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Migrsitory Ifee-Kecpiiig- is by 



some thought to be a new thing, but it has 

 beeu in practice for 2,000 years in Egypt 

 and the East. A reporter for the Chicago 

 Herald is responsible for the following, 

 which he evidently thought was a news 

 item : 



An apiary on wheels is one of the latest 

 innovations in California. After the foot- 

 bills have been pastured, the bee-herder 

 mores his bees to a higher elevation, where 

 the industrious insects gather the nectar 

 stored in the blossoms of the clover and 

 other plants, and when these have been 

 relieved of their saccharine matter, the 

 bees are again moved to a higher elevation, 

 where flowers j^eeuliar to their region j'ield 

 up their sweets to them. 



Sliort Rations. — The drouth of last 

 year, followed by hard freezing before 

 snow fell, was very injurious to clover all 

 over the Northwest. The same conditions 

 that destroj'ed the clover plants also 

 injured or killed many of the biennial 

 flowering plants. The effect of this has 

 beeu very marked upon the honey product 

 of the country. The reports from all parts 

 show a considerable falling off from the 

 yield of previous years ; while there is no 

 doubt a combination of causes for the 

 failure, it is but reasonable to conclude 

 that the destruction of so many honey -pro- 

 ducing plants has been one of the impor- 

 tant factors.— Farm, Stock and Home. 



Another Test tor Ilees^rax. — If 



any of the victims of adulterated wax wish 

 to experiment a little on their own account 

 (says the Canadian Bee Journal), here is 

 a simple test, which we find in " Cheshire's 

 Bees and Bee-Keeping," as being the one 

 given by Mr. Otto Hehner, the analyst of 

 the British Bee -Keepers' Association : 



Take a piece of undoubted pure beeswax 

 and cautiously mix alcohol (methylated 

 spirit) with water until the wax just sinks; 

 a piece of beeswax adulterated would, in 

 the same test fluid, rise to the surface. The 

 test must be applied, however, with great 

 care, as any air bubbles in or on the piece 

 to be tried might lead to its being con- 

 demned unjustly. 



Xlie Annual Fair of the Washtenaw 

 County Agricultural aud Horticultural 

 Society is to be held at Ann Arbor, Mich., 

 Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Fri- 

 day, Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, 2 and 3, 1890. 

 Premium lists maybe obtained of Jas. R. 

 Bach, Secretary, Ann Arbor, Mich. The 

 premiums for comb and extracted honey 

 and beeswax amount to *5 for first, and 

 $2.50 for second premium. Such premiums 

 will never call out a respectable exhibit. 



Are yon Ooing; to the Fair ; If so, 

 will you kindly send to this office and get a 

 few samples of the Bee Jouunai,, and give 

 them out to your friends there, and get up 

 a club? We will send them to you with 

 pleasure. 



Proper Size ur Framem lu Ex- 

 Iraet Honey From. 



Written for the American Bee Journal 



QuEKY 729. — In running an apiary ex- 

 clusively for extracted honey, what is best 

 — combs half the size of brood-combs, or 

 the same size as brood-combs, to extract 

 from, in using the Quinby frame ? — J. O. T. 



I use full sized frames. — G. M. Doolittle. 



The same size as brood-combs, wired. — 

 Mus. L. Harkiso.n'. 



Half size, with closed end-bars. — R. L. 

 Taylok. 



I should use all frames alike. — C. H. Dib- 



BEHX. 



I never used the Quinby frame, but I am 

 favorable to small frames for extracting 

 from. — Eugene Seoor. 



I use a smaller frame than the Quinby, 

 aud have full size and half -size frames, and 

 I prefer the latter.— M. Mahin. 



The combs in small-sized frames, as a 

 general thing, are not as easily broken in 

 extracting as those in frames of the size of 

 the Quinby. But with care, the combs in 

 the Quinby frames can be extracted with- 

 out trouble. — J. P. H. Bkows. 



I think that I should prefer them half- 

 size. A Quinby frame full of honey would 

 be quite heavy. I use Langstroth frames, 

 and like the size for extracting. —A. B. 

 Mason. 



Half-,size are more convenient with the 

 disadvantage that they cannot be used 

 interchangeably with brood-combs. — C. C. 

 Miller. 



I prefer to have the same size of combs. 

 I do not use so large a frame ; but I think 

 that I should wish all the same, even if I 

 did.— A. J. Cook. 



I have no experience with the Quinby 

 frame, but I thiuk that it is too large a 

 frame for easy manipulation in extracting 

 — and that is the reason, if I was obliged to 

 use such a frame, I would prefer the half- 

 size. — P. L. VlALLON. 



