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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



Loose Hanging Frames are fastened for 

 moving, if they need fastening, by driving 

 a small nail through each end of each top 

 bar into the rabbets of the hive. After 

 frames have been in use a few years, 

 such fastening is not necessary, the brace 

 combs being sufficient fastening. 



Putnam & Peake is the name of the 



new firm that has recently opened up for 

 business at River Falls, Wisconsin, in the 

 same factory that Mr. W. H. Putnam has 

 run for a number of years. Mr. Peake was 

 for several years in the employ of the A. 1. 

 Root Co.. and they speak very highly of 

 his mechanical ability. I certainly wish 

 the new firm abundant success. 



The Apiarist has not put in an appear- 

 ance since November, but 1 see. accord- 

 ing to the American Bee-Keeper. that 

 another journal is to be started in Cali- 

 fornia. And so they come and go. 1 

 notice that a new journal sometimes 

 pleads with bee-keepers to "come to its 

 support." If bee-keepers will only sup- 

 port it. then it will blossom out and do 

 great things. No journals are ever sup- 

 ported as a matter of duty. If a journal 

 desires support, let it make itself worthy 

 of support, then it will be supported- not 

 otherwise. 



Langstro'.h's book has been called the 

 classic of bee literature, and I believe 

 that this term is deserved. A few years 

 ago this book was revised by the Dadants, 

 ■ who certainly stand at the head as prac- 

 tical bee-keepers. Thus was the beauti- 

 ful and practical combined. A new and 

 lately revised edition of this work was 

 laid upon my desk a few weeks ago. and 

 it certainly is deserving of all praise. 

 The book has been brought up to date, 

 new matter and new engravings added, 

 making it the equal of any text book now 

 published. If any of my readers have 

 not yet read Langstroth on the Honey 

 Bee revised by Dadant. let me urge them 

 to send $1.25 to Dadant & Sons. Hamil- 

 ton, Illinois, and get a copy. 



The Gold Watch offered to the man 

 who secured the most new subscriptions 

 for the Review during December and 

 January, went to Mr. F. L. Aulick. of 

 Falmouth, Ky., who secured four sub- 

 scribers. 



Bee-Song, souvenir, postal cards, some 

 very neat ones, in colors, have been 

 gotten out by Geo. W. York & Co., 334 

 Dearborn St., Chicago, Ills. One card 

 has upon it "Buckwheat Cakes and 

 Honey," another has "The Bee-Keepers" 

 Lullaby," and the other has "The Hum- 

 ming of the Bees." These, together with 

 the "Honey Bear" card, make four postals 

 that have been gotten out by this firm. 

 Sample cards, three cents each; seven for 

 20 cts.; or ten for 25 cts. 



Painting Hives when the bees are in 

 them is something that is not often done, 

 but a subscriber wishes to know when is 

 the best time to do the work if it is to be 

 done. 1 should say that it ought to be 

 done when the weather is so cool that the 

 bees do not fly, either early in the spring, 

 or else late in the fall. Don't do the work 

 in freezing weather, as painting done in 

 such weather is not satisfactory. 1 would 

 fasten the bees in the hive, so that the 

 work of painting would not drive them 

 out; then, just at night, 1 would carefully 

 open the entrance. 



Our Bees are still wintering very nicely 

 —all clustered closely and quiet, with the 

 temperature steady at from 44 to 46 

 degrees, and this with an outside temper- 

 ature that has several times gone down 

 to 20 degrees below zero. Under ground, 

 beyond the influence of the outside tem- 

 perature, is the place to winter bees in 

 this northern country. There are no bot- 

 tom boards on the hives, and no covers 

 except quilts, and the hives are stacked 

 up with two-inch blocks between them. 

 The cellars are each ventilated by an 

 opening two feet spuare in the ceiling, 

 opening into the room above not into the 

 open air. 



