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another hive, it is a little better to take 

 the bees along. 



2. The young bees will stay where 

 they are put, the old ones will return to 

 their old home. 



Trap to Prevent Swarming. 



A writer in Oleanings last September 

 (page 676) told of using a trap on the 

 principle of the Langdon device. He 

 would place the hives closer together, 

 and use the trap as an escape, by nail- 

 ing a board over the zinc, and in a week 

 change places with the brood-chamber. 

 What do you think of it? That would 

 be just the thing for me if it could be 

 done, as I live in the city and have about 

 as large an apiary as I can run — two 

 colonies. 



Answers. — The Langdon non-swarmer 

 and its imitations have not turned out 

 as well as expected. You can only tell 

 by trying, whether it will suit your case. 

 But you will have to change twice a 

 week instead of once. 



Will Build Up for Winter. 



Will a swarm that came out on July 

 8th build up strong for winter ? I moved 

 the sections from the old hive, and they 

 have them about filled. I thought I had 

 better not give them any more. 



Altoona, Pa. J. M. G. 



Answer. — If the season Is good, there 

 ought to be no trouble. At any rate I 

 should not feel anxious about a colony 

 that fills its sections, unless the hive is 

 too small to contain enough winter 

 stores. Bees generally look out for 

 themselves, and if they are tilling sec- 

 tions you may rest easy that the brood- 

 chamber is not empty. If the harvest 

 was still good, I think I should give 

 them more sections. 



E.e-Q,ueening to Prevent Swarming. 



Is re-queening a good method to fol- 

 low with a view to prevent swarming ? 

 About what time of the year should it 

 be done ? 



Answer. — Re-queening will make no 

 difference about swarming unless a 

 younger queen is given, for it seems 

 settled that a colony with a young queen 

 is not so likely to swarm as one with an 

 old one. Those who depend on this 

 means to help keep down swarming, 

 make the change as early in the season 

 as they can rear good queens, some send- 

 ing South to get early-reared queens. 



Homei-Pmmts ManED 



I»i-ol»aI>ly Wild Carrot.— Mr. F. 



H. Richardson, Laclede, Mo., asks the fol- 

 lowing question: 



What is the enclosed blossom ? Bees are 

 working very strong on them. It is very 

 dry here, and the honey-flow is shut off ex- 

 cept from this plant, which grows in 

 sloughs. F. H. Richardson. 



Prof. T. J. Burrill, to whom we referred 

 Mr. R.'s question, replied: 



The enclosed plant seems to be wild car- 

 rot, though a positive determination is im- 

 possible from the specimen. The wild car- 

 rot is an introduced weed, becoming com- 

 mon in many sections of the West, es- 

 pecially upon clayey soils, and often in dry 

 places, while others with similar flowers 

 are natives, and grow in moist ground. 

 Bees seem fond of the flowers, but the 

 plants are not known to be of any special 

 value for honey. T. J. Burkill. 



Citiiacla Xliistle. — Mr. Geo. T. Gunn, 

 of Wall Lake, Iowa, wrote us as follows : 



I send you a plant — one of the thistle 

 variety. I would like to know if it is a 

 Canada thistle. The flowers are like the 

 bull thistle, only smaller. 



Geo. T. Gunn. 



Prof. T. J. BurriU, to whom we forwarded 

 the thistle specimen, kindly replied thus : 



The plant you enclose is the Canada 

 thistle. A peculiarity of this plant in our 

 country is that it very rarely seeds. The 

 specimen you enclose has no seeds. This, 

 of course, makes its extermination very 

 much easier than in such parts of the coun- 

 try where the propagation is by seed as 

 well as by subterranean root-stalks. In- 

 deed, on rich soils in Illinois it is not hard 

 to exterminate. T. J. Burrill. 



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