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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Dec. 24, 1903. 



ones. They are nice to look at, but honey is 

 what we are after, and our blacks get it. 



A bulletin board is a nice thing in the yard. 

 The "wants" can be placed where they are 

 before our eyes in plain view. Often the 

 wants are overlooked when placed in a note- 

 book. Things needed to be done in a few 

 days are sometimes forgotten, while a note of 

 it on the blackbroad tells you what is wanted. 

 For instance, on examining a hive to remove 

 the queen-cells, it is found to be pollen-bound. 

 You probably have other urgent business and 

 have no time then, and, if you do, it is hardly 

 the right time to open the combs by cracking 

 the caps, for there is no queen to occupy 

 them, and the honey is not removed up-stairs 

 until the room is needed. You make a note 

 on the blackboard like this: "Open combs in 

 195," and date the note; you can't forget to 

 do this, as it is there in plain view daily. 

 When you have finished the job erase the note. 

 We often run on " needs," but cannot apply 

 the remedy, so the blackboard will finish up 

 the odds and ends. J. P. Blunk. 



Webster Co., Iowa, Dec. 2. 



IntFodueing Queens. 



I had some experience last spring in the 

 introduction of queens, which differed very 

 materially from any I ever had before. One 

 colony out of 16 swarmed early, when there 

 seemed but little for the bees to get, the 

 swarms having to be fed, but later on they got 

 to be prosperous. I caught the queen in the 

 parent colony four weeks after casting the 

 swarm, and killed her, introducing an Italian 

 queen caged in her stead. The bees, in 50 

 hours, had released the Italian queen and re- 

 ceived her apparently in good condition. Six 

 days later, upon examination, the bees had 

 killed the Italian queen and started new cells; 

 these I cut out, and, on examination three 

 weeks later, I found them hopelessly queen- 

 less, whereupon I grafted into the combs two 

 nice Italian queen-cells, which they accepted 

 and reared a nice queen. I then went to the 

 prime swarm and introduced a queen which 

 the bees killed in the cage before releasing 

 her. I grafted cells into their combs, which 

 they destroyed. I then left them alone two 



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