Mr. Editor:—It is now admitted that bee houses are requisite for bee-keepers in this climate.

I have recently seen that “concrete buildings” are “cheap and substantial. For dwellings, all hollow walls and lathing are dispensed with,” and they are “found to be as dry as wooden houses.” It is also said—“The heat would be so long retained in the walls, that the saving in fuel would be no inconsiderable item.”

It appears to me that this is just what is wanted in those localities where the material can easily be had.

Will some of your correspondents, acquainted with the subject, give an opinion as to their adaptability, and mode of construction?

Tyro.

Ontario, Canada.

The blossoms of onions abound in honey, the odor of which, when first gathered, is very offensive; but before it is sealed over, this disappears.—Langstroth.

[For the American Bee Journal.]