I have never used the Quinby frame, but 

 on general principles I should say the full- 

 sized frame would be the better. I know 

 that it is with the Langstroth frame. — J. 

 E. Pond. 



I much prefer small combs for extract- 

 ing. The "Nonpareil" brood-frame, size 

 7x17 inches, is very easily handled, and 

 admirable for extracting. — Gr. L. Tinker. 



We prefer half combs, as .the full combs 

 are too deep to be furnished a full story at 

 a time. On the other hand, the full-size 

 comb are rather inconvenient to handle. 

 We have tried both, and decidedly prefer 

 half-stories, even with Langstroth frames. 

 — Dadant & Son. 



Shallow combs are so advantageous that 

 were I using the Quinby frames, I should 

 use half depths to extract from ; and one 

 other thing I would do, wcmld be to get rid 

 of the Quinby frames, and use frames all 

 alike, and very shallow ones at that. — 

 James Heddon. 



I have never used the Quinby frame, but 

 on general principles I prefer all the frames 

 to be of the same size. The Quinby frames, 

 however, are large, and it may be desir- 

 able to have them one-half size. I prefer 

 and have used the Langstroth frame only. 

 — The Editor. 



InlrodiicinsH Queen to a Queen- 

 ICMs Divided Colony. 



Written fur the American DeeJovnial 



Query 730. — In dividing for increase will 

 it be advisable to introduce a queen into 

 the queenless portion of the artificial 

 swarm immediately after dividing, or 

 would it 1)6 better to wait a few days be- 

 fore giving them a queen 1 — Nebraska. 



I would wait. — J. P. H. Brown. 



I do it at once. — A. B. Mason. 



It may be safest to wait a couple of days. 



— EuiiENE SETOR. 



Introduce the first night after dividing. — 

 Mrs. L. Harrison. 



Give a queen at once, if you can conven- 

 iently do so. — G. M. Doolittle. 



Introduce a good laying queen at once, 

 every time. — C. H. Dibbern. 



If you have queens to spare, better intro- 

 duce them at once. — Dadant & Son. 



If we have the queen, I should prefer to 

 introduce her at once. — A. J. Cook. 



If I dividedHhat way, I should want each 

 part to have a queen as soon as it could 

 safely have one. — C. C. Miller. 



I always prefer to introduce a queen at 

 once, unless I have enough combs with 

 brood to give them occasionally to make 

 up for the loss of time. — P. L. Viallon. 



For introducing virgin queens, I would 

 have the colonies queenless seven days. 

 Introduce laying queens at once, in a cage. 

 — R. L. Taylor. 



All depends. No one can lay down a 

 rule for introducing queeps. Everything 

 depends upon the immediate condition and 

 circumstances. — James Heddon. 



I prefer to introduce a queen at once, as 

 I can see no good reason for waiting ; that 

 is, provided I had surplus queens, or could 

 procure them easily. —J. E. Pond. 



If you have a queen at hand, introduce 

 her at once, but leave the old queen on the 

 old stand ; otherwise, bees returning from 

 the other hive may kill your new queen. — 

 M. Mahin. 



The queen should be given, caged of 

 course, as soon as the queenless jjortion 

 discovers that they have no queen, or 

 about two or three hours after the division 

 is made. I believe it to be better to so 

 wait in introducing generally, as I find the 

 bees then build fewer queen-cells, and 

 often none.— G. L. Tinker. 



Introduce a laying queen, in a cage, at 

 once, so that each part of the divided col- 

 ony may have a good queen, and may con- 

 tinue to build up by increasing numbers. — 

 The Editor. 



Convention I^otices. 



IW The Southwestern Wisconsin Bee-Keepers' 

 Sofiety. will meet nn Oct. 8, 1890, at the residence of 

 B. France, Platteville, Wis. B. Rice, Sec. 



^^W The fall meeting of the Central Michigan 

 Bee-Keepers' Association, will meet in the Pioneer 

 Rooms, Capitol Building, Lansing, Mich., on Wed- 

 nesday, Oct. 15, 18yo, to commence at 10 a.m. 



W. A. BAR.VES, Sec. 



B^~ The Capital Bee-Keepers' Association will 

 meet in the Supervisors' Room of the Court House, 

 in Sprin^eld. Ills., at lo o'clocfc, a.m.. on Sept. 26, 

 1890. Come, and let us have a good time. 



C. E. VOCOM, Sec. 



ly The next meeting of the Turkey Hill Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, will be held at the Turkey 

 Hill Grange Hall, near Wilderman's Station, three 

 miles southeast of Belleville, Ills., on Oct. 30, IH90. 

 All interested in bee-keeping are cordially inyited. 



A. FEHK, Sec. 



