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6. Which are the best for working 

 qualities — the Carniolans or the Italians? 



7. Will the California honey-plant, al- 

 filaree, grow as far north as latitude 

 43 ? Subscriber. 



New York. 



Answers. — 1. Yes, I suppose the wet 

 does not stop the secretion of nectar, 

 although it may wash it out, and may 

 also so reduce its strength that it will 

 be worth less, if not worthless. Some 

 flowers are affected less than others. 

 The raspberry is a fine honey-plant, and 

 its flowers hang down in such a way 

 that a shower affects them little. 



2. Yes, but it's better to take off a 

 whole super at a time, waiting till all 

 but a few of the outside ones are com- 

 pletely finished. If, however, I had 

 only one or two colonies, I don't know 

 whether I could wait after I saw the 

 first section sealed over. 



3. Yes, but don't wait for the first 

 super to be finished. When the first 

 super is about half filled, put a fresh 

 super under it. 



4. No, some have it at the side. 



5. No, don't attempt it. You can 

 get along without separators, but not 

 without foundation or starters of comb 

 in sections. 



6. Those who prefer the Italians say 

 they are best. Those who think the 

 Carniolans are best prefer them. "You 

 pays your money, you takes your choice." 

 The larger number prefer the Italians. 



7. I don't know. Probably not. 



Oon-rention IVotices. 



Wisconsin.— The next annual meeting of 

 the Wisconsin Bee- Keepers' Association will be 

 held at Madison, on Feb. 8th and 9th. 1895. 



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



North Carolina.— The Carolina Bee-Keep- 

 ers. Association will meet at the Court House 

 in Charlotte, N. C, on July 19. 1894, at 10 

 a.m. All interested in the culture of the 

 honey-bee are cordially invited. 



Steel Creek. N. C. A. L. Beach, Sec. 



Pennsylvania,— The Venango County Bee- 

 Keepers' Association of northwestern Penn- 

 sylvania will hold their 2nd annual meeting 

 in the City Hall at Franlilin, Pa., on Jan. 28. 

 1895, at i o'clock p.m. All interested send 

 for program. C. S. Pizer, Sec. 



Franklin, Pa. 



Tennessee.— The next annual meeting of 

 the East Tennessee. Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will be heldatWhitesburg.Tenn., beginning 

 on Thursday, August 16, 1894. All members 

 and other interested in bee-culture are in- 

 vited to attend. H. F. Coleman, Sec. 



Sneedville. Tenn. 



conducted by 

 MRS. JENNIE ATCHLEY. 



Beeville. Texas. 



PROFITABLE BEE-KEEPING. 



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Haire You Read page 771 yet ? 



(Continued from page 719.) 

 QUEEN-REARING. 



I will first give queen-rearing in a 

 small way, then on a large scale, as 

 queen-rearing proper is a business by its 

 self, separate from the general line of 

 honey-production. 



First, I will tell you that if you only 

 wish queens for your own use, and you 

 have one or more queens that you wish 

 to breed from, you can wait until swarm- 

 ing time, and as soon as a swarm issues 

 from a colony that you wish to save cells 

 from, see how many cells they have, and 

 go to work and prepare a nucleus for 

 each, counting all except one to be left 

 in the parent hive. Usually about the 

 eighth day is the time to move the cells, 

 but there are exceptions to this, as a 

 swarm may be kept back from swarm- 

 ing by bad weather or some other cause 

 until the cells — some of them — may 

 hatch in two or three days. This you 

 can tell by close watch, and should one 

 hatch, you can remove the balance. 

 Any way, you can have the nuclei ready, 

 and move the cells before they hatch ; 

 and to put you nearer right, you can 

 move the cells just as well on the fifth 

 or sixth day, or as soon as sealed, if you 

 have any doubt they will hatch soon. 

 But the nuclei should be made about 

 three days before the cells are moved, 

 then they will seldom tear the cells 

 down. 



If you have undesirable drones in 

 your yard, you must move the young 

 queens beyond their reach — say two 

 miles — or put drone-excluders over all 

 the entrances of the hives with unde- 

 sirable drones. In short, if you wish to 

 have your queens mate purely, do not 

 allow any but pure drones to fiy within 



