Oct. 15, 1903. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



667 



the moths, mice, ants, etc. ? I have had my hive that way ever since 

 the first of .luly, and cannot tinii a single pest in the hive. 



S). For winter (Quarters would it be all right to put a dry-tjoods 

 box over the hive, with a small opening? 



The two bees I enclose you were dragged oat of the hive and 

 dropped on the ground. Missouiti. 



Answers. — 1. It is not easy to identify specimens mashed in the 

 mail, but I thinlc they are what are called hybrid-Italians, a cross be- 

 tween Italians and blacks. 



2. I don't know what the average life of a colony is. Badly man- 

 aged it may not live a year ; rightly managed it is a permanent insti- 



tution. The life of a worker-bee averages something like six weeks in 

 the busy season ; during the idle time of the year several months. 



3. No, don't disturb a colony it you can help it, unless it is warm 

 enough for bees to fly. 



4. The same make that hell continue to use after he gets over be- 

 ing a beginner. Perhaps there's nothing better than the dovetailed, 

 but tastes and opinions differ. 



.'), In some places that is worth while on account of ants; it 

 wouldn't be worth while here. Legs don't keep moths out; hardly 

 mice. 



6. Yes. 



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FROM MANY FIELDS 



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Onion for Bee-Stings. 



Mr. Hasty, page 584, " Can't swallow 

 the onion." Perhaps if he would try a 

 few doses he might not be so " hasty " 

 to condemn it. I am confident that a 

 raw onion sliced and rubbed freely on 

 the sting has saved me the discomfort 

 of a badly swollen face. If bee-stings 

 do not swell on you, try it on some one 

 where they do. Wm. R. Maktin. 



Washington Co., Pa. 



An Aster— Hive Preferences. 



I enclose a flovver upon which the 

 bees are working with great energy. 

 Will you kindly give its name? 



While we have a great abundance of 

 golden-rod bloom I never see the bees 

 or any honey-gathering insects work- 

 ing upon it ; neither does heartsease 

 yield honey in this locality. 



I have the book " Forty Years Among 

 the Bees," and have enjoyed it very 

 much, and have been very much prof- 

 ited by its contents. 



I winter my bees out-of-doors, using 

 the Danzenbaker hives. I think our 

 preferences for hives rests upon the 

 same foundation as a mother's affec- 

 tion for her children — her own babies 

 are always the best. This preference 

 for " our own " seems very deeply em- 

 bedded in Nature. 



W. P. HOGARTY. 



Wyandotte Co., Kans., Sept. 28. 



[The plant referred to is an aster. 

 The aster season includes September, 

 October, and November, and during 

 this period many varieties of this 

 rather abundant and wide-spread 

 honey-producing plant are in bloom. 

 In many localities the entire winter 

 supply is obtained from the asters and 

 allied plants of the Composite family. 

 — C. L. Walton.] 



Bee-Keeping in Arizona. 



So far the honey crop is about the 

 average ; I have about 70 pounds per 

 colony, but the bees are still storing 

 from sunflower and alfalfa, and a kind 

 of willow that grows along the river 

 and irrigating ditches. 



Sept. 10, we had a pleasant call from 

 Mr. A. I. Root, who was on his way 

 home from the Los Angeles conven- 

 vention, which call was very much ap- 

 preciated by us bee-keepers ; only lie 

 did not stay long enough to see all the 

 bee-keepers of the Valley. I was just 

 finishing up the third extracting the 

 day he came, and he seemed surprised 

 because I was extracting so late, but 



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