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Winter ; and dysentery is a unique experience with colonies 
in his apiary. 
The Author’s Hive Scraper.—If the Reader would like 
the best hive scraper ; one that he may hand down to suc- 
cessive heirs unimpaired, then he may secure a mason’s 
trowel of the smaller size—and be happy ever after. 
Extra Prolific Queens.—These cannot be managed by 
the “let ‘em alone” policy generally adopted by “single 
chamber” bee-keepers, who failing to work correctly, con- 
demn such as useless. The Author's methods of “ Swarming 
without increase,” and using two or more stock chambers, 
will always give magnificent results from extra _prelific 
queens of a good strain. 
Poor Seasons and Inferior Localities.—So many 
owners imagine prolific bees are useless in a short season, or 
in such as they are pleased to imagine isa district of limited 
capabilities. Hence their results are always restricted by 
their own limited visions, which will not allow them to realize 
that the short season requires the greater number of bees to 
gather quickly what is to be got. 
Under the Author’s instructions districts formerly averag- 
ing 25 lbs. of honey to the hive, have been found capable of 
yielding up to 170 lbs. per colony. 
The British Bee Journal and the British Bee-keepers’ 
Record were formerly conducted upon the principle that no 
trade interests were to be connected with the management, 
thus, as it was considered, ensuring an unbiased expression 
of opinion. 
Nevertheless, while I at no time agreed with that 
principle, as not serving the best interests of the trade 
which supported the journals ; it is now satisfactory to note 
