1920 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



125 



Blossoms of ninebark, Physocarf'us of>iilifolitts. 



Physocarpus opulifolius, ninebark. 

 Liriodendron tuliplfera, ftulip tree. 

 Trifolium hybridum, alsike clover. 



VI. Last half of June and early 

 July (white sweet clover until mid- 

 dle of September). 



Melilotus alba, fwhite sweet clover. 

 Ligustrum Regelianum, fRege's 

 privet. 



Leonurus Cardiaca, fmotherwort. 

 Tilia americana, fAmerican linden. 

 Rhus glabra, sumac. 

 Sambucus canadensis, elder. 

 fOnion, cultivated. 



VII. July (milkweeds, muskmelon 

 and matrimony vine bloom well into 

 September). 



Muskmelon. 



Elaeagnus sp., Russian olive. 



Asdepias spp., milkweed, various 

 species. 



Cephalanthus occidentalis, fbutton- 

 bush. 



Veronica virginica. Culver's root. 



Psedera quinquefolia, Virginia 

 creeper. 



Monarda (istulosa, wild bergamot. 



Spiraea salicifolia, meadowsweet. 



Lycium vulgare, jmatrimonj' vine. 



\'III. August and early September. 



Gaura biennis, biennial gaura. 



Nepeta cataria, catnip. 



Verbena spp^ vervain, various spe- 

 cies. 



Cassia chamaecrista, partridge pea. 



Echinocystis lobata, wild balsam 

 apple. 



Carduus discolor (?), field thistle. 



Polygonum spp., fsmartweed. 



IX. September (first seven begin 

 in late August; last five bloom until 

 frost). 



Helianthus spp., sunflower (wild). 



Solidago spp, goldenrod, various 

 species. 



Eupatorium serotinum, late-flower- 

 ing thoroughwort. 



Eupatorium ageratoides, white 

 snakeroot. 



Veronica fasciculata, ironweed. 



Sicyos angulata, one-seeded bur cu- 

 cumber. 



Bidens frondosa, bootjack. 



Helenium autumnale, sneezeweed. 



Aster ericoides, frostweed aster. 

 Aster novae-angliae, New England 

 aster. 

 Aster spp., other species of aster. 

 Iowa. 



Which Queen Cells Are Destroyed? 



I WONDER if Dr. Miller and I are 

 not at cross purposes, or at least 

 if we are not overlooking some- 

 thing. Since reading his comments 

 on the subject it occurred to me that 

 it makes a big difference where the 

 cells are located in the hive. A col- 

 ony of bees is far from always being 

 a unit. 



It takes a very little change in the 

 arrangement of their internal affairs 

 to cause many sundry and unusual re- 

 actions. Here is an example : 



Some years ago I put a very old, 

 rubbery and mouldy comb in the mid- 

 dle of a strong colony containing a 

 choice imported Cyprian queen. Some 

 weeks later in looking over that col- 

 ony I was much disturbed to find a 

 nice young queen at work. A little 

 further inspection showed the old 

 comb about as it was when put in. 

 The next comb beyond it showed lay- 

 ing workers busy, cells with many 

 eggs, some capped drones in worker 

 cells. A few combs farther on had 

 the old queen doing as fine work as 

 ever. The hive held fourteen Lang- 

 stroth frames. 



Now, would not that have been a 

 fine colony for a novice to have tried 

 to requeen? The young queen was 

 used to start a new colony and the 

 old queen did good work for the rest 

 of the season. That old comb sim- 

 ply divided the colony so far as the 

 reaction of the bees was concerned. 

 There was no supersedure impulse 

 involved. 



When I return combs to the hive 

 I put them in the same pla-ce they 

 were taken from. The ripe cells nor- 

 mally are near the middle of the hive, 

 while the newer ones are usually on 

 the outer combs, those at least a lit- 

 tle removed from the comb with the 

 ripe cell. That may explain the dif- 

 ference in the results as observed by 

 the doctor and by me. 



ARTHUR C. MILLER. 



Yes, under such conditions I should 

 expect bees to break rules. 



C. C. MILLER. 



BEEKEEPERS BY THE WAY 



Uncle Sam's Beeman 



It is not easy to write anything new 

 about Doctor Phillips, of the U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture. He has 

 been too long before the public as 

 Government Apiculturist, has been 

 everywhere and all the beekeepers 

 know him already. 



It is a man's size job to represent 

 an industry of the importance of 

 beekeeping in the Department. All 

 the problems and all the kicks of the 

 whole country are likely to find their 

 way to his desk. If anything is wrong 

 it is up to Uncle Sam to be prepared 

 to fix it immediately, or give definite 

 instructions how it can be done. It 

 keeps the Government men stepping 

 lively to meet the demands of the 

 public for information and for as- 

 sistance. 



The beekeepers of the country have 

 been well served by Dr. Phillips and 

 his staff. Much real progress has 

 been made in the science of beekeep- 

 ing since the work has been under his 

 direction. The recent schools for 

 commercial beekeepers conducted by 

 department men have proved very 

 popular and greatly stimulated the 



interest of beekeepers in localities 

 where they have been held. 



Phillips on a California bee range. 



