. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. January 1, 1876.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 167 starve, which plan was found to answer, for she continued well, and after the lapse of forty-eight hours, during which she was repeatedly ex- amined, shewas released and was well received. During the queen's imprisonment the cage and barley-sugar were covered with a small dry flowerpot, around which cotton-waste was kept closely packed to prevent the escape of heat from the hive. ABBOTT'S ECCENTRIC EXTRACTOR.— THE LITTLE WONDER. At this season of mirth and festivity, when everybody is wishing
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. January 1, 1876.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 167 starve, which plan was found to answer, for she continued well, and after the lapse of forty-eight hours, during which she was repeatedly ex- amined, shewas released and was well received. During the queen's imprisonment the cage and barley-sugar were covered with a small dry flowerpot, around which cotton-waste was kept closely packed to prevent the escape of heat from the hive. ABBOTT'S ECCENTRIC EXTRACTOR.— THE LITTLE WONDER. At this season of mirth and festivity, when everybody is wishing everybody else a happy new year, ' and many of 'em,' we make no apology for introducing to the British bee- keeping public our last new baby, in the hope that he may come in for a share of the goodwill now paramount. He is a curious little fellow, not pretty perhaps, but has winning ways, although his movements are decidedly eccentric. A rumour that he was expected brought many inquirers, and we were always able to report that he was progressing favourably ; and when he had grown into presentable proportions, and anxious friends were admitted, he was unani- mously pronounced ' a little wonder,' because it was so great a wonder that no one had thought of him before. His visitor friends, and many who had simply heard of him, almost persuaded us to present him at Court, that he might be protected by letters-patent from the Queen ; but although we feel assured that every loyal bee- keeper (and bee-keepers are essentially loyal) would be justly proud of the slightest mark of favour from our beloved Queen, we think they would prefer that it should not be bestowed in the way indicated, and therefore we offer the infant prodigy to our friends for adoption. It can scarcely be supposed that so simple an instrument will displace every other extractor, but we have every confidence that the little ' whirligig' will do all that is required in many apiaries, and render more expensive machin
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