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ntmm MMERicKK BEE jojjmnmi^. 



'Hie Xliing that makes the Uiizz. 



BY H. D. CASTLE. 



" Buzz ! buzz ! buzz I buzz ! you big bumble-bee 



Bending down tbe clover heads— can't you talk to 

 me ? 



■What a funny Bong you sing-buzz ! buzz ! buzz ! 



Should think you'd get your nose all lull of dande- 

 lion fuzz. 



•' Don't you have a jolly time ! honey every day ? 

 Wearinc all your pretty clothes when you go to 



play- 

 Nicest kind of velvet coat—yellow satin jacket ! 

 Buzz ! buzz ! buzz : buzz ! How do you make that 



racket ? 



*' Now I've got you, bumble-bee, under my straw^at ! 

 Buxz ! buzz ! buzz ! buzz ! I'll find out how you do 



that! 

 Pretty little bumble-bee, I won't spoil your jacket- 

 Ob ! oh ! oh ! oh !"— Here's another kind of racket. 



Mamma calls the bumble bee, "Naughty cross old 



thing ! 

 Didn't litt'e Freddie know all about his sting?" 

 "See how big it's swelling up! Oh dear! oh dear 



BUZ ! 



Mamma, is the stinger the thing that makes the 



buzz?"— T/t« Housewife. 



mms % Replies, 



Rai§ing the Hive front the Bot- 

 tom-Board in W^inter. 



Wrlttai for the American Bee Journal 



^luery 661.— I. In putting bce§ into the 

 cellar for winter, is it advisable to raise the 

 hive from the bottom-board ? If so, how 

 much ?— C. W. 



I have never done so. — J. M. Ham- 



BAUGH. 



Yes. I raise it about 2 inches. — G. 



M. DOOLITTLE. 



1. Yes, sir. 2. Two inches or more. 

 — A. B. Mason. 



1. It is. 2. A full half-inch will an- 

 swer. — J. P. H. Brown. 



It is better to raise it, say half an 

 inch, if practicable. — Dadant & Son. 



I never have wintered bees in cellars. 

 —J. E. Pond. 



1. Yes, sir. 2. About 2 inches is 

 about rif^ht. — C. H. Dibbern. 



1. Yes. 2. Two or three inches. — 

 Mahala B. Chaddock. 



1. Yes, if you use a loose-bottom 

 hive. 2. Half an inch. — Mbs. L. Har- 

 rison. 



1. Yes, where hives have movable 

 bottom-boards. 2. One inch. — Will 

 M. Barnum. 



I should like all hives 2 inches above 

 the bottom-boards, were it easy to ar- 

 range it so. — A. J. Cook. 



1. I suspect that it is qtlite impor- 

 tant. 2. I have planned to have a 

 space of about 2 inches. — C. C. Miller. 



It is advisable to give plenty of ven- 

 tilation at the bottom. It does not 

 matter how. — M. Mahin. 



I think so. I remove the bottom- 

 board and put inch pieces between the 

 bottom of tlie hive and what it rests 

 upon. — R. L. Taylor. 



It will do no harm if the cellar is 

 warm. The warmer the room, the 

 more it can be raised. — Eugene Secor. 



It in the very nature of the case de- 

 pends upon the temperature and hu- 

 midity of the cellar. In a very damp 

 cellar, I should think it essentiallj' 

 necessary to do so. — G. W. Demakee. 



1. I think that it is. 2. I put a 

 " rim " between the bottom-board and 

 the hive 5 or 6 inches deep, and con- 

 sider it of great advantage. Those 

 having hundreds of colonies may ob- 

 ject to so much trouble. — J. M. Shuck. 



My experience last winter was not 

 favorable to having the hives raised 

 from the bottom-boards. Neither 

 should the bottom-boards be removed 

 unless the temperature is kept as high 

 as 48°. It is better to make the frames 

 3 inches deep, with stout muslin on 

 one side, and filled with timothy-liay 

 chaff. Place over the frames, and 

 leave the bottom-board as in summer. 

 — G. L. Tinker. 



