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stored about 30 pounds of comb honey, while 

 others did not store any. I have had to feed 

 several colonies to tj:et them in shape for win- 

 ter ; but most of them seem to be in good con- 

 dition. E. N. EVERSON. 

 Jefferson Co.. Ohio, Nov. 10. 



A Good Season. 



The honey season this year was a very good 

 one. I got about three tons of comb honey 

 from 100 colonies, and all are in good shape 

 tor winter. Harkt H. Buckmax. 



Bucks Co., Pa., Nov. 10. 



Gathering Pollen Late. 



I have not seen pollen come in as fast, and 

 as much of it, as to-day, any lime during the 

 past summer. I cannot say where the gather- 

 ing comes from. My bees have not done well 

 this season. C. J. Anderson. 



Cook Co., 111., Nov. 12. 



When to Make Shaken Swarms. 



Some areot theopinioa that acolony should 

 not be brushed or shaken before queen-cells 

 are started. In the small Langstroth hives 

 the starting of queen-cells will be a sign that 

 the sizeot the hive (too small for the develop- 

 ment of the colony; has caused the swarming 

 ing impulse. My large hives give an un- 

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 started" at all; but the colonies are strong 

 when the honey-llow commences. If I should 

 wait for starting queen-cells I would not get 

 any brushed swarms nor comb honey.— L. 

 Stachelhausen, in Gleanings in Bee-Culture. 



Color of Italian Queens and Drones. 



Replying to the question, " What is a pure 

 Italian queen?" the editor of the Australa- 

 sian Bee-Keeper rCBlies in part: 



The purity of a queen can not be told from 

 the drones. Drones vary in color from all 

 black to nearly all yellow, and yet the queen 

 is pure. Drones from Italy-reared queens are 

 mostly black, while American-bred queens 

 produce drones with more yellow, yueens 

 also vary in color from black to yellow. I 

 have bred queens quite black from a queen 

 imported from Italy, whose bees were un- 

 doubtedly pure, and the progeny of these 

 black queens as nice, even-colored .3-banded 

 bees as could be obtained. I am aware custo- 

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 appointed when they receive a dark queen 

 from a breeder, hence the tendency to breed 

 queens from light-colored mothers, though 

 better honey-gatherers may be produced if a 

 darker queen-mother were selected. 



Phacelia. 



This is the honey and forage plant that has 

 so much said in its praise in the tierman bee- 

 journals. It seems to be little known in this 

 country, although it was introduced from this 

 country into Europe. A letter from assistant 

 agrostologist at Washingtoq, Prof. Ball says: 



So tar as known there is no species of 

 7'/i«cf?m which is known to have any forage 

 value in this country, nor have I found a re- 

 cord of any species of this genus being used 

 in Europe. 



The following in Gleanings in Bee-Culture 

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