. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. THE BEE-KEErERS' REVIEW. EDITORIAL ffc rings. Thick Combs are more easily uncapped, and furnish more honey, per comb, than thin »**»u»*»»»»^ Sparks from a passing locomotive was the cause of 80 colonies of T. F. Bingham's bees going up in smoke on the nth of May. The help of volunteer firemen, aided by the high-pressure water-works to be found in the little village of Farwell, saved other property from destruction. »»ii»»«.^««««^ LosSKS of bees from wintering have been (juite general and severe througli- out the Northwest. 'Die Slates of INIich- i
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. THE BEE-KEErERS' REVIEW. EDITORIAL ffc rings. Thick Combs are more easily uncapped, and furnish more honey, per comb, than thin »**»u»*»»»»^ Sparks from a passing locomotive was the cause of 80 colonies of T. F. Bingham's bees going up in smoke on the nth of May. The help of volunteer firemen, aided by the high-pressure water-works to be found in the little village of Farwell, saved other property from destruction. »»ii»»«.^««««^ LosSKS of bees from wintering have been (juite general and severe througli- out the Northwest. 'Die Slates of INIich- igan, Wisconsin aiyl Minnesota appear to have been the greatest sufferers. I arrive at this conclusion from the repoits that come to me in my correspondence. ««««»«^.»»» .\ I'oci, Brood J,aw has recentlv 1)een enacted by the legisl iture of New York. Tlie bee keepers of Illinois and Michigan failed in their attempts to secure the pas- sage of such a law. Let us be thankful that New York and Wisconsin have succeeded, as it will now be easier to .secure the of similar laws in other States. SAF/r s])rinkled around a hive will kill the grass that is near it. It is better to thus kill the grass for two or three inches arouiul the hive than to attempt to keep it cut. The lawn mower can not get near enough to cut all of the grass that grows close to the hive; and, to keep it pulled, or sheared off, is quite a little trouble. The frontispiece for this month shows a hive around which the salt has just been .sprinkled for the purpose of killing the grass. lACon .'Ai'CH, of Canada, cuts out all of the cells when a queen has been lost, or removed, then puts several cells in the entrance of the hive. The bees will cluster over the cells, and the queens hatch out, but the bees will 7iot swann as they will when the cells are put into the hive. »^»^^^ii»*»»^ THE REFORMED SPELUNG. So far, I have said nothing in regard to the reformed spelling. What I h
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