AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Xreniemloiis Money-Flow. — Mr. 



H. F. Coleman, of Sneedville, Teun., wrote 

 us on May 23, 1893, concerning the honey- 

 flow iu his locality. Here is what he said, 

 which shows that at least in one place they 

 are getting some new honey : 



The weather here is fine, and we are hav- 

 ing a tremendous liouey-flow. Poplar is in 

 its prime, with white clover just coming in. 

 So far the season has been all that heart 

 could wish, but owing to the weakened 

 condition of the bees, by the cold winter, 

 the honey crop will not be what it other- 

 wise would have been. 



With favorable weather we expect a con- 

 tinuous honey-flow until the closing of 

 sour-wood and basswood in July. This 

 long season may seem strange to our North- 

 ern friends, but in an ordinary season we 

 have honey -producing flora in great abun- 

 dance all the time from May loth until in 

 July — a period of nearly, or quite. 60 days. 

 In the fall we have asters and golden-rod 

 suSicient to produce winter stores, with 

 frequently a surplus. H. F. Coleman. 



Bee-Keeping for Profit. — The 



second edition of Dr. Tinker's new book 

 is now ready to send out. It gives his 

 New Management complete, and three 

 years of added experience in its use by 

 himself and other bee-keepers. Several 

 new illustrations have been added, be- 

 sides much new matter in regard to the 

 use of perforated zinc. Price, 25 cents, 

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Gemerml Ouestioe, 



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. 



Getting Moths Out of Hives. 



I have a few colonies of bees, and the 

 moths have got into a couple of them. 

 How can I get them out the easiest way ? 

 I have one book on bees, but it does not 

 say a word as to how to get the moths 

 out of the hive. My hives have movable 

 frames. Louis Schwaner. 



Pilot Knob, Mo. 



Answer. — Perhaps you will not find a 

 direct answer to your question in any 

 of the bee-books. They will tell you to 

 keep your colonies strong, and with 



strong colonies you need have no fear of 

 worms. Even if a few worms have se- 

 cured a foothold in the hive, no serious 

 consequences will follow if the colony 

 be strong, especially if the bees are 

 Italians. 



But if you want, you may do some- 

 thing to help the bees. Take out the 

 combs, and you will see on the surface 

 of the., comb traces of the silken galleries 

 spun by the worftis. With the point of 

 your pocket-knife, or something of the 

 kind, pick a hole into the gallery at one 

 end. Now if you follow along fast 

 enough, and tear open the whole length 

 of the gallery, you may get the worm. 

 But the worm will hustle to get out of 

 your way, and there is some chance 

 that it may bury itself down in the 

 comb where you cannot easily get at it. 



So, instead of following it up, as soon 

 as you have torn open a hole at one end 

 of the gallery, do the same thing at the 

 other end, and then follow it up, digging 

 into the gallery as you go. You may 

 crowd so hard upon the worm as to over- 

 take it and be able to seize it with the 

 point of the knife, but more likely you 

 will merely drive it along until it comes 

 to the hole at the other end of the gal- 

 lery, out of which it will come, and if 

 you are not lively it will jump off the 

 comb and get out of your way. Having 

 caught it, you can (jhoose your own 

 method of execution. 



Honey, Not Swarms, Wanted. 



I would like to ask you if it is possible 

 not to have any swarms, and have the 

 bees work on comb honey exclusively ? 

 I have 16 colonies of bees, some of 

 which are part Italian, and some are 

 the black bees ; also some of them have 

 but 3 frames, and the bees have comb 

 everyway but straight — it is all mixed 

 up. 



I am a beginner, and never handled 

 bees before. Shall I transfer them to 

 hives with frames, or take the comb out 

 of the mixed-up ones, and put frames in 

 the hives ? It is a frame hive. I do not 

 care to have any swarms, as I am 

 crowded for room, and want to get all 

 the honey possible, and no swarms. 



G. D. LiTTOOY. 



Tacoma, Wash., May 13, 1893. 



P. S, — I have the Simplicity 8-frame 

 hive. 



Answer. — To work exclusively for 

 comb hohey, get good crops, and pre- 

 vent any attempt at swarming, is a 

 problem over which many a one has 



