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drone-filled sections were ready on the av- 

 erage 32 hours sooner than the others. But 

 we mustn't forget this lacks quite a little bit 

 of proof that worker foundation causes any 

 real loss of time or honey. Some boys 

 might finish the red apples in a crate 32 hours 

 sooner than the yellow ones ; and yet if the 

 apples were all yellow they would go at 

 about the same rate, and the last one disap- 

 pear at about the same hour as in the first 

 case. 



Glad to see that the new process founda- 

 tion proves less liable to sag, in the trials so 

 far, than the old kind. Even with pure wax 

 sagging has been a serious evil. Gleanings 

 182. 



" Perfectly abominable. " These are the 

 words in whieh Ernest backs up Geo. F. 

 Robbins as to the style in which some of us 

 put our honey on the market. 'Spects we 

 need more of the same kind of talk. 



Perhaps the foundation fastener shown in 

 Gleanings 184 is not as widely known as 

 might be. It is a pointed tin tube that de- 

 livers melted wax. Big as a finger, cone 

 pointed, little hole in the point, and another 

 little hole up the side just right to close with 

 the thumb. This last device is to delay the 

 flowof the wax, dropping-tube fashion. It 

 is kept standing up in a cup of hot wax, and 

 so is always filled to the level you choose to 

 set it. But Dr. Miller. Gleanings 203, is 

 pleased with having the beeswax made into 

 a candle ; and in use the candle is held — 

 well, the way we always held candles when 

 we were rattle-headed boys. 



F. Griener combines with the grape grow- 

 ers of his town when it conies to shipping 

 his product. Gleanings 214. 



E. H. Schoeffl^ seems to hit the mark 

 about as well as any one who has tried 

 archery on it lately. See Gleanings 216. 

 First he notes how the retail grocer sells 

 genuine honey, and a good trade sets in. 

 Then the city rogue fits him out with cheap 

 tumblers, with a little chunk of honey float- 

 ing in glucose. And, anon, "the people 

 seem to have grown tired of honey. " Even 

 do these adulterators just "eat all befor'em," 

 and " pizen all behind'em. " Then broth- 

 er S. goes for the root of the matter as be- 

 low — 



"The only ronietly is a pure food law th;it 

 carries with it a provision and appropriation 

 for its enforcement. " 



Yes, yes ! With a state prosecuting bureau 

 of well-selected lawyers, paid by the state. 



and under orders to let no adulterator escape, 

 the fur would fly— rat and all. 



Its a nice little church (juarrel in the 

 church of the T-superites as to whether the 

 T should be loose or stationary. I'm not a 

 T-superit, and so might mediate in the 

 fracas; but I'm not going to make any 

 such offer — no faith. Never'U be any quiet 

 any more till you have built two churches, 

 and cease to call each other " brethren and 

 sisteren. " See Gleanings 218. 



The subject of a standard grading for honey 

 which was talked to sleep if not to death 

 sometime ago is reviewed on page 223 of 

 Gleanings. The fact some time since de- 

 veloped that a standard is quite difficult to 

 agree upon — and when you have agreed up- 

 on it nobody will use it. Too many ingredi- 

 ents in the soup by the time each cook has 

 forced in his favorite ones. A puts in to- 

 matoes, and B abominates tomatoes. B 

 puts in onions, and A loathes onions. C 

 puts in pepper, and D can't go pepper at all. 

 And finally E thinks the soup is spoiled for 

 him any way, and he will get even with the 

 spoiler by putting in a good dose of snuff. 



George W. Bassett had good success in 

 feeding a hungry colony ten pounds of honey 

 by the stove - side in January. Gleanings 

 223. Nothing succeeds like success ; but don't 

 be sure of this success every time. 



This is an uncertain world with an uncer- 

 tain climate. Before "ground hog day" 

 we were sure signs indicated an early 

 spring. After the date named our hope fa- 

 ded out more and more each week, till the 

 first one-third of April was gone. Then we 

 just knew, not that we were going to have a 

 late spring, but that we had it already. 

 First pollen came in April 11th — latest in 17 

 years, with but three exceptions. Presto ! 

 Abracadabra ! How our climate can turn a 

 handspring to be sure ! Apple trees began 

 bloom April 2(ith, the earliest in 17 years, 

 without any exception. 



RiOHAHDS, Ohio. April 30, 1896. 



EXXR7=^CXED. 



What may be Accomplished With a Di- 

 visible Brood Chamber. 



Mr. J. E. Hand, of Wakeman Ohio, tells 

 the readers of Gleanings of the advantages 

 of a divisible brood chamber hive in getting 



