Sept. 1«, 1 '02. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



605 



case, why do Llicy ImiUl colls at all i The fact, 

 of the ciiRr, In my mind, Is, that the very best 

 <iueens are reared in a nofxl, stronj^ colony of 

 our best l)et's under the .swa^min^; impulse. 



I would like to ask Mr. Alley one iiuestlon: 

 He says rhe l)est u'^'t'tis he ever saw were 

 reared in his small bo\t*s tJial, In; speaks of; 

 and that lie (Uies not use them for rearinj^ 

 «iueens, only for fertilizinfr them. Why 

 doesn't he rear (|ueens in those Inixes If that 

 is where the best ones he ever saw were 

 reared ? C. I!. I1aul>vn. 



KaDaboc Co., Minn., Aug. 25. 



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Introducing; Queens with Tobacco. 

 Smoke. 



This method gives Editor Hutchinson inoie 

 satisfaction than any other way. He says : 



About two days before sending a queen I 

 send notice to my customer when he may ex- 

 pect the (luoeu. and lielow the notice are the 

 following; instructions: 



" As soon as you receive this notice remove 

 the queen from the colony to which you ex- 

 pect to introduce the new queen. When she 

 arrives, |/Ut her away in a safe jilace until 

 after sundown, just at dusli, then light your 

 smoker, and when it is well to going put in a 

 pipeful of sinoUing-tobacco. put on the cover, 

 pulT until you get an odor of tobacco, then 

 putt three or four good pufis into the en- 

 trance of the hive. Wait two or three min- 

 utes, then send in anotlier good puff or two, 

 remove the cover, drive the bees down with a 

 puff of smoke, open the cage and allow the 

 queen to run down between the combs, fol- 

 lowing her with a puff or two of smoke, and 

 put on the cover. Half an hour later light up 

 the smoker again, put in the tobacco as be- 

 fore, and blow two or three more good ijuffs 

 in at the entrance. It no honey is coming in, 

 feed the colony a pint of syrup each night 

 from the inside of the hive, but don't disturb 

 the brood-nest for four or five days." 



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Ihat iiietliiKl (jf coDtroliini; swarniH; anil liy it 

 lie Ik eiittliiiMl to jjcl a powerful colony In one 

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 of the fuvoralile teatimony conccrninK it I am 

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 runnlnic for comb honey, It will be one of the 

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 with brushed swarms 1 wish he would tell us 

 about it.— Editorial in (Jlcaninirs iti Hee-Cul- 

 lurc. 



Shaken Swarms as Qood as Natural 

 Ones. 



M. A. (iill. III the Bec-Keeiiers' lieview. says 

 be examines bis colonies each week, and "all 

 colonies tliat are (join;: to swarm will be 

 shaken into new hives with starters, setting 

 the new hive on the old stand and carryin^j 

 the brood, with just enouuh bees to protect it 

 till the brood hatches, to the new stand. This 

 usually ' fixes ' swanning as far as such colo- 

 nies are concerned. 



"I must confess that the longer I practice 

 the shakin^'oir plan, when colonies are going 

 to swarm iinyvmii, the better I like it. Much 

 has been said about a colony being a unit, 

 and that we can not sort them with proper 

 regard to age, but I tindthat is more in theorv 

 than in practice. I tind little if any differ- 

 ence between natural or shaken swarms that 

 are now two weeks old, and it's certainly a 

 great advantage in out-apiaries.'' 



A Dog that Watches for Swarms. 



This is rejiorted in Gleanings in Bee-Cul- 

 ture. Its owner, H. S. Ferry, says: 



This dog is half Newfoundland and half St. 

 Bernard, both thoroughbred. The kennel has 

 a four-light window, where he can see the 

 apiary ; and if there is anything unusual 

 going on in the apiary he is sure to notify us. 

 If there should be a swarm, or an extra buzz- 

 ing in the apiary, he is sure to call some of us 

 before they alight or leave the yard. I never 

 have had a swarm of bees leave the yard as 

 long as this dog has been in charge. He 

 weighs l.'W pounds, has a good disposition, 

 and understands the nature of the bees as 

 well as any dumb creature can, and much 

 better than some human beings. He will go 

 among the bees. They do not seem to meddle 

 with him. He is not afraid of them, and is 

 kind to his owners and those who take care of 

 him, but is proof against intruders. So far 

 as value is concerned, he is beyond price. 

 Money would not buy him. 



Comb and Extracted in the Same 

 Apiary. 



This has beuu advocated by Mrs. A. J. Bar- 

 ber heretofore, but the experience of this year 

 makes her more in favor of it than ever. She 

 says in the Rocky Mountain Bee Journal: 



All colonies that have been run exclusively 

 for comb honey are full of honey In the brood- 

 chamber, so full that in many cases there is 

 not even a cell of brood or an egg. At first we 

 thought there must have been a wholesale 

 murder of queens, as there was no brood, but 

 upon close examination queens are found 



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