Nov. 6, l'J02. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



717 



<?rK will httvo t.h« sanid pi)lnU!il, taperlnjr ab(l<»- 

 riuin as tlio qii*''*'", and Lhoy ar-u iiioro at^tive in 

 llin liijlii arni in lnjihliiij^ cotiih than ar« vvorU- 

 4M's rtiarcd from cxtra-lar't^f, riill-roiiiiiled, 

 tippuii-al)(t()rneii 4|iieetis, altliou^h ([uuuns, in 

 most instancos, of thifl shape ami 8l/e are apt 

 to |)roilu('e llie largest workers they are 11 ko 

 tho ([iieciis, slow and dull in their niovonients 

 compared to a pointud-sliapetl abdomen 

 queen's worUorK. 



I do not want extra-larpe i|ueens for iirolll- 

 able purpose because they are a failure. 



One way to t^et extra-lar^e (pieens. remove 

 the {|ueen-larva from a well-fed cell when 

 about four or live days old. and drop in its 

 place a worker-larva l.S or 'Jl hours old. lit- 

 tle less than a half in size of the c|ueen-larva 

 you took out. Hy this you set extraordinary 

 development of the (|ueeu thus bred. They 

 are tine to look at, and, of course, would 

 tickle the eye of the breeders clamoring for 

 largo queens, but I do not want them myself 

 for business. 



I indorse big hives, and use a .Jumbo 10- 

 brood-frame Langstroth size, and 120 sections 

 l,'sX4'4x4'4, or in lieu of sections I use 20 

 Langstroth frames in the top story. 



Bibb Co., Ga. Abbott L. Swinson. 



Stealing Bees. 



On Oct. 8 some persons Umk from my bee- 

 yard a hive of bees — took it over a stump 

 fence and down a steep bank, and robbed it 

 of the contents. I know it was more than 

 one, as one person could not lift it over. What 

 is the law for such proceedings ; and what 

 can be done if the persons are caught i Has 

 a man a right to shoot them if he catches 

 them among the bees in the night '. At the 

 place where they robbed the l)ees they left a 

 large iron spoon and a piece of mosquito-net- 

 ting — a yard and a half; it was taken to the 

 store and matched, as it was sold the night 

 before the bees were stolen. 



Last spring I moved the bees from the gar- 

 den near the house, as it was too near the 

 road, and they l^egan to be troublesome, and 

 I did not want to have any trouble with my 

 neighbors, so I took the bees back to the end 

 of a field, I should say about 200 rods from 

 the house. I moved them on a hand-sled at 

 night, during the month of April ; it was very 

 hard pulling, but I got them there — 39 heavy 

 colonies and 3 light ones. 



My bees did not swarm very much this year, 

 some colonies have done well and some have 

 not stored any surplus, but they are pretty 

 heavy. 



I have been covering them up this week, 

 hoping to finish packing them this month. 



We sell our honey in the neighborhood at 

 13 cents a pound, or two pounds for 25 cents. 

 Geo. Hodges. 



Allegany Co., N. Y., Oct. 23. 



[No, we wouldn't advise shooting a man for 

 stealing honey. You might shoot near him 

 and frighten him. But if you can And the 

 culprits who helped themselves to your hive, 

 it might be well to have them arrested and 

 lined, or jailed awhile. — Editor.] 



BeepombojIES' 



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A Symposium on Shook or Brushed 

 Swarms. 



This appeared in Gleanings in Bee-Culture, 

 and from the many good things contained 

 therein, some extracts are here given : 



While this method seems to be coming to 

 to the front just now, it is no new thing — 

 in fact, it is quite old with me. I have 

 practiced it to some e.xtent for a good many 

 years — not on all my colonies, but ouly on 

 those that were making preparations to 

 swarm, or some small out-apiary that I could 

 not well afford the time to watch. When the 



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