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my chin was close against it, and — zipp 

 — zipp — they struck the vulnerable point, 

 and when I had hastily retired from their 

 aJSault I had three good, healthy stings 

 for my trophies of war. I pulled them 

 out and awaited results. 1 felt great 

 confidence that now the smarting would 

 soon stop, but little swelling take place. 



Alas, for human ignorance. The en- 

 largement increast, instead. In two 

 hours I had a neck approaching that of 

 Grecian classics. In another hour the 

 size of it would have been envied by the 

 chiefest sire of a Durham herd. O, what 

 a night I did put in, my countrymen ! 

 Not a wink of sleep, and early rising 

 brought no perceptible surcease. As I 

 write, I am reminded of the old continen- 

 tals who wore stocks that had their nose 

 In the air and their chins in outward 

 front. 



If the moral of protecting a projecting 

 chin, and keeping a well-filled smoker 

 for such occasion, enters your heart, I 

 will have accomplisht ail I anticipated 

 by this sad recital. Swollen'y yours, 



Emm Dee. 



Bee-Keeping- on the Increase. 



For some time I have been a reader of 

 The American Bee Journal. I have 

 often thought to tell how bee-keepers in 

 the north-western part of Ohio are get- 

 ting along. But in the last few years 

 bee-keeping was a very discouraging 

 business, and was so up to May 20 of this 

 year, therefore my report prior to May 

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 one. The weather was cold and the con- 

 stant rains made it very uupleasant 

 for bees. But since then (May 20) we 

 have had splendid bee-pasture. Our old- 

 est settlers say they never before saw so 

 much white clover in this section of the 

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 whom I have spoken to lately seem to be 

 well satisfied with the prospects this 

 year. I find the American Bee Journal 

 very educational and profitable for bee- 

 keepers. J. E. Hamburger. 



Mercer Co., Ohio, July 2. 



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Questiojp-Box^ 



In the multitude of counsellors there is 

 safety. — Prov. 11-14. 



Increasinsr the Bee's LenKlli of 

 Toiisiic. 



Query .'>6.— Do you suppose It possible to 

 incvoase the size— and especially the length 

 of tongue— of the races of bees we now have ? 

 If possible, do you think It desirable v— N. Y. 



P. H. Elwood— Yes. 



A. V. Brown — I doubt It very much. 



R. li. Taylor — It's quite possible as 

 well as desirable. 



J. A. Green — Yes, I think it possible 

 and very desirable. 



H. D. Cutting— I know it is possible, 

 and think it desirable to do so. 



Prof. A. J. Cook — Yes, I have no doubt 

 of it, and I believe it is desirable. 



W. G. Larrabee — I think it would be 

 desirable, but I somewhat doubt its be- 

 ing possible. 



G. M. Doolittle— Desirable? Yes; but 

 not practically possible with the rank 

 and file of bee-keepers. 



Eugene Secor — Possible, perhaps, but 

 I have little hope of seeing any definite 

 results in either direction. 



C. H. Dibbern — Yes, by careful breed- 

 ing from long-tongued stock. It cer- 

 tainly would be desirable. 



E. France — I should guess it would be 

 a slow process to breed bees up with 

 longer tongues. It would be desirable. 



J. M. Hambaugh — Here is room for 

 experiment. Let some one try by in- 

 creasing the size of their combs for 

 breedlDg. 



Jas. A. Stone — I do not know about 

 the possibility, but think it desirable If 

 it did not at the same time increase the 

 length of the sting. 



Rev. M. Mahin — I think It would be 

 desirable, but I do not think it practica- 

 ble. If we could control the mating of 

 queens it could be done. 



Mrs. L. Harrison — I think that it is 

 possible and very desirable. Progres- 

 sion is a law of Nature, and the " sur- 

 vival of the fittest" brings improvement. 



Dr. J. P. H. Brown— With only our 

 present knowledge of controlling fertili- 

 zation, the possibilities in the case rest 

 upon a frail tenure. It would be desir- 

 able. 



G. W. Demaree — May be possible, but 

 hardly practicable. It is not a demon- 

 strated fact that increase in size in our 

 bees would make them better than they 

 now are. 



Dr. A. B. Mason — Yes, to both ques- 

 tions. But if Apis dorsata is to be 

 domesticated in this country, there will 

 be no need of improving the races we 

 now have. 



Chas. Dadant & Son — Yes, to both 

 questions. We can lengthen the tongue 

 of our bees as we increase the fattening 

 disposition in hogs, or the trotting In 

 horses, or the milk in cows, by selection. 



Dr. C. C. Miller — As there is at pres- 

 ent a decided difference in different col- 

 onies, I see no reason why selection in 

 breeding might not establish a strain 

 with long tongues. It would surely be 

 desirable. 



Emerson T. Abbott — To answer the 

 latter part of the question first, I will 

 say, as I have often said before, that 

 bees, unlike people, cannot have too 

 much tongue. If there is anything In 

 the doctrine of evolution, yes. 



J. E. Pond — Not to any extent. It Is 

 barely possible that by giving strict at- 

 tention to the point for a long series of 

 years, that an Infinitesimal length might 

 be added, but I question If the experi- 

 ment would pay, anyhow. As to the 

 desirability, I can't see any reason why 

 an added length would bo an advantage 

 that would have any weight. In compari- 

 son with the diliicultios in experiment- 

 ing and the disadvantages that would 

 arise in consequence. 



