their gleanings from these nectar 

 glands, or whether some comes from 

 the flowers as well, and if the latter be 

 the case, let us note their comparative 

 value. 



For the American Bee Journal. 



Queens Duplicating Themselves. 



A. F. MOON. 



In the Journal for October, page 

 449, Mr. J. Anderson says that he has 

 the very queens called for, and makes 

 this statement lest my very strong 

 challenge should cause some to think 

 that no queens exist that will inva- 

 riably duplicate themselves. A little 

 discrepancy in his article requires a 

 passing remark. He says that some 

 are brighter than the mothers, but will 

 proba bly be like her when as old as she 

 is. If the daughters are brighter than 

 their mother they are not exact dupli- 

 cates of her ! What will be the color of 

 those daughters that are like the 

 mother when hatched V Or are some 

 of the queen daughters not changeable ? 



Rome, Ga. 



For the American Bee Journal. 



Removing Bee Glue from the Hands. 



DR. A. B. MASON. 



I was a good deal disappointed at not 

 being able to attend the annual meeting 

 of the Michigan State Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation, which was appointed to meet 

 at Jackson, Mich. 



In the American Bee Journal for 

 June, 1876, I asked tk is there anything 

 known that will remove bee glue from 

 the hands?" and was answered "alcohol 

 or spirits of turpentine." I soon after 

 accidentally discovered another way. 

 I had been examining all my hives and 

 my hands were pretty badly smeared 

 with the glue. My next job was some 

 repairs in. and whitewashing my hen 

 house. When washing my hands to 

 remove the lime, I noticed they became 

 quite yellow, as did the water I was 

 washing in, and I did not understand 

 what made it, but I soon discovered 

 that the bee glue was nearly all gone 

 from my hands. Since then I keep 

 some slacked lime ready for use during 

 the season when handling bees. I 

 moisten the places that I wish to cleanse 

 and rub with the wet lime till the propo- 

 lis is removed. If I use much lime, I 

 then moisten my hands with vinegar. 

 This is much cheaper than alcohol, and 

 as I am sometimes called from work 

 among the bees, to work at some one's 



mouth, I am not annoying my patients 

 with the fumes of turpentine. 



The National Convention. 



I have read the proceedings, &c, of 

 the North American Bee-Keepers' Con- 

 vention, with a good deal of interest, 

 and I believe with a considerable profit. 



I have watched the Journal, for 

 years, for a successful method of intro- 

 ducing virgin queens, and when I saw 

 the heading of the Rev. M. Mahin's 

 paper on page 526 November number, I 

 thought, tl of course we have it at last." 

 I shall try his plan next season. I in- 

 troduced a few virgin queens, in the 

 summer of 1877 after the plan suggested 

 on page 189, August number 187o, and 

 page 190, July number 1876, by Wm. C. 

 Belham, and in every instance with suc- 

 cess, except in one colony in which I 

 found a queen the next day. I used 

 cells made as described in" the July 

 number, 1876. 



Toledo, O., Dec. 10, 1879. 



For the American Bee Journal. 



How I wash out Drone Brood. 



W. H. SIEBRECHT. 



I have been very successful during 



the past season, in washing out drone 



brood from the comb, whenever I did 



i not desire to have it, with a very sim- 



1 pie and handy sprinkler that I think 



every apiarist should have. I find it a 

 great deal better than a hose or any 

 thing else. All that is required being 

 a basin with water with which to ti 1 1 

 the sprinkler and into which the brood 

 may be washed out. I should like to 

 see it illustrated in the Bee Journal, 

 for I think it would be considered valu- 

 able by all apiarists. 

 Astoria, L. I., August, 1879. 



[We have procured the above engrav- 

 ing of this sprinkler and we can till 

 orders for it, at the manufacturer's 

 price— one dollar. To use the sprinkler, 

 compress the bulb, thereby expelling 

 the air ; then put the nozzle into water, 

 and it will fill itself.— Ed.] 



