1896. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



667 



Xlie lloiiey of a Kiss. 



BY MAUD MOORE. 



When the cares of day are ended, 



And my baby's prayer is said, 

 When he lies in peaceful slumber 



In his little trundle-bed. 

 As I sit beside him listening 



To his breathing calm and deep, 

 Comes the question that he asked me 



Just before he went to sleep — 

 With the rosy lips a-tremble 



And his laughing eyes a-light — 

 " Is there honey in the kisses 



Of your little boy to-night ?" 



For I tell my little Ormond 



If he has been good all day, 

 True and tender in his speaking, 



Kind and thoughtful in his play ; 

 Just as in the fragrant blossom 



Of the clover for the bee. 

 There is honey in the kisses 



Of my little boy for me. 



But a little noise of nestling 



From my baby's trundle-bed. 

 And a dimpled arm tossed upward 



O'er a moist and curly head. 

 Bring me back from out my musing — 



From the world of dreams to this, 

 And I send him back to slumber 



With the honey of a kiss. 



— Selected. 



Question;) 'Box> 



In the multitude of counsellors there is 

 safety.— Prov. 11-14. 



A Question on Queen-Rearing. 



Query 32.— If the queen be taken from a 

 colony that has at the time no queen-cells, 

 and the colony be allowed to rear a young 

 queen, about how long will It be from the 

 time when the old queen is removed before 

 the new one begins to lay ?— Pa. 



J. A. Green — 20 days. 

 Wm. McEvoy — About 25 days. 

 Chas. Dadant & Son — 18 to 24 days. 

 G. M. Doolittle— From 20 to 25 days. 



J. M. Hambaugh — From 25 to 30 

 days. 



Dr. J. P. H. Brown— Usually in about 

 21 days. 



P. H. Elwood — Nearly three weeks, on 

 an average. 



Mrs. L. Harrison — The time varies ; 

 about 16 days. 



Eugene Secor — I should expect eggs in 

 about 26 days. 



W. G. Larrabee — I should think about 

 25 days, but I never tested it. 



Jas. A. Stoue— From 18 to 40 days. 

 It might be longer in a honey-dearth. 



Prof. A. J. Cook — I should say 19 or 

 20 days, if there was no delay in the 

 mating. 



Emerson T. Abbott — Buy a bee-book 

 and read it, and you will not need to ask 

 such questions. 



Dr. C. C. Miller — In a strong colony 

 perhaps In 18 or 20 days at the shortest, 

 but In a nucleus the time may be ex- 

 tended several days. 



J. E. Pond — This questioner should 

 purchase some book on bee-keeping, 

 where he would find many facts and 

 principles laid down and explained that 

 would be of value to him. For Instance, 

 about 16 days from egg to queen ; from 

 4 to 10 days for mating, and from 2 to 



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