Bee Buzzings

Galvanized iron cmgnt not to be used in making vessels for storing honey. What makes this metal remain bright is becauso it is gradually being eaten away. The zinc eaten away enters the honey. Of course in a Iarge vessel the quantity that enters the honey is so small in proportion to tlie amount of honey that it is not perceptible. But it is objectionable only in a lessened degree, according to The Beekeepers' Review, froin which the following items also gleaned: Self hivers placed in front of the old hive in suolí a manner that the working pass throngh the hiver while on thtir vvay to and frota the liive gire promise oí' catching ful] swarms. The tronble with the okl kind is tliat many of the bees return to the old entrance. E. France allowed a swarm to raise rio brood foraperiod of ninety-six days. At the end of thia time (Aug. 24) the bees were allowed to rear and hatch brood. Contrary to his expectations they wintered well and on May 30 were a fair colony. Narrow bottoin bars (one-half or three-eighths inch) cause the bees to b;iild their combs clear down and at-ach the combs to the bottom bars.