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Forsythe"s queen-finding: sieve that slides in the entrance of the hive. 



Stings, for it costs nothiner, and the writer 

 believes it will do more good than harm, 

 and harm it can not do, for we have never 

 known a practical bee-man to be afflicted 

 with rheumatism. Some fifty years ago 

 my father was a terrible sufferer from this 

 dread disease, and purchased some bees for 

 the express purpose of curing his rheuma- 

 tism, and was never troubled afterward. It 

 is the occasional sting while working with 

 the bees that does the work. 



Mr. Renner, in question, came to our api- 

 ary last spring of his own accord, as the last 

 resort. For fifteen years he had been un- 

 able to work. Since the cold weather has 

 set in he has not made his appearance, but 

 has called up our office and tells me he has 

 not felt better for many years, and that he 

 is coming back next spring, for he firmly 

 believes he will be entirely relieved. 



If you will be the possessor of a few col- 

 onies of bees, and do the work among the 

 bees yourself, we feel you will be most hand- 

 somely rewarded in your health. 



Fred. W. Muth. 



Cincinnati, Ohio, Dec. 11. 



have entered, pull out the sieve and you are 

 sure to have the queen. 

 Claremont, X. H., Oct. .^0. 



BEE-KEEPING IN ENGLAND. 



BY A. H. BOWEN. 



QUEEN - FINDING SIEVE TO FIT IN HIVE -EN- 

 TRANCE. 



BY ROBERT FORSYTH. 



I am sending you a photograph of my 

 queen-finding sieve as described on page 

 66fi, Xov. 1. I have given it a thorough 

 trial, and do not see how any thing could 

 be more simple or effective' When the 

 sieve is slipped under the frames and the 

 latter are shaken in front of the hive, no op- 

 portunity is given the bees to reenter the 

 hive except through the sieve. When all 



Thanks to the influence of "Old Sol," 

 who shone out in cloudless skies from early 

 morn till dewy eve, the year 1911 ranks high 

 in England among the seasons of recent 

 years, for both the quality and the quantity 

 of the crop are excellent. Indeed, had it 

 not been for the stormy period in .Tune and 

 the fierce heat of .luly, the season would 

 have been a record one; still, the result is 

 satisfactory and most encouraging after two 

 poor years. 



With a fairly mild winter, bees came out 

 in good condition, but the early spring prov- 

 ed unfavorable, and was bitterly cold, with 

 the result that many colonies died out 

 through lack of bees and stores. 



This condition existed until the end of 

 April, when the weather changed; and from 

 then right on we enjoyed perfect bee days. 

 Fruit-trees rapidly came into blossom, and 

 colonies quickly built up until, at the be- 

 ginning of .June, many were on fourteen 

 combs of brood, and occu])ying two supers. 



All colonies located on the hills where the 

 first How is from sainfoin, were fed with syr- 

 up from about March, right on until the 

 honey-How. The syrup was given in slow- 

 tin feeders, and it was surprising how power- 

 ful the colonies became, just in time for the 

 flow, which commenced early in .June. A 

 large quantity of unusually light honey was 

 stored and quickly extracted, the wet combs 

 being returned ready for the main clover 

 harvest. 



