Sundry Questions and Answers. 



Sedan, Kansas, Aug. 24, 1878. 

 Will a nucleus colony grow into a full 

 one the first season, under favorable 

 circumstances ? 



What course should I pursue to se- 

 cure the greatest number of good, strong 

 colonies from one, in a single season V 

 Richard S. Turner. 



[Yes ; a nucleus colony will grow into 

 a good strong colony, under even ordi- 

 nary circumstances. 



To secure the greatest increase, prac- 

 tice division of the colony, according 

 to directions given in a good manual. 

 We have too often described the man- 

 ner of doing it to warrant our taking 

 up space of the Journal for a repeti- 

 tion.— Ed.] 



Council Grove, Kan., Sept. 16., 1878. 

 I enclose a flower for name. It equal- 

 ly shares ttie attention of the bees with 

 golden rod, and blooms profusely. 



D. P. ISTORTON. 



[This is a species of Eupatorium^ or 

 Boneset. It is illustrated in the Man- 

 ual, page 241. — A. J. Cook.] 



Mineral Point, Mo., Sept. 7, 1678. 

 Please find a flower that bees work on 

 and is very abundant here in unculti- 

 vated fields. Please give the name in 

 the next issue of the Journal, and 

 say if it is a good honey plant. 



E. B. Day. 



[This is a Eupartorium or boneset. 

 It is figured in Manual page 241. All 

 of the Eupatoriums are excellent honey 

 plants. — A. J. Cook. J 



Please name this flower., 



M. H. MiLSTER. 



[Eupatorium or boneset, figured in 

 Manual, page 241. — A. J. Cook.] 



Ligonier, Pa., Aug. 16, 1878. 

 Enclosed please find an insect, found 

 on a cucumber txee that stands in a 

 field. The bees are on the tree from 

 morning till dark, and you can see a 

 mist falling from it. The leaves are 

 covered with a sweet substance like 

 honey-dew. I send it to you to name. 

 Wm. Ashcom. 



[The insects are the same as described 

 in September American Bee Jour- 



nal, page 308, or Lecanium tulipiferse. 

 It is not strange that they should also 

 infest the cucumber tree (magnolia 

 acuminata), as it belongs to the same 

 family (magnolia) as does the tulip tree, 

 Liriodendron tulipifera.— A. J. Cook.] 



St. Mary's, Ind., Sept. 7, 1878. 



I enclose a small branch or tAvo of a 

 weed that grows very extensively here. 

 It is considered one of the greatest 

 pests as a weed. It is a perennial, and 

 takes possesion of ground very rapidly. 

 I find the bees working very extensively 

 on it to day, for the first time in my life. 

 Please give "the name and its uses, if 

 any. 



Long live the American Bee Jour- 

 nal and its Editors, with the addition 

 of health and prosperity. 



Thomas J. Ward, J. P. 



[This is a Solidago or golden rod. I 

 cannot give the species without more 

 of the stem, but I presume it is the very 

 one figured on page 243 of Manual. — 

 A. J. Cook.] 



i^Much of the Honey this season is 

 very thin and watery, and needs a good 

 deal of ripening to make it tit for mar- 

 ket. If not ripened, much of it may 

 spoil in the fall. 



To Strangers Visiting the City. 

 — The Madison street Cars pass our office 

 every minute of the day. We will 

 always be glad to see you, and if you 

 are interested in bees or honey, you will 

 neither regret the journey nor time oc- 

 cupied in looking over our Museum. 



Friend IsTewman : Our little "Chip" 

 — whose advent you put in A. B. J. — 

 passed to the other life last night. 



D. D. Palinier. 



New Boston, 111., Sept. 16, 1878. 



" We deeply sympathize with friend 

 Palmer— surely all "chips" do fly away. 

 May this one "rest in peace" on "the 

 evergreen shore." — Ed.] 



1^ So far, no one has dared to take 

 up the gauntlet thrown down by friend 

 Moon, in the last Journal, about 

 queens duplicating themselves. 



