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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



The Bingham uncapping- knife has its 

 edges beveled like this '^^H^^V^ the 

 Jones knife is beveled like this"^^^^^'^ 

 and Mr. W. A. Chrysler, of Chatham, 

 Ontario, says he wonders why he has 

 been so stupid all these years, as to keep 

 on using the Bingham knife. With the 

 latter, he says we have to scrape ofT the 

 cappings, while the former allows us to 

 cut them off. Who has used both styles 

 of knife and can agree with Mr. Chrysler 

 -yes, or disagree with him ? 



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Criticism, to be of any use, should be 

 helpful. There is no great benefit in tell- 

 ing a man that he is doing something 

 wrong, unless we can also tell him how 

 to do it better. Then, there ought to be 

 a kind, helpful spirit shown in criticism. 

 Occasionally criticism is made in such 

 way as to lead one to believe that the 

 chief pleasure or object of the critic is to 

 show that some one is in the wrong; 

 made in such a caustic manner as to 

 rouse the combativeness of the one criti- 

 cised. Criticism ought to be frank and 

 free, but it need not be insulting nor in- 

 sinuating in tone. 



Apicuiturai Investigations at Washing- 

 ton, D. C, are now in charge of Dr. E. F. 

 Phillips, and have been since February 

 1st. Mr. Frank Benton is no longer con- 

 nected with the Bureau of Entomology. 

 Dr. G. F. White has been appointed as 

 expert in bacteriology; Mr. Franklin G. 

 Fox as assistant in the apiary; and Mr. 

 Burton N. Gates as colaborator in Massa- 

 chusetts. I know Dr. Phillips, and am 

 certain tha' he will prove to be the right 

 man !>- the right place. I presume the 

 other appointments will prove satisfac- 

 tory, but i have not the pleasure of a per- 

 sonal acquaintance with the gentlemen. 



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A Possible Use for the Bee Moth's Larvae 



It may be only a sensational story, but 

 the Far- Western Bee-Keeper tells of a 



possible use for the bee moth. As is 

 well-known, the bee moth's larvae is able 

 to digest wax, something impossible for 

 any man or beast. Then, so it is said, 

 the germs of tuberculosis are proof against 

 any remedy because they are enveloped 

 in a layer of wax. Their whole power of 

 resistance lies in this envelope. A pro- 

 fessor of the Pasteur Institute of Paris, 

 put two and two together and tried feed- 

 ing the germs to the bee moth's larvae, 

 with the result that the germs were dead 

 within half an hour. Just how the dis- 

 covery is to be utilized I don't know. Per- 

 haps we will have some kind of innoculat- 

 ing anti-toxine made from the digestive 

 fluids of the bee moth's larvae that will 

 destroy the germs of tuberculosis. This 

 a^l sounds very fanciful, but wonderful 

 things are sometimes done. 



A Booklet, or leaflet, for selling honey, 

 one of the right kind, the best can be 

 gotten up, has not yet been made. 1 was 

 reminded of what might be done in this 

 line by receiving a little booklet from a 

 Mr. Albert Schimmel of New York city, 

 in which he sets forth the advantages of 

 buying milk from his dairy. He gives a 

 ■^picture of his own enterprising, honest- 

 looking face. Then a view of the stables, 

 outside and inside, everything neat and 

 clean, and cows standing in- their com- 

 fortable stalls waiting for their rations; 

 following this is a view of the gasoline 

 engine that furnishes the power for run- 

 ning the milking machines, for that is the 

 method followed, and a view is also given 

 of this operation. The milk goes into the 

 cans without even coming in contact with 

 the air. It is then cooled and bottled. In 

 all of this work the men are shown in 

 white caps and aprons. Then there is a 

 view of the cows out in the pasture tak- 

 ing an outing. There is not very much 

 reading matter; just a few lines opposite 

 each picture; so few that even the busy 

 man will stop and read them. The read- 

 ing of this little book made me feel that 

 Mr. Schimmel was furnishing milk that 



