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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



Black Bees and half-depth frames in the 

 supers enable Mr. G. L. Head of La Valle, 

 Wis., to dispense with bee escapes and brush- 

 es. He simply shakes the bees oft. He has 

 driven ten miles to an out-apiary and extract- 

 ed 1,000 pounds of honey in a day. So far 

 this year he has extracted !),000 pounds from 

 109 colonies and increased to 165. 

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HOW MUCH HONEY IS KAI8ED IN THE UNITED 

 STATES ? 



As I was at work in the shop the other day 

 putting foundation in sections it occurred to 

 me that if every manufacturer of sections 

 would report how many sections he had sold 

 during the year we could get something of 

 an estimate as to how much honey was pro- 

 duced in a year, something as the number 

 of queens sold last year was estimated. I 

 went into the house and found Gleanings on 

 the desk, and in looking over the editorials I 

 found that its editor had thought of the 

 same thing in advance of me. Let each sec- 

 tion manufacturer report to Gleanings at 

 the end of the season, how many sections he 

 has sold during the year, and we can guess 

 someivhere near how much honey was pro- 

 duced this year. 



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BE YOUBSELF. 



There is one idea expressed in E. E. Hasty 's 

 article this month that it would be well for 

 young writers to bear in mind, that of being 

 natural, of writing " from the inside. " How 

 well I remember my first composition, how 

 I tried to write just as folks did in books. 

 Frequently I might have written of some in- 

 teresting fact, and probably in an interesting 

 manner if I had written in a straightforward, 

 simple way of my own, but I forbore because 

 "other folks didn't write of such things in 

 such a way, " forgetting, or not knowing, 

 that the man who is different from the others 

 may be the most interesting man in the 

 crowd. Be yourself. Be natural. Don't 

 strain after some style that you may happen 

 to admire and thereby ruin what might 

 otherwise be a better style than the one you 

 are striving to imitate. 



DEAD BKOOD THAT IS NOT FOUL BROOD. 



When I was over at the Michigan Experi- 

 mental Apiary, Mr. Taylor showed me a col- 

 ony in which at least one-fifth of the brood 

 was dead. I presume a novice would have 

 pronounced it foul brood. There were 



sunken, perforated cells, and dark, brown, 

 coffee- colored dead larvii?. But two of the 

 characteristics of foul brood were lacking : 

 the thick ropiiiess and the odor. The skin 

 to a dead larva was tough and held its con- 

 tents as a rubber sack would hold water. 

 And, by the way, the contents were often 

 watery, the thick ropiness was lacking. It 

 certainly was not chilled brood as it was in 

 July. Mr. Taylor admitted that he did not 

 know what was the cause of the malady. 



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" BiBDs OF Michigan, " is the title of Bull- 

 etin 94 prepard by Prof. Cook, of the Mich- 

 igan Agricultural College. It contains 150 

 pages, is freely illustrated and handsomely 

 bound, and is bringing forth deserved praise 

 from high authorities. It is sent free to all 

 Michigan people who apply. Others who 

 are interested should write to the College to 

 learn upon what terms they can procure 

 copies. 



THE CANADIAN BEE JOUKNAL TO BE PUBLISHED 

 BY THE GOOLD, SHAPLEY & MUIE CO. 



As mentioned in another place, the 

 Canadian Bee Journal has been burned out; 

 but a communication from Mr. R. F. Hol- 

 terman informs me that the Goold, Shapley 

 & Muir Co. has bought the subscription list 

 and will continue the publication of the 

 journal. It will be enlarged, changed to a 

 monthly, better paper used and an effort 

 made to fill it with first class material. The 

 first issue will be out in September. Mr. 

 Holterman is to be the editor. There is 

 certainly room in Canada for a bee journal, 

 and as Mr. Holterman is not without ex- 

 perence, the firm has capital, and the journal 

 will start out with a good subscription list, I 

 do not see why it need not be a success. I 

 hope it will. 



SuPEKS may be taken off when robbers do 

 not trouble by smoking out most of the bees 

 and then placing the super where the few re- 

 maining bees can run out into the entrance 

 of the hive. Mr. Taylor speaks in a recent 

 article of setting the super on toj) of the hive. 

 This is all right where the super can be left 

 long enough, but the bees will get out more 

 quickly if one corner of the super is leaned 

 against the alighting board of the hive. Al- 

 though the basswood season is past and the 

 bees are gathering nothiug, I took off a doz- 



