AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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"The Days of itpril." 



" The days of April," they are sweet.so sweet, 

 Flushing with tender green the meadow 

 ways. 

 Where June will dance with her. gay, glad- 

 some feet. 

 To music of a thousand warblers' praise. 



" The days of April," they are fair, so fair, 

 With precious promise la the budding 

 flowers, 

 Promise of days all radiant, fresh and rare. 

 Mellowed by gentle dews and fleeting 

 showers. 



" The days of April," they are green, so green ! 



And maple buds grow brilliant in the sun ; 

 Golden thebrooliside with the cowslips' sheen. 



And fragile wind-flowers steal out one by 

 one. 



" The days of April," they are dear, so dear, 

 To hearts grown weary of the Winter cold, 



Longing for sunny slJies all blue and clear. 

 For birds to pipe, and blossoms to unfold. 



" The days of April," they are bright and C03'; 



But one glad April, years and years ago. 

 Held more of charmed hope and love and joy 



Than all my life again can ever know. 



—Isabel Gordon. 



dueries a|id Replies. 



Capg tlie Queen Hen Transferring, 



Query 815. — I have some bees with 

 valuable queens that I wish to transfer 

 into a different frame. 1. Would it be 

 better for me to cage the queens while 

 I do the transferring, or let them take 

 their chances with the bees ? 2. If I 

 caged the queens, would there be any 

 danger of the bees killing them when I 

 turned them loose ? — North Carolina. 



1. No. 2. Some. — James Heddon. 



1. Yes, to cage her is safer. 2. No, 

 if ordinary care is used. — R. L. Taylor. 



1. Do not cage when transferring. 2. 

 There would be some danger. — J. P. H. 

 Bkown. 



1. Hardly necessary to cage. 2. 

 Hardly, if bees are working well. — C. C. 

 Mlller. 



If transferring is properly done, there 

 is no danger for the queens. — Dadant & 



Son. 



I have never caged queens when trans- 

 ferring, and in all of my experience I 

 never lost one. — G. M. Doolittle. 



1. Let them take their chances with 

 the bees. 2. I think not.— J. M. Ham- 



BAUGH. 



Drive both bees and queens into an 

 empty hive or box before you begin to 

 cut out the combs. — Eugene Secor. 



1. I have always "let them take their 

 chances," and have lost none. 2. Not if 

 caged with some of the bees, and among 

 the bees. — A. B. Mason. 



I should let them alone. I have trans- 

 ferred many colonies, and never knew a 

 queen to be lost or injured with care. I 

 think there is very little danger. — A. J. 

 Cook. 



1. If you begin your work rightly, 

 you will have no trouble with your 

 queens. 2. If you do not get the bees 

 mixed, you are in no danger. — H. D. 

 Cutting. 



It would be a little safer to cage the 

 queens, and if you let them run in with 

 the bees when you shake back, there 

 will be little or no danger of their being 

 killed. — P. H. Elwood. 



In transferring from one frame to 

 another, there should be little risk of 

 injuring the queen. It might be safer 

 to cage her. There would be no danger 

 in doing so. — J. A. Green. 



1. It would do no harm to cage her, if 

 you happend to see her, then she would 

 be safe. If you do cage her, lay the 

 queen among the bees to keep her warm. 

 2. There would be no danger. — E. 

 France. 



The only precautions required in 

 transferring bees from one hive to 

 another, is to, prevent robbing. My 

 book, "Bee-Keeping for Profit," and 

 other standard works, give specific 

 directions. — G. L. Tinker. 



1. If you are a careful person, you 

 can let the queens take their chances, if 

 not, you would better cage them. 2. 

 No, not unless you should let strange 

 bees unite with the colony while you are 

 transferring. — Mrs. Jennie Atchley. 



1. No; drive bees, queen and all into 

 an empty box, transfer the combs, and 

 hive the bees on them like an ordinary 

 swarm. But why not wait until June, 

 and then transfer by the Heddon 

 method ? — C. H. Dibbern. 



1. I would capture the queen before 

 beginning the work, and as soon as some 



