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Nov. 1, 1906 



American Ttee Journal 



supposed fertilization in the hive, but it is 

 pretty safe to set it down as a fact that a 

 queen, to be fertilized, must be allowed to fly 

 out. If a virgin is imprisoned in a hive per- 

 manently, she will, if she lays at all, lay only 

 unfertilized or drone eggs. 



4. By what has already been said, it will be 

 seen that an error is involved in the question, 

 but the general answer may be given that 

 every normal queen generally lays worker- 

 eggs at first. Sometimes, however, a young 

 queen doesn't seem to be in right working 

 order at first, and lays some drone-eggs. 



5. Without regard to the matter of intro- 

 duction, a virgin is generally fertilized when 

 5 to 8 days old. 



6. Often. So does a hen. If an egg is not 

 properly cared for, it will not hatch, whether 

 it be laid by a hen or a bee. But a queen-bee 

 differs from a hen in that a hen often lays an 

 egg that can not hatch, no matter how well 

 cared for, while every egg that a good queen 

 lays is capable of hatching out a living insect. 

 It does happeD, however, in very rare cases 

 (I have had only one such case in 45 years' 

 experience), that a queen is in some way de- 

 fective so that not an egg she lays hatches 

 either a drone or a worker. 



7. Te6, often. 



8. It may in a sufficiently good 6eason. 



waammm ammmmmm 



Ropori s and 

 ^experiences 



Bees Did Well 



My 2 colonies of bees did well the past sea- 

 son. Having only 2, I probably took more 

 care of them than a large bee keeper would 

 do with many colonies. I got about 100 

 pounds of honey from each colony, and in- 

 creased to 3. The honey we get here is mostly 

 white clover, but we also get some from bass- 

 wood. . .... 



If I bad to pay three times the subscription 

 price of the American Bee Journal, I could 

 not get along without it. 



Walter M. Adema. 



Berlin, Mich., Oct. 17. 



Short Honey Season 



The honey season in the Eastern part of 

 Pennsylvania was very short, owing to the 

 late frost which occurred on May 3. I sup- 

 pose trie flowers were frozen so that the nec- 

 tar was entirely dried up, or the flowers not 

 fully developed, as the fruit season was an 

 utter failure. Corn is plenty, which is the 

 main crop here. I noticed last spring that 

 my bees, during the very cool nights clustered 

 more on the south side of the hive, leaving 

 several frames empty ; still I had the hives 

 covered with oil-cloth. 



Something queer happened during the 

 swarming season. When my bees intended 

 to swarm I opened the hive and removed the 

 outer frame on each 6ide, and placed empty 

 ones in their place. The other 8 frames I 

 changed ends. This so provoked the bees 

 that the next morning a dead queen was at 

 the entrance of the hive. It was the old 

 queen, the new one having taken her place 

 Those bees forgot their fever to swarm. I 

 believe this would be a good method to intro- 

 duce a queen, by changing ends of frames. 

 Harry W. Gander. 



Spring Mount, Pa., Oct. 23. 



trades, professions, or businesses, is the only 

 one who habitually gives (and it is expected 

 he as of a right ought to on all occasions), 

 of his time, of his knowledge, and of his good- 

 will, to whomsoever asketh; ye6, and to vol- 

 unteer the same at every opportunity. I am 

 not saying this is not right, in fact, it 6eems 

 right, yet, I repeat, that in no other business 

 or occupation is it done, as a rule, or ex- 

 pected. It seems the wiser course, therefore, 

 if one in beedom knows anything he won't 

 tell, he would better not tell that he knows it, 

 or eUe do like the aforementioned small boy 

 —tell it. 



Mr. Davenport knows how to prevent 

 swarming without unprofitable manipulation, 

 but won't explain the process, " therefore," 

 says some wise ones, " we won't believe he 

 knows." 



I am preventing swarming while running 

 for comb honey, and am willing to give the 

 secret away, yet nevertheless the wi6e ones 

 will very likely say "he doesn't know." I 

 am preventing swarming in the same way, 

 and on the same principle, that you would 

 prevent black chickens— by selecting white 

 ones to breed from. I am preventing swarm- 

 ing the same way, and on the same principle, 

 you would prevent having black hogs — by se- 

 lecting red ones to breed from. I am pre- 

 venting swarmiDg in the same way, and on 

 the same principle, that you would prevent 

 horned cattle (not by cutting the horns off, 

 but by breeding them off)— by selecting 

 polled cattle to breed from. 



Can't be done* Contrary to nature, do you 

 6ay? All who have tried it for 10 years and 

 have made no progress please hold up your 

 hands. Slow job? Certainly. Takes 4 years 

 to te6t a breeder for non-swarming. 



