Oct. 30, 1902. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



599 



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Treatment of a Laylng-Worker 

 Colony. 



I notice ou page !«!( that il is advised to 

 breal< up a colony of laying' \voi'l<ui's. It i.s 

 also the advice of Dr. C. C. Miller. This may 

 i)e the prnper u ay for some, aiul perhaps there 

 are many that adopt that nieH.siire. but I fail 

 to adopt the advice.. I have another method 

 which is much Ijetter. 



First, lindint,' the colony wilh the layini; 

 .workers, I take from the center of the hive 

 three or four eondis, shake the Pees olT on the 

 ground in front of the hive, and go to a 

 nucleus anil take the two combs the (|iieen is 

 on, having her between the two combs, then 

 take all of the remaining combs and shake all 

 the bees on the ground in front, handling 

 roughly all the way through, and after all are 

 gathered tt)gether again in tlie hive, give 

 tbem a little smoke and Itave thetn to them- 

 selves, and 1 have yet to find the first loss — 

 successful every time. 



I served six colonies the same way last sea- 

 son, and all were a success. Last week I did 

 the same way. and " Mrs. (Jueen '' is all right 

 and doing well. I think it is preferable to 

 breaking up the colony, and I have never met 

 with a failure. I admit I handle them 

 roughly, for I have lost many valuable queens 

 by old methods of introducing, and I got very 

 much provoked at a colony that killed two 

 nice queens, and used this method at last, and 

 succeeded. A. Y. Bai.owin. 



Dekalb Co., 111., Oct. 18. 



Poorest Season in 32 Years. 



This is the 33d season that we have been 

 engaged in bee-keeping, and the first one that 

 we have secured no surplus. The most of 

 our colonies have enough stores for the win- 

 ter without feeding. 



In our experience with bee-keeping it com- 

 pares very favorably with other agrarian pur- 

 suits, far ahead of fruit-culture. Not a peach 

 in Peoria county ; six years our trees did not 

 bloom. Mrs. L. Hakrison. 



Peoria Co., 111., Oct. 17. 



The General-Managership Matter. 



The American Bee Journal for Oct. has 

 come to hand, and I notice what is said on 

 page 644 by Mr. Moore, and' the nominations 

 made by him for General Manager, and hav- 

 ing been in close touch with several of the 

 officers and members who have had most to 

 do with "the discussion aV»ut the General 

 Managership" for the last eight months, I 

 believe I am in a position to know more about 

 the " spirit that seems to have animated some 

 of the officers and members" than is Mr. 

 Moore, and having had a personal interview 

 with him a few weeks since in my own home, 

 I am satisfied, yes, I may say that I know, 

 that he is mistaken when he even intimates 

 that an " unfriendly spirit" has " animated " 

 any one, with possibly one or two exceptions, 

 and I can't possibly see why "the results of 

 the discussion," even "if continued" (of 

 which there seems to be no prospect), should 

 in any way detract from the usefulness, or 

 lessen the number of members, or the etfi- 

 ciency of the Association. 



I see no necessity for any " appeal to the 

 membership " " in the interests of harmony " 

 " to decide this question," or any other mat- 

 ter, for "the will of the majority" ought 

 always to govern in any matter of policy, and 

 had such a rule been accepted months ago by 

 a very small minority, no " unkindly spirit " 

 would have been developed by that minority; 

 and why any " personal feeling or animosity " 

 should be indulged in by any one, is beyond 

 my comprehension, but such statements of 

 Mr. Moore's as I have quoted might have. 



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