AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL.. 



745 



Xlie liifiiior Bii!*>iiieM»» and the Gov- 

 ernment have recently been receiving some 

 deserved attention in recent numbers of 

 GUaidnyx. We are glad Bro. Root is taking 

 up the subject of intemperance. Of course 

 our glorious (?) Government is in the liquor 

 business, but the saloons and their damning 

 influence are a thousand times more in the 

 Government. 



We have been rejoiced at the good work 

 Bro. Root was doing in the way of getting 

 people to stop using tobacco ; but he will 

 find a greater field for his best efforts when 

 he begins to help destroy the liquor demon 

 — the most stupendous curse of our modern 

 civilization. 



We have read, and truly believe, that 

 bee-keepers, as a class, are the cleanest, 

 brightest, and soberest people on this earth, 

 and for that reason we believe they are all 

 the time, and in every possible way, as one 

 man against the infernal liquor traffic in 

 its every form. Oh, when all the good peo- 

 ple of this ''land of the free and home of 

 the brave," once mate in their efforts to 

 overthrow the evils that are now rampant, 

 what a great house-cleaning our beloved 

 Columbia will have! And how much 

 sweeter she will be to us all thereafter! 

 May that " happy day '" be hastened ! 



One <^'eiit Postage Stamps we 



prefer rather than two cent ones. When 

 sending fractions of a dollar, please send us 

 the one cent stamps. 



4'onTeiitioii i^otices. 



KANSAS.— There will be a meeting of the 

 Southeastern Kansas Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion on June 16 and 17, 1893, one mile west 

 of Bronson. All are cordially invited to be 

 present J. C. Balch, Sec. 



Bronson, Kans. 



INTERNATIONAL.-The North American 

 Bee-Keepers' Association will hold its 24th 

 annual convention on Oct. 11, 12 and 13, 1893, 

 in Chicago, Ills. Not only is every bee-keeper 

 In America, whether a member of the society 

 or not, invited to be present, but a special in- 

 vitation is extended to friends of apiculture 

 it every foreign land, Frank Benton. Sec. 



Washington, D. C. 



f ii-calars have been received as fol- 

 lows: 



J. D. Givens. Lisbon, Tex. — Queens. 



Aspinwall Mfg. Co., Jackson, Mich. — 

 Aspinwall Bee-Hive. 



Mi's. Jennie Atchlej-. Greenville. Tex. — 

 Honey-Extractors and Queens. 



Geeeml OmsTim, 



In this department will be answered those 

 questions needing immkdiatk attention, and 

 such as are not of suflicient 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 



When to Italianize Bees. 



I have a colony of bees that I would 

 like to Italianize. When would it be 

 the right time to introduce a queen, be- 

 fore or after swarming ? 



Prairie Home, Mo. P. N. Blank. 



Answer. — Perhaps the best time to 

 Italianize is when you have the Italian 

 queen to introduce. There may be cir- 

 cumstances that make it much more 

 convenient to get an Italian queen one 

 time than another. It may be a little 

 more convenient, other things being 

 equal, to Italianize at or just after 

 swarming, but if you want to rear 

 queens from your Italian stock, then 

 you may prefer to get your Italian stock 

 in shape before swarming. In any case, 

 avoid in general a time when bees are 

 not storing. 



Destroying Moth- Worms in Combs. 



The Bee Joubnai, states that 21 

 days after bees swarm there will not be 

 any young bees in the way. Now, I have 

 4 colonies that I wish to transfer. Their 

 combs have some moth-worms in them, 

 and I don't want to lose the combs, nor 

 put worms into new hives. After the 

 bees are drummed out, can the hives be 

 set over some brimstone, and thus kill 

 the worms'? Or would you use comb 

 foundation, and not use the combs at 

 all '? J. C. Dill. 



Morganville, N. J. 



Answer. — A few worms in a hive can 

 be taken care of by the bees themselves, 

 especially if they are Italians. But if a 

 colony is very weak, and of black bees, 

 the worms may get the start of them. 



You can do as you suggest, brimstone 

 the combs after the bees are all out, but 

 remember that when worms have grown 

 to considerable size it takes a great deal 

 of smoking to kill them. Give therp 

 twice as much smoke as you think they 

 need. 



But while you are transferring the 

 combs, why not pick out the worms 

 yourself ? You can do so with the point 



