THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



family of chiltlren as I ever saw. They 

 go out to work when you can not see 

 another bee out of other hives, and 

 come liome loaded. They are the bees 

 to have around. I will renew my sub- 

 scription so as to get more of such 

 queens, and have a friend that will get 

 some. Please put down my order for 

 one. 



Joseph R. Jones, IVesi Cormoall, Vt. 



not away from home twelve hours every 

 day, except Sunday. 



Joseph F. Barton, Chicaoo, III, 



HIVE FULL OF I5KKS. 



H. Alley : Some weeks ago I sent 

 to you for a queen which I received in 

 good order. She has a hive full of bees 

 at this time, and every one of her combs 

 is two thirds full of young bees and 

 eggs. I am very much obliged to you 

 for so nice a queen. 



L. A. Webster, Strafford, Mo. 



MAKIXG NEW COLONIES. 



Friend Alley : I presume you like 

 to hear a good word for the daughters 

 of the $ioo queen. The one I ordered 

 of you arrived July ist. I did not dare 

 introduce her as you directed, as I had 

 lost two that way ; so I let her and her 

 escorts loose on two frames of capped 

 brood and one frame of honey. The 

 first two days they pulled out a good 

 many of the larvae not capped ; after 

 that the bees hatched pretty fast, but 

 weather got so cold (44°) that I filled 

 two one-quart fruit jars with hot water 

 and put them in the hive to keep them 

 warm, the queen began laying in a few 

 days, and I gave her another frame with 

 a little brood in it and four frames with 

 foundation. By the first of August I had 

 quite a strong colony ; astliere was very 

 little forage, I gave them four pounds of 

 granulated sugar dissolved in one quart 

 of hot water ; the workers are beauties 

 and hard workers too ; but they had a 

 hard time to get more than a living this 

 year. I have taken off but seventy 

 pounds in one-pound sections this year 

 from four hives and increased to six ; 

 last year I had seventy from two hives. 

 Think I could do much better if I was 



PREVICNTIOX OV AFTKlt S WAliJIS. 



Friend Alley : In looking over the 

 Api, I can find no clubbing list, I should 

 like to know the price of Api and A. B. 

 J. for '91. 



On page 8 of Jan. nvmiber, under 

 " Prevention of Afterswarm " you say 

 your practice is to destroy all queen 

 cells any time within three or four days, 

 and then introduce a young queen. 

 With me that plan invariably fails. My 

 way is to cut cells as soon as possible 

 after the swarm issues ; not later than 

 the third day, and again on the tenth 

 day from issue of swarm and in about a 

 week introduce a fertile queen. This 

 plan usually works like a charm ; but 

 the past season some of the most pro- 

 lific queens filled the ten frames (L. 

 size) and led out a swarm in from four 

 to six weeks. 



S. B. HircHcocK. 



Troy, Vermont. 



The plan of iiitroihu-inn: a yonii<i- qnecn 

 lias never failed lo do llie work in our api- 

 ary, and we never iieard of its failing in 

 any case accept as jier above.— En.] 



SWARMING; DESTIiOYING DRONES; WHY 

 don't REES store HONEY? 



Mr. Henry Alley : Last May when 

 I was at your place I purchased of you 

 one of your patent Bee Swarmers and 

 put it on my hive immediately on my 

 return, and let it remain till the 5th of 

 August. Thinking the swarming season 

 was passed, I removed it the next day. 

 At about 7.30 in the morning, a very 

 large swarm came out which I hived. 

 On the 1 6th a smaller swarm left the 

 same hive which I also hived, but the 

 next day they departed for parts un- 

 known. 



At the time I removed the swarmer 

 from the hive, I examined the hive care 

 fully but found no honey except in the 

 brood section ; this appeared to be full. 

 I also savv large numbers of drones go- 

 ing out and in the hive ; thinking they 



