IS'. 14 



(3I.i<:anin(;s in mkk (Uii/i'iirk. 



{>!) 



acliit'vcinciits ot' himiiinily. No oii(>, liowcvcr, 

 will) visited Mio I'nir was fori-cd to [uitmiiizc* the 

 ful<('s of tlic Midway unless iui luv<i a tast(< lor 

 tliat l<ind of aiiiiisiMiuMit (?) and tlHM'cforc I'oiild 

 not stay away. Tlie present i'air-board an^ nol, 

 all of St. .Joseph; and onr sood Iowa fricMid 

 witli liis oversliocked morals ean come to tills 

 city and not see any of the races or KUtuhliiifj;, 

 unless he has a morbid desini to witness that 

 kind of thiiiK- Howcwer. " I/ct him tluit is 

 without sin cast t,he lirst ston(\" 



IOmkuson T. Ai'.iiorr. 

 St. ,]osei)li, Mo., Jan. 11, 



iiivma nKKs ON sunday. 



Is it right to hivo hoes on Sunday? Or is it 

 ncrcssdvily a work of mercy or charity to hiv(i 

 bees on Sunday? Couldn't bee-ontrance f^uards 

 be used? Wouldn't it be more in keeping with 

 the fourth commandment to divide a swarju of 

 bees on Saturday than to ask onr man-servant 

 or our maid-servant, our son or our daughter, 

 to renuiin at homi^ from church to watcii tiie 

 bees lest they swarm in our absence? 



Tunnelton, VV. Va., Jan. 11. W. E. Dkan. 



1 My good friend, of course you will recogni/.e 

 that there arc probably extremes on both sides 

 in regard to tins matter. I have heard of peo- 

 ple who let a large swarm of bees, that came 

 out early in the season, go to the woods and be 

 lost, because the bees happened to come out on 

 Sunday. I have known a good many more, 

 however, who did not really like to go to meet- 

 ing any way, and who thought the excuse that 

 the bees might swarm in their absence a very 

 good reason for staying at home from church 

 during the greater part of the swarming season. 

 If we are honest and conscientious in striving 

 to do that which is right in (Jod's sight, and 

 call in a little plain common sense to direct us, 

 I do not think we sluill go very far out of the 

 way. Dividing in order to prevent swarming 

 is a partial n^medy; but when bees get a swarm- 

 ing mania it seems to be of but little avail. 

 Ernest telN me that lie considers bee-entratico 

 guards of very great benefit— that is, they will 

 prevent swarms from going off to the woods, 

 temporarily at least. Where there is a consid- 

 erable number of bees, and they have been 

 swarming pretty freely, say on Friday or Sat- 

 urday. I should think it [)rudent or right for 

 some member of the family to remain to look 

 after the bees; and I would advise changing 

 around so that no member of the iamily may 

 be entirely absent from religious services. Or 

 if one can not go in the day time, let him go in 

 the evening; or let one go to the Sunday-school 

 and another to church.] A. 1. 11. 



HEPOHT WITH A MOKAI,. 



1 commenced the season of IS'.i:} with ISO 

 hiv(>s, mostly in fair condition, and my returns 

 were 3:.'.600 lbs. of extracted honey, and 300 lbs. 



nice yellow wax. 1 lost- .M) colonies by I'dbbiiig; 

 1 had an inexperiencid nuui, who did not know 

 when th(>y w(^re robbing. .1. L. (Jukoo. 



'['empr, Aii/.oiia, Jan. IH. 



I-Arn: MATINd OF tJlIKKNS. 



Our ovvn experience iy very similar to that of 

 Mr. lleplogle, as given on |)age '.), and we are 

 very sure that the thing s(>t forth by (inenther 

 is correct. W(! Iiave iuindled bees over .'>() years. 



Syracu.se, Kan., .Ian. 5. .Iamks II. WiNo. 



TWO Nllf'IJOl IN TIIK 8AMK DOVKTA I I,l<:i) IIIVK, 

 AND WITH rillC SAMIC lONTUANCK. 



I have been using, last season, the eight- 

 frante Dovetailed hive for two nuclei in rearing 

 queens, as mentioned on pag(iS()7of (Ji.icaninoh, 

 but with the entrance to each in the same* (snd 

 of the hive; and out of ten or twelv(* so ar- 

 ranged I lostonly one queiMi. F. M. Tkout. 



Crete, Neb. 



IReports 



£ngouragin6j 





Ucports Kiici)iiriiM:inn' mid DiMiuuraKl'iK, H' aU wore published 

 thai coiiir iii, wdiil.l liikc I.h> iiiiicli rdorii. As we like to know 

 wlial odiii-s hnvcduTic. »(' liiiv(MliTi(lc(l lo |iiil. ill all the vv.- 

 i>iii-ts ill this style, tliHl r<Miic. S. in llic MrHt coliiiim iii tlie ta- 

 ble, stands lur ■■.SpiiiiK Ccmiit;" K lor "Kail Coiiiil;" E I'or 

 '• E.xtraeted Honey," and C lor" Comb Honey." The rest wiU 

 be plain. 



Jo.'I Hiser 



Deweese, Neb 



K Slahl 



Ki niuT La 



W. li Snodfrrass 



llonlrose. Mo 



H(iir\ I,. Wiii-I 



Mivvillf, Wis 



Kr:mcis Oill 



l)aI•llIl^; Koad, O N. T, 

 I>. N Ciiiiiiner 



Kloieni-e, Out 



Knh.Tl jioiiy-las 



(iiceiilaw England.... 

 .1 K Scdirrckentfost 



Kittiiiiinii, I'n 



J. W. WilsOn 



Koslin, Ontario 



Cora 



S. 20 

 F. 40 



s. i;o 



F. XiO 

 S. 60 

 F. 53 I 



Honey I Pi-ice. | Season 

 E. I 



- E. i:)ai - 



E. 2.''i0i I 

 c. S(l« I 

 E. 26.'!0 I 



C. 600 I 

 C. 4500 I 



16-18 



ao-24 



Poor. 

 Oood. 

 Very bad. 



Good. 

 Oood. 



W. W. C.,ot D. C, asks wht^ther, in warm 

 spells of winter weather, bees will rear brood. 

 ^HS.— Yes, almost invariably —especially to- 

 ward spring. 



C. B.. of Tex., would like to know how many 

 pounds of starter foundation it requires to make 

 1000 lbs. of section honey. ^?i.s.— We ligure, on 

 the full sheets, 4K sections, about TO pounds; 

 for small(!r sheets, proportionally less. 



J. P., of la., asks, "If Jii' as a bee-space be- 

 tween super and frame is right, why not be- 

 tween top-bars and frames above?" Ans.— 

 There ought to be the same bee-space in both 

 cases; but practically there is a slight differ- 

 ence in the Dovetailed hives as we now make 