I think not. It is a troublesome 

 maneuver, as it exposes too much en- 

 trance for the bees to fly out of and 

 make trouble. I am sure that success 

 or failure in wintering bees depends 

 upon the disease called " bee-diar- 

 rhea." You cannot stop it, nor pro- 

 duce it, by dropping bottom-boards, or 

 failing to drop them James Heddon. 



If the bottom-boards are loose, the 

 hives may be raised from tliem from 

 half an inch to 2 or even 3 inches. But 

 its advisability to do so, depends upon 

 the temperature and humiditj' of the 

 atmosphere in the cellar. — The Editor. 



Getting the Greatest Volume of 

 Smoke from Sulphur. 



Written tor the American Bee Journal 



Query 662.— By what means can the 

 greatest volume of fumes be obtained from a 

 given weight of sulphur ?— E. & W. 



I do not know. — Eugene Secor. 



I do not know. — J. M. Hambaugh. 



By burning it, I believe. — A. B. 

 Mason. 



I will not try to answer, as I have no 

 use for sulphur, and never have had. — 

 James Heddon. 



I cover it over pretty well, and just 

 let it burn. — C. C. Miller. 



Place it upon coals of fire at a white 

 heat. — G. L. Tinker. 



Bj' using an inverted funnel, or hol- 

 low cone ; placing each super or liive 

 upon a stand directly over it. — Will 

 M. Barnum. 



If the querist wants to fumigate 

 brood-combs or honey in sections, I 

 will say frankly that I do not know. — 

 J. M. Shuck. 



I should saj' by burning. By closing 

 a small room, the fumes would be very 

 dense. — A. J. Cook. 



By using it in powder, and burning 

 only a small quantity at a time. — J. E. 

 Pond. 



By thorough combustion. Put the 

 sulphur into an iron vessel, and place 

 a thick piece of red-hot iron upon it. — 

 R. L. Taylor. 



Burn slowly, and have it shut up in 

 a tightly-closed room or box. — Mahala 

 B. Chaddock. 



By filling an iron pot about half full 

 of hard-wood burning coals, and 

 throwing the sulphur on top. — C. H. 

 Dibbern. 



A given weight of sulphur, when 

 burned, will produce the same volume 

 of fumes under all circumstances. 

 They may be more or less diluted with 

 air, according to the space in which 

 the sulphur is burned. — M. Mahin. 



I cannot say. An iron kettle with a 

 little kerosene in it ignited, and 

 sprinkle flour of sulphur over it, does 

 very good work. — Mrs. L. Harrison. 



The moment you start the sulphur to 

 burning, it will give you all the smoke 

 you want. Carry the fumes from the 

 furnace b}' a draft-pipe into the cham- 

 ber containing the articles to be acted 

 upon by the fumes. — P. L. Viallon. 



I could not say. My method of 

 burning sulphur has been to use a 

 broad-bottomed dish having coals 

 scattered over the whole bottom so 

 that the sulphur was largely spread 

 out. This keeps it, to a certain ex- 

 tent, from running together, thus al- 

 lowing of greater combustion. — G. M. 



DOOLITTLE. 



I prepare my sulphur for fumigat- 

 ing by drawing strips of paper through 

 a pan of melted brimstone. I then 

 ignite these in an iron pot. The apart- 

 ment must be tight to exclude the air, 

 and should remain closed for 24 hours, 

 otherwise the larva? of the moth will 

 not be killed. — J. P. H. Browts. 



By burning the sulphur in a room so 

 tight that the fumes cannot escape, and 

 waste in bulk as the burning goes on. 

 If the room is tight enough to hold 

 the fumes, it is not so important as to 

 the rapidity of the consumption by 

 fire. Generally, the best results can 

 be had by causing the sulphur to con- 

 sume rapidly by tire. — G. W. Demaree. 



The samp "volume of fumes" are 

 " obtained from a given weight of 

 sulphur " when it is ignited. A good 

 way is to have an iron pot lialf tilled 

 with live coals, and then throw the 

 sulphur on it, in a close room. — The 

 Editor. 



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