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rinsed so no dust adheres to the tin, as 

 the gasoline all evaporates if the cane tiie 

 not used very soon after emniyingf the 

 gasoline. But kerosene or coal-oil cans 

 are so difficult to clean that we never use 

 them, as we can get plenty of gasoline 

 cans. A laJy tells me that sour milk will 

 rl:2an kerosene cans perfectly, while 

 friend Remington cleans them so they 

 are clean, with lye. etc. 



The July Review opens with one of 

 your nice pictures that your readers so 

 appreciation. The Review apiary there 

 shown may well cause some of us to im- 

 prove the appearance of our own yards. 

 1 must admit that our own yards have 

 usually preser^ted such a hit or miss ap- 

 pearance that 1 have never felt like send- 

 ing in a photo for publication. 



Page 202. Mr. Greiner says that 

 "Horizontal wiring does not prevent sag- 

 ging." "The fact is the wires don't do 

 the business, now do they ?" Just amend 

 that to read "horizontal wiring does not 

 always prevent sagging." The wires 

 have at least a tendency "to do the busi- 

 ness." I know that I get a better aver- 

 age of combs since I use three wires than 

 I did when I used only two, but some of 

 the friends will insist on vertical wiring. 



In extremely hot weather the wires cer- 

 tainly "do not do the business." 



Page 2S9. C,".^. ro^pon ^^^nt bv.es are 

 inclined to fill tin rabbets with propolis is. 

 1 think, because there is only a scant bee- 

 space under the top-bar projection. I 

 shall try a ^s space — a tin rabbet project- 

 ing upward Yi inch which 1 think will do 

 away with all trouble, besides making it, 

 much easier to take hold of the top- bar 

 projections to handle the frames. 



GETTING COMBS CLEANED UP AFTER EX- 

 TRACTING. 



Page 280. To get combs cleaned up 

 after extracting is over. ! now prefer to 

 pile the supers with con-!''", as high as a 

 man can reach on, co'ior.ics fairly sbong 

 but not heavy with honey. Have a ';loth 

 over the brood nest, turned back ?; ■y->.--i 

 corner. This avoids excitement i;; tbo 

 yard and adds to the winter storciS of 

 colonies that need it. 



Page 282. "Selling honey at fairs." 

 Evidently your eastern fairs are more ac- 

 commodating about such matters than 

 are our fairs here If you sell anything 

 at our fairs, you must buy your space at 

 so much a front foot, if any space is 

 available. 



Meridian. Idaho, Aug. 7. 1907. 



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A Weak Colony in the fall is usually a 

 dead colony in the spring. 



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After December, the price of the Re- 

 view will be 51. 10 to Canadian sub- 

 scribers. 



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The Far-Western Bee- Keeper did not 

 receive the support necessary to its ex- 

 istence. Without it, Bro. Horn found the 

 climbing too steep, and the Far-Western 

 was turned over to the California Cultiva- 

 tor. 



A New Contributor, who is to write a 

 series of articles for the Review, will make 

 his' initial bow next month. 



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Saginaw is the city where the Michigan 

 State Convention of bee-keepers will be 

 held sometime in December — exact date 

 not yet fixed. 



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Canadian Bee Journal has been sold to 

 the Hurley Printing Co., of Brantford. 

 Ontario, and Mr. C. J. Craig has severed 

 his connection v/ith the paper. 



