December, 1916. 



American Vee Journal 



western method of setting everything 

 by the square, on a round planet, is due 

 to the immensity of our fields and the 

 fondness of the plowman for straight 

 furrows. The average western settler 

 is very deeply vexed if his new house 

 proves to have been built a half degree 

 out of the line. Many a western farmer 

 recognizes the dinner hour by the 

 direction of his furrow. We cut a hill 

 in two with a road when it would be 

 much cheaper, easier and better for all 

 if we made the road around it. In New 

 England, the roads take the easiest 

 way, in a pretty, rounding curve, when- 



to name them all. 



A new and perfectly safe way of in- 

 troducing queens waf described by 

 Mr. Crandall. He has a cage large 

 enough to contain a frame of hatching 

 brood. The bees are shaken off and 

 the queen introduced in that cage with 

 the comb which is placed in the center 

 of the hive. In 24 hours or less the 

 cage may be taken out. The queen be- 

 gins to lay as soon as she finds suit- 

 able cells, and this insures her ready 

 acceptance. 



During a discussion of apiary grounds 

 and removal of weeds, Mr. A. C. Miller 



Boai Landing!, beacon Park. 



Lal>e Chargojgaj;o£gmanchaugagogg- 



chaubunagunsamaugg. Wcbsier. Mass 



me as having conducted a course o' 

 beekeeping during the past summer. I 

 asked her for a synopsis of this for 

 publication, and she sent me a verv 

 modest statement which the reader will 

 find in the Woman's column. 



In the evening of that day, I had to 

 bid good bye, with regret, to the Lath- 

 ams, who were going back home, while 

 I continued my peregrinations with Dr. 

 Gates, in his auto, a Franklin, a most 

 excellent machine. But, laying aside 

 all Ford jokes, the little Ford is ready 

 for all emergencies, and at different 

 times during the trip I rode in six dif- 

 ferent ones. We have four Fords in 

 our family, and although it is true that 

 the Ford will take you anywhere ex- 

 cept in society, its society is good 

 enough for me. 



The evening of that day we spent at 

 Worcester, with Mr. and Mrs. Gates, 

 Sr. Mr. Gates is a retired lumber mer- 

 chant. Meeting these two old persons 

 gave me a clue to the excellence of 

 their son. He is just as nice as he can 

 be, but how can he help it ? He has 

 inherited it. And by the way, I call 

 them old, but they are younger than 

 myself; I take it back. 



[To be continued.) 



THE BEAUTIFUL NEW ENGLAND LAKE WITH ITS UNPRONOUNCEABLE 



NAME 



Economy of Heat in the Hive 



BY H. SPUEHLER. 



DR. PHILLIPS has acquired the 

 great credit of having deeply 

 studied the question of tempera- 

 ture in the cluster of bees in winter. 

 He has elucidated by his researches a 

 subject which is very interesting, but 

 which had been insufficiently known 



ever occasion demands. The dwellings 

 follow the curve as a matter of course. 

 And such roads!! No mud, no loose 

 stones, no steep inclines. New Eng- 

 land is an elysian field for the " autoist." 



On the way, we passed a beautiful 

 lake. (See cut.) Take a deep breath 

 and pronounce slowly, one syllable at 

 a time. If you can't succeed in spelling 

 it out, go there and ask the natives. 

 They have a charming way of reciting 

 it, if you can stay long enough- to hear 

 it out. The Indians taught them how. 

 The Indians are gone, but the echo of 

 their voices remains on the beautiful 

 lake. I am indebted for that picture 

 to Mrs. Latham who was kind enough 

 to forward it to me, with a charming 

 little letter, after I had expressed the 

 desire of securing it for publication. '■ 



At West Boylston, the meeting was 

 held at the home of W. E. Parker, un- 

 der the shade of fine trees, with a small 

 apiary in the background. It was un- 

 der the management of Messrs. J. S. 

 Whitteraore, of the Worcester County 

 Association, and G. H. Cale and Ben- 

 jamin P. Sands, of the Eastern Massa- 

 chusetts Association. Hospitality was 

 extended by the host in true New Eng- 

 land beekeeper's fashion, to a crowd of 

 about 100 practical beekeepers, among 

 them Arthur C. Miller of smoke intro- 

 duction fame, an original writer of 

 wonderful ability and observing power. 

 A number of the men present were old 

 acquaintances by correspondence, per- 

 sistent readers of the American Bee 

 Journal, whom I had never met before. 

 Did I name one of them, I should have 



Point Pleasant. Lake Chargogjjagoggmanchauggagogg- 

 chaubunagungamaugg. Webster. Mass. 



ANOTHER VIEW OF THE MASSACHUSETTS LAKE 



.suggested a sheet of "paroid roof 

 paper " for ground covering under the 

 bottom-board. A good grade of roof 

 paper, like this, makes a cheap, firm and 

 lasting stand, to keep the weeds down 

 and the hive dry. 



Here I met also a charming young 

 lady who cannot be passed without a 

 mention, Miss Josephine Morse, who 

 gave a description of New England 

 beekeepers' societies in our April num- 

 ber. Miss Morse was mentioned to 



until then, and we owe him thanks as 

 well as to the Department of Agricul- 

 ture, which has given him liberally the 

 means of succeeding. 



It must not be forgotten, however, 

 that many European beekeepers have 

 long ago sought to discover the tem- 

 perature of the cluster and that they 

 had fixed it at 97 to 98 degrees for the 

 breeding center. Mr. Kramer, a well- 

 known Swiss apiarist, was the first 

 man, to my knowledge, who 25 years 



