April 24, 1902 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



269 



the I'ocoDns, in \>l diii's the drones appeur, luul 

 in 1(J days the )|ueeii-l)ees eonie. 



The nld )|iiee!i slin^rs all the new queens ti» 

 <leiith if tile tiive dues not Inipi'en lo l)e full ; 

 l)ut it' tlie iiiiiniMM' of Itic intitiliitimts is lai-^e, 

 tile uld i|Ueeii and some worliers start lo find 

 a new home. 



'J'iie woI■l(iIl^^ I)ees snpply the wax for the 

 liives. In llie Inicli of tlieir iKxIies tliere is a 

 liltie jioueli in wliieli tlie wax ineix'ases, little 

 li.v little. When this pouch is full, the wax 

 stieks out in liitle .scales. Then it is taken 

 olT and made into cells. These cells are six- 

 sided, so as no space will be wasted. 



When we eat lioney it is dillicult to realize 

 how much patient lahor is spent in making it. 

 Jean Stiui.ino. 



We think that is very well done for a city 

 little girl who had jii.st heard the story of the 

 bees told, and then wrote it out as she re- 

 niemhered it. Of course, there are some little 

 twists in it, but in the main it is fairly correct. 

 ■Who knows but "Jean " may be a bee-keeper 

 herself some day ! Stranfrer things than that 

 have happened. 



We hope our little girl friends in the coun- 

 try will read Jean's story, and see if they 

 ■could do as well at copying pictures of the 

 three kinds of bees and the honev-cells. 



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Peppermint Oil for Bee-Stings. 



For the benefit of " Penn "' (see page 318) 

 and other Ijee-keepers who may not know of 

 this remedy for bee-stings, I would say that I 

 use peppermint oil; it will stop the pain and 

 swelling instantly. Minnie Greenman. 



Van Buren Co., Mich., April 13. 



Favors Ordinary Italians. 



All my bees came through the winter safely. 

 I have not lost a colony for several years, ex- 

 ■cept some of the " yellow " order, which die 

 with plenty of honey around them. 



I believe for all-around workers nothing can 

 (beat the ordinary Italians. 



Evan E. Edwards. 



Madison Co., Ind., April 15. 



Spraying Fruit-Trees While in 

 Bloom. 



This subject, like most others, has two sides 

 to it, or it Is seen from different points of 

 view, and different opinions are formed as to 

 the effect it will have upon the pollen in the 

 bloom and the crop of fruit. The American 

 Bee Journal of November last quotes from the 

 Farmers' Review on this subject: 



" It has also been discovered that the poison 

 is equally destructive to the life of the pollen, 

 even when the amount of poison is only S) to 

 10 parts to 1U,000. Even 2 parts in 10,000 has 

 been frequently found fatal to the pollen.'' 



The writer quoted does not tell us what 

 " the poison " was that was used in the spray- 

 ing mixture that was so fatal to the fruit 

 ■crop ; and we must take it for granted that he 

 refers to the usual " Bordeaux '' spraying 

 mixture. If so, then his conclusions are very 

 different from the experience of some others. 



I have always avoided spraying trees when 

 in full bloom. I have heard that it would kill 

 bees, and also injure the fruit-bloom. It 

 looked reasonable that it would do both, and 

 I did not believe that it would be of any spe- 

 cial benefit at that time if the spraying was 

 done just before and just after blooming. I 

 accepted these conclusions without making 

 any personal investigation. But there are 

 others who believe that it is of great benefit to 

 the fruit crop to spray the trees when in 

 bloom ; and, through the influence of bee- 

 ieepers laws have been passed in several 



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