1870.] 



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137 



are applied when the colonies to be supplied 

 with qneens are in a proper condition to receive 

 them. 



When a colony has larvje, and young bees 

 hatching, queens can be safely introduced by 

 almost any method, without trouble. But when 

 there are no more young bees among them they 

 are loath to accept a queen ; and my experience 

 is that when there is no brood in the hive to 

 furnish young bees, the mature bees soon be- 

 come too old, and apparently of fixed habits, to 

 receive a queen readily. At least I have found 

 it impossible, under such circumstances, to in- 

 duce the older bees to accept one. I have ofl'ered 

 to such, unhatched queens in the cells, and they 

 vvould immediately destroy them — none being 

 allowed to hatch. 



Now, if there is any brother in the fraternity 

 who can tell us how to deal with such old scamps, 

 so as to induce them to revert to their more 

 youthful habits, and accept an offered queen, the 

 information will be gratefully received by me. 

 I find some trouble even in uniting such bees 

 with other colonies. 



S. B. Repi.ogle. 



Boaring Spring, Blair county, Pa. 



[For the Americrta Bue Joiirual.] 



"Worms in Combs. 



A correspondent in a late number of the .Toiu-- 

 nal, said that some of his bees, after gnawing oft" 

 the caps of the cells, were unable to come out ; 

 and he wants to know what was the matter. 

 One word will tell — " worms." 



I noticed s(mie of mine in the same fix, soon 

 afcer reading that article, and on pulling them 

 out I found, as I expected, a small worm-hole 

 near the bottom of the cell. I liad before noticed 

 that those bees which could not get out were in 

 lines, and after pulling out a few I found a small 

 worm. They (the worms) work their passage 

 from one cell to another, perhaps two-thirds f)f 

 the way towards the centre of the comb, eating- 

 wax, bees' wings and legs, and leaving a fine 

 web behind, which holds the bees in the comb. 



I supposed they were not the larvaj of the 

 ordinary bee moth, as I have generally found 

 these near the surface of the comb. But I put 

 some combs containing these small worms in a 

 glass jar, and in due time had from fifteen to 

 eighteen fine large moths of the ordinary kind. 

 My conclusion is that these worms, while small, 

 work near the septum of the comb, and when 

 grown about half an inch long they work next to 

 the surface. 



J. L. HUBBAUD. 



Bricksburg, iV. /. 



Lying advertisements and plausible misrepre- 

 sentations of brazen-faced impostors will still 

 drain the purses of credulous [bee-keepersj, 

 while thousands, disgusted with the horde of 

 impositions which aro palmed off" upon the com- 

 munity, will settle down into a determination to 

 try nothing new. — Lakgstrotii. 



[For the Aiiiericaa Bee JourDal.] 



Who Will Help ? 



How can the circulation of the American Bee 

 Journal be increased? is a question that sliould 

 be considered by all who read it. Now there is 

 a way, and a very good way, to increase its cir- 

 culation. This, namely : Let every reader and 

 subscriber send at least one — or if more than 

 one, the better — new subscriber, (with the 

 money, of course,") and it would not be long be- 

 fore its circulation would double that of all 

 others published in this country. And it cer- 

 tainly should be so, as the American Bee 

 Journal is the one that should receive the sup- 

 port and cheering aid of all bee-keepers through- 

 out the country, and for the following good 

 reasons : It was the first one published in the 

 English language, commenced in the sole inter- 

 est of bee culture, and sustained for years by 

 the editor, at a sacrifice of time and money. 

 And all who read it, (at least in this part of the 

 world, ) say that it is the most reliable and the 

 most interesting of all they have seen ; and 

 we will say that we know something about 

 the bee papers of this country. Secondly, the 

 editor of the American Bee Journal does not 

 occupy any portion of its columns with his own 

 advertisements ; and, in fact, he offers no 

 patent bee hives, text-books, queen bees, or 

 o;her clap-trap for sale — and when we pay for 

 the Journal, we are not paying the editor for a 

 paper containing his own advertisements. We 

 do not want to do or say anything against other 

 bee journals sent out in this country, but we do 

 want our favorite American Bee Journal made 

 to pay for the trouble and time it costs for pub- 

 lishing it, and to this end we offer the following 



PREMIUMS : 



To the person who sends in the largest num- 

 ber of new subscribers before February 1st, 1871, 

 I will send one of my 



BAT STATE BEE HIVES, 



free of cost, or one of the best, most convenient 

 and lightest 



nONET EXTRACTORS 



offered for sale. Said machine is made of metal, 

 and with ordinary care, will last a lifetime ; and 

 I will gnarantee that one person can empty from 

 one to five hundred pounds of honey per day, 

 with the use of it. I have sold these machines 

 for tea dollars. 



Further, to the person who sends the second 

 largest number of new subscribers, I will send two 

 of the best and purest 



ITALIAN queen BEES 



I can raise. And to the person who sends in the 

 third largest list of new subscribers, I will send 

 one pure Italian queen bee. 



I will add that I have no interest in the 

 American Bee Journal, only in common with 

 other readers ; but as I advertise in its columns, 

 I expect, if its circulation is increased as it de- 



