 

 whenever the combs in it were not well 

 balanced. Into the stand I drove four 

 large screws about half their length, two 

 on each side of the extractor, about four- 

 teen inches apart. Two pieces of steel 

 wire were then bent to form double hooks, 

 and these were hung on the top edge of 

 the extractor, on opposite sides. One end 

 of a piece of strong cord was tied to one 

 of the screws, the cord was passed up 

 through the hook, down to the other 

 screw on the same side and tied to it. A 



short piece of cord A'as then tied around 

 the double part just 1)elow the hook. A 

 similar arrangement of the cord was 

 made on the other side, and the short 

 pieces were slid down the double cords 

 as far as they would go. To release the 

 extractor we simply slip the short pieces 

 of cord upward; this gives enough slack 

 to let us remove the hooks from the can. 

 We have had no more trouble with the 

 extractor shaking; and can recommend 

 the contrivance as being practical, easily 

 applied and costing next to nothing. 



If, as in my case, one needs frequentlv 

 to move the extractor, and does, or does 

 not, use a stand, it might be an improve- 



ment to use heavy screw-hooks instead 

 of screws; so that they can be readily re- 

 moved and replaced without the use of a 

 screw-driver; and some might prefer to 

 use wire where Mr. Smith uses cord. 



PUBLISHING BEE JOURNAI.S — AND PUB - 



IJSHING REPORTS OF BIG CROPS 



AND BIG FAILURES. 



I see by the last two numbers of the 

 Canadian Bee-Journal that there is talk 

 of the Ontario Bee Keepers' Association 

 "taking over" and publishing the Bee 

 Journal; but, for a wonder, the members 

 don't all seem to think alike about the 

 matter, and J. D. Evans says: — 



There is a danger of its falling under 

 the control of some "goody goody" blath- 

 erskite, whose chief aim in life is to in- 

 duce every man and his sisters and his 

 cousins and his aunts to keep oees. 



He then goes on to tell "what a good 

 bee paper should be;" premising his in- 

 formation with the statement that "per- 

 haps few of the members of the O. B. K. 

 A. would agree with him;" and I believe 

 he is right. He says:— 



ist. It should strictly exclude from its 

 columns all reports of big crops; they are 

 seldom true and always misleading. * * 



2nd, I think that a bee journal should 

 honestly publish failures. * * 



My ! but what will become of those of 

 us who don't produce good yields? Who 

 will "whistle" for us to "keep our cour- 

 age," if the journals don't do it; and pub- 

 lish "reports of big crops," which I be- 

 liev'e are generally true, and seldom mis- 

 lead one who does his own thinking ? 



I perfectly agree with Mr. Evans in 

 his second proposition; and I believe all 

 other honey producers do the same. 

 Failures should be published, just as hon- 

 estly as big crops. 



1'IKST-SKAI.ED CELLS DON'T CONTAIN SO 

 GOOD QUEENS AS THOSE SEALED 

 A LITTLE L.-VTER. 

 In the American Bee-Keeper for Octo- 

 ber, Mr. Ed. Jollej'says: — 



Dr. Miller saj^s that queens from the 

 first sealed cells are the best. My expe- 



