1900 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



231 



an inch apart, on the undor side of the 

 supportin": bar, two bits of wire driven 

 into the wood, the ends of which pro- 

 trude about three thirty-seconds. The 

 base of a heavy wax cup is simply 

 pressed against these wire points, and 

 the fastening is complete; while any 

 cell may be picked off and another 

 placed in its stead at any time. This is 

 unquestionably the most convenient 

 form of attaching and removing cells 

 yet devised; and will probably become 

 more generally used than any of the 

 others, where a frame is used. 



SOME DON'TS FOR BEGINNERS. 



BV int. C. C. iMIIJ.EB. 



Don't think you can raise queens in 

 the winter. 



Don't try to start queen-cells much 

 in advance of the time when bees begin 

 to start them for swarming. 



Don't think that a thimble-full of 

 bees can start good queen-cells. 



Don't be satisfied to rear queen- cells 

 from anything but the best stock ob- 

 tainable. 



Don't be satisfied to let the drones 

 take care of themselves without sup- 

 pressing them in all but the very best 

 colonies. 



Don't allow your nuclei to stand with- 

 out brood so as to start laying workers. 



Don't take a queen from a nucleus 

 until she has laid enough eggs to estab- 

 lish a fair reputation as a layer. 



Don't give a cell to a nucleus until it 

 is near hatching, especially if weather 

 is cool. 



Don't hesitate to smash remorselessly 

 any queen that don't come up to your 

 standard. 



Don't set your standard too low. 



Don't fail to recognize that the 

 queen is the main thing in bee-keeping. 



Don't think that in thirty days you 

 can learn as much about queen-rearing 

 as Doolittle did in thirty years. 



Don't think that if you don't do any 

 of the above-mentioned things you 



don't need to be on the lookout for 

 some other foolish thing. 

 Marengo, 111., Sept. 21, 1900. 



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