KO\EMBr;R 1, 1915 



897 



lubes and let the escorts crawl out. Then 

 1 replace the tube with the end stuffed with 

 paper on the inside so she cannot get any 

 food. 



Queens thus prepared I leave alone for 

 thirty minutes, and by that time they are 

 quite hungry. Then I take them to the 

 apiary and remove the outside cover of the 

 hive. I remove the tube from the end of 

 the cage and insert the small end of the 

 cage in tlie hole of llie inner cover. I leave 

 it so, and go to the next hive till all are in 

 place. When all are ready I go to the first 

 one; and if the queen has not passed down 

 I light a little smoked rag and hold it close 

 to the cage and blow a little smoke on her. 



She will pass down at once. Then I re- 

 move the cage, close the hole, replaoe tlie 

 outer cover, and the job is done. 



I have introduced queens to colonies (hat 

 liad ripe cells, and tlie virgins hatched the 

 next day. 1 looked in the second day and 

 found the old queen laying, and a young 

 virgin wliich I removed. This has happened 

 Iwice this season. 



Three things to be remembered are that 

 !he colony must be queenless; the queen 

 nuist be hungry, and she must be introduc- 

 ed after dark. As I introduce the queens 

 through a small hole the colony is not dis- 

 turbed at all, and I make as little noise as 

 i:>ossible. 



Kansas City, Mo. 



HOW TO DO THINGS AND HOW NOT TO DO THEM. IV 



Some Pointers on Comb-Honey Production 



BY R. F. HOLTERMANN 



A beginner in beekeeping has to face the 

 question of what kind of honey to produce 

 — comb or extracted. This is a somewhat 

 diiHcult point to decide, especially if bees 

 are kept in a small way and the article 

 produced is intended for home consump- 

 tion. 



In the production of comb honey les.'^ 

 equipment is required. If disease is prev- 



1. — \\ ith lull 



L-eliS of fi_ niidalion ihe bees enter the supi'i 





Tio. 2. — I uiihe^sitatiiigly advise against the use of starters. 



alent it is less liable to spread, because the 

 supers once taken off are generally perma- 

 nently separated from the bees ; whereas in 

 extracting, wet combs are put back on the 

 hives ; and if not interchanged on hives they 

 at least touch the extractor-baskets, and the 

 honey is distributed. For any one who 

 wishes to stop the bees from swarming it 

 is more difficult to do this in the production 

 of comb honey. On the 

 other hand, so far as I 

 know there is a better 

 demand for comb hon- 

 ey ; and, in case of the 

 extensive and exjoeri- 

 enced beekeeper in a 

 good locality, more 

 money can be made 

 out of the production 

 of comb honey in most 

 markets. 



The question of 

 whether to produce 

 comb or extracted hon- 

 ey is one which the 

 beekeeper will have to 

 decide for himself. 



FULL SHEB'.TS OR START- 

 ERS IN SECTIONS. 



Contrary to the prac- 

 tice of many, I unhes- 

 itatingly advise the 

 producer of comb hon- 

 ey to use full sheets of 

 comb foundation as in 

 Fig. 1, and not start- 

 ers as in Fig. 2. With 



