January, 1913. 



American Hee Journal 



tion and Management, Feeders and 

 Feeding, Swarms and Swarming. 

 Queens and Queen Introduction,Trans- 

 ferring of Bees, Bee-Diseases. 



On Jan. 2|) the members of the Ore- 

 gon branch of the National Association 

 will hold their semi-annual meeting at 

 Corvallis, and on the same date the 

 students will give a demonstration, 

 illustrating the correct and incorrect 

 methods of handling bees. For further 

 information address, 



H. F. Wilson. 

 Agricultural College, Corvallis, Oreg. 



can have the honey for gathering it, 

 and a market at our doors, there is no 

 use importing any honey at all. Let's 

 get togetherand furnish it all ourselves. 

 Geo. W. Williams. Sec. 



M.^SON T. NiBLACK, 7'ri'S. 



Indiana Neeting The meeting of the 



Indiana branch of the National Asso- 

 ciation will be held in Indianapolis, 

 Ind., in the Palm Room of the Claypool 

 Hotel Jan. 24, 19i:i The foul brood 

 conditions, and what has been accom- 

 plished, and will be accomplished, will 

 be discussed by C. H. Baldwin, State 

 Entomologist. 



Other speakers and their subjects 

 will be: 



Outlook for Indiana Honey and De- 

 veloping Home Resources — D. W, Er- 

 baugh, Ernest Root. 



Marketing Indiana Honev — John C. 

 Bull, Geo. W. Williams. 



Co-operation and Organization — E. 

 B. Tyrrell. 



We have invited Dr. Phillips, Geo. 

 Demuth, and C. P. Dadant, and fully 

 expect some of them to attend. We 

 are expecting a live meeting, and are 

 making a special effortto develop more 

 fully Indiana's honey resources. In- 

 diana buys carloads of honey from the 

 West every year, much of which is in- 

 ferior to the home product. When we 



National Bee-Keepers' Convention. — 



Following is the program of the Na- 

 tional Bee-Keepers' Association to be 

 held at Cincinnati. Ohio, Feb. 12 and 13 : 



At 10 a.m. Feb. 12, the meeting will 

 be called to order, and the proper com- 

 mittees appointed, including the com- 

 mittee on credentials. Meeting will 

 then adjourn to enable the delegates to 

 file their credentials with this commit- 

 tee. 



At 1 p.m. the meeting will again be 

 called to order, when the regular busi- 

 ness will be taken up by the delegates. 

 This meeting will be open to all mem- 

 bers, but the voting can only be done 

 by the regularly elected delegates. 



At 7 p.m. the meeting will be called 

 for a general program, in which all 

 visitors will take part. 



At 8 a.m., Feb. 13. the delegates will 

 again take up the business matters, and 

 should they be able to conclude their 

 business before noon, the balance of 

 the time will be taken up with a gen- 

 eral program. 



At 1 p.m. there will begin another, 

 general meeting of all present. 



Headquarters have been arranged 

 for us by the Cincinnati Chamber of 

 Commerce, and a list of hotels and 

 their rates will be given in full in the 

 February bee journals. 



E. B. Tyrrell, Sec. 



Bee-I^eping ^ For Women 



Conducted bv Miss Emma M. Wilson, Marengo, 111. 



Queen-Cells in Sections 



In scraping sections two sections 

 were found with a queen-cell down i« 

 one corner, the cell showing that a 

 queen had hatched. No other brood 

 had been present. Unfortunately this 

 is nothing so very unusual Some 

 years, more than two queen-cells have 

 been found in sections, and the ques- 

 tion is raised whether these were su- 

 persedure-cells or swarming-cells, with 

 the uncomfortable feeling that they 

 may have been the latter, and that a 

 swarm may have taken its departure 

 without being noticed. When queen- 

 cells are found in sections it is quite 

 likely that other brood will be present, 

 and if the section is not entirely filled 

 with foundation that brood is almost 

 certain to be drone-brood. 



