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that produced in the United States, 

 that they should at the same time 

 " claim to be located in the United 

 States !" 



In another place the "Budget" man 

 asks the deputation, " What special 

 advantages have you in Ontario be- 

 yond the United States ?" " Chiefly 

 in the linden trees. In the honej'-belt 

 of the United States of America, there, 

 is also less clover than we have, and 



the lindens are scarcer Our forests 



are full of linilen trees, and the yield 

 of honey is enormous. Even if you 

 shake the tree, the honey drops upon 

 j'OU from above." 



Is there no effort in this " in a wily 

 way, or any other waj' .... to destroy 

 conlidenee in the good qualities of 

 American basswood honey ?" I wonder 

 if Mr. McKnight wants to throw all the 

 responsibility of claiming superiority 

 for Canadian linden honey on Mr. 

 Pettit. 



I was not aware till I got " The Bee- 

 King" circular, that Ontario was 

 larger than the United States, but it 

 must be so, I suppose, for the dejiuta- 

 tion say, that " in the honey-belt of 

 the United States of America, there is 

 also le.ss clover than we have, and the 

 lindens are scarcer." Whew ! ! I didn't 

 know that before. I guess that " fish- 

 eries commission " had better be em- 

 powered to change our northern 

 boundary so that it will run across the 

 continent on the 49th parallel, and so 

 Ontario wi/l be in the United States, 

 and then we can get more clover and 

 linden honey, and have some linden 

 trees to shake honey fi'om ! What a 

 paradise for lovers of honey ; shake it 

 from the trees ; Apis Dorsata and Apis 

 Americana are not needed. 



Will not some Yankee invent a 

 honey-catcher to be used under On- 

 tario linden trees ? If any one does 

 invent .such a machine, I think I shall 

 be entitled to a half interest in it for 

 the suggestion. 



"Less clover hi)ncy than we have." 

 Is t-h-a-t s-o ? "And the lindens arc 

 scarcer." How long have they been 

 .scarcer ? No effort here " to destroj- 

 confidence .... and claim superiority ?" 



In another place the " deinitation," 

 or the circidar, says that Ontario pro- 

 duces a yearly " crop of honey valued 

 at £100,000." According to the most 

 reliable autlioritics, that is al)out one- 

 thirtieth as much as is produced yearly 

 in the United States. If such is the 

 case, and Ontario has more lindens 

 and clover than we liave in tlie United 

 States, tlie honey ought to drop from 

 our linden and clover willioiil sliuk- 

 iiig. 



Less linilen and clover than in On- 

 tario, where the honey " drops upon 

 you from above" when "you shake 

 the tree," and still we get thirty times 



as much honey. Oh my! " it makes 

 me tired " to think of it. 



I believe that it would be a good 

 idea to publish the whole circular in 

 the American Bee Journal, for aside 

 from a few mistakes about our honey 

 and country, it is good reading, au'l 

 shows how earnestly the deputation 

 worked for the interest of the Ontario 

 bee-kee])ers and the Bee-Kiug. It 

 seems a little strange that it was not 

 published in the Canadian Bee Journal, 

 with a statement as to about how many 

 copies were distributed. I am sure 

 that it is better and more interesting 

 reading to me than much that was 

 jiublishetl about the Ontario bee-keep- 

 ers' exhibit at the " Colonial." 



Auburndale, O. 



[A portion of the article from the 

 Pall Mall Budget was published in the 

 American Bee Jodenax for Nov. 3, 

 1886, and is illustrated on page 694. 

 We hope this will satisfy all, and that 

 this controver.sy will end hei-e. — Ed.] 



QUEEN-REARING. 



ITIelliod of Rearing Quecii§ for 

 an Apiary. 



Written for the American Bee Journal 



BY G. W. M'GUIRE. 



In the advanced age of this wide, 

 developing pursuit, but few ideas can 

 be advanced that have not already 

 been thought of ; Init the daj^s of criti- 

 cism are not over, therefore manj' are 

 fearful to make public their theories, 

 for fear of the orileals of the thinking 

 public. Perhaps nothing in the whole 

 bee-industry has received more careful 

 thought than queen-rearing. 



First, we want an eas_y, practicable 

 method, wherewith we can rear hand- 

 some, prolific, long-lived queens. In 

 this latitude, about March 1, when 

 bees begin to gather pollen, select the 

 finest colony, that is, the one contain- 

 ing the finest (pieeu ; feed this colony 

 about a pint daily, with a closed en- 

 trance-feeder. Vou should, by Ma}' 1, 

 have them " boiling over " with bees, 

 with thousands hatching daily, and 

 drones a plenty. 



Now put on an upper story with ten 

 frames, filled with brood foundation, 

 with a queen-e.Ncluding honey-board 

 between. But before doing this, take 

 out one outside frame, separate the 

 others, and put a new frame of founda- 

 tion in the centre. Tlie frame taken 

 out can be put in the ujiper story'. 



Let the upp<'r story remain about 

 five days. If the weather is favin'al)le, 

 the bees will be largely in the upper 

 story, and have the foundation nicely 



drawn out. Now remove the lower 

 story to a new stand, and place the 

 upper one on the old stand. 



Go to the old hive, take out the 

 frame of foundation that was put in 

 five days previous, and cut it full of 

 oblong slits ; it will have larva3 just 

 hatched ; exchange this for the old 

 frame, and put it in the centre of the 

 hive. At the end of ten days examine 

 them, and if the bees belong to the 

 j'ellow race, you may think of going 

 into the " peanut business." 



You can now form nuclei from the 

 other colonies, and in 12 houi's insert 

 one of the queen-cells, until the num- 

 ber of cells are exhausted. The result 

 will be large, yellow, long-lived queens. 



In a week or so the queens will be 

 mated, and lajing. By this time the 

 other colonies will begin to swarm ; 

 when one swarms, hive the swarm on 

 a new stand, and go to one of the 

 nuclei colonies th.at has a laying queen, 

 remove her, and cage her in the old 

 hive from which the swarm has just 

 issued. In 24 hours she will be re- 

 leased and laying. You can now place 

 a new queen-cell in the nucleus. By 

 this method the old colonies are not 

 queenless more than 24 hours at any 

 time. If left to "nature's way," they 

 would be at least 15 days without a 

 laving queen ; consequently a loss of 

 30,000 or 40,000 bees, and hence it is 

 wasteful to allow Ijees their own hab- 

 its, as far as bees or increase is con- 

 cerned. 



Dark Ridge, N. C. 



INDIANA. 



Report of tlic Indiana Slate 

 Bee-Keepers' Convention. 



Written for the Indiana Farmer 



BY G. K. IIUBBARL). 



The ninth annual meeting of the 

 Indiana State Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion convened at Indianapolis on 

 Wednesday, Jan. 16, 1889, at 1 p.m., 

 and was called to order by President 

 E. H. Collins. Secretary George C. 

 Thompson being absent, Mr. G. H. 

 Hornbuckle filled the oliice. 



Mr. J. M. Hicks was called to the 

 chair, and Mr. E. H. Collins delivered 

 the following : 



Proi^ident'xi Aiiiiiial A4l<Irrs!«. 



While the off years in apiculture are 

 hurrying along with their weary days 

 of lalior and disappointment, we have 

 three measurable compensations for 

 our time and cflbrt. The honey mar- 

 ket is being cleared, and the number 

 of producers lessened, while the bees 

 renniin healtliy, and the colonies 

 strong. At the same time our indi- 



