THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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GLEANED BY 



W. J. Andeews, - Columbia, Tenn. 



N. N. H. 



Do you know what that stands for? I 

 guess not. Then let me tell you. Novice — 

 National— Heddon. I notice with ref^ret 

 that Novice makes no mention of the Na- 

 tional Convention. Is he opposed to it? 

 One would judge so by his silence. If so, 

 then lie and friend Heddon have once 

 agreed, for friend Heddon frankly ex- 

 presses himself as "so opposed," in the 

 March number, and states his reasons there- 

 for. Among others he says: "Such con- 

 ventions, no doubt, are beneficial to supply 

 dealers, and I do not blame that fraternity 

 for trying to blow the breath of life into 

 them." 



As Novice is a " supply dealer," probably 

 the above extract may somewhat explain 

 his silence. w. j. A. 



" PUEE queens. 



Ciiattanooga, Sept. 13, 1877.—" I don't re- 

 member whether I told you before or not 

 that of the 3 queens raised from the brood 

 sent me, 2 are purely mated with drones 

 from the first queen you sent me. That is 

 the best luck I have had with queens this 

 year." S. C. Dodge. 



[The queens alluded to were reared from 

 brood of my brown imported queen. Glad 

 to hear of your good luck, friend Dodge. — 

 w. J. A.] 



BEST HIVE. 



Hurricane Mills, Tenn., Sept. 13, 1877.— 

 "What kind of hives do you use in your 

 apiary? If more than one kind, which do 

 you tliink best?" "W. H. Meadow. 



[We have used the Langstroth, American, 

 Triumph, Standard, and Thomas hives. We 

 decidedly prefer the Langstroth, and have 

 changed nearly all of ours into that shape, 

 and next season we hope to have no other 

 kind in our apiaries. — w. j. a.] 



DEONES WITH BED HEADS. 



We have a colony that produces drones 

 with heads as red as a clierry; the color is 

 bright and vivid, and they look as if they 

 were out for a general training or masquer- 

 ade. Do you have any such at your house? 

 — Oleaiiings. 



[Yes, a dozen or more, and did not regard 

 them as uncommon. We sent a queen, as a 

 present, last year, to Miss Anna Saunders, 

 that produced such drones, but she unfortu- 

 nately lost it in introducing.— w. j. a.] 



PEICE OF BEES. 



"I expect to move to Nashville, this fall, 

 and would like to know what bees can be 

 bought for in Tenn.; in movable comb and 

 conunon hives. How nnich will a swarm 

 generally store in a season?" 



G. W. Church. 



[Black bees in connnon box hives can be 

 bought from ^2 to 33. Those in movable- 

 frame hives, at from $5 to $10. Nearly all 

 bees in movable-frame liives are Italians. 

 The average yield of honey is about 50 lbs. 

 Honey is worth from 8c. to 15c. per pound. 

 Should you visit Nashville, I hope you will 

 give us a call. We are but 45 miles south of 

 Nashville, and only 2 hours ride.— w. j. a.] 



Friend Andrews:— I have just treated 

 myself with a trip to Rome, Ga., to see that 

 veteran apiarist, Mr. A. F. Moon, well 

 known to many of the readers of The 

 American Bee Journal, as the editor of 

 tlie Bee World. 



I found him with very poor health. He is 

 confined to his room a great deal of the time 

 on account of lameness and general poor 

 health. He gets about with difficulty, using 

 a cratch and cane. But he says he is im- 

 proving slowly. 



He kindly showed me through his apiary, 

 which I will try to describe to you. The 

 hives are arranged on benches about two 

 feet high in four parallel rows about 30 feet 

 long each. The hives set about four feet 

 apart, with small nuclei hives between some 

 of them. His hives are nicely painted and 

 have a neat appearance. He uses a frame 

 about 8x12. He advocates a shallow liive 

 for box honey. Thinks six inches in depth 

 is sufficient. His strain of Italians are very 

 handsome and bright, both home breds and 

 imijorted. I saw quite a variety. He has a 

 name for each of his queens. His favorite 

 he calls Goldmine; others are Gold-drop, 

 Goldmaid, Jenny Lind, Favorite, etc., etc. 

 From Goldmine he raises those handsome, 

 light yellow queens. 



He has not been able to fill orders this 

 season on account of his health. 



I took Jenny Lind home with me and an- 

 ticipate raising some nice queens from her. 



I was very much anuised to see him pick 

 up the workers with his fingers and put 

 them into the cage, just about as I would 

 corn. He catches them by both wings, they 

 are then unable to turn over and sting his 

 fingers. 



The honey yield here was splendid up to 

 July 1st, then suddenly gave out. I have 

 fed a little to stimulate breeding. Honey is 

 now coming in rapidly. We have had a fine 

 grain and fruit season. S. C. Dodge. 



Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 3, 1877. 



Bee Culture for the South. 



Indications are constantly being pre- 

 sented to the observation that the South is 

 gradually taking a " new departure" in the 

 direction of diversifying her industrial pur- 

 suits. All things favor this tendency. The 

 invisible course of events — the full inau- 

 guration of the beneficient system of free 

 labor— the intense and universal individu- 

 ality which it creates— the keen desire for 



