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and cover everything below. His theory 

 is, that honey-dew is a saccharine mat- 

 ter, oozing from the life or sap of the 

 plants, and in certain seasons, not too 

 wet nor too dry, this saccharine matter 

 is thrown out, as the tree has more sap 

 than is needed. During that year he 

 knew a swarm of bees to take up their 

 abode in a hickory tree, and in the fall 

 he cut the tree and took 412 pounds of 

 good honey ; a big story, but true, 

 nevertheless. 



At about 4 o'clock a motion was offered 

 and carried, to adjourn until 9 o'clock 

 on the following day. Then the bee- 

 keepers spread all over the premises, 

 like bees in quest of stores, as they had 

 free access to all the apiaries and the 

 house, and to make themselves at home. 

 All except those that lived near by 

 lodged at W. R. Graham's and Mrs. 

 Jennie Atchley's, and every one was 

 well pleased so far, and wore a broad 

 smile, as bee-keepers are the most pleas- 

 ing people in the world, anyway (so bee- 

 keepers think) ; and in fact the whole 

 affair seemed to be a reunion of an old 

 family, and the enjoyments just as 

 great. 



A great crowd could be seen around 

 Master Willie Atchley, where he was 

 grafting queen-cells, andpassersby were 

 attracted, as they thought it was a 

 " monkey show," and all were pleased 

 with what they learned about queen- 

 rearing from Willie, some saying they 

 would not take $100 for what they 

 learned. 



(Continued next week.) 



Bees Moving Eggs to Rear Q,ueens. 



On page 270 Mrs. Atchley controverts 

 the idea that the bees move eggs into 

 queen-cells, and asserts that the queen 

 lays the eggs in the queen-cells just the 

 same as she does in other cells. If Mrs. 

 A. intends to affirm that the bees never 

 move eggs into queen-cells, we will, as 

 the lawyers say, join issue. My experi- 

 ence and observations on different occa- 

 sions are so decidedly the other way, 

 that I would like to hear more said 

 about it, and will give one instance as 

 an introduction : 



Last season I had a colony of black 

 bees that I wished to Italianize, and to 

 do so I caught out the black queen and 

 gave it a queen-cell in a cell-protector. 

 In about three days the cell hatched, 

 and the bees killed the queen. All of 

 the queen-cells in the hive were then 

 cut out, and an Italian queen given the 



colony. In about four days she was 

 found dead at the entrance of the hive. 



I then cut out all of the queen-cells 

 again, and gave them a comb of brood 

 from a black colony. This I placed in 

 the upper story between two combs, just 

 made from foundation, and in which an 

 egg had never been. As soon as queen- 

 cells in this comt) were under good head- 

 way, I grafted three cells with Italian 

 brood of the proper age, and destroyed 

 the remaining cells on that comb, and 

 looked through the lower story or brood- 

 chamber for cells there to destroy, but 

 found none. 



I waited and watched with patience 

 for my grafted cells to hatch, but just at 

 hatching time, to my surprise, I found 

 them all torn down, as if by a queen, 

 and, on an examination, I found that a 

 queen had been hatched from one of the 

 new combs, and not only this, but that a 

 number of other queens had been torn 

 out of their cells from the new comb. 



I then found myself, as to this colony, 

 with a black queen, just where I started, 

 but I had learned to a certainty that 

 bees can and do move eggs, not only 

 from cell to cell, but from comb to 

 comb, and rear queens from them. 



Sneedville, Tenn. H. F. Coleman. 



Tlie marketing of Comb Honey 

 in Paper Cartons. 



Query 870.— 1. Can enough more be ob- 

 tained for white comb honey by enclosing the 

 sections in paper cartons, to warrant the ex- 

 tra outlay ? 3. Does it require a deeper ship- 

 ping-case when these cartons are used ? If so, 

 how much deeper ? 3. In using these cartons, 

 should they be left off the row next to the 

 glass side, for the best results ?— N. Y. 



Not in my market. — Mks. J.N.Heatek. 



I have never tried them. — Will M. 

 Baknum. 



I have no experience with cartons. — 

 E. France. 



