THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



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ical, we will say that the supers seem "bung- 

 ling," clumsy, and heavy to us, as we are ac- 

 customed to handling those made of % stuff. 

 If Mr. Root would adopt the seveu-to-the- 

 foot sections, he could then make the sides 

 of the supers thinner. The ends might also 

 be made thinner, and then narrow strips 

 tacked across the ends, at the top and bot- 

 tom of the super, to make it as long as the 

 hive. Or the supers might be made shorter 

 than the hive and the end pieces of the 

 honey-board made correspondingly wider. 



Journal" was dropped. Bro. Newman be- 

 lieves that the present is an auspicious time 

 for its revival and he has brought forth 

 " Vol. IV. No. I." with its name changed to 

 the "Illustrated Home .Journal." It is 

 a monthly, at $]r>0 a year, and is nicely 

 printed on fine paper, and filled with 

 choice miscellaneous matter suitable for the 

 family and iireside. Bro. Newman has al- 

 ways been a warm friend of ours, and of the 

 Review, and we sincerely hope that he will 

 prosper in this new venture. 



PKOF. cook's little PAMPHLET : " THE SILO 

 AND SILAGE." 



As a rule, we do not intend to "notice" 

 anything outside of bee-culture, but we can- 

 not resist the temptation to say a good word 

 for Prof. Cook's last boot: "The Silo and 

 Silage." It is very readable, being written 

 in the Professor's best style, and tells in a 

 plain, straight-forward way how to build a 

 silo, how to raise the corn, and how to put it 

 into the silo. The Author writes from expe- 

 rience, and we doubt not that many a farm- 

 er could make money by following his ad- 

 vice. The price of the book is 25 cts. Ad- 

 dress Prof. A. J. Cook, Agricultural College, 

 Michigan. 



MB. HEDDON's " OFFICIAL ''' OKGAN. 



An editorial in the March Ajjicultui'Lst 

 contains the following : — 



"Why should not every bee-keeper have 

 his official organ? Bro. Heddon has his ; 

 and, although published in the state of 

 Michigan, I believe Bro. Heddon is not there 

 to conduct its affairs, yet, when he desires to 

 lash a fellow who does not puff ' my new 

 system,' he pitches into him as vigorously as 

 though he were editor-in-chief." 



If we are to judge by the freedom with 

 which Mr. Heddon is allowed to defend him- 

 self, then a perusal of his article in this 

 same number of the .Ijiiciiltwisf would lead 

 us to suppose that his "official organ" was 

 published in Mass. instead of Mich. 



BBO. NEWMAN S NEW VENTUKE. 



Years ago, Bro. Newman, of the A. B. J. 

 was engaged in the publication of the "Chi- 

 cago Illustrated Journal." Upon taking 

 hold of the A. B. J. the "Illustrated 



"PKAOTICAL BEE-KEEPING." 



( 'ontinued from March No. 

 Mr. -Jones describes the ".Jones Deep Frame 

 Hive." The frames are 10^4 inches wide, 

 and 1232 deep, and twelve frames are used in 

 a hive. But few double-walled hives are used 

 in Canada: many colonies are, however, win- 

 tered in clamps. The Heddon hive is illus- 

 trated and described. What Mr. .Jones calls 

 his "Combination Hive" is simply a hive 

 with his deep frame laid upon its side, which 

 is a move in the right direction. With this 

 hive are used the reversible honey-boards 

 and reversers. For "all purposes" this is the 

 favorite hive of our Author. He pleads for 

 a square frame, because the queen can then 

 keep the brood more nearly in a globular 

 shape. We must once more call attention to 

 the fact that we ought not to build hives with 

 a view entirely to suiting the instincts of the 

 bees. It is true that bees prefer to have their 

 brood in a globular shape, but it may be 

 more profitable for us to compel them to flat" 

 ten it. We must keep in view the end. — Mr. 

 •Jones would advise the painting of hives. 

 He uses a dark drab mineral paint. Hives 

 last longer and look better when painted; 

 besides, many of the operations of the 

 apiary require hives alike in appearance; and 

 old hives have a different color from new 

 ones when both are unpainted. We think 

 this one of the strongest arguments in favor 

 of painting. Hives ought to be painted 

 white, as white reflects the heat, while dark 

 colors absorb it. — In speaking of the Root 

 "Dovetailed Hive," Mr. Jones says he thinks 

 a mistake was made in leaving out the metal 

 supports. We think not. — A brief descrip- 

 tion is given of the Richardson Hives. — The 

 Barnes foot power saw is also illustrated and 

 described. — Mr. Jones next describes the 

 operation of transferring, but we have all 

 read it time and again in the text books. 



