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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



L,a Orippe holds two kings in its 

 grasp, in addition to scores of princes, 

 governors, legislators, and an innumer- 

 able number of ordinary mortals, and it 

 made them all feel, for the time being, 

 at least, as if life was not worth living. 



It is paying particular attention to 

 our public men. Among those down 

 with it are Secretary Foster, Speaker 

 Crisp, Congressman Mills, Gov. -elect 

 McKinley, Quay, Gov. Campbell, and a 

 number of others. This malarial con- 

 tagion seems to be more prevalent than 

 when it first appeared. 



Hundreds of prominent bee-keepers 

 are down with it, though but few have 

 died. The Editor and Manager of the 

 Bee Journal liave about recovered ; 

 Drs. Mason and Miller, and others, too 

 numerous to mention them all, are, or 

 expect soon to be, ''on deck " again. 



Influenza patients have been quaran- 

 tined in Kent County, England. Any 

 such who visit public places are fined 

 £5 each. 



"We Have only a few Binders left 

 of the large size, for the Bee Journals 

 previous to this year. If you want one, 

 please send at once, before all are gone. 

 Price, 60 cents. 



Queries and Replies. 



Wen t» Put Bees Into Cellars, 



Query 800. — When wintering bees in 

 a cellar, should they be put in while the 

 weather is warm, or wait until a hard 

 frost ?— W. 



I do not know.— J. E. Pond. 



I would wait until after the frost. — 

 J. P. H. Brown. 



Immediately after they have had a 

 good flight. — J. M. Hambaugh. 



Just before steady cold weatluM- or 

 real Winter weather begins. — M. Mahin. 



I prefer to have it (;ool enough so that 

 they will cluster nicely and be (juiet. — 

 A. B. Mason. 



Put them into the cellar just after a 

 warm spell, when it is getting colder. — 

 C. H. Dibbern. 



Bees go into the cellar best when the 

 mercury ranges at from 35^ to 40-^. — 

 G. M. Doolittle. 



Put them in when you think they are 

 not likely to have any more thorough 

 flights. — James Heddon. 



Just before "freezing up " — about the 

 middle of November in lower Michigan. 

 — E. L. Taylor. 



Wait until several hard frosts, but 

 house them before they freeze. — Eugene 

 Secor. 



Wait until there is some hard freezing, 

 but not so hard as to cause frost in the 

 hives. — G. L. Tinker. 



You are not likely to get them in be- 

 fore a hard frost, but get them in, if 

 possible, when they are not frozen or 

 wet.— C. C. Miller. 



Put them in at the beginning of a hard 

 frost, or the day following a warm day, 

 i. e., when their bowels are empty. — 

 Dadant «fe Son. 



I would prefer to have them put in 

 after they had ceased to fly, on a warm 

 day. When a person is pinched with 

 cold they would not handle them so 

 gently. — Mrs. L. Harrison. 



Put them in before the cold weather 

 comes. The only rule is to put them in 

 while they are dry. I do not like them 

 wet, and decidedly object to snow or ice 

 on them. — A. J. Cook. 



I have found in my locality that it is 

 best to put bees into the cellar when it 

 has become settled cold. Do not wait 

 until the ground has become frozen. — 

 H. D. Cutting. 



I would prefer to handle the hives on 

 a day that was just cold enough to keep 

 the bees quietly in the hives. I have 

 moved my apiary a short distance three 

 times in the past twelve years, with 

 great success, and I selected that sort 

 of weather to do the work. — G. W. 

 Demaree. 



After settled cold weather has come, 

 will be time enough to put bees into cel- 

 lars. The Winter confinement will be 

 long enough, without any "lengthen- 

 ing."' Of course it should not be cold 

 enough to make it a very disagreeable 

 job, for then it would not be carefully 

 done. A little observation will cause 

 the selection of a suitable time for the 

 work. — The Editor. 



