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THE BEEKEEPERS' REVIEW, 



Queens Wanted. — I want to buy two or 

 three queens each of the Puuic, Syrian, and 

 Cyprian varieties of bees. Who has them ? 

 Yes, and I would like to get about a dozen 

 of simon pure black queens. 



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Florida is where Bro. Heddon passed a 

 portion of the last winter, and his last issue 

 of the Quarterly is devoted almost entirely 

 to a description of Flordia. her climate, 

 people, resources, particularly the honey 

 producing, her drawbacks, disadvantages, 

 etc. Anyone interested in Florida would do 

 well to read this issue of the Quarterly. 



In Mailino Queens it is important that 

 the right number of bees of the proper age 

 be put in the cage. Willie Atchley says 

 that in a small cage in summer weather, 

 six are sufficient. In a large cage, eight or 

 nine are enough. In the fall and spring he 

 would put in twice that number. Don't 

 pick out the large, old bees, that are filled 

 with honey. W^hen confined in the cage 

 they have no opportunity to clear them- 

 selves and do not live long. He would use 

 thrifty young bees that are old enough to 

 to have been once filled with honey. Select 

 bees that are slim and gaunt. Such are 

 empty and cannot fill themselves with the 

 candy sufficiently to injure themselves. 

 Never put in a bee that has stung you, as it 

 will soon die, and is quite likely to get stuck 

 fast in the entrance to the food chamber. 



didn't offek to but the joubnal. 



In an editorial in the May number of the 

 Canadian Bee Journal I find the following : 



•' Before the present publishers of the 

 Canadian Bee .Journal purchased this paper 

 we were told by the late proprietor that the 

 editor of the Review thought that there was 

 no necessity for a Canadian Bee Journal, he 

 offered to purchase the subscription list and 

 the Review should be the journal for Can- 

 ada. " 



Bro. Holterman, if the former proprietor 

 of the Canadian Bee Journal told you what 

 you say he did, he was simply "stuffing" 

 you, hoping thereby to make you more anx- 

 ious to buy the subscription list of his burn- 

 ed out journal. I never ofl:ered to buy the 

 subscription list of the Journal, nor said, or 

 even thought, that there was no necessity 

 for a Canadian Bee Journal. 



Apis Doesata and its importation has 

 received some attention of late in the bee 

 journals. A York State Association, sec- 

 onded by Prof. Cook, is in favor of asking 

 the government to try to import these bees. 

 E. T. Abbott. Dr. C. C. Miller and H. D. 

 Cutting, in the American Bee Journal, op- 

 pose their importation. It is evident that 

 there is a little prejudice in the matter — 

 some think Mr. Bsnton is after the job, and 

 they don't want him to get it, as he has not 

 proved himself to be a true man The only 

 real, fair opposition against the scheme is 

 that we don't know but their importation 

 may be a mistake. The Australians wanted 

 the rabbits, but they don't want them now. 

 We wanted the Euglish sparrows, but don't 

 want them now, neither do we want any 

 more Cyprian bees. The suggestion that 

 they be thoroughly tested in their own 

 country before being brought here, strikes 

 me as reasonable. 



Ltsol and its value in cases of foul brood 

 appears to me in a different light after read- 

 ing the article of F. L. Thompson on that 

 subject. It seems that the feeding of lysol 

 may cure foul brood, but if there is infected 

 honey in the hive, the use of that honey at 

 some future time will again bring in the 

 disease. In other words, foul brood can 

 never be permanently eradicated from a 

 colony, so long as its old combs of honey are 

 left in the hive. The use of lysol in a region 

 of country where there are colonies of bees 

 infected with foul brood, may be a good 

 thing — it certainly would be if its use would 

 prevent the contraction of the dread disease, 

 and Mr. Thompson seems sure that it will. 

 For this purpose I can see that the use of 

 some drug might be valuable. I suppose 

 that the philosophy of the matter is that if 

 all of the honey brought into the hive in 

 times of scarcity, at times when bees will 

 rob, is tinctured with lysol, any germs of 

 disease that are brought in will come in 

 contact with the lysol and thereby be killed. 



The Michigan Convention was not well- 

 attended. I did not expect that it would 

 be. We have been haying very poor honey 

 seasons of late in this part of the country, 

 and if a man gets no honey he can't go to 

 a convention. Another thing, it was out of 

 season, but it was thought best to hold a 

 meeting, if only a few were present, as an 



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