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tlipwax). When it boils I dip and strain tlirous-h 

 two tolds ol iii()si(uito netting spread ovei- a eonl- 

 Sieve, into a larg-e honey-can the size ot iin ex- 

 tractor, it bein^ half full of water. Empty the 

 Strainer as often as the dirt clogs the wax. Keep 

 every thing hot, and there will be no waste. The 

 wax is easily removed from the can when thtnougldy 

 cold, and does not adhere to the sides at all. From 

 the bottom of the cake I scrape off the dirt, melt and 

 pour again, when the wax is as beautiful as Mr. Da- 

 dant's. The last cake I made was 18 inches in diam- 

 eter, and 8 thick. The above mode is not dauby nor 

 wasteful. I give it in answer to your foot-notes on 

 page 550, August Gf.eanings, for fear you may mis- 

 lead. I, too, have discarded a wax-extractor. 

 Huntington, L. I., Aug., 188".. F. W. Bi'kgess. 



In regard to introducing virgin queens, 

 friend B., the objection would be that we 

 sliould have to make new colonies all the 

 while, and this would generally be an objec- 

 tion, it seems to me. Friend T)oolittle con- 

 templated introducing virgin qiieen.s to snch 

 colonies as were queenless, or to nuclei al- 

 readj' established. I have for years been 

 well aware that we could introduce queens 

 easily at the time we formed a new nucleus. 

 In yoiu- plan of rendering wax, J'riend B., it 

 see'ms to me there must nect^ssarily be con- 

 siderable good wax adhering to the refuse 

 contained in the mosquito netting. 



MRS. CHADDOCK TELLS HER EXPERI- 

 ENCE IN HONEY-GETTING. 



A (=.OOf) WOKD FOR OUil Or,l) ItOXKV QIF.I'.X, .\N1I 

 H(>MF.THIN(J ABOl'T .NOT WOHIIVIXG, KTC. 



fHUEE years ago you told in Oi.KAXTNfiS about 

 ' a colony of bees that you hud, that gathered 

 so much honey that you called her your 

 " honey riucen," and you raised queens fi-om 

 her and said if any one wanted to try them, 

 to say "Honey <|ueen " when ordering. As that 

 wds just the kind of queen that I liad always been 

 wanting, 1 sent for one immediately. The answer 

 came back that the "honey queens" were all gone; 

 b\it afterward, when I sent for queens, you sent 

 me one of them. It was the .">th of July when she 

 came, and too late for the white-clover honey; and 

 as the ne.xt two seasons were no honey years, 1 

 could not tell any thing about her. I always kept 

 track of her, however, and this year she gave lOCi 

 lbs. of honey, while the most that I took from any 

 other hive was from "S to 40 lbs. 



This has been a splendid yeai- for bees, and a pret- 

 ty good year for honey— not one of the best, but 

 pretty good. This honey-queen colony was the 

 strongest one I had last spring, and before swarm- 

 ing it was working in two sets of sections. When 

 it swarmed I hived it (or, rather, let it hive itself) on 

 ufull set of empty combs, and transferred the partly 

 tilled sections from the old colony to the new one. 

 Seven days later] put on another tier of sections. 

 When the white-clover honey crop was gathered 1 

 took otf the three boxes of honey— all of it bulged 

 <iut and (dipped over. I sell honey in these boxes 

 nearly e\ cry year, and I know they hold from ;!:> to 

 40 lbs., so that I am sale in saying that this honey 

 queen gave me 100 lbs. of honey. Hesides this, the 

 old colony sent out an after-swarm, and they have 

 some honey in the sections, and the old colony has 



a box nearly full. But as I changed these about, 

 just as it suited me, taking out and putting in brood, 

 I can not tell what credit to give them, so I give 

 them none at all. Next year (if this queen livesi I 

 will put every thing down in black and white, and 

 she shall have all the honor thai is due her. 



I want to thank all the friends who have been so 

 kind as to write me letters of "condolence" about 

 my beeswax experience. I am very sorry that sis- 

 ter Culp lost any sleep over me, and I feel very 

 meek under the Scripture she quotes. But, does 

 not same Bible say, " Be ye not troubled," and 

 " take no thought for the morrow," "consider the 

 lilies," etc.';- Now, I think I am rather prone to 

 gathering up the fragments, so much ao that some- 

 times, when I have twenty things to do all at once, 

 I envy any one who can sit calmly with lolded 

 hands, "considering the lilies, ' and 1 wish that J 

 could do it too. 



In the tlrst tlush of disappointment, whenlthought 

 I had ruined all that beeswax, 1 fell as I suppose a 

 fellow does after he has spent all his nickels, for 

 ice-cream lor his girl, and then she suddenly deserts 

 him for the " other fellow." He feels as If all Hesh 

 is grass, and vtiws he'll never be kind to any one 

 again; but pretty soon st)me other giil smiles on 

 him, and he goes to buying watermelons for her, 

 and taking her to the fairs, and life is, worth lUlng 

 after all. When the Dadants wrote me that my 

 beeswax was spoiletl, 1 supposed that I should not 

 only have to lose if, but pay the express charges 

 also. Hut afterwaad they wrote that there was 

 enough good wax in it to pay the express charges, 

 and for the foundation that they- sent me (about 

 two dollars' worth), so that I did not feel quite so 

 desperate. The point with me is, that if I can not 

 nnike money without worrying all the time. 1 wont 

 make money at all. I think there is no one thing 

 so bad for people, especially women-folks, as wor- 

 rying. When 1 read what you said about not hav- 

 ing the doctoi' for Ruber's sprained wrist I wanted 

 tosay, "It is bett<'r, much better, to have the doctor, 

 and let him ruli on the arnica, even if it does not a 

 particle of good, than to have the mother worrying 

 all day and all night about it, thinking that he 

 might be deformed for life." I tell you, no woman 

 can afford to wori-y that long to save two dollars. 



1 like sister Culp; 1 like her "grip" and hang-on. 

 I read about the way she " fattened " her bees on 

 maple sugar, and 1 liked that very much. I feel 

 sorry, too, for the lonely way she is called to walk 

 in, and am glad that she has the grace and strength 

 to walk in it bravely. Mahai.a B. <'HAin»n( k. 



Vermont, 111., Aug. 20, im>. 



I am very glad, my good friend, to know 

 that yon are get^ting a good crop of honey, 

 and that the honey queens, or red-clover 

 queens, which I believe is what we called 

 them, are .still keeping up their reputation. 

 I should say they are celebrated for their 

 longevity as well as for the working qualities 

 of their bees.— I like what you say about not 

 wcirryiug; but 1 do not understand it to 

 nieaii that we can not pusli things, and 

 make them boom ; that is, one may be 

 cheerful and full of peace, even if he does 

 not sit down with hands folded. J n regard 

 to the doctors and arnica, by all means have 

 them if it will make you feel easier, even if 

 they do not do a particle of good in that par- 

 ticular case. 



