•July 12, 1906 



American Hee Journal 



depended upon, tf a colony has started cells 

 and they are destroyed at the time the brood 

 is put above, the bees will at once construct 

 new ones, and then swarm as soon, or before, 

 the first one is sealed. That is the way the 

 plan or method works here. 



By the method I have discovered there has 

 never been a failure in 3 years with hundreds 

 of colonies, many of which had sealed cells 

 at the time they were treated, and by my 

 plan there is no cutting of cells, searching 

 for queens, or jumping hives around. The 

 frames are not removed. I have not been 

 surprised that many do not believe what I 

 Bay in regard to the matter, but it has been 

 a great surprise that so many wonder what 

 my object is and what I want. 



Let me try to make my position in this 

 1 clear: I have been permitted to make 

 a discovery which, -becoming known to the bee- 

 keeping world, will revolutionize our pursuit, 

 for it would most surely greatly increase the 

 amount of honey produced, not only in this 

 country, but all over the civilized world where 

 bees are kept. This method will work in 

 any part of the world that bees can, for its 

 wonderful success is due to an instinct of 

 bees that is infallible. This method would 

 not only increase the amount of our product — 

 because more honey with much less work can 

 be produced when practising it compared with 

 any other method now known, but also because 

 it would greatly increase the number of bees 

 kept all over the world. For thousands, who 

 now keep but a few colonies because they 

 can not give them the necessary attention 

 during the swarming season, would, if they 

 knew how easily it could be controlled, largely 

 increase their number. Thousands of others, 

 who now only make a side-issue of bee- 

 keeping, would decide to devote their whole 

 time to our pursuit, and become specialists, 

 and what specialists there now are would be 

 able to keep more bees with less work. 



Now, in my opinion there is more than 

 enough honey produced by methods now 

 known to supply all the demand, and any 

 method or means given to the bee-keeping 

 world that will in time — and a very short 

 time, too — double, perhaps more than treble, 

 the amount of our product, might, and I 

 think would, prove a curse instead of a 

 benefit. Of course, if only a thousand or so 

 knew about it, there is no question but that 

 it would be a great benefit and advantage to 

 them. And, of course, it is, and will be, 

 a great benefit to me until it becomes known. 

 I think, though, that in a few years the 

 whole world will know about it, for others 

 are getting close to it. Some have stumbled 

 right over it without knowing it. But it may 

 be many years before others discover it, and, 

 anyway, if it is given to the world by others, 

 the responsibility will not be mine. 



I am looking forward with much interest 

 to Mr. Philbrook's description of his queen- 

 finding device. Perhaps it is the same as 

 mine. If it is. I shall feel like taking off my 

 hat to him for reading between the lines, 

 as it were. By what he writes, I infer that 

 he is an amateur with but a few years' ex- 

 perience, with a limited number of colonies. 



Southern Minnesota. C. Davenport. 



[It seems to us Mr. Davenport makes a 

 very queer argument, or gives a very poor 

 excuse for not . telling just how he prevents 

 swarming. He might as well try to kill off 

 all the bee-papers, and burn up all the bee- 

 books, for by their existence they may cause 

 more people to keep bees. Better try to 

 spread foul brood so there will be fewer 

 bee-keepers! Did you ever hear such selfish 

 talk ? 



A certain Prof. Holden is going up and 

 down the corn States, showing farmers how 

 they can grow 60 bushels of corn per acre 

 instead of 30. Of course, Mr. Davenport 

 would kill off such men as Prof. Holden, 

 as there might be too much corn produced ! 

 What's the use of letting so many farmers 

 grow wheat, or try to increase the amount 

 produced per acre ? Better never to have 

 known of the reaper, the self-binder and other 

 improvements. Yes, let's go back to the 

 sickle, the box-hive, and also do without comb 

 foundation! Mr. Davenport is taking the 

 wrong stand on this matter, and will see it 

 some day. — Editor.] 



same time, and doubled back, and crawled 

 under a hive. My hives were on stands raised 

 a little from the ground by little stones, and 

 there was room for him to crawl under. With 

 a pair of pliers I ii ed a stout hook to the end 

 of a lath, and with a '* big: stick" close at 

 hand commenced fishing for mv visitor. I 

 could get the hook over him, but but he man- 

 aged to squirm away so that I could not pull 

 him out. After working about baif an hour 

 I gave him up and concluded I would have to 

 move the hive to gel at him. 



The bees were very much stirred up by the 

 racket and poured out and covered me all 

 over and followed the stick under the hive, 

 and evidently were making it as hot for the 

 snake as they were for me. for he would leave 

 the corner where he was coiled up, and ran 

 around as though it was a very uncomforta- 

 ble place. My hives are 2-story and quite 

 heavy, and I had to go to the honey-house to 

 get a tool to pry them apart, and when I did 

 get them off of the bottom-board and turned 

 over— there was no snake there — I was about 

 as much surprised as when I first saw him. 



The apiary is at the foot of a hill and the 

 sage-brush comes down to within a few feet 

 of the hives, and I hunted the ground over 

 thoroughly, but no snake could I find, and I 

 had about concluded that I had lost him. 

 Still, I was not satisfied, and didn't like the 

 thought that I might come upon him at any 

 time when he was coiled, and might strike me 

 in an instant. So I went to probing under 

 the other hives with the hook, and after feel- 

 ing under 3 or 4, I had the pleasure of get- 

 ting hold of him again ; and worrying him a 

 little more he crawled out at the opposite 

 side, and I got in my work with the tl big 

 stick." He measured 3 feet and 4 inches, and 

 had 9 rattles. I kill one or more every sum- 

 mer, and have killed larger ones, but thia was 

 the first one I ever found among the bee- 

 hives. F. C. Wiggins. 



San Diego, Calif., April 30. 



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A Rattler Among the Bee Hives 



Yesterday, while doing some work with the 

 bees, I suddenly came upon a rattlesnake at 

 close quarters. I had just finished looking 

 over a hive and started for the next in the 

 row when I caught Bight of him coming out 

 between 2 hives. He evidently saw me at the 



National in Texas. — The National Bee- 

 Keepers' Association will hold its annual con- 

 vention Nov. 8, 9 and 10, 1906, in San Anto- 

 nio, Texas. These dates occur at a time when 

 the Texas Fair is in progress, and low rates 

 will be in force, locally, for several hundreds 

 of miles out of San Antonio, and, at the same 

 time, there will be home-seekers' rates avail- 

 able from other parts of the country. 



Flint, Mich. W. Z. Hutchinson, Sec. 



Missouri. — The Saline County Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association will hold its midsummer con- 

 vention on the lawns of the Honeysuckle 

 Apiary, in Malta Bend, Mo., July 14, 1906. 

 E. G. Guthbet, Vice-Pres. 



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