SEPTEMBER 15, 1915 



A carload of bees twenty-four hours after they arrived at Fisher after a trip from Ordway, Colorado, 

 1115 miles. They were shipped in a 3t>-foot boxcar. The number of colonies was 342. I fould have put in 

 72 more, and not lose any. I watered them once a day. S. J. Alexander, Fisher, Ark. 



suspecting hive by der pants unci der nap 

 uiT der neelv and started for der voods. Vee 

 \vill be a fodder und a modder to der little 

 orplians vot iss mitout a liorae und iss bat- 

 tlins: rnit der bloodtii'sty elements, I set. 

 Vee vill put np a asylum und dedicate it to 

 der little bees; und vee vill took our pay in 

 honey alretty. Und den 1 climbed der tree 

 und laid der cornerstone in der branches. 

 Yen 1 got down to der grount again I stoot 

 dere a moment amit der silence und looked 

 at der noble trees mit beards dot rest on 

 der bosoms und vich neffer hat a haircut 



yet. 



Dis vas obout der first ufC Chune, chentle 

 ) eader. Veil, in Aukust, I tought : *' Now 

 iss der time to go nnd collect der rent from 

 der orphans vat I haff so kindly provited 

 for." So 1 took me such a bik pail yet und 

 1 vent by der voods again. Soon I stoot 

 again by der bik tree. Mit a shout utf choy 



I started up der trunk. Dere vas someting 

 flying in und out ufC der entrance. Ven I 

 L!ot to der hive, I set : '* I guess 1 go round 

 by der back vay so I don't disturb der little 

 bees in dere kind vorking." Den I pulled 

 up der cover vile a great choy vas strug- 

 gling mitlin me. " Ouch! ouch! ach, flim- 

 mel ! Vat iss ! " I set, vile a tousand or- 

 phans ehust flew out eakerly to meet me. 

 Veil, I chust paussed vun awful second, und 

 den I plunched down to der grount. I tink 

 now dot vas der gi-eatest dive dot der vorld 

 hass effer seen. Ven I reached der grount 

 I felt dot dis iss no place for me, und I 

 made up my mind to vent home. 1 slidded 

 und I skidded und I hidded, but der enemy 

 vas efferyvere. Ven der battle vas ofer, 

 und I reached a clearing, I fikkered np der 

 losses. Dere a as too thousand killed, tree 

 tousand vounded, und sixteen tousand 

 missing. Dey vas all yellow ehackets. 



A WHOLE HAREM OF QUEENS 



KY 0. BRONFIELD 



On Juno 2')fh one of my colonies sent 

 I ut a second swarm 



While I lie l)ecs were issuing I put on a 

 queen-trap and caught two queens. The 

 swarm settled contentedly, showing that 

 they had a queen. The two caught paid no 

 attention to each other in the trap. When 

 I hived the swarm 1 found two more queens 

 and let all four go with the swarm into the 

 hive. The swaim refused to enter the hive 

 until 1 i>ut in a frame containing eggs and 

 brood. 



Next morning they swarmed leaving some 

 bees on the brood. I hived them by putting 

 an empty brood-chamber on the hive and 

 dumj)ing them in on the frames, quickly 

 l»utfing on the cover. I then put a queen- 

 Irap on the hive. 



On .Tune 27 the parent colony sent out 

 another small swarm with three queens. I 

 dumped them, (|ueens and all, on the first 

 swarm, making a fairly good colony willi 

 seven queens. This morning, June 30, they 

 again swarmed. The trap caught one queen 



