. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 774 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, Dec. 7, The "Old Reliable" seen thru New and Unreliable Glasses. By E. E. HASTY, Richards, Ohio. THAT CITY-.\PIARY PICTURE. And now we have a city apiary in which we can actually see some houses—which doesn't try to look like "a lodge in some vast wilderness " (lodg-e itself left out). Pleasant to see the skill with which Mr. Horstmann makes the best of his apiary. Capital idea is that of his to have something more esthetic than stones on his hives. Shade-boards must be weighted, and a big flower-po
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 774 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, Dec. 7, The "Old Reliable" seen thru New and Unreliable Glasses. By E. E. HASTY, Richards, Ohio. THAT CITY-.\PIARY PICTURE. And now we have a city apiary in which we can actually see some houses—which doesn't try to look like "a lodge in some vast wilderness " (lodg-e itself left out). Pleasant to see the skill with which Mr. Horstmann makes the best of his apiary. Capital idea is that of his to have something more esthetic than stones on his hives. Shade-boards must be weighted, and a big flower-pot has the requisite weight, sure enough. But in case very precious plants were so ex- posed, and in case a regular "jimniycane " should come along, might there not be a sad wreck, and lamentations from one side of the house ? An armj'-pan full of dirt makes a good weight, and will not break—but I was dis- gusted to find I could not plant phloxes and things in them and have them thrive—too much oxide of iron soon perme- ates the soil. Page 673. SULPHURING COMB HONEY FOR WAX-WORMS. Mr. Doolittle is so eminent and excellent in almost all that pertains to apiculture that it is almost pleasant to be able to throw a stone at him once in awhile. His method of killing worms in section-honev. page 674—well, he makes it work, and others probably can if they're canny. But he surely could, if he tried, get up a less idiotic way of burn- ing the sulphur. When a big lot of sulphur is dumpt on some coals several things happen. A large fraction of the sulphur melts, runs down among the ashes, and thenceforth does neither good nor harm. Anot'ner large portion, in- stead of burning, changes to pure vapor of sulphur, rises, encounters cool air, and changes back to the solid form again as extremely minute particles of sulphur mixt in the air like smoke. This is capable of doing harm, and not capable of doing much good. I take it. Another portion of the sul- phur is imperfectly bu
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