. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. THR I5KK-KREPERS' REVIEW. Imagine rny surprise to find the wood be- tween the paint and propolis thoroughly saturated with water, so much so that, if possible, the same was worse than green lumber. And when put in the fire, as the paint and propolis burned off, the wood charred over, and the water fried out at the ends just as it does out of green wood when put in the fire. This was in early spring, just after the bees were set out of the hives. Those left till fall, (stored up in the shop ) dried out so they burned like "kindling wood," as soo
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. THR I5KK-KREPERS' REVIEW. Imagine rny surprise to find the wood be- tween the paint and propolis thoroughly saturated with water, so much so that, if possible, the same was worse than green lumber. And when put in the fire, as the paint and propolis burned off, the wood charred over, and the water fried out at the ends just as it does out of green wood when put in the fire. This was in early spring, just after the bees were set out of the hives. Those left till fall, (stored up in the shop ) dried out so they burned like "kindling wood," as soon as the fire touched them. And these hives were well painted, as will be seen when I say that a few which I still keep to use for summer nuclei, have the paint quite well preserved on them yet, although I have not painted a hive of any kind in 20 years, and they have stood out in the weather, summer and winter, dur- ing the whole tniie. Borodino, N. Y. Nov. 26th • »M««««"».»»"«"»"»^»'»''»"»''»»*'*'"»-"*'*'^.'»'»""'«*""'»'>i'*'»'»'"'*'-»''«»^'<i'»'»'»'«"*i'*'^''" o • "Too Much Michigan in it" is one of the criticisms that have been made upon the Review—it will not hold good against this issue. The Foot note at the end of Arthur C. Miller's article in the December Re- view with no number or asterisk show- ing to which part of the article it referred, made it appear as though the whole of the article had been under previous ob- servation, whereas, it was intended to apply only to the paragraph about "fer- tile ; Mr. M. .\. Gill, whose article on covers appears in this issue, was last year the fortunate possessor of about 700 colonies of bees that stored about two car loads of comb honey; and, in future issues of the Review, beginning with the next number, Mr. Gill will describe the methods he employed. He will begin in the spring, and
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