Don't feel bad, Mr. Davenport. You can't 

 expect to keep the world from moviog, you 

 know; and the secret of swarm-prevention 

 must come to light. E. S. Miles. 



Crawford Co., Iowa. 



Prevention of Swarming 



I notice C. Davenport is receiving " Hail, 

 Columbia" from numerous and divers sources 

 because he, like the small boy, " knows some 

 thing he won't tell." I am going to admit 

 right in the start that my sympathies are with 

 Mr Divenport. According to my observa- 

 tion the bee-keeper, of all the occupations. 



Poorest Season in Years 



In this locality the past season was the 

 poorest for honey in many years. There was 

 little swarming and less honey, and, conse- 

 quently, no revenue to speak of; but lots of 

 hope left. G. C. Greiner. 



La Salle, N. Y., Oct. 19. 



Our Wood Binder (or Holder) is 

 made to take all the copies of the imerican 

 Bee Journal for a year. It is sent by mail 

 for 20 cents. Full directions accompany. 

 The Bee Journals can be inserted as soon as 

 they are received, and thus preserved for 

 future reference. Or we will send it with the 

 American Bee Journal a year — both for $1.10. 

 Address the office of the American Bee Jour- 

 nal. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



Good Fall Crop -Mailing Queens 



My fall crop of honey was very good, and 

 of good quality, mostly all being comb, and 

 the bees have plenty to winter on. I har- 

 vested about 3000 pounds of comb honey. 



I received a queen Sept. 28, that came 

 through the mail in an unprotected queen- 

 cage, and our post-master complained about 

 it. I understand that the postal laws require 

 that queens must be protected by cardboard 

 over the screen side of the cage. 



Louis Werner. 



Edwardsville, 111., Oct. 15. 



[Certainly, every queen-cage that is mailed 

 singly should have a card over the wire-screen 

 side, 60 that the postal employees will not be 

 in any danger of being stung when handling 

 the package in going through the post-office. 

 We supposed that every bee-keeper who 

 mails queens knew about this requirement. 

 The common way is to tack a cardboard the 

 same size as the cage over the wire-screen, 

 and on the card is written the name and ad- 

 dress of the person to whom the queen is 

 mailed.— Editor.] 



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National in Texas.— The National Bee- 

 Keepers' Association will hold its annual con- 

 vention Nov. S, 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 tmrt6 of the country. 



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



Ontario.- The annual meeting of the On- 

 tario Bee-Keepers' Association will be held in 

 the York County Council Chamber, Toronto, 

 on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Nov. 

 7, S and 9, 1906. Hotel accommodations can 

 be had at the Patmer House, $1 50 per day ; 

 or $1 per diy at the Albion Hotel. We are 

 expecting to have a good convention. The 

 program is to be one of the best. During the 

 same week the Ontario Horticultural Exhi- 

 bition will beheld. This show of fruit, flow- 

 ers, honey and vegetables is acknowledged to 

 be well worth visiting. 



We extend a very cordial invitation to any 

 American bee-keeper that can attend, to take 

 part in the discussions. Single fare will be 

 given from all points in Ontario by the differ- 

 ent railroads. W. Couse, Sec. 



Streetsville, Ont. 



Illinois.— The 16th annual session of the 

 Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Association will 

 be held in the Supreme Court Room in the 

 State House, on Tuesday and Wednesday, 

 Nov. 20 and 21, 1906. Railroad rates to an- 

 nual sessions of the I.O.O.F. at Springfield, 

 can be used by bee-keepers also as follows : 

 An open rate of one fare plus 25 cents for the 

 round trip to Springfield and return. This 

 rate can be secured by any one desiring to 

 come to Springfield on the date of ticket sale, 

 the open rate having been made by all lines 

 in the Central and Western Passenger Asso- 

 ciations. Tickets can be purchased on Nov. 

 18, 19, 20 and 21, but must be used on the day 

 of purchase. The return limit on tickets is 

 Nov. 34. 



Hotel rates, for board and lodging, $1.25 

 and upward. We expect the largest meeting 

 the Association has ever had, as its member- 

 ship is larger than ever before, and, further- 

 more, we expect to have with us Pres. C. P. 

 Dadant, of the National; Pres. George W. 

 York, of the Chicago-Northwestern; Pres. J. 

 E. Johnson, of the Western Illinois; General 

 Manager N. E. France, of the National ; and 

 R. A. Holekamp, Secretary of the Missouri 

 State Bee-Keepers' Association. Let every 

 member of our Association make an effort to 

 be present, and bring a neighbor bee-ke«per 

 with him, assured of a good meeting if you 

 will help to make it such. (Bring your wife, 

 too.) J*9. a - Stone, Sec. 



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 pay for others that we are constantly having 

 made and using in our columns. If there is any 

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