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come off, if you so desire, as the colonies 

 that have built the cells can be broken 

 up into two-frame nuclei to take care of 

 the cells, as they seldom ever tear any 

 cells down. 



We must be sure to move the cells the 

 day before they hatch, or great danger 

 will befall them, as the bees will swarm, 

 or the first queen will tear all down. 



Now, to get the time the cells will 

 hatch, count three days in the egg, one 

 day larva, and 12 days from larva to 

 hatching queen, and we have 16 days. 

 But to make sure that we do not " get 

 left," we mark our cells to hatch on the 

 eleventh day after the grafting is done, 

 and take them out on the tenth day, and 

 put them into nuclei and mark them to 

 hatch in two days, etc. This is a sure 

 way to not " get left," for by this plan 

 the queens surely hatch on the 12th day 

 after the grafting is done, and it won't 

 do to leave them longer than the eleventh 

 day, at most. 



Now we know how to rear queens on 

 a small scale and on a large scale, and 

 know how to transfer, produce comb 

 and extracted honey, etc. 



In the next lesson I will give the dis- 

 eases of bees, and try to prepare you to 

 meet the disappointments that may oc- 

 cur along the line, and we must know 

 that there is no business without its 

 " ups and downs." 



Jennie Atchley. 

 (To be continued.) 



CJouTention rVotices. 



Wisconsin.— The next annual meeting' of 

 the Wisconsin Bee-Keepers'Association will be 

 held at Madison, on Feb. 8tb 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 \9. 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 Franklin, Pa., on Jan. 28, 

 3 895, at 1 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 held at Whitesburg, Tenn., beginning 

 on Thursday, August 16. 1894. All members 

 and other interested in bee-culture are in- 

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



Sneedville. Tenn. 



One-Cent Postage i^tamps we 



prefer whenever it is necessary to send 

 stamps for fractions of a dollar. By re- 

 membering this, you win greatly oblige us. 



Empty Coinl] In an Averap Colony. 



Query 929.— About how much space of 

 wholly empty comb Is there in an average 

 colony in the natural condition— that is, with 

 an unlimited quantity of stores— just before 

 the honey-flow in Northern localities ? Please 

 answer in Langstroth frames and fractions 

 thereof.— Subscriber. 



I don't know.— Mrs. L. Harrison. 



I doubt if there's any rule about it. 

 Ought there to be any ?— C. C. Miller. 



It depends upon the location, the sea- 

 son, and several other conditions. — H. 

 D. Cutting. 



The hive is usually nearly full of 

 brood, pollen, and honey — say % full. — 

 P. H. Elwood. 



Practically none in this locality, as 

 " the honey-flow " is from linden here, — 



G. M. DOOLITTLE. 



Very little. The amount would fluc- 

 tuate greatly, according to circum- 

 stances. — J. A. Green. 



No empty space, if the colony is 

 healthy, has a good queen, and unlimited 

 stores. — Dadant & Son. 



Probably about one-fourth of the 

 brood-comb will be empty. But, I like 

 to have all the brood possible hatching 

 at this time. — W. M. Babnum. 



A very small number of cells out of 

 which bees have issued, and in which 

 the queen has not had time to deposit 

 another egg. — J. H. Larrabee. 



I do not know. I cannot see, however, 

 how there could be any space in the 

 combs of a colony that had "an un- 

 limited quantity of stores." — Emerson 

 T. Abbott. 



I try to have all the brood that I can 

 get in 16 Langstroth frames, and then 

 jiist as the white clover appears, put on 

 an additional set of eight empty frames. 

 — E. France. 



I have never examined into this matter 

 at all, but should suppose ordinarily that 

 there would be very little room in the 



