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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Jan. 21, 19C4 



and asking him simply to write "Yes "or 

 " No," it he was too busy to write a letter. I 

 received no reply to this. He must have re- 

 ceived the letters or they would have been re- 

 turned to me. I have thought, perhaps he 

 had a good thing and did not care to share it 

 with any one else, unless there was something 

 in it for him, as in his first article on the sub- 

 ject he said he had applied— I supposed he 

 meant — for a patent, and would have the plan 

 before the public before next spring. As the 

 present is the time to prepare for it, why 

 would it not be a good plan for the American 

 Bee Journal to re-publish the article so that 

 any bee-keeper who would like to do so may 

 try it, starting about the same time as the 

 bees begin hatching? A. W. Macbraik. 

 Hamilton Co., Ohio, Jan. 6. 



[Suppose you read the report on this sub- 

 ject as given by " Common-Sense Bee-Keep- 

 ing," on another page of this very number. 

 If you want to hatch hens' eggs, get a live 

 hen, or incubator. Don't waste time in trying 

 to get bees to do something different from 

 what they were intended to do. 



And here comes another report:— Editor.] 



In answer to Miss Wilson as to hatching 

 eggs with bees, I will own that I was the loser 

 of 14 eggs last spring; it makes me laugh 

 when I think of it. 



My mother is a great lover of chickens, but 

 has not kept any for quite a few years, owing 

 to being so close to neighbors' fields. But 

 last spring I asked her how she would like to 

 see me hatch a fine sitting of eggs without a 

 hen. She said she would like to see me do it 

 before she would believe it, but would be glad 

 to accept the clutch of fine chickens. Of 

 course, I could see the 14 snow-white chicks 

 running around — in my mind. 



So oil I started, and got a hive ready to 

 make into a fine old " hen." I had a rousing 

 colony of bees, so I got a super and put a 

 screen in the bottom, and padded the sides 

 with some pieces of old carpet. Next I sent 

 my little brother 3 miles for eggs, which cost 

 me SI. 00, but I got good measure — 14 eggs 

 for a sitting. 



Well, 1 put the eggs on the screen and cov- 

 ered them with :-! layers of carpet, marking the 

 date. I used to go and turn them 3 or 'A times 



Texas dueens! 



3 and 5 banded Qoldens 



from a reliable breeder. 

 You all know him-DANIEL 

 WURTH-the Queen bpec.al- 

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 a Happy New Year, I am 

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 Tou with the best of Queens. 

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DANIEL WURTH, Karnes Gitu, Tex. 



3D6t Please mention the Bee Journal. 



Millions In Oats.—SaUer's New National Oats 

 yielded in 1903 in Mich., 240 bu.; in Mo., 2SSbu.; 

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