1901 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



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to (iiid a littlo, black fellow, for wIumi I 

 do have to take up with those that have 

 two or three yellow bands, I seldom get 

 honey enough to pass around to the 

 boys that help cut the tree; and then 

 they say bee hunting is a fraud. My 

 method of hunting is: When I get 

 them to work I take a spear of grass 

 and wet one end in my mouth and dip 

 it into the flour and mark a bee. When 

 she leaves the bo\ I look at my watch; 

 when she comes back I can tell very 

 near where she pats up over night. I 

 then close the boK with a few bees in it 

 and m )Vii in t'le direction in which they 

 go. If I don't get near enough the lirst 

 time so that they can make a trip in 

 thre3 minute?, I move again, and when 

 they do rjUirn in three minutes I hnd 

 th;Mn Witliin live to seven ro:ls of the 

 box. A frieni of mine and myself were 

 out hunting one day, two years ago, and 

 found four trees in about six hour-;. I 

 have taken as high as two hundred 

 pounds of as nice honey as I ever saw 

 from one tree. 



Yours for thirty days, 



A. E. Johnson. 



Parkertown, O., Dec. 19, 1900. 



Editor Bee-Keepkr: The queen- 

 rearing number of The American Bee- 

 BlEEper at hand. I desire to congratu- 

 late you on the same. I shall certainly 

 try some of the methods given. 



I also note what you say in regard to 

 losing queens wlien unsealed brood is 

 absent. You asK as to whether feeding 

 will not take the place of this unsealed 

 brood. Will say that in my experience 

 it will to a certain extent. We now 

 have permanent feeders attached to all 

 our nuclei and at a time when no honey 

 is coming in we always practice feeding; 

 but we notice that things always go 

 along more smoothly when unsealed 

 larvaj is present. Yours truly, 



H. G. QuiRiN. 



propounded in the November number 

 we regret r to note that none of them 

 appear to have correctly solved them 

 all, as was necessary to claim the dol- 

 lar. We have therefore given a new 

 problem this month; and append our 

 own solution to those preceding: 



First. The reply by Mr. Saunders, in 

 the January number, is in our opinion, 

 correct. 



Second. It seems the most natural 

 thing in the world under such condi- 

 tions, for this little queenless colony to 

 endeavor to perpetuate their existauce 

 by exercising their egg-laying power. 

 The fact that but one egg was found in 

 the cell, was doubtless due to lack 

 of more mature age, which is necessary 

 to the full development of the laying 



notion in workers. 



Third. Messrs. Johnson and Saun- 

 ders (January number) have both, un- 

 doubtedly, the correct idea. 



Fourth. More room, or more bees to 

 ca?e for the brood — perhaps both. Mr. 

 Johnson, undoubtedly had this idea 

 in mind wlien he suggested "a dose of 

 No. 10 brood frames." A "No 10 brood 

 frame," however, is a Twentieth Cen- 

 tury development in apiarian nomencla- 

 ture, which Mr. Johnson will have to 

 explain. — Ed. 



the NOVEMBER QUESTIONS. 



Of the several replies to the questions 



Typewriters and Cameras, 



If any reader of The Bee-keeper is 

 contemplating the purchase of a plioto- 

 graphic outfit or a writing machine, I 

 sliould be pleased to have him corres- 

 pond with me before placing an order 

 for either. I am in a position to offer 

 new instruments of the highest grade, 

 direct from the manufacturers, at the 

 lowest possible prices. 



Respectfully, 

 H. E. Hill. 



Fort Pierce, Fla. 



We want each of our subscribers to 

 address a number of postal cards for 

 us during this month. Will you have 

 an evening to spare? If you will, write 

 us for particulars. We'll furnish the 

 cards and make a proposition that will 

 be interesting to you, if you will request 

 it. 



