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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



"Amkuican JJkk JouiiNAi.:— Mrs. Tup- 

 pcr's 'Manu/fciiKiiil. tmd (/U 1 1 lire of IJccs,' 

 lor wliicli I sent to you u lew (liiyn iifijo. 

 (•.aiu(\ 1111(1 lias l)('(Mi I'cad. 1 1, seems to me, 

 lier cliapter on ti'iiiisrerriiifr, pugcs M iiiid 

 and If), is e.al('.iilal.(Hi (o lead llie l)ej;iiiiier 

 into a lalal mistake. Hlu! says, in siib- 

 stanee, as 1 uiideistaiid lier, tlial. wiieii (Ik; 

 old f^mii has been lifinoved, inverted, and 

 t-lie (pieen, with a majority of liio bees, 

 liave been dnimmed into tju! cap, the caj) 

 must b(; n^noved to a cool place, tlwi old 

 gum sat, upon its orif;iiial stand until the 

 living- bees enter, Mien removed to a \n'/w 

 locration, the new hiv(^ is t,o be placi'd 

 upon lh(^ old stand, and llu! bees, with the 

 (pieeu in the cup, arc; to be shaken out. in 

 I'ronl. of the new hive. Mrs. Tupjier has 

 wriMcMi this little book for tlm guidance; 

 of the b((ffinner— th(i novice — in bee cul- 

 ture. Now how are we, bogluiU'rH, to 

 know whether the ([Ueen i)assed into the 

 cap with tluMtther beesV llowareweto 

 know, but that she; is still in her old 

 (jUarleis, with the few bees that may re- 

 main thereinV Ifslu! shall so remain, 

 what is to becouu! of tiie new colony? 

 'I'liey are ([ueenless, and without the 

 means of making; one. For tlu; sake of 

 safety, oun'ht not Mrs. Tuppi-r to have in- 

 structed her readers, to j:;ive the ni^vv col- 

 ony, a card or two of brood, with egi!;*^, so 

 that, in emergency, a (pieen uiiu;ht be 

 uuuleV Will she "rise; and c.xiilain ?" 



('olumbia., 'fenn. W. S. II. 



We have always so advised, but where 

 could she lliid a card or two of brooil to 

 j^ive the (pieeidess colony at thut seaxonf 

 ' As a rul(\ il is always safer to give I'very 

 new colony, whetlier artillcial or natural, 

 H frame of brood when it is hived. Hut 

 if in the fall u hive be fouiul (lueenless, it 

 is often impossible to replace the loss. 



The lillle book referred to is C()ndensed 

 InfornuUiou, and In so small a space it is 

 imjiossible to give (^very particular. The 

 beginner, however, who f(dlo\vs the ad- 

 vice there given will be safe; for in forty- 

 nine cases out of lltly, the queen will go 

 uj) among the first that leave after the bees 

 have been pro|>erly alarmed. Wo have 

 repeatedly seen her go among the first 

 dozen. If she is not out with then\ they 

 will not remain in the empty box, but fiy 

 out ami remain in the air. If these di 

 rectious ar<' followed you will almost in- 

 variably siU'ceed. Our idea is that 

 beginners are only confused by a multi- 

 |)licily of words. They need at first, 

 directions whic'h can be safely followed, 

 without «.sAT/ijf </w /'tff/jjo/i why. The rea- 

 sons can be given in another place, k.s.t. 



SwAiiMiNG IN Dkckmijkk. — The Fre- 

 donia (N. N.) Exprens, speaking of the 

 jieculiar wcatlutr of December, says: 



" But we have even more startling testi- 

 mony to jiresent in regard to the weather. 

 K. II. Darby, of I'onilret, on the last day 

 of December hived a swarm of run-away 

 bees. When Mr. D. tells this story he 

 looks and acts as if he cxptscled to be 

 called a liar. Ihit he states a fact, though 

 it is an ev(;nt that jirobably nevca* belore 

 occurred in one of the northern Stales.'' 



Maukiotino IIonky. — A correspondent 

 of tlu! Jloine Journal advises apiarians to 

 sell their honey, as far as possible, direct 

 to the consumer. In that way he gets the 

 advantage of the good quality of his 

 honey, and soon finds that consumers are 

 willing to pay a better price when they 

 know that they get a good article, and not 

 glucose, sugarsyrup, etc. That the true 

 way to increase the consumption is to 

 give a taste of the best. That he has 

 found that those who thcf first yeai' pur- 

 chased only a few pounds, the next 

 ordered 50 to 150 pounds. 



Jl^" I*arti(>s sending merchandise or 

 jiapers through the mails with any writ- 

 ing inside or on the wrapper, other than 

 the address to which it is to be sent, sub- 

 jects the whole to letter postage. Articles 

 for the press must be i)aid for at letter 

 postage rates. Corresiiondents should 

 make a note of this. 



m.^'" Particular attention is tlirected to 

 the notice of the N. K. i{ee-keei)i'r8' Meet- 

 ing at Home, N. Y., on Wednesday and 

 Thursday, Feb. 2d and ^d, 1870. The 

 notice was omitted from our January 

 issue by an oversight. Let there be a full 



attendance. 



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1^'" Wc call the reader's attention to 

 tin; new advertisement of C. F. Lane. He 

 otVers seeds for honey-plants, at reduced 

 rates. Hee keepers will do well to club 

 together and get a quantity by express, as 

 the rates by mail, as now arranged, are 

 exorbitant. Mr. Lane will do all he adver- 

 tises to do. 



1^" Atli-ntion is called to the advertise- 

 ment of ,1. Oalman & (.'o., who have given 

 their spring price list for queens and colo- 

 nics of bees. They guarantee satisfaction. 



