THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW, 



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hay meadows, but a neighbor bee-keeper, 

 nearly a mile distant, was not able to do the 

 same for his in the latter part of the season, 

 so that they were not cut at the time for the 

 second and third cuttings. Signor Barucco's 

 bees gathered a moderate atoount, while 

 while those of his neighbor produced much 

 more in proportion. 



Editor Von Rauschenfels, commenting on 

 the sprighly description of comb-building 

 in the A, B. C. of of Bee Culture, does not 

 think that that work proceeds? with a want 

 of system. According to him, there is a 

 division of labor. One set of bees hangs in 

 chains, secreting wax : another set gathers 

 up the scales as they are formed on the ab- 

 domens of the suspended bees, deposits them 

 where needed, and returns for more ; a third 

 does the masonry work. 



He is inclined to make fun of the propo- 

 sal of Pastor Gerstung, editor of the Deu- 

 tsche Bienenzucht, to provide the bees with 

 an artificial brood food, of which the for- 

 mula is five parts of honey, one part of 

 condensed milk, one part of Mellin's baby 

 food, and a pinch of Dr. Lahmann's fertili- 

 zing salts for plants. Pastor Gerstung 

 "considers it the ne plus ultra of brood 

 food, and modestly adds that the success of 

 his composition is of such great importance, 

 that no previous discovery in apiculture 

 equals it. It cost him ten years of experi- 

 menting and labor. " 



Abvada Colo. 



Dec. 8, 1895. 



as in case of supersedure, or a la Doolittle, 

 that is, above a honey board ; at least, this 

 is the conclusion Mr. Doolittle has arrived 

 at after an experience of several years, and 

 he tells it in the American Bee Journal. 



Bee-Keepers' Review. 



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FLINT. MICHIGAN. JAN. 10. 1896. 



The American Bee Journal has some 

 striking, new, department headings. 



SwABMiNO is lessened when queens are 

 reared, not under the swarming impulse, 

 but in a hive containing a laying queen, 



■"■ji^ ».»».» ii^^^ 

 "QuEENiE Janette " ( Jauetto Lois Mil- 

 lard ) the " inspirer " of that waltz song 

 bearing her pet name, has been married to 

 the " inspired " composer, .Jno. C. Wallen- 

 meyer. Happy may they be. 



This Issue of the Reviw will be sent to 

 quite a number who are not subscribers. 

 All such should read the advertisement on 

 page 30, headed, " Two years for the price 

 of one. " 



Flint is a good location for a supply deal- 

 er. For many years Mr. M. S. West did a 

 good business here. His death occurred 

 last summer, leaving the business to his 

 daughter. She would be glad to sell out the 

 whole business, including tools, stock on 

 hand, etc. An energetic man of a mechan- 

 ical turn could do a good business here. 

 Any one interested will please address Miss 

 Emily E. West, Flint, Mich. 



Sunflowers make a neat, effectual and 

 desirable shade for hives. The seed must 

 be planted early and the ground rich in 

 order to have the plants large enough to 

 furnish shade during the hot days of June 

 and July. Plant five or six seeds in a row 

 four feet long and a foot south of each 

 hive. As the plants grow they can be thinned 

 out if necessary. A sunflower apiary is de- 

 cidedly picturesque. 



Foundation by a new process is now be 

 ing made by the A. I. Root Co. There is 

 nothing particurarly new about the rolling 

 of the foundation, but in the sheeting. It is 

 sheeted in long strips that may be rolled up 

 in a " bobbin, " which unwinds as the strip 

 of sheeted wax runs through the rolls in one 

 continuous stream. The process is being 

 patented, hence is not yet described. By the 

 way, the inventor is Mr. E. B. Weed who fig- 

 ured so largely a few years ago in trying to 

 make " artificial comb " with full depth cells. 



