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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW, 



and instructive; but let no editor imagine 

 that simply putting in a whole lot of short 

 items is going to place his paper in the front 

 rank. It all depends upon the character of 

 the items. 



Now that the now book, "Advanced Bee- 

 Ciilhire," is out, I shall put in my " best 

 licks " to catch up and have the Review out 

 on time again. 



Gleanings is now trying to persuade its 

 readers to tell how the paper ought to be 

 " run ; " the same as the Review has been 

 doing. Speak out, friends, but while show- 

 ing up its faults don't forget that it has 

 some glaring virtues. 



"bkaoe" combs and "buee" combs. 

 Writers have been using these terms in- 

 discriminately, but J. A. Green says, in 

 Gleanings, that the combs between the top 

 bars are brace combs, and those above the 

 top bars may be called burr combs. J. A. 

 is correct. 



Vasaline, when rubbed on the joints of 

 hives, supers, etc., will prevent the bees from 

 sticking the different parts together with 

 propolis— at least so say the British bee 

 papers. -Just think what a comfort to take 

 off supers without any disagreeable prying 

 with knives accompanied by that unpleasant 

 "snap" as the propolis gives away. 



INFLUENCE OF DOMESTICATION. 



Domestication of bees, so says Mr. C. H. 

 Murray in Gleanings, has its effect upon 

 their habits. In time they will become 

 more tractable ; also less inclined to swarm. 

 To use his own words : " Bees that have 

 their own hives provided for them genera- 

 tion after generation will in time cease to 

 hunt up new localities, and will quit swarm- 

 ing if they have a fair chance at home." 



DIVISION BOAEDS " no good. 



Dr Miller reports in Gleanings the result 

 of an elaborate experiment, recorded in the 



Bevue Internationale, which goes to show 

 that the division board, as ordinarially used 

 in packing up weak colonies, is of no advan- 

 tage. A comb is a poorer conductor of heat 

 than is a board. It's what I have often 

 thought, that a good comb is the best divis- 

 ion board. Its nonconductability makes up 

 for the fact that, with open end bars, there 

 is an open space at the ends. 



The most peefeot perforated zincis made 

 by Dr. G. L. Tinker, of New Philadelphia, 

 Ohio. For the last two or three months I 

 have been promising myself and the Doctor 

 that I would give an illustration of his work, 

 printed from the zinc itself, and at last I 

 have l>een able to fulfil my promise. The 

 tinted work on the cover of the new book, 

 Advanced Bee-Culture, was printed from 

 zinc furnished by the Doctor. 



MB. cowan's new book. 



An apology is due Mr. Cowan for not hav- 

 ing mentioned his latest book, The Honey 

 Bee. I have been so busy getting out my 

 own book that I have not had time to read 

 it through. I have read enough, however, to 

 show me that I am incapable of reviewing 

 it. It treats of the natural history, anatomy 

 and physiology of the bee, a subject to 

 which I have never been aide to give scien- 

 tific attention. All my bee keeping has been 

 from a bread and butter standpoint. I have 

 never dissected a bee or examined one with 

 a microscope. Mr. Cowan's book is very 

 nicely gotten up, neatly printed, profusely 



