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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



3. Unite bees by any of the meth- 

 ods given in the back numbers of the 

 API. 



FREEZING TO DESTROY MOTHS. 



Mr. Hexry Allky: Ought I to put 

 my last year's sections that contain partly 

 drawn out foundation out in the cold where 

 they will freeze in order to keep the worms 

 from hatching out next summer? 



I would be greatly obliged if you would 

 give me your experience in the above mat- 

 ter. 



Hope, B. I. Wm. M. Chipman. 



All the freezing that can be done will 

 have no effect to destroy the eggs of the 

 miller. The only thing that can be done 

 is to keep the sections in a place where 

 it is so cool that the eggs will not hatch 

 before the sections are placed on the 

 hive. The bees will remove all the 

 eggs before they can hatch. There 

 is little or no danger from worms after 

 the sections are filled. 



The other day I was thinking of an 

 experiment I would try next fall. I 

 think I will keep some combs in a warm 

 room till the worms show themselves in 

 the combs, and then place the combs 

 in a cold room the balance of the win- 

 ter to see if it will not starve the worms 

 before spring. I do not know that it 

 will. It may be like putting a fish under 

 water to drown it. I think this experi- 

 ment, however, worth testing. 



APICULTURIST MAIL BOX. 



BLACK CARNIOLANS. 



Friend Alley : — Please continue the 

 Api to my address. Shall want one queen 

 by and by. 



I bought tAvo colonies of bees for dark 

 Carniolans and they were the most indo- 

 lent bees I ever saw. They were too lazy 

 to carry down syrup and would cluster on 

 the outside of the hive all day and do 

 nothing but sting all who were unlucky 

 enough to venture near the hives. I tliink 

 they were nothing but the worst kind of 

 black bees. I lost them all. 



Sims, Indiana. Frank Joh. 



A GOOD PAPER. 



Friend Alley : — Sample copy of Api to 

 hand. I think it is as good a bee paper as 

 I have seen for many a day. Find 75 cents 

 for subscription, 1891. 



Maiden Bridge, N. Y. P. L. Van Alen. 



A DAISY QUEEN. 



Mr. Alley : — Find 75 cents for An, 1891. 

 I have a daisy queen from you, 'I'he bees 

 are very quiet ; nine frames full of brood 

 and honey. IIow is that for March? I 

 want some more of your "boss queen 

 bees " 



Eustis, Lalce Co., Fla. A. C. Hart. 



BEES WINTERING EXCICLLENTLY. 



Mr. Alley: — Please register my order- 

 for two of your best queens. The bees 

 from the queen you sent me last year are 

 wintering excellently. When the bees in 

 other colonies are on the wing on warm 

 days those from your queen do not appear 

 to be alive, but they are in splendid con- 

 dition. 



Burket, Lid. G. W. Snyder. 



Bees tli.'it are wintering well are not early dis- 

 turbed. It requires considerable noise about the 

 hive to arouse tlieni. Nearly all our colonies are 

 in same condition as the one mentioned by Mr. S. 



—En.] 



Henry Alley: 



Dear Sir :-^l congratulate you upon the 

 fine appearance of the January number of 

 the Apiculiurist. You are certainly 

 making a good paper. We had the poor- 

 est season last year ever known to bee- 

 keepers in this part of Iowa. From 75 

 colonies I have not sold a pound of honey. 

 Our weather here is very tine. There has 

 been hardly a day this winter that bees 

 could not have flown if in the open air. 

 We all winter in the cellar. Bees have 

 been in since about the middle of Novem- 

 ber. They are very quiet, and much 

 better oil", I think, than if out doors. I 

 find that cellar wintering is economical as 

 well as safe, in this cold climate. 



The last two winters the consumption 

 of honey in the cellar from the middle of 

 November to the middle of April has aver- 

 aged about ten pounds. 



Forest City, Iowa. Eugene Segor. 



can't GET THE QUKENS. 



Mr. H. Alley: — I see you want bees, 

 M^ould lilve to trade with you. If I sell 

 you bees, you will not get any of the 

 progeny of the queens you sent me last 

 fall. I tell you there is a vast diilerence 

 in my bees. It is a pleasure to stand 

 beside the hives on a fine day and see 

 the young beauties at work; large and 

 yellow. 



Faijetteville, Tenn. Jxo. Spiers. 



A GOOD QUEEN. 



I successfully introduced one of the two 

 Italian queens I got from you last summer 

 and she has produced a hive full of the 

 best honey foragers I have. I trust the 



