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Whether the addition of Carniolau blood 

 will be desirable in other respects depends 

 somewhat upon the character of the bees 

 you now have, for all Italians are not alike, 

 neither are all blacks, and those of mixed 

 blood are far from being alike. You can 

 only tell by trying what Carniolan blood 

 will do, but I should feel fully as hopeful to 

 get some fresh Italian blood. 



3. Here again is a case where you can tell 

 better by trying. The lower story may 

 hold enough stores, but if breeding is kept 

 up late there might be danger. If they are 

 well stocked with honey, I should hardly 

 think there would be too much room with 

 the two stories. I dont know about Ala- 

 bama, but if they have a long time to win- 

 ter I should expect theia to use more stores 

 than in a colder climate where they could 

 not fly so constantly. 



Xo lVoiil<l-18«*«' Advertisers. — 



Thdre are some people who would bee ad- 

 vertisers, but are nearly always bee-hind 

 in getting their bee-lated advertisements 

 into the bee-papers. Bee-fore they know 

 it, the bee-season w ill bee gone and with it 

 their chance to do some beesiness. While 

 the next six months are the best to adver- 

 tise in, yet the dealer who wishes to do a 

 whole year's business will keep his notice 

 running in the papers more than half the 

 time. Constant advertising pays best, even 

 if the advertisement must be only a small 

 one. Keep your name and business bee- 

 fore the people, else they are liable to for- 

 get you entirely. Of course the bigger the 

 advertisement, the more likely it will bee 

 seen. 



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ECaire You Read page 453 yet ? 



CONDUCTED BY 



MRS. JENNIE ATCHLEY, 



Beeville, Texas. 



No Drone-Comb— Early Breeding-, 



Mrs. Atchley:— If I take all the 

 drone-comb from a colony of bees, and 

 put in worker-comb in its place, will 

 they do well without rearing any drones? 

 or will they tear down worker-comb and 

 rear drones anyway ? 



My bees are in splendid condition, bet- 

 ter than I have ever known them, I 

 think, at this season of the year. I have 

 only lost one colony out of 40. Also, 

 they commenced brood-rearing and car- 

 rying in pollen 20 to 30 days earlier this 

 season than I ever have known them in 

 this section. But I do not know whether 

 this will be an advantage or not. I 

 would like to hear what you have to say 

 about it. I am afraid it will turn all my 

 honey into swarms this season. 



The winter has been very mild, and I 

 think this the cause of their commenc- 

 ing spring work so early. The first 

 honey-flow that we get any surplus from 

 is in May— from poplar— and we hardly 

 ever get much from this, as it comes 

 when brood-rearing is at the highest. 

 The honey-flow that we calculate on 

 principally, does not commence until 

 July 1st — from sour-wood. 



Winston, N. C. F. B. Efird. 



Friend Efird, in answering your ques- 

 tion regarding drones and drone-comb, 

 I will say that as a rule bees do not tear 

 down their combs to build new of either 

 drone or worker size, and if you have no 

 drone-comb in your hives, and queens 

 that are prolific, or that do not lay 

 drones in worker-cells, you will not have 

 any drone-brood; but you will find it 

 pretty difficult to get solid combs with- 

 out some little nooks or corners where 

 the bees can build a few drone-cells. 

 But I suppose it can be done. 



In regard to your bees being early in 

 starting off, I will say that if you wish 

 increase let them swarm, or make arti- 



