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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



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very closely you will notice tlm( lio nets very 

 iiiiK'li like 11 (111); 111 lly-tiine, snttpiilnif al llles 

 iibove his nose ami head. The iimrliiiN al- 

 Iract bees to tlieni similar to the way tlin 

 dod drttw.i llie.'i. How ; Well, I will tell you: 



When God made man he provided for him — 

 see 3 And when he made the iiiartlii ho 

 placed a nice, lillli>, falTron-folmed llower in 

 the center of his head, and covered it over 

 with a few loni; feathers, hinijed to the scalp, 

 that can he raised or iiarled. This pretty 

 llower is seen liy the liees a lonn way off, and 

 when close eiioii;;li almost lo alij,'ht on the 

 llower the hird throws up his heail, makes a 

 few quick snails, and all is over — and the 

 trap set for the next victim. These birds 

 used to eat thousands of bees, no doubt, in 

 by-gone days, but in late years they have all 

 been chased away by the En^ilisb sparrow. 



Now, I suppose I'rot. Cook and others will 

 laugh at this as a poor joke. To all such 1 

 say, shoot one and examine his head closely. 



I'eoria Co., 111., Aug. L'S. W. P. Tiiknek. 



I Itwould be very easy to find out as to your 

 membership, Mr. Turner, by writing to the 

 tieneral Manager, Mr. Eugene Secor, of 

 Forest City, Iowa. He is the only man that 

 can give you a delinite answer. — Editoh.] 



Storing After Aug. 10— Kafflp Copn. 



On page iS.'ili, J. A. Watkins wants to know 

 if it is not a fact that bees do not gather any 

 honey after Aug. 10, in any part of the coun- 

 try, and the Etlitor wishes some one to an- 

 swer. Two years ago I did not get any sur- 

 plus honey at all until after that date, and 

 had one colony that gave me 96 sections of 

 nice comb honey, another 72 one-pound sec- 

 lions, and several that tilled two supers of "24 

 sections each; and they gathered honey until 

 the first heavy frost, about Oct. 10, 



We are right in the midst of the honey- 

 How — heartsease, goldenrod, sunllower, and 

 various plants are in full bloom, with plenty 

 of moisture to date. If the frost holds off I 

 expect some of my colonies to equal those of 

 two years ago. 



If you want something to yield pollen in 

 the fall, just sow two or three acres of Kaffir 

 corn about June 1 to 10; the white variety is 

 preferable, as it has larger heads, and, when 

 it begins to head out, you will think your 

 bees have all left their hives, by the hum they 

 make in that Held of Kaffir corn. It will pay 

 you in feed, too, if you have horses, cattle or 

 sheep to feed. 



The American Bee Journal is all right, and 

 no bee-keeper should be without it. 



J. M. LiNSCOTT. 



Gage Co., Nebr., Aug. 28. 



A Comment on Queen-Rearing. 



I note what has been said about artilicially- 

 reared queens, and (|ueens reared under {he 

 swarming impulse. Dr. Oallup claiming the 

 latter to be much superior to the former, 

 while Mr. Alley claims superiority for the 

 artiticially-reared queens. Dr. Gallup's arti- 

 cles contain much which I heartily endorse. 

 Mr. Alley, backed by 40 or more years experi- 

 ence, likewise is correct, and I have every 

 reason to believe that if these two gentlemen 

 were to spend a season in the same apiary 

 rearing queens, their views on queen-rearing 

 would harmonize. 



( >f late years I have come to the conclusion 

 that there are three factors which must be 

 present in rearing good queens, viz. : To 

 have the cells started with the proper-sized 

 larva'; an abundance of royal jelly; and, 

 last but not least, to have the cells reared and 

 hatched in the proper temperature. These 

 are the three essential elements to rearing 

 good queens; should either one be absent, 

 poor queens will be the result. 



Great care must be taken m handling cells 

 until maturity; not that shaking the cells 

 will break the young queen's neck — the in- 

 jury is not caused by the sudden jerk exactly, 

 but it has the effect of shaking the embryo 

 into the cap of the cell, and there it will 

 simply starve, no difference how abundant 

 the supply of jelly has been. 



I have noticed that in cell-building a larva 

 will drop down out of the jelly ; the bees, in 



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