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have been translated in French, German 

 and Italian. 



Mrs. Harrison is a strong, vigorous, 

 and advanced thinker, and is a believer 

 in the rights and privileges of v?omen. 

 Her contributions in literature embrace 

 not only articles on bee-culture, but like- 

 wise on horticulture. Her first writings 

 appeared in the Germantown Telegraph, 

 of Philadelphia, and Coleman's Rural 

 World, of St. Louis. 



The perseverance of Mrs. Harrison 

 was rewarded, her husband's opposition 

 ceased, and he himself became interested 

 in the bees, helping to care for them, 

 declaring that he believed that it would 

 add ten years to his life. For a number 

 of years her apiary has contained about 



100 colonies. She is prevented from 

 doing as much as she otherwise would, 

 by ill-health and family cares, for, al- 

 though childless, she has been a mother 

 to several orphan children. 



She is best known as a writer, her 

 many contributions to the press being 

 marked with vigor and originality, with 

 a blunt candor that assures one of her 

 sincerity. She credits bee-keeping with 

 making her life more enjoyable by open- 

 ing up a new world, and making her 

 more observing of plants and flowers, 

 with which, we may add, her home is 

 quite surrounded. 



Mrs. Harrison is plain and unassum- 

 ing in her manners, kindly and charit- 

 able. She says, "The way to be happy, 

 is to be usefully employed." She has 



great energy and perseverance, with 

 large executive ability, and notwith- 

 standing her delicate health, accom- 

 plishes much. She has written her name 

 among the noble and useful ladies of 

 our land, who are a blessing to the com- 

 munity in which they live, and an honor 

 to their sex. 



In this department will be answered those 

 questions needing immediate attention, and 

 such as are not of sufficient special interest to 

 require replies from the 25 or more apiarists 

 who help to make " Queries and Replies " so 

 interesting on another page. In the main, it 

 will contain questions and answers upon mat- 

 ters that particularly interest beginners.— Ed. 



Sawdust for Packing Hives. 



Is sawdust as good as chaff for pack- 

 ing double-walled hives ? 

 Nenno, Wis. Jos. Guenther. 



Answer — The testimony seems hardly 

 so favorable to sawdust, but some report 

 success with it. It must, however, be 

 thoroughly dry. 



Putting Bees Out of the Cellar. 



1. What kind of a day should it be to 

 put bees out of the cellar? 



2. What time of day should it be done? 

 Conroy, Iowa. John A. Ward. 



Answer — 1. A still, sunshiny day, 

 with the mercury at 50°, or more. 



2. Early enough in the day so they 

 will have plenty of time for a good 

 flight ; any time in the forenoon, after it 

 is warm enough. 



Flight Temperature —Dead Bees. 



As I am a beginner, I would like to 

 make a few inquiries : 



1. At what degree of temperature will 

 it be safe to let bees out for a flight ; 

 and would it be safe to let them out with 

 some snow on the ground, if it be warm 

 enough in any part of the day ? 



2. I have one colony in a loose-bottom 

 hive, and I removed it to-day and took 

 out a quart of dead bees. This was a 

 very strong colony. Will the loss be 

 much of an injury to the colony ? 



3. The rest of my hives all have tight 

 bottoms ; can I do any more than to 

 clear the entrance as best I can of the 



