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own knowledge? Please answer in the 

 " American Bee Journal." 



We have a plant in this county (Hill) 

 of considerable importance as a honey- 

 plant, that I would like to know the 

 name of. It is a bushy weed, small 

 leaf, grows from 1'2 to 18 inches high, 

 and blooms from May 1st to 15th. The 

 blooms are constructed something like 

 the sunflower, only the center is more 

 round, and as large as a half dollar. The 

 outside row of petals are dark red. If 

 you can tell what it is, please do so. If 

 not, can you give me the address of some 

 one who can tell me ? I will send a sam- 

 ple to some botanist next spring, if nec- 

 essary, and notify you of the result. 



Abbott, Tex. J. D. Prosise. 



Friend P., I have had splendid yields 

 from buflfalo clover in Lampasas county, 

 where I kept bees in 1884-85-86-87, 

 and it bloomed there in May, and gave 

 a fair crop, even in the driest year we 

 had there during the three years' drouth. 

 I do not know whether it furnishes 

 honey only in certain localities or not, 

 but I had supposed it furnished honey 

 wherever it grows. Who else has no- 

 ticed this clover in their localities? Buf- 

 falo clover belongs to the mint family, 

 as do all plants with a square stalk 



Prof. A. J. Cook, of Claremont, Calif., 

 can tell you the name of the other plant. 

 Jennie Atchley. 



About Boyal Jelly. 



1. How long will royal jelly keep good, 

 out of the cells ? 



2. When it gets thick and hard, can it 

 be used ? 



3. How much do you use in a cell ? 

 Alliance, Tex H. L. Bolton. 



Friend B., I will answer as best I can. 



1. I never tried how long it will keep, 

 but it will soon become too tough and 

 hard to be used for grafting. 



2. I never try to use it when it gets 

 old or turned yellow. I prefer to use 

 Jelly as thin as I can get it. Still, we 

 often mix the thin and thick jelly to- 

 gether, when it is scarce, and it works 

 all right. We do not now use the jelly 

 plan from queen-cells — we move the 

 larva, jelly and all, together, which is 

 much better. 



3. Only a small quantity is sufficient- 

 say what would lay on the point of a 

 small pen-kriiic. Jennie Atchley. 



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Bees MnrlateJ-Wliat to Do. 



Query 947.— 1. What would you do, sup- 

 pose the bees in your apiary had become un- 

 manageable, by careless handling, accident, 

 or otherwise, so that they would sting every- 

 thing in sight ? 



2. Have you ever known such a state of 

 affairs in your experience ?— Illinois. 



1. Run. 2. No.— P. H. Elwood. 



1. I don't know. 2. No.— J. M. Ham- 



BAUGH. 



1. Subdue them with smoke or water. 

 2. No.— H. D. Cutting. 



1. I would probably feel like swear- 

 ing. 2. No. — W. G. Larrabee. 



1. I would probably wait until they 

 got over their fit. 2. No.— C. C. Miller. 



1. I would keep out of sight. 2. Oc- 

 casionally, through carelessness. — Mrs. 

 L. Harrison. 



1. All would depend upon what was 

 the trouble. 2. I never had any bees 

 that were unmanageable trom any 

 cause. — E. France. 



I have never had such a case. I 

 should use smoke, and if that failed, use 

 a bee-tent, which always subdues even 

 the most vicious. — A. J. Cook. 



1. I would let them alone until they 

 became quiet. 2. I have had a case or 

 two of that kind with single colonies, 

 but their fury was of short duration. — 

 M. Mahin. 



1. Leave them severely alone for two 

 weeks, and they will forget all about it. 

 If not more than 100 to 200 bees did 

 the stinging, kill t'hem with a paddle at 

 once.— G. M. Doolittle. 



Leave them alone as much as possible, 

 and when handling them, smoke thor- 

 oughly. Moving the hives might do 

 some good, as some of the old bees would 

 be lost.— Dadant & Son. 



1. I would give an upper story with 

 wire or cloth top, then shower them all 

 in and close the entrance with wire-cloth 

 In the day time, and open it at dark. 

 Keep the hive well shaded, and the en- 



