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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Nov. 1 



to a new loca- 



t i o n . 

 next 

 give a 

 virgin, 



The 

 day I 

 cell, a 

 or lay- 



ing queen, 

 and in either 

 easel find that 

 the queen has 

 CO m m e n c e d 

 1o lay prompt- 

 ly on time, so 

 that the colo- 

 ny is in first- 

 class shape 

 for winter. It 

 is true that 

 the flying 

 force is lost; 

 but such bees 

 will occupy 

 some hive 

 near by, and 

 gather as 

 much fall 

 honey as 

 though they 

 had worked 

 in their own 

 hives. I fol- 

 low this plan 

 with all colo- 

 nies to w^hich 

 I wish to introduce purchased queens. The 

 old bees are not of very much use after the 

 flow is over, anyhow, and they certainly 

 make bad work when an attempt is made 

 to introduce a new queen. 

 Randolph, N. Y. 



[We use honey in our home constantly, 

 so we surely practice what we preach. It is 



KEL,LY M'LAUGHLIN'S RESIDENCE AT HALF DAY, ILL,., THE WALLS OV 

 WHICH CONTAIN MANY COLONIES OF BEES. 



to take the can back for 10 cts. I tried it, 

 but have quit doing it, the objections being 

 too numerous to mention. Many people, 

 when told that they may bring the can back 

 and get 10 cts. for it, will want to give only 

 $1.20 and then agree to bring back the can. 

 Perhaps most of them will do it, but the 

 cans are often unfit for further use. 



Twelve pounds is not an extravagant 

 amount, and this will 

 soon be gone, so that 

 they will become hon- 

 ey-hungry again and 

 want more. Honey is 

 cheap food too. I no- 

 tice that one of the 

 leading mail-order 

 houses in Chicago 

 charges $1.58 per gal- 

 lon for white honey. 



AN EASY WAY TO RE- 

 QUEEN. 



Many times, when I 

 wish to requeen a poor 

 or otherwise objection- 

 able colony, the bees 

 make way with the 

 new queen before she 

 begins to lay. I am 

 satisfied that the old 

 bees are at fault. So, 

 at the close of the clo- 

 ver flow or during the 

 fore part of August, 

 after having destroyed 

 the queens of such col- 

 onies as I wish to re- 

 queen, I carry the hive 



C. J. DIEHl'S shed APIARY OF BOX HIVES, STETLEKSVILLE, PA. 



