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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW, 



grow sheep for sale. When we refer to 

 a "fruit grower," we have in mind a man 

 who grows fruit for sale. The product of 

 the latter is fruit; that of the former is 

 sheep. The product of the bee keeper is 

 not bees, but honey. Of course, bees are 

 frequently sold, but they are not the final 

 product of the apiary in the sense that 

 that sheep or fruit are the final products 

 of the "fruit grower," and the "sheep 

 grower, ' ' respectively. The bees are sim- 

 ply a means to the end; sheep and fruit 

 are the end. Of course, in a certain sense, 

 we are "bee growers," but it seems to me 

 that "honey producers" would be the 

 proper term to use if we wish to give "bee 

 keepers" a rest. 



And more important than all, I don't 

 like the sound of "bee grower." 



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Bisui<PH IDE OF Carbon will not only 

 kill the larvae of the bee moth, but it will 

 also kill the eggs. At least, this is the 

 conclusion of most of those that have used 

 it. Mr. C. Davenport reports, in the 

 American Bee Journal, that his experience 

 has been that it kills the eggs. He says 

 that the effect is greatly dependent upon 

 how it is used. How closely the fumes 

 are confined, how long continued, and 

 the amount used, all have a bearing. 

 Mr. Davenport has a tight box made of 

 matched lumber. It is large enough to 

 put in a number of supers, or hive bodies 

 at once. 



He had one experience which leads 

 him to think that the use of this substance 

 had prevented the honey from candying. 

 The honey that he had furnished a certain 

 firm did not candy while that from other 

 shippers did candy. His honey had been 

 subjected to the fumes of the bisulphide 

 of carbon for three and one-half hours. 

 My opinion is that there was something 

 about the honey itself, coming from a 

 different locality than the others, that 

 prevented it from candying. If part of 

 this shipment had been subjected to the 

 fumes, and part had not, and the part 

 that had not been fumigated, was the part 



that crystalized, then we would have 

 something rather conclusive. Mr. Daven- 

 port promises to "know more about tliis" 

 before the year is passed. 



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A Bottle of Ink can be bought for 

 five cents. A pen and wooden pen holder 

 for five cents more. There is no excuse 

 for not having these two articles in every 

 house where there is any occasion for 

 their use; and when they are provided, 

 let them be used whenever there is a let- 

 ter or postal to write. One thing more, 

 good writing paper is cheap enough so 

 that there is no excuse for using the 

 thin, slazy, spongy, dingj', stuff that is 

 sometimes used. I am led to make these 

 suggestions, as so many communications 

 come to this office, and I presume it is 

 the same at other offices, which are 

 written in pencil on a postal, and the 

 shuffling about in the mails often rubs 

 the writing until it is scarcely visible. 

 Then, to add to the difficulty, the writer 

 often miscalculates the length of his 

 communication, and, as he approaches 

 the bottom of the card, he crowds the 

 words closer and closer, and writes finer 

 and finer, and the signature is so crowd- 

 ed that it is often impossible to decipher 

 it. If you find that a postal will not 

 hold all that you wish to write, throw it 

 aside and take a sheet of paper. If one 

 sheet will not hold it, take another. At- 

 tention to these things will add greatly 

 to the comfort of those with whom you 

 have correspondence, and maj' be to your 

 own advantage, as a conununication that 

 is undecipherable, or that is misunder- 

 stood, may result in a serious disappoint- 

 ment to the writer. 



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The Tobacco Smoke method of intro- 

 ducing queens is giving me better satis- 

 faction again this year than any other 

 method. For a month or two I sent in- 

 structions such as were printed in the 

 April Review, but met with frequent loss- 

 es. Absolutely queenless bees, confined 



