"novice's" gleanings in bee cuxtfr 



contain from two to three hundred egg?, 

 and this can be placed in a suitable frame. 

 of comb when received, and hive and all 

 substituted for one containing a strong 

 colony. When the eggs are hatched, if 

 desired, the comb of larvae can be still 

 further divided, and thus a large number 

 of queens be reared and the risky process 

 of "introduction" avoided entirely. 



To those of our friends that furnish 

 these eggs for hatching who fear "it won't 

 pay," we will say: You have no trouble 

 in queen rearing to contend with; by lib- 

 eral feeding eggs can always be secured '.n 

 the centre of the colony ; postage is but. 

 two ceuts if the comb is fixed in a stiff' 

 pasteboard, bent np in such a manner 

 that the pestmaster can examine the con- 

 tents if he wishes; and lastly, if eggs are 

 from an imported queen, no guaranty of 

 parity is needed, and for the small sum of 

 ''5c. none will be expected for safe deliv- 

 ery, etc. 



Drone eggs can be at the proper season 

 furnished at same price, if wanted, but 

 our impression is that daughters of an im- 

 ported queen are as honey producers good 

 enough. As to whom we shall patronize, 

 our advice is that for both queens and 

 eggs, as a general thing, it is best to 

 trade nearest home, and with some one 

 we know will do as nearly right as he can. 



We will assist in the enterprise all we 

 can, and as we have none nearer than an 

 imported queen's daughter, we shall, if 

 possible, procure an imported queen in 

 time to mail eggs in May. 



If we fail in this, those who send to us 



will have to take the best eggs we can 



furnish. 



♦ i m 



PROBLEMS. 



"0. 8. —it is well known that market 

 gardeners make use of sashes of' 

 glass to forward such vegetables as they 

 require very early. Now as it is aery de- 

 sirable to induce brood-rearing largely 

 this month, and as warmth is one great 

 essential, can we not allow the sun to 

 strike the quilt by raising the cover par- 

 tially, and at the same time keeping oft' 

 cold air by a sheet of glass raised at an 

 angle of 4") degrees, or laid over the quilt 

 simply? Which would be the better way, 

 and would n»t a quilt made of black cloth 

 uive us better results ? A reply from 

 some one who has had experience in mar- 

 ket gardening would be quite « favor. 



No. 9. — How long can eggs be kept 

 away from the bees and still hatch, and 

 if temperature affects the result, what 

 temperature is most favorable ? [See arti- 

 cle on another page. J 



ANSWER TO PROBLEM 0. 



The fact is that I am a devoted disciple 

 of that great and good man and eminent 

 naturalist, the late I/aak Walton, and 

 I long ago discovered that for ail kinds 

 and descriptions of fish that will take a 

 grab or fly. from the trout and black bass 





down to the river and pond .sunfish, the 

 larvae of the bee moth iff. just about <h« 

 most attractive bait that can be used.- 

 is a very cleanly bait, and has a strong ( 

 odor of its own, as of course jotf-kaoj**-,' 

 which I suppose is one of its advantages. 

 I believe that nothing was made in vain, 

 everything has its use if we conld only 

 find it out, but I never heard of any onfi 

 being able to put the bee moth (no pun in- 

 tended here) in harness, or derive any 

 benefit from it, until I tried it myself. 1 

 have, of course, noted some of their hab- 

 it*, such as their propogating in confine- 

 ment, the diseases to which they are snh* 

 ject, and that combs hung in the open air, 

 that is, not in a hive, at a distance of 1 

 or \\ inches apart, are almost secure from 

 their depredations. In this case the moth 

 will sometimes attack one, and if the 

 worms cannot reach the next one they 

 will confine themselves to the one on which 

 the egg was laid until they are done feed- 

 ing, when they will begin to travel, &c. 



ANSWER TO TKOBLKM 7. 



Do you think there is any objection 

 to using tanbark around the hives? I 

 have always used it and find it very good 

 to keep weeds down, and it will not catch 

 fire very easy. C. E. \\ 



It is our impression that the above will 

 answer excellently, but what are unfortu- 

 nates like ourselves to do that can't get 

 any, nearer than ten miles? 



HOSEY t'OLUIS. 



|jf HAVE a 12 gallon cask of dark ex- 

 idLi tracted honey (mostly buckwbeat.i, 

 that I will sell at l'iic. with cask thrown 

 in. A neighbor has a same sized cask of 

 white honey (clover and basswood) that he 

 will sell cheap, and also 80 pounds of 

 dark honey. J. F. MoohE, _ 



Bingham ton, N". V. 



1 have 'out little extracted honey on 

 hand now, but would like to engage my 

 next crop. I shall have, if prospered as 

 usual, about 3000 lbs., which I will deliver 

 free of cost on the cars or steamboat, at 

 Muscatine, Iowa, in lot) or 2UU pound oak 

 kegs, at 15c. per pound, kegs thrown in. 

 The honey 1 guarantee all to be a No. 1 

 article. 1 have been selling extracted 

 honey for four years, and know what it, 

 should I.e. W. J. Rox.u.u, 



Grand view. Lows. 



YVi: have never seen a case of foul 

 brood and -consequently can't advise in the 

 matter; bat we do recommend that as a 

 precaution the utmost care be exercised 

 in shipping queens or eggs from an 

 apiary where it prevails or has prevailed. 

 Perhapa the matter when we become 

 familiar with it can be shorn of some of 

 its terrors, like moth millers, ere, 



