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held fast to that which is the best. He 

 considered the Syrian crossed with the 

 Italian as the best all-purpose bee. He 

 believed In rearing lurge queens, and 

 his bees were of such size that only one 

 in 400 came through perforated-zinc 

 honey-boards. His queens were reared 

 from colonies that were superseding the 

 old queen ; he selects one having plenty 

 of cells and larvfe, uses the Doollttle 

 cell-cups, and transfers a good quantity 

 of royal jelly with the larvEe. The cells 

 were completed while the old queen was 

 still in the hive. The cells should be 

 hung between combs filled with larvcG. 



Mr. Searles prefers Albino bees to any 

 other for gathering honey. 



In Mr. Levering's experience, the 

 Holy Land and Italian bees will fly 

 farther for honey than blacks, and many 

 times will work by moonlight. 



President Mclntyre had tried the Car- 

 Diolan bees, and found them good honey 

 gatherers, but as he had a good strain 

 of Italians, he did not wish to mix the 

 varieties. 



Mr. Brodbeck had reared queens suc- 

 cessfully in the super above the queen- 

 excluding honey-board. 



PKEVENTION OF ROBBING. 



Question — " Eow to prevent robbing." 



Mr. Barnett found that fresh paint 

 daubed on the hive around the entrance 

 was a preventive. 



Mr. Touchton used a handful of wet 

 grass. 



Pres. Mclntyre used a trap, removed 

 the hive that was being robbed, put in 

 its place the trap, and caught all the 

 robbers. At night the robbers were re- 

 leased, and seldom commenced opera- 

 tions the next day. 



Mr. Wilkins could usually pick out a 

 queenless colony by noticing the robber 

 bees that were prying around. 

 (Concluded next week.) 



Honey as Food and Metlicine. 



THIS Is a little 32-page pamphlet that is 

 just the thing needed to create a demand. 

 for HONEY at home. Honey - producers 

 should scatter it freely, as it shows the valu- 

 able uses ol Honey for Food as well as for 

 Medicine. It contains recipes for making 

 Honey-Caljes, Cookies, Puddings, Foam, Wines 

 etc. It is intended for consumers, and will be 

 a great help in popularizing honey among the 

 people everywhere, if the pamphlet is liberal- 

 ly distributed. 



Prices, prepaid— Single copy, 5 cts. ; 10 cop- 

 ies, .35cts.; .50 for SI. 50; 100 for $2.50; 250 

 for 15.50; 500 for $10.00: or 1000 for $15.00. 



When 250 or more are ordered, we will 

 print the bee-keeper's card (free of cost) on 

 the front cover page. 



13P~ Do not write anything for publication 

 on the same sheet of paper witn business 

 matters, unless it can be torn apart without 

 interfering with either part of the letter. 



Soiirce of "Water-White Honey. 



In the Bee Jourxal of Nov. 30th, Mrs. B. 

 J. Livingston asks for the source of water- 

 white honey gathered about Aug. 2oth. It 

 is a pleasure to know where the honey 

 comes from as well as where it goes. 

 Thanks to Mr. Muth for his explanation of 

 where the honey goes, as given in the Bee 

 JouRXAL for Oct. 13, 1893. 



For two years I was at a loss to know 

 where this water-white honey came from, 

 but by following the bees the mystery was 

 solved. I cannot give the botanical name, 

 but it comes from a species of mint that 

 grows about a foot in height, and usually 

 in low lands. Here it grows near the 

 bayous or old river beds, between the 

 slough proper and the dry ground; also in 

 the grass in many of the low "runs" on 

 the bottom-lands. I have seen it on the 

 accretions next to the Missouri river, where 

 there were small trees and willows. Bees 

 seem partial to this mint, neglecting most 

 other sources while this yields honey. 



Glen Ellen. Iowa. L. M. Browx. 



How Can I Move the Bees ? 



I have something which at this time is 

 perplexing me more than any problem I 

 have met with since I commenced bee- 

 keeping two years ago, and it is this: 



I have moved away from New Sedalia, 

 Tenn., and now live at Shawanee, 30 miles 

 from my old home. I have at my old place 

 14 colonies of fine Italian bees, in hives 

 made after the fashion of Root's S-frame 

 dovetailed hives, S good combs to the hive. 

 They were in splendid condition when I put 

 them away for winter. The frames hang 

 on nails driven In the ends of the top-bars, 

 and the bottom-boards project }{ inch on 

 the sides from the hive, and 2 inches at the 

 ends, and cover the same. Now comes the 

 trouble with me : 



I want to move them to my new home, 

 and it has to be done in a wagon, hack or 

 something of the kind, and I have studied, 

 and studied, and studied, how to manage 

 them, and have never exactly studied out a 

 plan that would suit me. Now can some 

 brother bee-keeper help me out of my 

 trouble, by suggesting a plan for me ? I 



