May 21, 1903. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



331 



Simply because he wants to set theihoney, when the law says he can- 

 not touch the bees or the honey, as I am the finder and no one else. 

 Why not have a bee-tree law ! ! Towa. 



Answek.— I don't .know the law in your State; one of your jus- 

 tices or lawyers could tell you. I'm afraid, however, that your hav- 

 inK no other claim than findinsx the tree will not entitle you to any- 

 t'uing better than his oiler to divide the honey in the fall. And if 

 that is done any time in September you will still have time to feed up 

 the bees. 



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(Lueenless Colony. 



I have a queenless colony of bees. Which would be the better way 

 to do. send for a queen, or wait and put a queen-cell from another 

 colony with them i Colorado. 



Answer.— If you wait for a queen-cell, the colony would be much 

 depleted before the young queen would lay. Better buy a queen, or 

 else unite with a good colony. 



Swarming— Wire in Coml) Honey. 



1. I do not want any increase, because my bees are black, and I 

 want Italians, and I should like to know, if, when a swarm comes from 

 the hive and I catch and kill the queen, the bees will go back into 

 this old hive and stay until the new queen-cells are hatched. Our 

 bees are in box-hives and I want to put the two swarms combined 

 into a frame hive, thereby preventing increase of black bees and ma'.c- 

 ing a strong colony of blacks. 



3. We have put wired frames of foundation in hives and the bees 

 have tilled them with honey. Will this wire, if cut and pulled through 

 the honey, have any poisonous effects, or in any way injure this chunk 

 honey, making it unfit for use* Illinois. 



Answers. — 1. Yes, if the queen is not with them the bees will re- 

 turn to the hive, but in a large apiary there will be some cases of 

 their going to the wrong hive. Then a week or more later the swarm 

 will issue with a young queen. 



2. The wire will not in any way injure the honey beyond the tear- 

 ing of the comb. 



Perhaps Bee-Paralysis or Robbing. 



I have two colonies of bees, which wintered in fine shape on the 

 summer stands, and built up very rapidly this spring. But on the 

 morning of April 29, I saw quite a lot of dead bees on the floor and in 

 front of the hive. I watched some come out and they ran as if they 

 were crippled, or rocked back and forth, and seemed to be unable to 

 fly when they tried. They would spin around like a top on the alight- 



ing board, and double uji and die. The bees have plenty of honey. 

 What do you think is the cause of this, and what is the remedy for it. 



Wisconsin. 



Answer. — I don't know. I.ooks just a little as if it might be 

 robbing bees that were stung to death; in which ease the usual care 

 about robbing would be needed. Possibly, however, it is a case 

 of bee-paralysis, for which I can offer no cure; but as far north as 

 Wisconsin it does not generally amount to much, disappearing of it- 

 self. 



Maybe ttueenless— Unpainfted Hives— Stimulative Feed- 

 ing. 



1. Five of my colonies have been out of the cellar since March 9. 

 A couple of weeks ago they had lots of eggs and young brood, hut to- 

 day they had no eggs, but sealed queen-cells. What do you suppose 

 this means* Everything has been all right for brood-rearing. 



2. May I ask why you prefer unpainted hives? 



3. What are the main harmful results of stimulative feeding, if 

 not practiced rightly ? Michigan. 



Answers.— 1. The probability is that they are now queenless. 



2. I think the bees are a little better off in unpainted hives. It 

 costs more to keep the hives painted, and by the time the unpainted 

 hives give out it is just possible I may want to change to another style 

 of hive. If not, I think I can get new bodies for no more than it 

 would have cost to keep the old ones painted. I want covers painted, 

 although I am trying some zinc covers without paint. 



3. Bees are induced to Hy out when the weather is such that many 

 will be chilled and lost, resulting in loss that more than counterbal- 

 ances all the gain. 



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Managing Double Brood-Chambers. 



1. In using two brood-chambers for your bees in the spring, how 

 do you handle the extra one when removed? 



3. If an extra chamber is taken off full of brood, will this brood 

 hatch, if the bees are left on the old stand? 



3. How do you handle two brood-chambers for comb honey? 



Wisconsin. 



Answers. — 1. Leave the eight best frames of brood on the stand, 

 and use the other eight where they will do the most good. Some of 

 them will have brood in, and these may be used to strengthen weak 

 colonies or to start new ones. 



2. Some of the young bees will emerge, but great loss will gener- 

 ally result. Don't try it as far north as Wisconsin. 



3. Simply take away one story as mentioned in 1, when it comes 

 times to give supers. You will find the whole matter pretty fully 

 treated in the book you have ordered, "Forty Y^ears Among the Bees." 



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I begin the season of 1903 with 90 colonies, 

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Death of John Nebel. 



Another veteran has stepped off the stage 

 of action. This time it is one that touches a 

 tender place in my heart. Mr. .John Nebel is 

 dead. We had elected him President of our 

 Missouri State Bee-Keepers' Association just 

 a few days ago. It is sad indeed. J. W. 

 Rouse, the vice-president will, no doubt, make 

 us a good president, but cannot, of course, 

 wholly take the place of the one who has gone 

 from our midst. It is hard to understand 

 how soon and how strange the ties of brother- 

 hood become fixed between comparative 

 strangers, when they unite in a common 

 cause, but such is the case. I never saw Mr. 

 Nebel until I met him atMoberly, at our re- 

 cent convention. I have had business rela- 

 tions with him for about three years, and had 

 become very much attached to him. I have 

 been workini; hard for some time, trying to 

 organize a .'Slate bee-keepers' association, and 

 I had conlidi'd in Mr. Nebel. I suppose the 

 good cause will go on just the same, but, 

 somehow, a -ti-ange heaviness comes over me 

 as I think ui the departed. I believe a great 



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