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VOL XXXIII. CHICAGO, ILL. JUNE 28, 1894. 



NO. 26. 



Apiotlier Toliiiiie of the American 

 Bee Journal is completed with this issue. 

 Next week we will commence Volume 

 XXXIV. How rapidly the weeks and 

 months — yes, years — roll on! It seems but 

 yesterday that we announced the close of 

 Volume XXXII, and the beginning of the 

 volume that is finished with this number. 

 But such is life. We are all hastening on- 

 ward, and the increasing "volumes" of 

 our lives are fast being written as Time 

 speeds on his way. 



A Visit to l>i'. Miller's.— On Sat- 

 urday, June 16th, we visited Dr. Miller, at 

 Marengo, 111., remaining until Monday 

 morning. It is quite needless to say that 

 we had a most enjoyable time with the 

 Doctor, his good wife, and his indispensable 

 helper and sister-in-law, Miss Emma Wil- 

 son. Yes, and the bees were not over- 

 looked, though they were "looked over." 

 Next week we will endeavor to tell some- 

 thing about our trip and visit, which we 

 are very certain will be interesting to all 

 our readers, for Dr. Miller, you know, be- 

 longs to bee-keepers, and whatever he says, 

 or is said of him, is always read with much 

 interest. 



€Jlipi>iiig- tlie Queen's ^Ving;. — In 



the Jievicw for June, Mr. O. H. Townsend, 

 of Michigan, gives Mr. Prank Benton's 

 manner of clipping queens, as follows : 



When the queen is found, pick her from 

 the comb by the wings with the right hand, 

 then pass her to the left hand, holding her 

 with the thorax, or "shoulders," between 

 the thumb and forefinger, then clip her 

 with the scissors in the right hand. In this 

 way a queen can be clipped every time just 

 as one wants her clipped. 



When clipped, take her by the wings with 

 the right hand, and place her back on the 

 comb near where she was picked off — and 

 in nearly every case she will act as if noth- 

 ing had happened. 



The only trouble with the inexperienced 

 is they are so afraid that they will hurt her 

 that they are not likely to hold her firm 

 enough. She should be held firmly enough 

 so that one can at least fed that they have 

 something between the thumb and finger. 



A Complete Index to Vol. XXXIII 

 of the Bee Journal will be found in this 

 number. It involves a great deal more 

 labor to publish such an index than most 

 people ever dream of, but when its value 

 and convenience is considered, of course it 

 amply repays all the effort and time ex- 

 pended upon it. We trust all have pre- 

 served the preceding numbers of this vol- 

 ume, so that now, with the help of the in- 

 dex, they may be able to refer to every 

 important subject that has been considered 

 in these pages during the past six months. 



11^^^ " I am well pleased with the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal. I don't believe I could 

 do without the help of the paper, and it is 

 the cheapest and best bee-paper I know of.' ' 

 Ezra L. Troutwine, Pennsylvania, June !> 

 1894. 



