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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



The Scraps of quotations that appear at 

 the head of some articles, furnishing a sort 

 of index to the character of what is to fol- 

 low, are placed there by the editor ; they are 

 not always of his choosing, however. 



Eight Extba Pages in this issue are the 

 result of the usual press of advertising at 

 this time of the year, and of the large amount 

 of unusually interesting correspondence with 

 which the Review has of late been blessed. 



"Out - Apiaeies." This is the answer 

 given by J. H. Larrabee, in the A. B. J., in 

 his reply to the query : " What shall we 

 plant for honey ?" Seldom is so much un- 

 expected wisdom found in so few words. 



The Apictjltukist for March probably 

 contains more information on queen rearing 

 than was ever befere put into a single copy 

 of a bee journal. By the way, too, somebody 

 is deserving of praise for the mechanical 

 neatness with which the Api. is always got- 

 ten up. 



The " ^lameless Bee Disease," or bee par- 

 alysis, is a trouble that may become more 

 troublesome. A bee-keeper in N. Y, writes 

 that his bees are troubled with it now, and 

 he thinks it is often the cause of winter 

 losses. Who knows what causes it and what 

 is the remedy ? 



Pbeventing Aftek-Swabming by the use 

 of the bee-escape as practiced by Frank 

 Coverdale and reported in last Review has 

 also been tried by H. P. Langdon. He 

 writes: "I can endorse, to the letter, all 

 that Frank Coverdale says about the preven- 

 tion of after-swarming by the use of the bee- 

 escape, as I gave it a good trial two years 

 ago." 



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C. H. DiBBEBN has sent me a sample of 

 his latest bee-escape. It is a series of spurs 

 made of perforated tin and all point out to- 

 wards the opening. In short, they might be 

 described as like the Porter, only they have 

 stationary "springs" or spurs of perfora- 

 sed tin with their outer ends so far apart that 

 a bee can pass the points. If a bee should 

 attempt to return she would likely run up 

 against a "snag." 



Dbone Comb, built by bees having a caged 

 queen is an indication that the bees would 

 not accept her were she released, while the 

 building of worker comb is an indication 

 that she is regarded favorably. This is the 

 assertion of Mr. Gravenhorst. I must con- 

 fess that I have never made any observations 

 in this direction, hnt if there is " anything 

 in it," it is well worth knowing. 



"Questions and Answebs," is to be the 

 heading of a new department in the A. B. J. 

 It is not designed to take the place of 

 "Queries and Replies," but the editor says 

 there are some questions that can be just as 

 satisfactorily answered by one as by twenty- 

 five persons, and the reply can be given 

 sooner by not being obliged to wait for the 

 numerous experts to answer the (lueries. 

 This department is to be principally editori- 

 al. Bro. York is certainly working hard to 

 make his journal " worth its keep," as friend 

 Hasty says. 



The Type used in the headings of Hasty 's 

 review is too light - faced to suit Dr. Miller, 

 who thinks it looks "as though it needed to 

 be fed up." Aside from this, the Doctor 

 thinks Hasty's review is tip top. A, I, "just 

 what he sxpected." I suspect that the Doc- 

 tor made this little criticism simply to show 

 how hyper-critical one must be to find any 

 fault with Hasty's review, but now that the 

 subject of light-faced type is brought up I 

 wish to say that neat, artistic, light-faced 

 type is a hobby of mine. I greatly prefer it 

 to the bolder, black-faced, heavier styles that 

 make a page, especialy an advertising page, 

 look like a circus poster. 



Sealed Covebs, especially in a severe 

 winter, with bees in the open air. do not 

 seem to be just the thing. At Medina, Ohio, 

 they "got a black eye," last winter, as "E. 

 R." says in Gleanings. I have never seen 

 bees wintered more successfully out of doors 

 than with a space a foot square left open to 

 the outer air, right over the cluster. There 

 were six inches of chaff between the bees 

 and this opening, and the opening was pro- 

 tected from storms. This was in Northern 

 Michigan. Mr. B. Taylor is very much op- 

 posed to sealed covers. He writes that he 

 has visited a man who takes the covers en- 

 tirely off his bees in the cellar, and they 

 winter well. 



