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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW, 



A Beginnkr with a few brains, boards 

 and a buzz saw, is the man of all others 

 who feels called upon to invent a bee 

 hive. 



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The Hon. Eugene Si^cor was re- 

 elcted as General Manager of the Na- 

 tional Bee-Keepers' Assaociation. The 

 three Directors whose terms of office had 

 expired were also reelected. 



Winter Losses in cellars occur the 

 most frequently in the lowest tier of hives. 

 For this reason, many bee-keepers use 

 empty hives in the lowest tier. Probably 

 this is a matter of temperature; the lower 

 part of the cellar is colder than the upper 

 part. For this reason, the weaker colo- 

 nies ought to be put in the upper tier. 



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Inbreeding was discussed at the re 

 cent meeting of the Michigan State Dai- 

 rymen's Association, where were assem- 

 bled more than loo practical breeders, 

 and not one could be found to raise a 

 voice in favor of the practice. The ad- 

 vice was not to inbreed so long as another 

 animal, equally good, but not related, 

 could be secured. 



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Safe Introduction of queens is 

 probably secured upon two exactly opj 

 posite principles, viz., excitement an 

 quietness. Tobacco smoke causes excite- 

 ment, and allowing the bees to release 

 a ^iieen by eating away candy, is on 

 the quiet order. A combination of the 

 two principles is not desirable. Have 

 one or the other in its purity, and have it 

 thorouyhlv. 



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The PROI.IFICNESS of queens is affect- 

 ed by the opportunities afforded them 

 for laying when they first begin laying; 

 at least, this is the view expressed by Mr. 

 W. J. Stahmann of Wisconsin, at the 

 Minnesota convention. If this is true, it 

 is pretty hard on the queens sent out by 

 breeders as soon as the queens begin la\'- 

 ing, and thus kept from laying for several 

 days. 



Success consists in "making a liveli- 

 hood at a congenial occupation." This 

 definition suits me the best of any I have 

 ever seen. I think I found it in the mag- 

 azine called Success. 



New Jersey bee-keepers will hold 

 their next regular meeting on Saturday, 

 March i, at the office of Mr. J. H. M. 

 Cook, 62 Cortland St., New York City. 

 Every bee-keeper is most cordially in- 

 vited to be present. 



ExTR.ACTED Honey production is, as 

 a rule, more profitable in Northern Mich- 

 igan than is the production of comb 

 honey. The short season and cool nights, 

 are not conducive to the building of comb 

 and the capping of the same. Bees will 

 store honey in drawn combs in the supers 

 when they will not build comb nor cap it. 

 Two-story chaff hives, in which the sec- 

 tions are protected from the cold, are a 

 great aid in the production of comb honey 

 in that locality. 



Mr. F. B. Simpson expects next month 

 to write on the subject of measuring bees' 

 tongues, illustrating and describing the 

 glossometer that he uses. Last Septem- 

 ber Mr. vSinipson and myself spent nearly 

 half a day measuring bees' tongues with 

 this instrument, and it seemed to me that 

 it was the most exact and practical way 

 of determining how far a bee can reacli 

 with its tongue. By the way, he expects 

 to finish his series of articles on breeding, 

 in two or three more issues. 



Queens may be mated with selected 

 drones by keeping the queen-rearing 

 nuclei and the colony containing the se- 

 lected drones, in an isolated situation; 

 also by keeping the nuclei with young 

 queens in the cellar, together with the 

 colony having the desired drones, and 

 taking them from the cellar in the after- 

 noon after other drones have ceased fly- 

 ing. A little warm syrup fed these nuclei 

 will start the bees, queens and drones to 

 flyuig. Lei us not forget these methods 

 while trying our tents and others things. 



