[For the American Bee Journal.]
Paper Hives and Z. C. Fairbanks.
Mr. Editor:—Don’t you think that Mr. Fairbanks seems a little cross as well as sharp. He says I assert in my first article what I contradict in my second on paper hives; and, worst of all, says I am to be numbered with the gentiles, whom Dr. Cox gulled to the tune of heavy sums. I deny the charge, and demand proof; though I will say for the benefit of brother Fairbanks, that I think the Doctor a little too smooth for profit. But, to explain, we call the paper hive, of whatever form, Dr. Cox’s hive; and so should we call all movable frame hives, the Farmer’s box with Langstroth frames therein.
Charles Hastings.
Dowagiac, Mich.
[For the American Bee Journal.]
The Looking-glass Again.
Mr. Editor:—I have used the looking-glass often for arresting swarms, rarely failing; but I have always used it in conjunction with the shotgun. Used thus, it seems to induce in the bees the idea of an approaching storm, and that they ought to be securing a place of safety as quick as possible.
Out of a number of examples, I give the following: