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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



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The Real Satisfaction and the deep joy 

 of life never come from the things that a 

 man gets, but always from the things a 

 man gives or does.—//. W. Matie in 

 Ladies' Home Journal. 



The American Bee-Keeper has two edi- 

 tors. Harry Hill and Arthur C. Miller. 

 The items written by Bro. Millar are now 

 signed with an "M." and those furnished 

 by Bro. Hill have an "H" at the end It 

 is quite a little satisfaction, sometimes, to 

 know exactly who wrote an item. 



Chas. Koeppen, form.erly of this city, 

 but now living in Virginia, will have a live- 

 b3e demonstration at th3 coming James- 

 town Exposition. He will also have mov- 

 ing pictures in tha bse l:n3, and will sell 

 bee books and journals. Much good may 

 be done by such demonstrat'ons. 



Back volumes of the Review are often 

 called for; and nov/ Mr. L. H. Lindemuth, 

 of Williamson. Penn.. writes that he would 

 sell some of his back v^l^rn.^s, and he 

 has a complete file fTom the beginning, 

 -.ny one wi.Vn'ing to get som3 particular 

 Jiume should write to Mr. Lindemuth. 



Bi-sulphide of carbon is the best thing 

 to use in fumigating combs to destroy the 

 bee moth's larvae, or its eggs. Combs in 

 colonies that died out of doors early in the 

 winter will probably not need any fumi- 

 gation this spring, as the cold usually 

 kills the eggs of the moth, but the combs 

 from colonies that have spring dwindling, 

 or from colonies that have died in the 

 cellar, will be quite likely to need fumi- 

 gating unless they are soon gotten into 



the hives where the bees can care for 

 them. Stack up a pile of hives full of 

 combs, close the entrance at the bottom, 

 put a small quantity of the carbon in a 

 shallow dish on top of the uppermost hive 

 and cover all quite closely, and the job is 

 done so far as you are concerned. 



Populous Colonies store a lot of honey, 

 and schemes for uniting the workers of 

 two queens in one super have been rife, 

 but 1 greatly doubt the advantage of un- 

 usually populous colonies. I think the 

 same force of workers in two hives would 

 accomplish as much. There must be 

 sufficient numbers to keep up the heat, to 

 gather the nectar, and to build the comb 

 and feed the brood, but it is questionable 

 if it pays to go away beyond the normal, 

 i think some of the greatest yields of 

 honey, in proportion to the number of 

 bees, that 1 ever witnessed, came from 

 two and three-frame nuclei. 



It is my opinion that this i.Vi?..t\,cr of tl." 

 condition of the co'iony, the proportion c. 

 oute'.-dife workers, as compared with the 

 nurses and the amount of brood, has vast- 

 ly more to do with the amount of surplus 

 than does mere numbers regardless of 

 these conditions. Mr. Townsend brings 

 up this point in his article this month, 

 and 1 agree with his conclusions. 



Salt is what I have alv/ays used to kill 

 the grass near and in front of hives. 

 About the only objection that 1 know of 

 to its use is that it will attract stock if it 

 has access to the yard. A flock of sheep 

 was once turned into the field where was 

 located my just-salted apiary. The sheep 

 soon found the salt, and the bees soon 

 found the sheep's noses and ears. The 



