isss 



tJLbiANlKGS IK liEE CULTURE. 



and I was too; but g-unimiiig up three of four 

 taught me how to iiianag-e it. Burn sound chips 

 instead of rotten stuff or raprs; and when it takes 

 the (juinsy, blow it until it gets very hot, then 

 jxtint it to the g-round and blow as hard as you can. 

 A few puffs will start its lungs to action, and.the 

 trouble i* over. .\. L. Lir.HT. 



Pastoria, Ark.. .Sept. ti, 188,"). 



Well dune, friend L. The above report 

 not only speaks well for you. but well for 

 your State of Arkansas." Was the large 

 amount of honey made entirely l)y one t-olo- 

 <»ny. or from the colony and itsincreaseV 



A.NOTHEK Nt'CI.EUS THAT PERSISTS IX KILLING 

 QUEENS. 



It has not been a good summer so far. I have lots 

 of ti"Ouble with a nucleus colony. They are deter- 

 mined to have no queen. They have killed four 

 Italian queens, and two of them after the queens 

 had commenced laying-. 'J'he queens cost me f 1.00 

 each. J.W.Porter. 



Ponca. Neb., July 21, 188."). 



[The only remedy 1 know lor such cases is to put 

 a good lot of brood-comtts into the hive, so that the 

 young- hatching bees may outnumber the stubborn 

 and ill-tempered old bees.] 



KltOM Ii4 TO KHi, 7r»(Xl I.US. OE HO.NKV. A.NK T.J I.BS. 

 OK UEESWAX. 



(Jommenced the swarming season withtU colonies. 

 Increased to lOT. Comb honey, ."fcWl lbs.; extracted, 

 17(10 lbs. Total, ^rXHi. Heeswa.v. "^ lbs. 



Sih ciion, Oregon, r)ct. "., 18S.'>. K. S. Brooks. 



JimH^ j^jMD QUERIEg. 



A OREAT FAI.t.IXG OKF IX THE PHOnUCTlOX OE 

 HOXEV IX CALIFORXIA. 



'EN'TUR.\ County will not ship o\er one hun- 

 I' dred tons of honey this season, as but few 

 apiaries have more than enough for home 

 consumption; whereas last year the esti- 

 mated shipments were two thousand tons. 

 Bees are cheap; this is a good time for eastern 

 bee-men with poor health to start in the bee-busi- 

 ness in one of the healthiest counties in the State. 

 Sanlit ['aula. California. 1,. M. HarIhskx. 



UEKS AM) R.\SPnERRIES. 



Bees do work on black cap raspberries, but not so 

 mui-h as on the red. Mamai.a B. Ciiadimk k. 



Vermont, 111., Aug., 188.".. 



A <iOOI) KEI'ORT EROM AI.I.EVS TRAI'S. 



1 used I; do/., of -Mley's (|ueen-traps last year; no 

 nu)re swarms leave lor the woods when I am away 

 from home. W. K. I'i.owkh. 



Ashbourne, I'a. 



AXOTMER SWAR.M »;oKS OFF WCTHOl'T ALUIHTIXIJ. 



We had two swarms this year, but the first flew 

 away without alighting. 



A (!001) REl'OHT OF THE I'Ofl.TRV XETTIXli. 



That wire for the chicken yard is just the thing. 

 It gives them a large space, and we have had only 

 three or four fly over, and after we clipped them 

 no more have tried it. (iEo. V. i 'i.evelaxu. 



Cdllamer. «>., Aug. 2ti, ISSo. 



HOW TO PLACE FEED OVER THE CLUSTER. 



j 1 wish you would tell me how I can place the feed 

 i that you recommend on pages 13 and 14 of your 

 j catalogue— the feed which is made of powdered su- 

 gar and good honey, and is placed OAer the cluster— 

 • without letting the bees tly out while I am doing it. 



X. LU.MAX CiERRISH. 



Nottingham Center, N. H., Oct. 8, 188,5. 

 LJ'rifnd O., it is a pretty hard matter to feed bees. 

 any way you can fl.v it, without causing them to Hy 

 out. If the weather is warm, so they can all get 



I back again, it does no harm to let them tiv out, that 

 I know of. During cold weather, if you remove the 

 cushion quickly ami turn back the burlap, you can 



; usually get a ball of the candy right over the clus- 

 ter, and get the hive closed up before the <iueen 

 takes wing.] 



HOXEV-AXTS. 



[ 1 got some honeyants this morning. They build 



j a nest in the ground, and have a room. There are 



1 three different kinds— the queens, workers, and one 



other kind. Their bodies are full of honey. When 



one of the workers wants some hoiu\vit caresses the 



feelei-s of oiu- of these, and she feeds him in the 



same numner as a bee. Don't you think you could 



get Prof. Cook to tell us some of their habits, and 



let us know in Ci.eaxinosV W. B. Kenuam.. 



I'valde, Texas. 



[Friend K.. Prof. Coftk has already t<ild us about 



Wll.l. EAKI.V-AMBEK .MOLASSES IiO TO FEED / 



I see b)- youi- catalogue that Karly amber sugar 

 will do to feed fees. What do you think about Ear- 

 ly-amber molasses:- Would it do to feed for brood- 

 rearingV Would not the sugar reduced to syrup be 

 llie same as molasses? A neighbor of ours saved a 

 swarm last spring that was destitute, by pouring- 

 about a quart of Early amber molasses in among 

 the bees and combs. .Mrs. H. Babso.n. 



Lower Salem, ()., Oi-t. :i, I88.">. 



[Mrs. B., the Karly-amber molasses, or, in fact, 

 any other kind that the bees will use, will answer 

 tor sj)ring leecling; Imt so far as ni.v experience 

 goes, all these l<iw-pric<'<l syru|)S are n(">t sufticiently 

 free from foreign matter to be suitatilc lor winter 

 stores. Better save your Early-amber syrup till 

 spring, and use only pure white sugar for winter 

 stores.] 



' these ants. 1 think you will find some mention of 

 them in his Maiuuil, and 1 think he wrote an aitiele 



I in some of (iiu- journals, though lean not say just 

 now wher*' you will Und it. Will friend Cook 



[ please tell us where such a paper is to be found, if 



i he did write oneV] 



HOW FAR DO HEES FLV, AND WORK PROFITABLY? 



How far can bees go for honey, and make it prof- 

 itable? Can they make it profitable with pasturage 

 two miles off? C. W. Hardv. 



Burnet, Burnet Co., Texas. 

 , [Friend H., this matter has lieen discussed at con- 

 i siderable length in our back volumes. Bees or- 

 ; dinarily do not go more than two or three miles for 

 stores, if I am correct; but under some eircum- 

 slances they have been known to fiy sl.x or seven 

 miles, ami ai-i-uuuilate honey, even then. These 

 ] great flights ai-<- usually across a body of water, or 

 i over a prairie, inider circumstances where neither 

 timl)er nor hills inconvenience them.] 



THE .STAXLEV .\UTOMATIC EXTRACTOR. 



We see in Aug. 1st Xo. a call for rejiorts of Stan- 

 ley's automatic extractor. We ha\e used one this 

 season, and nuist say it is the best now t)n the maa- 

 ket. We have extracted over 31100 lbs., and in one- 

 half the time it takes with other makes. We would 

 no more think of using an extractor not reversing 

 the cointis automaticallj , than of using a cradle in 

 the place of a self-binding reaper. 



(ieddes, X. Y. F. A. & H. O. Salisbi rv. 



We had a very severe drought in spring and sum- 

 mer, after a dry and cold winter. The white clover 

 was an entire failure. I saw only one swarm of 



