THE AMERICAN BEK JOURNAL. 



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He goes on extolling the merits of Ma hive and 

 running down the Langstroth hive, calling the 

 latter a shallow thing, a rahbit hutch, &c, &c. 

 In fact he has a special spite against that hive in 

 particular. He says Langstroth was not the in- 

 ventor, obtained his patent, under false pre- 

 tences, &c, ; and finally winds up by requesting 

 Mr. Gallup to buy a right to his hive, and make 

 his fortune. About this time Gallup is green 

 and asks some simple questions about bees, and 

 bee hives, &c. ; but finally wakes up a little, 

 scratches his head, and remarks : — "Now, Mis- 

 ter, look here, you say that Mr. Langstroth is 

 not entitled to anything for the use of the mov- 

 able frames ; and if he is not, pray tell us what 

 you are entitled to ? That is what I would like 

 to know. Your patent slides, patent springs, 

 thumb-screws, slanting bottom-board, &c, &c, 

 are a perfect nuisance on any hive." That is 

 not merely Gallup's say so, but it will prove to 

 be so, to any practical beekeeper, providing he 

 will lay all prejudice or preconceived notions 

 aside. Now I think that new beginners will un- 

 derstand me, when I say — Purchase the right 

 of the movable frames from Mr. Langstroth, if 

 you purchase from any one. Then, if on trial, 

 you do "not like the form, you can change it to 

 some other form, until you get a form that does 

 suit you. There is not, nor ever has been, any 

 question in my mind about the form that Mr. 

 Langstroth uses being well adapted to the cli- 

 mate in which he resides; but ioe must have at 

 least ten inches depth of comb, in our climate. 

 The new beginner Avill understand that he can 

 use the Langstroth principle in almost any form 

 of hive that his fancy may suggest ; for it is not 

 the form of the hive tl at is patented, but the 

 frames and the adjustment. If you happen to 

 think that you can obtain more honey without 

 the honey-board, you can take off the honey- 

 board and set the boxes directly on the frames ; 

 and then you have all the advantages that Mr. 

 King claims for his American side-opener. But 

 do not make a hive of the American form, even 

 expecting to obtain as good results as you will 

 from a hive of medium depth of comb. A six- 

 inch depth of comb is one extreme, and a nine- 

 teen-inch depth of comb is the opposite. As I 

 said in a previous article, a medium depth gives 

 the best results. 



Well, friend Puckett, you will probably ?ay 

 that this is not attending to j-our case. In fact 

 I think you were barking up the wrong tree. I 

 cannot see any squirrel there. But if you wish 

 to enter into a friendly discussion on the merits 

 and demerits of different forms of hives, Gallup 

 is your man. We, I am satisfied, might get up 

 something, under that head, really interesting 

 to the new beginner. At all events, let us hear 

 from you again, and keep good natured about 

 it. 



There is one thing more that we have to con- 

 fess in this article. That is, no man can accuse 

 us of ever hitting him in a private circular, or 

 in any paper where we thought it would not 

 meet the eye of the person hit. We always 

 give a man a chance to defend himself. We 

 claim no privileges that we are not willing to 

 grant to others. It is by free, open discussion 

 that we expect to get at facts. 



There is one thing more, 

 many and zealous friends, 

 mies; and what public DO 

 counting up, we do not tin 

 set us down on the side of 



We see, in the Januar 

 have succeeded in raising 

 the dead. 



Osage, Iowa. 



, Mr. Langstroth baa 

 as well as many ene- 

 an has nor, ; but, in 

 nk you could safely 

 his enemies, 

 y number, that we 

 the Professor from 



Elisha Gallup. 



[For the American Bee Journal.] 



Drones from Young Queens. 



I wish to make a statement of a fact with us, 

 which, if followed to what would seem proba- 

 ble, will Sive many troubles in Italianizing. 



The idea seems to prevail that young queens 

 will not lay drone brood the first season. 



We obtained a young Italian queen the 23d 

 of May last, and from her raised young queens 

 to supply twelve colonies. 



In August, nearly all made preparations to 

 swarm, the season being exceedingly favorable. 



In all those colonies which did swarm, and 

 in some which did not, drone brood was rear- 

 ed, although some of the queens were very 

 young. The black drones were nearly if not 

 quite all destroyed during a scarcitv early in 

 July. 



This proves to me that the wants of the colo- 

 ny, and not the age of the queen, is a guide for 

 depositing drone brood. Therefore, if a young 

 Italian queen can be introduced in a full colony 

 of black bees, before drone brood is produced, 

 the young queen will supply the deficiency. 

 This would give all the benefit of drones the first 

 season, from which, with the Kohler process of 

 fertilization, a large number of colonies might 

 be Italianized. Swarming commences here 

 about the middle of April. Qneensof the pre- 

 vious season can be spared by the 10th of April; 

 and young tested queens can be had before the 

 1st of May. 



There are many places where preparations 

 for swarming do not commence as early as these 

 dates — certainly not as soon as the 10th of April. 

 In our own case, we raised a second crop of 

 queens to satisfy the place of the first, which 

 produced hybrid stock. These last became 

 purely impregnated. 



Of course such a chance is rare, even here; 

 but by taking advantage of the facts above 

 stated, (if they prove to be facts elsewhere, and 

 it is reasonable to think they will), anyone can 

 Italianize in one season. 



A. G. WlLLEY. 



Mukfkeesboko, Tenn., Jan. 11, 1869. 



Instinct is a faculty whose clear comprehen- 

 sion and lucid definition seems impossible to our 

 understanding. Its attributes are various, and 

 its operations are always all but perfect. It is 

 an almost unerring guide to the creature exer- 

 cising it ; and is as fully developed on its 

 awakening as is, and with it, the perfect insect 

 upon its transformation. — Shuckard. 



