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syrup (with tartaric acid added as usual) 

 were given. The syrup was fed the last week 

 in September, aud it was fed hot enough so 

 I could put my hand in it. The weather was 

 also hot. After feeding I looked the combs 

 over aud found ^he syrup completely granu- 

 lafecl in each hive ; in fact, so little remained 

 in a liquid state that I fear the bees would 

 starve if they were wintered on it alone. 

 Little or none of it is sealed. It was the best 

 of sugar, and was made by putting two 

 pounds of sugar to one of water. 



Do you think by closing all upward venti- 

 lation and giving plenty of lower ventilation, 

 there would be sufficient moisture retained 

 in the hive to moisten the sugar without in- 

 juring the bees, until spring, when I could 

 then feed or give combs of " fall flowers " to 

 them for brood rearing ? Do you consider 

 aster honey, sealed, a safe winter food ? 



You can send this to Mr. Heddon for his 

 opinion, if you choose. 



Stkatfobd, Canada, Oct. 6, 1891. 



P. S. — I know you prefer honey to tartaric 

 acid. 1 have ten more to feed, but they have 

 clover honey, only not enough. I think I'll 

 try the sugar syrup and honey instead of the 

 acid. I shall try one colony on the granu- 

 lated syrup as an experiment. 



[I have had no trouble with sugar syrup 

 crystallizing in the combs, although the feed- 

 ers and utensils in which the syrup was made 

 would become pretty well coated with sugar. 

 I prefer to add honey. It is more effective 

 than acid in preventing crystallization. I 

 think bees would die with crystallized stores 

 alone. If I remember correctly, C. E. Boyer, 

 of Ainger, Ohio, once reported a heavy loss 

 from this source. I should give each colony 

 one or two combs of honey, and I don't knoiv 

 why sealed aster honey would not be safe. 

 I sent the above to Mr. Heddon and he re- 

 plies as follows: — Ed.] 



DowAGiAO, Mich., Oct. 9th, 1891, 



Tell Mr. Gemmill to use plenty of the best 

 tartaric acid ( that is, increase the dose fifty 

 per cent) and put one part of honey (amber 

 preferred) to every three of syrup, and he 

 will be all right. For the honey mixture, 

 give Doolittle credit. I tlnd the granulated 

 sugar much different from what it used to 

 be onee. Then the regulation amount of acid 

 would hold it every time ; noiv, hardly any 

 of the time. I get caught, with all of my 

 former experince. 



James Heddon. 



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FLIIVT. MICHIGAN. OCT. 10, 1891. 



Bko. Newman, of the A. B. J.,ie an excel- 

 lent punster. He asks " will the Am. Bee 

 Keeper be satisfied now that it has got the 

 ' Worldf ' " 



Dk. Millek says: "Shake hands with me 

 at Albany." All right, Doctor. Health and 

 iveaUli permitting, I'll do that. If necessary, 

 I can wear the old overcoat another winter. 



Extracting honey by the aid of a steam 

 engine is what A. W. Osburn does in Cuba, 

 using an extractor with a reel seven feet 

 three inches across. The whole machine 

 weighs 1,730 lbs. J. F. Mclntyre runs his 

 extractor with a water motor. 



A new bee paper is the Bee Journal of 

 Winona, Minnesota. (Better get a new 

 name Bro. What's-your-name? Bee Journal 

 is not very distinctive.) This new comer is 

 a monthly, at fifty cents, has sixteen pages, 

 is well printed, and is going to try hard to 

 be " second to none." Good. 



The Headings to nearly all the articles in 

 the Review are furnished by the editor. 

 Not one correspondent in ten sends a title to 

 his communication. The headings to an 

 article ought to be an index of its character, 

 and to give this in a few words is sometimes 

 quite difficult. If you think otherwise, just 

 try it. 



The Am. Bee Keeper asks what has be- 

 come of the California Bee Keej)er. That is 

 exactly what the Review was going to ask, 

 as it has not been received since -Tune. It 

 must be unpleasant to suspend publication, 

 but when it becomes evident that a paper is 



