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surprise you. This is what we call the 

 " drawing-brood plan." 



To close this lesson, I will give my 

 reason for preferring artificial increase. 

 We will, of course, suppose you gave the 

 colonies frames of foundation, or empty 

 frames to fill their hives at the time of 

 dividing foundation is best. My reasons 

 are, First, we do away with having to 

 watch our bees at swarming-time, and 

 we can control them to increase only 

 double, while if left to swarm naturally, 

 all the same precaution musthe used to 

 prevent second swarms, and getting lay- 

 ing queens, etc.; and as the anxiety, or 

 fear about natural swarms coming out 

 while no one is present, is worth a great 

 deal, as a bee-keeper cannot afford to 

 lose bees, especially big, first swarms, 

 this feature alone is sufficient to warrant 

 me in preferring artificial increase. Then 

 I have all built up and ready for the 

 honey-flow together. 



We now have two booming colonies for 

 the harvest, and this is a big word for 

 me against one kept from swarming at 

 all, and usually gives more honey. 



In the next lesson we will take up 

 honey-production. 



Jennie Atchlet. 

 (To be continued.) 



CONVENTION DIRECTOUY. 



UTorth American Bee-Keepers' Association 



Pres.— Emerson T. Abbott St. Joseph. Mo. 



ViCE-PiiES.— O. L. Herehiser — Buffalo. N. Y. 

 Secretary— Frank Benton, Washington, D. C. 

 Treasurer— George W. York.-.Chicag'o. Ills. 



National Bee-Keepers' Union. 



Time and place of meeting. 



1894. 

 June 15, 16.— Eastern Kansas, at Bronson. 

 J. C. Balch, Sec, Bronsou, Kans. 



Aug.l 6.— East Tennessee, at Whitesburg.Tenn 

 H. F. Coleman, Sec, Sneedville, Tenn. 

 1895. 

 Feb. 8, 9.— Wisconsin, at Madison, Wis. 



J. W. Vance, Cor. Sec, Madison, Wis. 



lt^~ In order to have this table complete, 

 Secretaries are requested to forward full 

 particulars of the time and the place of 

 each future meeting.— The Editor. 



PRESIDENT— Hon. R. L. Taylor.. Lapeer, Mich. 

 Gen'l Manager— T. G. Newman, Chicago, 111. 

 147 South Western Avenue. 



One-Cent Postage Stamps we 



prefer whenever it is necessary to send 

 stamps for fractions of a dollar. By re- 

 membering this, you will greatly oblige us. 





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experiment. —Mrs. 

 it and report. — G. 



Win tliere Be More Pollen In Sections ? 



Query 924.— Suppose a queen-excluder is 

 placed over the brood-chamber, on that a 

 super of sections, and on that a super of 

 brood-combs with brood, but no queen, will 

 there be more pollen in the sections than if 

 no brood is above ?— Subscriber. 



Probably yes. — J. A. Green. 



I should think there might be. — C. C. 

 Miller. 



I never tried the 

 L. Harrison. 



I think not. Try 



M. DOOLITTLE. 



I have never tried the experiment. — 

 .r. M. Hambaugh. 



I am not sure, but I should not expect 

 any trouble. — A. J. Cook. 



Please try it and let us know. I never 

 tried it. — Mrs. Jennie Atchley. 



I should expect more pollen in the sec- 

 tions in that condition. — E. France. 



There will be very much more pollen 

 in the sections with brood above. — P. H. 

 Elwood.. 



Probably, and they would be disfigured 

 by the addition of bits of wax from the 

 old combs. — R. L. Taylor. 



If you follow that method a few years 

 I think you will be ready to go out of 

 the business. — H. D. Cutting. 



I suppose there would; but why put a 

 super of brood-combs with brood above 

 a super of sections ? — M. Maiiin. 



It is possible there might be, but the 

 bees seem to prefer putting honey and 

 pollen as near the brood as they can. — 

 A. B. Mason. 



Yes, certainly, though the queen-ex- 

 cluder will have a tendency to keep the 

 pollen-carrying bees out of the super. — 

 Dadant & Son. 



I do not know. I have never thought 

 it profitable to form such a combination, 

 so I cannot speak from experience. — 

 Emerson T. Abbott. 



