THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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GLEANED BY 



W. J. Andrews, - Columbia, Tenn. 



To our Friends. 



We have made arrangements to furnish 

 queens again by mail. We cannot send 

 from our own post-office, but forward them 

 by express to another office where we have 

 them mailed. We have not learned of but 

 one postmaster in the United States who 

 refuses to take them, and that is our own. 

 We made another appeal to the Postmaster 

 General, stating that they were being for- 

 warded in the mails from other points, but 

 were unable to get him to revoke the order. 

 We will continue to send by mail as long as 

 we can do so, and hope the time is not far 

 off when there will be a change of post- 

 masters at our place, and that we can mail 

 direct from our own office. 



W. J. Andrews. 



Queen Destroying Workers. 



We had a queen, a few days since, which 

 made regular battle with the woi-kers, with- 

 out any effort on the part of the workers to 

 fight her. She would sting them, producing 

 almost instant death. Has any one ever 

 had a like experience? 



Jonesboro, Tenn., June 22, 1877.— "What 

 kind of a hive do you prefer for this lati- 

 tude?" Asa J. Richardson. 



[We have tried the Langstroth, Standard, 

 Thomas, Triumph, American, and other 

 hives, and greatly prefer the Langstroth. 

 We now have nearly all our bees in that 

 style of hive, and are changing to them as 

 rapidly as we can. — w. J. a.] 



Sparta, Ga., June 15, 1877.—" This is one 

 of the best seasons ever known in Central 

 Georgia for honey. Flowers, fruit trees, 

 and tlie forest dripping with honey-dew." 

 W. H. Green. 



[So it has been with us in Middle Tennes- 

 see.— w. J. A.J 



Buncomb Co., N. C— "Please tell me how 

 to raise queens, so that I can stock my 

 apiary." F. M. Stockton. 



[ First select a strong stock, catch and 

 cage the queen, and lay her on top of the 

 frames of the hive; then remove all the 

 frames, brushing off the bees. Go to the 

 hive you wish to raise queens from, catch 

 and cage the queen of it, then remove all 

 the frames it contains, brushing off all the 

 bees; now into this hive insert the frames 

 taken from the first hive, and place those 



taken from the second hive into the first 

 hive. Release the queen of the second hive 

 and allow her to crawl down among the 

 bees. Destroy the queen of the first hive, 

 thus leaving it queenless. The bees will 

 immediately commence the construction of 

 queen cells. On the 9th or 10th day, open 

 the queenless hive and remove all the 

 queen cells but one. Remove as many 

 native queens as you have cells and destroy 

 them, giving to each hive from which you 

 have taken a queen a cell. In about .5 days 

 give to each a card of brood, this will pre- 

 vent their swarming when the queen leaves 

 the hive on her bridal tour. This will 

 hybridize all your stocks, and furnish you 

 with pure drones, repeat the operation and 

 you will soon have all your colonies Italiau- 

 ized.— w. J. A. 



Miami Co., O., June 21, 1877.— "We have 

 10 colonies, and while I am writing 1 colony 

 is swarming. Do give us all the informa- 

 tion you can concerning them. Perhaps we 

 will send for a queen soon. Some of ours 

 are a little mixetl with Italians; we will try 

 to send for a pure one soon." 



Rosa Arnold. 



[We will cheerfully respond to any speci- 

 fic questions regarding to bee-culture, but 

 cannot give general information in this de- 

 partment. I would advise you to subscribe 

 to The American Bee Journal.— av.j.a.] 



Elkmont Springs, Tenn., June 19, 1877.— 

 "I have a doleful tale to tell you about my 

 apiary. The cyclone, of which doubtless 

 you have heard, made sad havoc with my 

 hives. Think of lifting a strong walnut 

 hive full of honey, weighing 100 lbs., and 

 wrenching it into fragments and strewing 

 the debris for 300 yards. 1 have seen no- 

 tliing of the frames of the hive containing 

 the queen received from you the day before. 

 Through the assistance of friends, I have 8 

 hives with damaged combs, some of them 

 are queenless. Please send me another 

 queen; would be glad to have a couple, but 

 am not financially able to pay for them now. 

 I have almost recovered from physical in- 

 juries received, but have a little boy still 

 confined to his bed. Our loss will amount 

 to several tiiousand dollars." 



W. L. MOORES. 



[ We deeply sympathize with friend 

 Moores in his trouble, and send two queens; 

 lie will please accept one as a present. A 

 friend of ours in this county met with a like 

 calamity. He was the owner of 100 hives, 

 and had them scattered in every direction. 

 Hives heavily laden with honey were land- 

 ed in the tallest forest trees.— w. j. a.] 



Elkmont Springs, Tenn., June 28, 1877.— 

 " Queens came all right. Accept my un- 

 feigned thanks for nice present. Such 

 kindness from disinterested friends goes a 



treat way to reconcile one to our calamities, 

 ly bees since the storm seem to have re- 

 doubled their energies to repair damage to 



