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THE AMERICAN BEE JOLH«AU. 



Dec. 31, 1903. 



done. I _ gained about the same end in what seems to me a 

 more satisfactory way, with part of my shaken swarms. 

 Instead of giving- them empty frames, I gave them combs 

 that had been shaken from other colonies ten days pre- 

 viously, and made no second drive. That gave them 

 the increase of bees gradually and naturally, and I didn't 

 see but it worked just as well as to give empty combs. 



7. If you mean you kept the forced swarm on five combs 

 throughout the season, I shouldn't expect good work in 

 supers. Allowing, however, that you had done so, your 

 question is simply one of uniting at the close of the season, 

 and I would unite the two as in any other case. 



8. It is quite possible that where bees carry much pollen 

 into the sections there may be less carried into empty sec- 

 tions above than below, but that is a factor I have not had 

 to take into account, not being troubled with pollen in sec- 

 tions. 



9. I can "see no reason why wax-larvK shou'd be any 

 worse in plain sections than in others. A teaspoonful of 

 carbon would be enough if confined, but would the case fit 

 close enough ? Both eggs and larva" are killed. 



10. I don't know why the difference. Does he get as 

 much as you ? Possibly his bees are too lazy either to store 

 or swarm. Possibly there's something about your manage- 

 ment that favors swarming, and it is possible that one right 

 on the ground might discover the trouble— possibly not. 



11. Something like 10. * 



12. I see no reason why banking colonies should not be 

 a good thing, although it might be a little hard on the hives. 



13. What one is accustomed to doing is likely to seem 

 best ; but if only 3 in a minute is your gait we would hardly 

 want to follow in this locality, as we more than double tha't 

 rate of speed. 



So long as you ask questions in so intelligent a manner, 

 your questions will always be welcomed ; but don't you 

 think it will be better to have vour questions distributed 

 along through the years rather than to wait again till the 

 year 1923, and then send them all in a bunch 7 



Our Bee-Hecpin§ Sisters | 



Conducted by Emma M. Wilson. Marengo, 111. 



The Lady Warwick College. 



The British Bee Journal makes interesting mention of 

 the work of the Countess of Warwick, as follows : " To train 

 educated women in what belongs to the lighter side of agri- 

 culture—namely, dairy work, market gardening, poultry 

 farming, bee-keeping and fruit-growing— was the idea of 

 the Countess of Warwick, and was carried out by the found- 

 ing by her of the Reading Hostel in 1898." 



So great was the success of the enterprise that larger 

 accommodations were needed, and for this purpose Studley 

 Castle, Warwickshire, was secured, and last October the 

 change was made, the name being changed from "Reading 

 Hostel " to " Lady Warwick College." 



The building finely accommodates 60 students, the 

 grounds contain fruits and flowers, with 400 feet of glass, 

 and the country around seems well suited to bee-keeping. 

 Altogether it is a place where a young woman may be very 

 happy in preparing herself for an independent as well as a 

 useful life, that will allow her much of what is too often 

 denied to the weaker sex— the blessings of the open air. 

 Why could not some woman of wealth, on this side the 

 water, erect for herself a monument of the same kind ? 



The British Bee Journal says: "There is no doubt 

 that many women would be able to undertake the work 

 taught at the college if they only knew how. Fruit-grow- 

 ing and bee-keeping must go together, and we know women 

 can be successful in these branches, because we have seen 

 some of the best results obtained by them." 



Hatching- Eggs Over Bees. 



Dkar Miss Wii^son :— You will excuse my bad writinc- 

 as you see I have lost one eye, and don't seem to get a glass 

 for the other one that I can see as I ought. You don't know 



what an inconvenience it is, and I sincerely hope you never 

 will lose your eyes. 



Can any sister, or any one else, give the year and num- 

 ber that had the article in it about hatching eggs over the 

 bees ? I was not interested in chickens at that time ; I read 

 it, but I don't remember how it was headed, so I fail to find 

 it. I have looked the indexes over of the past three years, 

 but fail to find it, not knowing what the heading was. I 

 remember it told how to prepare the nest and all. Perhaps 

 the sister "that was going to try it herself could tell. Of 

 course, she read it, too, or she would not have tried it. 

 There are a number of sisters that I am anxious to hear 

 how they succeeded. I hope they will let us know soon 

 their success. 



I will tell, as soon as I get time, about my bees, but I 

 have been so busy taking care of my crops and making a 

 chicken yard and house, and fixing my pigeons' place, that 

 I could not take the time to make a report. And losing my 

 right eye I can not write at night, but I hope to have time 

 before long. Mrs. Sarah J. Griffith. 



Cumberland Co., N. J., Oct. 26. 



It may be well not to expect too much from using bees 

 instead of biddies for hatching chickens. If any of the 

 sisters — or, for that matter, any of the brothers — have tried 

 it, will they kindly report whether it was a success or a 

 failure. 



Mild Weather With Good Sleighing. 



The American Bee Journal comes to us as a weekly 

 visitor to relieve the monotony of tlie winter hibernating. 

 I enjoyed that trip to Los Angeles, as told in the Journal. 

 I have tried putting in practice some of the many pointers 

 in the Journal. With what degree of success, next summer 

 will tell better. 



I have three new queens — Mrs. York, Mrs. Davis, and 

 Mrs. Doolittle. "Children" all look alike. Shouldn't 

 think the mothers could tell them apart. I can't. 



We are having very steady mild winter weather, with 

 beautiful sleighing. Mrs. D. W. Brown. 



Erie Co., Pa., Dec. 10. 



You say the children all look alike, and seem to think 

 that on that account the mothers can't tell them apart. 

 Perhaps the mothers don't depend at all upon looks, but 

 upon the odor. Do you suppose the mothers have names for 

 all the children ? 



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 send in their dollars, and secure for your trouble some of 

 the premiums we are constantly offering as rewards for 

 such effort. 



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