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bees knew the birds were their enemies. 

 The birds have returned, and I am 

 waging war to exterminate them, as 

 they will eat up my bees. 

 Terrel, Tex. David Grossman. 



Friend C, I never saw such a thing in 

 my life. May be the bees just fought 

 to run them away, and the birds did not 

 eat them. Jennie Atchley. 



Melting Honey. 



Mrs. Atchley : — We have some honey 

 stored from fireweed. and we warmed it 

 to bring it back to its liquid state, as it 

 was candied. We placed it on the stove 

 by putting the can containing the honey 

 into another vessel of water, and brought 

 to a boil, as given in the "Bee Journal," 

 but it gave the honey a strong taste. 

 We would like to have your opinion on 

 this matter. We also have white clover 

 and fruit-bloom honey candied. 



W. H, Daugherty. 



Mt. Tabor, Oreg. 



Friend D., I am of the opinion that 

 you boiled your honey too much, as it 

 should not injure honey to melt it. Mr. 

 R. Wilkin, of California, told us that he 

 scorched several hundred pounds by 

 heating it too much by a jet of steam. I 

 would suggest that you try it again, and 

 put two strips of wood for the honey to 

 rest on, and warm it gradually until 

 melted. Jennie Atchley. 



Bees on Turpentine and Sulphur. 



Mrs. Atchley : — I thank you for an- 

 swering my questions. I wish to ask 

 another through the "Bee Journal." 

 Why do bees collect on turpentine and 

 sulphur ? My chickens were sick, and 

 I put turpeniine and sulphur in their 

 water. The bees gathered around the 

 water just as if it was honey. 



Dorchester, Nebr. F. C. Lee. 



Friend Lee, I am puzzled this time, 

 and I do not know. Will some one ex- 

 plain this for Friend L.? Prof. Cook 

 would be the right one to do it, I think. 

 Jennie Atchley. 



A Namesake. 



Mrs. Atchley : — My wife has a sweet 

 little baby girl two weeks old. Being 

 enthusiastic admirers of you as a bee- 

 keeper, we have decided to name her 



"Jennie," for you, and hope she may 

 some time be a noted bee-woman, too. 

 If you will send her a queen, I will start 

 her in bee-keeping, and when she gets 

 old enough I will try io interest her in 

 apiculture by telling her how the start 

 was make for her, etc. It would cer- 

 tainly be pleasing to us to have her be- 

 come a successful bee-keeper. 



We have 12 colonies of bees on Lang- 

 stroth frames. We have black bees, 

 but wish to change to Italians soon. We 

 had the poorest season for honey last 

 season ever known in this section. 



Demorest, Ga. J. E. Free. 



Friend F., I gladly send little Jennie 

 the queen, and trust that she may grow 

 up to be a successful bee-keeper, and be 

 a pleasure and honor to her parents. 



Jennie Atchley. 

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Query 946.— Which will give the better 

 results — hiving two swarms together at 

 swarming-time, or hiving each separately on 

 a reduced number of frames, one-half or one- 

 third, owing to size of swarm, and when the 

 white honey-flow is over unite by removing 

 the queen from one hive and filling up others 

 by placing in frames and bees alternately ?— 

 Indiana. 



The latter, probably.— Eugene Secor. 



Hiving two swarms together. — Mrs. 

 L. Harrison. 



We would put the two together at 

 once. — Dadant & Son. 



I should prefer hiving the two swarms 

 together. — G. M. Doolittle. 



Hiving the swarms separately in hives 

 of proper size. — J. A. Green. 



By hiving two swarms together at 

 swarming-time.— W. G. Larrabee. 



I always give a good prime swarm a 

 hive. I think it pays best. — A. J. Cook. 



If the swarms are primary ones of 

 good, average size, hive separately for 



