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pull is so gentle that it is unperceived. 



I had thouglit to get a marble to use 

 in plac : of the case, but after thinking 

 the matter over, have decided to try a 

 5-cent rubber ball, and then if it isn't 

 heavy enough will put a little water in 

 until I get the right weight. 



Brooklyn, Iowa. B. H. Tripp. 



This plan is similar to one used in 

 some of the Woodman veils which 

 have a heavy piece of cord sewed near 

 the bottom and around the veil to keep 

 it from blowing about. 



Attention Minnesota Beekeepers! — In 



case you have, or suspect your have 



disease in your apiaries, communicate 

 at once with me and I will make every 

 effort to reach you without delay. 

 Chas. D. Blaker, 

 State Inspector of Apiaries. 

 4420 Grimes Ave., Minneapolis, Minn. 



June is Promising. — The bees in Illi- 

 nois recuperated rapidly from winter 

 dwindling, owing to a mild month of 

 April. 



The month of June is opening witli a 

 good prospect for white clover in many 

 parts. In Hancock county there is no 

 white clover, owing to the drouth of 

 1!U4. But the sweet clover is very 

 promising and the bees are in excellent 

 shape. 



Bee-I^eping <^ For Women 



Conducted bv Miss Emma M. Wilson, Mareaeo. 111. 



Bees in Corner of a House 



A New York sister writes : " In the 

 summer of 1012 a swarm of bees took 

 possession of a corner of my house, 

 and made its home between the 

 walls. They produced honey all that 

 summer and the summer of 1913. Dur- 

 ing January, 1914, I opened up the in- 

 side wall, taking off lath and plaster, 

 and was fortunate in removing a large 

 quantity of honey, leaving enough for 

 the bees to winter on. I then covered 

 the space with wire screening and put 

 up a temporary door. This spring 

 they had worked very hard, so I 

 thought I might remove more honey. 

 When we took the door away we found 

 the bees had come on the outside of 

 the wire and were living on the honey, 

 getting it through the holes in the wire. 



" Of course, the most of the colony 

 is on the inside of the wire. I just 

 wish you could see the bees and honey. 

 It seems as if I must take up the honey 



it looks so delicious, but some of the 

 elegant white comb is empty. What 

 to do I do not know. If I do not take 

 up any honey the bees will not have 

 any room to work this summer. I wish 

 I knew how to get the bees started in 

 a bureau hive like my father always 

 had. 



" Can you tell me what to do ? I 

 wish you could look at the honey and 

 bees ; it is a beautiful sight, tier after 

 tier of honey and so many bees." 



M. Anna Knox. 



Brewster, New York. 



You are to be congratulated that the 

 bees are so easily accessible. You have 

 already had experience in cutting out 

 some of the combs, and all you have to 

 do is to cut out the rest of the combs 

 in the same way. You probably used 

 smoke in driving the bees ofif the 

 combs you took, and you will need it 

 again. Provide yourself with a mov- 

 able-frame hive; and it will be better 



if some of the frames are filled with 

 comb foundation. 



After driving some smoke upon the 

 combs that are first within reach, if 

 the bees do not get out of the way fast 

 enough to suit you, you can brush 

 them with a wing or wing-feather of a 

 turkey or some other fowl, and indeed 

 a whisk broom may serve, although 

 rather harsh. Never mind if you don't 

 get all the bees off before cutting ; you 

 can brush them off afterward. 



From what you say there is likely 

 more honey present than the bees need, 

 and you can save for yourself some of 

 the whitest combs ; but leave them at 

 least 5 or 10 pounds. You will save 

 carefully all the worker-brood. The 

 drone-brood maybe thrown away. You 

 will distinguish it from the more 

 numerous worker-brood by its larger 

 size. 



In putting the combs in the frames, t 

 it will be well to provide yourself with 

 a bake-board or some other board at 

 least as large as a frame. Lay on this 

 two or three thicknesses of cloth to 

 make a bed for the brood. Provide 

 pieces of tape long enough to reach 

 around a frame and tie. Strips of cot- 

 ton cloth one-fourth or half-inch wide 

 will do. Lay these across your board, 

 lay your frame on top, and put into it 

 the combs, tie, then raise board and all 

 so the top-bar will be up, and hang 

 your frame in the hive. Of course, you 

 must cut away enough of the combs so 

 they will fit in the frames, and it will 

 be well to have rather a tight fit, so 

 that there must be a little crowding to 

 get the combs into the frame. In gaug- 

 ing the distance apart of your strings, 

 you will be guided somewhat by the 

 size of the pieces of comb put in the 

 the frame; the smaller the pieces the 

 more strings. 



The hive should be set as near as 

 possible to the place where the bees 

 have been in the habit of entering, en- 

 couraging them to adopt the new 

 dwelling. After the bees have become 

 accustomed to the place, say in three 

 or four days, the hive may be moved 

 away 4 or 5 feet each day until you 

 have it where you want it. 



C. M. CONRAD IN HIS APIARY AT FLANAGAN. ILL. 



Shall I Take Up Beekeeping? 



"Please tell me if there are many 

 women engaged in beekeeping, and 

 would I be considered out of my place 

 to take it up ? I do not know if it is 

 thought to be a work for women or 

 not. I know nothing about the 

 business only as I have read of it, but 

 I have always wanted to have a lot of 

 bees and to'care for them. I love them. 

 They never sting me, and I am not 

 afraid of them. 



"I am so situated at present that this 

 seems the only way for me to try to 

 earn a living for myself and little 

 daughter. I live on a farm, and there 

 is plenty of room for bee-hives. I can- 

 not raise poultry of any kind, and my 

 eyes are too weak to do fancy work or 

 sewing, so I have turned to bee- 

 keeping." [Mrs.] Beatrice Quaco. 



Pekin, Ind. 



A good many women are engaged in 

 beekeeping, yet rather few compared 

 with the number of men. Just why 

 this is so it is not easy to say, for 



