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GLt:ANlKGS lie 13EE CULTUltE. 



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occupy one side of a Langstroth Irarae. I also 

 tound four small queen-cells, sealed, and one un- 

 capped, Ironi which a queen had emerged, and one i 

 young queen about 12 hours old. I found the two I 

 side cases and a sample box each of the sizes Mrs. 

 Cotton uses; and, of course, I found the wonderful 

 Controllable Cotton hive without any cap, and my I 

 unfortunate lady-friend, wIid lias lint one arm, found ; 

 tivKntij ijoiul dollars to pay Mrs. Cotton for all these 

 " finds," and #.'3.40 to pay express charges, and sixty 

 cents to pay for cap for hive; and if that young- 

 queen gets lost, the lady will soon find that, without j 

 kind neighbors who can keep liees, but perhaps j 

 can not write books or invent wonderful hives, she 

 will have, for her $'ii investment, little besides the ; 

 wonderful Gotten hive and a few combs of no great 

 value. If you fhink the above in i-elation to Mrs. 

 Cotton's shameful treatment of this lady will be of 

 service as a warning- to others, you will please give 

 it publication. .J.\mes K.vox. 



guincy, 111., June 15, I8S.-,. 



The aljove verifies wluit several of our 

 subscril)ers liave Ijefore suggested, that Mrs. 

 Cotton sends out a hive \vitii nothing l)ut 

 queen-cells instead of a <iueen. and this, too. 

 where she gets SiiO.ott for what her advertise- 

 ment would lead any one to suppose would 

 be a full colony of Italian bees, and in a 

 finished and complete hive. 



]imE^ -p.JiD QaERIEg. 



HE honey crop threatens to be the greatest 

 I'ailure ever known in this State. The ordi- 

 nary white-clo\er season is nearly past, l)ut 

 our bees have found scarcely enough white 

 clover to be self-sustaining. The poplar, or 

 tulip, fortunately, yielded unusually, and enough is 

 stored, I think, to insure sui-eessfiil wintering- with- 

 out feeding. S. W. Mouitiso.v, .M. I). 

 Oxford, Chester Co., Pa., June 20, 18F5. 



HONEY-DEW IX 188.3. 



I will say that there is an abundance of honey- 

 dew to lie gathered here now in the woods; but for 

 reasons best known to themselves the bees do not 

 notice it yet, for which we are truly thankful, and 

 hope they will continue to let it i-emain. Sweetness 

 "wasted on the desert air." Bees strong, and pros- 

 pects good for white clover. M. W. Shephekd. 



Kochester, Lorain Co., O. 



BKOOD -VXD POLLEN IN THE SECTION BOXES. 



Our bees are putting brood and pollen in the sec- 

 tion boxes. WMiat is the cause? 



Lower Salem, o. Sylvesteu Babsox. 



[This matter has been very fully discussed in our 

 back numbers, and also in the ABC book. Perfo- 

 rated zinc lioney-boards, perforated wood honey- 

 boards, slotted honey-boards like Heddon's, the use 

 of separatoi-s. and a great many other devices are 

 used to discourage the queen from going up into 

 the sections. Considerable depends upon the con- 

 struction of the hive, but I believe there is not 

 much trouble of this kind.] 



I bought one hive in the siiring of 1884, and one in 

 July; also one in November, and all lived through 

 the winter. Two were in box hives, and 1 transfer- 

 red them and gave them Italian queens, and I di- 

 vided my strongest hive on tlie first of this month, 

 and all are doing well. We have a grand honey- 

 flow from the locust. Hees all died, or about all, in 

 this i)art nl I he county this winter and spring. 



Chakles E. Hahdestv. 



Conolt Harrison Co., O., June 8, 1885. 



the new cakp-book. 



Carp A IJ C received, and I went down to the carp- 

 pond and witnessed the hatching of thousands of 

 eggs. I shall soon have all the fish I can eat, and 

 some for an occasional fish picnic. 



Dresden, Texas, June 10, 1885. \i. F. Ca[«iu)I.l. 



HECIPE I'OK honev-cake. 



Will >()u allow me to make a little improvement 



on my recipe for honey-cake, as follows? Two cups : 



of honey, one ciu> <'!' sour cream, four eggs; Havor 



with ginger and cloves or allspice, as preferred. 



Warm tlie honey enough to nuike it thin; mix soft. 



Mus. L. M. Hahdison. 



Santa Taiila, Cal., May 8, 1885. 



As 1 have been pretty busy this sjiring 1 have not 

 had nnicli time to write. Well, I lost all of my bees 

 (« colonies) last winter and spring-; four from dysen- 

 tery, and two from spring dwindling, and now all 

 togetlier I have spent *45.(I0, and have sold but *5.0(l 

 woi-th of honey and wax. Now I have got on hand 

 ten Simplicity hives and fixtures, besides .50 empty 

 combs. I am not going to give up yet, just as T am 

 begining to get used to bee-keeping, and have got 

 the fixtures. Our strawberries are getting- ripe. 

 We sold four bushels Friday last. C. W. Bond. 



Jackson, Mich., June 22, 1885. 



XEW SWAK.MS OOIXO INTO EMPTV HIVES. 



Speaking about swarms going into empty hives 

 that are standing around, a few years ago when Mr. 

 George Haven kept bees he had two come out at 

 about the same time, and alight separate. He car- 

 ried a hive, and ))ut it down near one swarm, and 

 then went to hive the othei-; and when he got back 

 to his hive the bees had gone into it. I think he 

 said the empty hive was a rod or more otT. - f 

 had in fall, TO; spring, 40; have 56 good ones now, 

 and increasing rapidly. John CKOOFOo'r. 



Hloomingdale, Mich., June IB, 1885. 



NEW HONEY. 



I am a young man Zi years old. 1 ha\'e commenc- 

 ed raising bees. I began this spring with three 

 hives of bees. They were blacks. I have seven 

 hives now. I have taken 215 lbs. of honey this year ' 

 from the three hives 1 began with, all in comb, and 

 one of them is filled again. I took the honey from | 

 them the 22d of May. I got 50 lbs. at that early 

 date, and they have it all new and white again. 1 

 examined them yesterday, and found the new comb 

 all sealed again. 1 find that there is profit in bee- I 

 keeping. J. W. Taylor. 



Ozau, Ark., June 14, 1885. I 



Do bees go to sleep regularly? 



[Hees do not go to sleep at all, friend H., that we 

 know of, unless it is in tlu' winter time. It is pretty 

 certain that they do not slee|) •' regularly," if they 

 sleep at all.l 



Are black bees more likely to abscond to the for- 

 ests than Italians?] 



[I do not believe the black bees are any more 

 likely to go to the forests; but if any thing I should 

 say it is the other way.] 



Will packing chaff hives with rags be better for 

 wintering? H. A. Hvle. 



Redwood, N. V., June I, 1885. 



[I do not believe I should like rags for packing 

 as well as clean soft chaff.] 



