. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 43d YEAR. CHICAGO, ILL, OCT. 8,1903, No. 41. Editorial Comments ] Scourene removes propolis from the hands almost instantly, says Ralph D. Cleveland. We suppose all grocers have scourene for sale. Honey Crop Kuined by Insects.—A Utah correspondent reports in the Rocky Mountain Bee Journal that " those little insects are in the alfalfa by the million?, and are in some of the bee-hives eat- ing up the honey," resulting in only a fourth of a crop. Honey and Wax in France.—Government reports show that in the ten years ending with 1901 the value
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 43d YEAR. CHICAGO, ILL, OCT. 8,1903, No. 41. Editorial Comments ] Scourene removes propolis from the hands almost instantly, says Ralph D. Cleveland. We suppose all grocers have scourene for sale. Honey Crop Kuined by Insects.—A Utah correspondent reports in the Rocky Mountain Bee Journal that " those little insects are in the alfalfa by the million?, and are in some of the bee-hives eat- ing up the honey," resulting in only a fourth of a crop. Honey and Wax in France.—Government reports show that in the ten years ending with 1901 the value of wax produced was nearly half as much as that of honey, or 41 percent. That looks like a large proportion of wax ; but then the yield of honey was less than 11 pounds per colony. A Middle Bar in Place of Wiring, is advised by the editor of the Australian Bee-Bulletin. He says; We, ourselves, have not used wired foundation for several years, both on account of its stretching when the frame is full of comb and honey, and because the horizontal stick across the center of the frame is much better, and less trouble to put in. We know a number of good beekeepers who are adopting the stick-plan instead of wires. Choice of Location.—On page 5T9, an editorial ends with say- ing, " On the whole the probability is that not one bee-keeper in ten will find himself better off anywhere in the world than,right where he is ; This view is neatly confirmed by the first item in the editorial columns of the September Bee-Keepers' Review, where Editor Hutchinson says: "Michigan seems doubly desirable as a home, since taking my Western ; Bees Embalming Mice.—The question has been raised whether there is any truth in the statement that when some offending body as large as a dead mouse is found in a hive the bees seal it her- metically with propolis. Perhaps in the majority of cases, when a mouse dies in a hive, it will be found dried to a mummy, with no offensive
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