Of course, the use of excluders 

 would entirely prevent the queen from 

 going up to lay in the sections, yet we 

 do not consider it advisable to use ex- 

 cluders, for the trouble we have with 

 brood or queen-cells in sections is less 

 than would be the trouble of excluders. 

 But if we should use small starters in 



sections, or anything less than sections 

 filled with foundation, we would no 

 doubt be obliged to use excluders. 

 When any one complains that he has 

 trouble with brood in sections, it is a 

 pretty safe guess that his sections are 

 not filled with foundation. And there 

 are plenty of other reasons for full 

 foundation in sections. 



Another Cooling Cup 



When the next warm weather comes 

 try making a combination of fruit juice 

 and ginger ale if you wish a delectable, 

 refreshing beverage. 



Use these proportions : Four or- 

 anges, three lemons (rind and juice), 

 one tablespoonful of extracted honey, 

 ,'^ teaspoonful of pulverized cinnamon, 

 }i grated nutmeg, 24 cloves, a pinch of 

 ground allspice, a cupful of flaked pine- 

 apple, 2 cupfuls of iced water and a pint 

 and a half of ginger ale. 



Stick the cloves into the oranges 

 through the outer skin and leave for 2 

 hours in a cold place. Rub the yellow 

 zest of the lemon into lump sugar, 



using one lump for each lemon. Put 

 the sugar into a glass jar, strain in the 

 lemon juice, then add the cinnamon, 

 nutmeg, allspice, honey and pineapple. 

 Cover and put in the ice-box until ready 

 to serve. 



Then turn it into a cold bowl, add 

 the strained juice from the clove-stuck 

 oranges, the 2 cupfuls of iced water 

 and the ginger ale. Serve, while it 

 effervesces, in small punch cups. Sip 

 a mouthful at a time, or straws may be 

 used. A cupful of grape juice may be 

 incorporated with good results. — C/ii- 

 caffo /x'l-corif- //craM. 



Report and Questions from Washington 



On two occasions during the past 

 summer I had two large swarms settle 

 on the same branch close together. 

 They were quite low, and I placed two 

 hives on a table close under, the en- 

 trance of a hive coming in contact 

 with each swarm. The bees at once 

 began to go in, and in less than one- 

 half hour they left one hive and clus- 

 tered around the other. I placed the 

 empty hive above, and they went in 

 and remained. 



1. I did not put on a super, and have 

 been wondering how I will handle 

 them in the spring. I am planning to 

 divide, and if I do, where shall I look 

 for the queen ? 



2. Providing there is brood in both 

 hives, can I make two colonies by re- 

 moving the upper body ? 



3. A number of people keep bees 

 here, and the place is too crowded. I 

 have 27 colonies, and think I can do 

 better with one-half of them, or less. 

 As I cannot sell the bees to any one 

 outside of the neighborhood — which 

 would be the same as keeping them — I 

 have decided to kill part of them, those 

 that gave no surplus. If I can keep the 

 old comb that has pollen in it where it 

 will not mold or candy, would it do to 

 feed the bees in the spring ? 



4. When would be the best time to 

 do so ? 



5. Would heating the comb injure 

 the honey for feeding ? 



6. Is pollen and bee-bread the same ? 



7. Is there any way to separate hone y 

 from bee-bread so it will be fit for 

 table use ? I have melted the comb in 

 the oven and drained off the honey, 

 and while it /oo/;s clear and nice, I im- 

 agine it does not taste good. 



A great many bee-keepers ask me 

 questions about bees, and when I tell 

 them what a fine thing the Bee Journal 

 is to keep one posted, they say they do 

 not have time to read, or make some 

 other foolish excuse for not taking a 

 paper; even saying it is not worth 

 while. Yet they are willing to learn 

 from others. Some folks are odd; 

 don't you think so ? 



Mrs. Gertrude L. Goodwin. 



Roy, Wash. 



It is no uncommon thing for a large 

 swarm to cluster on two separate 

 branches close together, having the 

 appearance of two separate swarms, 

 when in reality there is but one. 



It looks as if that were the case with 

 your swarm, as all the bees preferred 

 the one hive, the one with their queen 

 probably. Still it may be that you 



