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THE AMERICA N APIO UL TUB IS T. 



as to liow old a queen would mate, 

 tliese queens were introduced to nu- 

 cleus colonies ; nearly all of them were 

 fertilized within a day or so after be- 

 ing inti'oduced. One of them hatched 

 Aug. 18, and was fertilized Sept. 18. 

 This particular queen was mailed to 

 Professor Cook, Though she was re- 

 ceived in good condition, she was lost 

 in introducing. I regretted this very 

 much, as I desired to know how she 

 would turn out. You all know what 

 Professor Cook saj's in his work con- 

 cerning the age at wiiich queens can 

 become fertile. I had one queen fer- 

 tilized when fort3'-t\vo days old, yet 

 could never make anyone believe this, 

 and now notwithstanding the above 

 facts am almost persuaded to think 

 there was a mistake in the number of 

 days. 



I am not, however, mistaken about 

 the age of the queen sent Professor 

 Cook. 



UNITING NUCLEUS COLONIKS. 



I have two nucleus colonies I wish to 

 unite. How can it be clone? 

 Bki Creek, Ga. Wm. W. Glovek. 



Take the queens away and at the 

 end of three (lays smoke both colonies 

 with tobacco and place all the coml)s 

 and bees in one hive. Give them a 

 little more tobacco smoke and let one 

 of the queens run in, and the work is 

 done. It can all be done in less time 

 than it has taken me to tell you how 

 to do it. 



MORE THAN ONE QUEEN IN A COLONY. 



Mr. Henry Alley, Wenham, Mass. 

 Dear Sir : I am with Mr. Charles Ad- 

 ams and I am a bee man of fifteen years' 

 experience and have always been tr}''- 

 ing to accomi)lish one thing, and that 

 is to have more than one queen in the 

 same brood chanil)er without anything 

 to keep them apart, and I have been 

 successful at last. I have as many as 

 four in the same chaml)er, all loose and 

 have seen them meet on the combs 

 and caress one another; they are not 

 related. I would like for you to pub- 



lish this in the Api. I would like to 

 hear from the bee men in regard to 

 using more than one queen in the same 

 colony. Yours, G. W. Palmer. 



The above came to hand sometime 

 ago, ])ut after being put in type was 

 misplaced. I know of but one way 

 that more than one queen can be kept 

 in a colony of l)ees at same time. 

 That is by depriving the queens of 

 their stings. By just clipping the 

 point of the sting more than one 

 queen may possibly find room in the 

 same hive of bees ; just what is gained 

 by such an operation remains to be 

 seen. Our friend does not state. 



If I am successful in removing the 

 point of the stings, will try half a 

 dozen queens in one colony this fall 

 and then test the matter. If a suc- 

 cess, what a scramble these queens 

 will make in the spring for the empty 

 cells in which to deposit eggs. 



The experiment is worth trying, as 

 no great iiarm can be done in any 

 event. 



ONG ENDORSEMENT OF THE EDITOR 



Henky Alley : October number of 

 the Api to liaml, and better than ever. 

 Among the many good things I notice 

 you offer Punic queens crossed with 

 Carniolan drones for $1.50. 



Now if you have any left by the 

 time this reaches you, please send me 

 one immediately and I will remit on 

 receipt of same. 



I have a Punic and several Italian 

 queens from you. Send a "buster" 

 so I can show the bee men here how 

 "Alley gets there with both feet." 



A friend of mine hereis "tickleder" 

 than ever over the golden Carniolan 

 queen he got from you a few weeks ago. 



We people here are willing to risk 

 Alley's queens any time and when Al- 

 ley says so it's law, especially if it 

 happens to be contrary to the com- 

 pany you mention in Api. 



Let them howl. You send us good 

 queens, and my word for it, we will 



stay with you till all freezes over. 



Independence, Ky. S. H. Holman. 



