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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



and rosin. This we melted and dropped 

 en with a spoon, letting it run along the 

 edge of the foundation which immediately 

 fastens it to the frame. 



New Use for Larvae and Pollen. 



We have some original ideas from Mr. 

 Alfred Chapman, of Hancock Co., W. 

 Va., which, although they will hardly be 

 accepted as correct, have at least, the 

 claim of novelty. Speaking of rearing 

 queens, he says: 



"When a colony of bees become queen- 

 less, they select a young grub, and it is my 

 experience, they take other young grubs 

 and break them, and suck the substance 

 out of them and fill with this the upper 

 end of the queen cell in sulflcient amount 

 for the abdomen of the queen to lie in 

 while maturing, and that larvae being 

 around the abdomen of the young grub 

 queen is a feeder of substance, and that 

 develops the organs of nature, or her 

 whole nature is changed from that of a 

 worker to a queen." 



His theory for explaining how an un- 

 fertilized queen can lay eggs that will 

 hatch out drones is as follows : 



" This substance of the broken larvae 

 stowed in the upper end of the queen cell 

 is the nearest of mother's nature of any- 

 thing to lay around the young queen while 

 maturing, and her nature being fed from 

 this principle, she becomes fertilized from 

 the pollen of the flowers, the same as one 

 flower is fertilized from another, and from 

 that fertilizing principle she gets her 

 power to mature the drone egg without 

 impregnation." 



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Entomology.— Prof. A. J. Cook of Mich- 

 igan, and Prof. C. V. Riley of Missouri, 

 have issued their State reports of noxious, 

 beneficial, and other insects, and have 

 each sent a copy to this office. They con- 

 tain many very important facts and ex- 

 periments, which will be of interest to 

 the people of those states in particular, 

 and of the whole West in general. Prof. 

 Cook's contains 48 pages, while Prof. Ri- 

 ley's has 190. Both are illustrated and 



nicely printed.. 



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The Meteorologist. — This is the title 



of a new monthly by Prof John H. Tice, 



of the United States Weather Bureau, St. 



Louis, Mo. Our readers will remember 



the small item we inserted on page 117 



of our May issue, predicting " cold and 



wet weather," and how literally it was ful- 



filled. Prof. Tice's theory is that atmos- 

 pheric disturbances are caused by the 

 equinoctial phenomena, which can be 

 foretold with certainty, and that these af- 

 fect the entire globe. So far, the theory 

 has received marked indications of cor- 

 rectness, and we shall be more and more, 

 interested in Prof. Tice's Meteorologist, 

 as we learn further scientific facts. It is 

 published by Tice & Crossman, at $2.50 

 per year, 307 Locust street, St, Louis, Mo. 



The season is over now for send- 

 ing tulip trees. Those wishing them for 

 next season should send so as to have 

 them shipped in November. They go 

 safely by mail. 



I wish a good situation as bee-keeper, 

 — the South preferred, — to commence in 

 November. I understand nursery busi- 

 ness as well. Am a Baptist minister, and 

 would like to get near some church with- 

 out a pastor, or in some "destitute neigh- 

 borhood. Address, Robert T. Jones, 



Flat Rock, Henderson Co., N. C. 



j[[^" As many are enquiring how to in- 

 troduce queens, we here give the directions 

 as printed in Nellis & Brothers' circular: 



" Have tried many ways of introducing* . 

 and consider the following much the best. 

 Remove the old queen and in 7 days (not 

 longer than 9), cut out all queen cells, 

 close up the hive, roll the Italian queen 

 in honey and drop her into the hive, 

 through a small hole. Do not disturb the 

 hive in 48 hours. If directions are fol- 

 lowed, this method always succeeds. 

 Many object that stocks should not be 

 queenless so long, but we argue that very 

 little is lost. If while the stock is queen- 

 less, they fill the hive with houey; extract 

 until the queen has plenty of room. She 

 will then rapidly fill it with brood. If 

 honey comes in fast, extract again in 4 or 

 5 days. In this way she will soon be very 

 prolific. By other methods her privileges 

 are often disputed, and she is persecuted 

 until she loses her fertility or life, unless 

 the owner takes active measures for her 

 safety." 



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HP^^Last spring M. M. Baldridge with 

 his brother went to Alabama to take 

 charge of an apiary there. We regret to 

 learn that on the 16th ult., after a week's 

 illness, his brother died of congestive 

 fever. He was a promising young man, 

 and leaves a large circle of friends to 

 mourn for him. 



