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found between the bottom-bar and the 

 lower edge of the comb a ripe queen- 

 cell. I at once took a pen-knife and 

 opened the cell, and out came a nice 

 yellow queen, as lively as could be. She 

 ran over my hand, and in a few seconds 

 flew off, which was the last I saw of 

 her. Will some experienced bee-keeper 

 please explain how she remained in her 

 cell for 21 days? 



John Sundermann. 

 Huntington, Ind., Dec. 31, 1892. 



Fair Crop Realized, Etc. 



The past season, in this part of the 

 bee-world, was not very encouraging to 

 bee-keepers. The producers of comb 

 honey realized almost a total failure, 

 while the one^ that produced the ex- 

 tracted article met with a little better 

 success. As I belonged to the latter 

 class, I realized a fair crop. I received 

 the first premium at the Great Inter- 

 State Fair held here, but the prize was 

 not very " scrumptious " — only $2.00. I 

 also exhibited the first bees at this Fair, 

 and the first beeswax. There was no 

 premium on either of these. 



Joseph Ehket. 



Trenton, N. J., Dec. 31, 1892. 



Wintering- No More a Problem. 



Seven years ago last fall I caught a 

 stray swarm, and kept them along for 

 about three years in the old-fashioned 

 way. I have 82 colonies in the cellar 

 now, well provided with good honey — 

 not honey-dew, as last winter. Winter- 

 ing is no more a problem to me. 



The last was the poorest season we 

 have had here. Last spring I had about 

 40 colonies. I secured about 600 

 pounds of comb honey, and the bees 

 doubled in number of colonies. My 

 hives are all eight-frame but five. I 

 hope the next season will be better, but 

 I think it pays me, for it keeps me In 

 good health to attend to bees. The 

 stings seem to do me good — it is good for 

 my neuralgia. I shall be 75 years old 

 before bees swarm again. 



A. F. Crosby. 



Sheffield, Iowa, Dec. 30, 1892. 



Xlie Honey Almanac for 1893 

 will be issued about Jan. 20th. 



Great Premium on page 69 ! 



A Half-Dozen "Stray Straws." 



350 million people talk Chinese ; 105, 

 English ; 100, Hindoo ; 80 Eussian ; 

 •45, German ; 38, French. 



A correspondent asks what insurance 

 companies insure bees against fire, etc. 

 I don't know. Who does ? 



British bee-keepers are to have in 

 London a competitive exhibition of the 

 honey intended for the World's Fair, 

 before it starts for this side the water. 



For Dysentery, the Medical Brief says 

 one of the best remedies is two or three 

 eggs daily, beaten up lightly with or 

 without sugar. This for people, not for 

 bees. 



"A nuclei" is something spoken of 

 quite too often. There is no such thing, 

 any more than there is " a women." 

 You may have a " nucleus ;" but if more 

 than one, then they are "nuclei." 



A common error is to suppose that, in 

 setting a weak colony in place of a 

 strong one in order to strengthen it, it is 

 important that the change be made when 

 the largest number of bees are out. 

 There will be just as much gain if the 

 change is made at midnight. — Db. C. C. 

 Miller, in Gleanings. 



Best Advice I Can Give Bee-Keepers. 



Prevent waste. There is no occasion 

 for a well person in this country to be 

 poor. Waste in some form makes the 

 dififereuce between poverty and comfort. 

 Are any of your hive covers or bottom- 

 boards or feeders or other implements of 

 the apiary unnecessarily exposed to the 

 weather ? What becomes of your broken 

 comb and pieces of wax ? Do you allow 

 the moths to destroy your empty combs ? 

 If so, get your hand on the stop that 

 controls waste, and bear on. Get on it 

 with both feet, if necessary. It will im- 

 prove your circumstances. 



Don't chase rainbows. You think you 

 are an inventor, but you are not. That 



