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ci.KANiMis i\ HKK cii/rriiio. 



illK tllf rcsitlllr. Iin lUilllrr liy wllilt killil 111 

 iiuicliiiiiTy il is (lone. It slumld l>f rcii.aiki'tl. 

 liowi'Vcr. lliiit Moiir of tlic n'>itlii(' slioiild tic 

 tlnown away, li should be troaicd to snlpliu- 

 lio ai'id. as dJ'SiTilicd in last ycai-'s voliiiiu'.] 



THK NKW 1>0\ 1.1 AII,KI> CIIAIK III\ K. AM) lldW 

 IT IM.KASKS. 



Tlii> live siiifilc-stoi'v chatV hives I imri'iiascd 

 <if you ill till' (hit last iiimiih went losrthrr 

 iiii'fly. I'^vi'iy pirrc was ai'curatcly si/cd. and 

 tilt' whiilc of flood material, and made in a 

 worlvinanliKi' iiiaiiiuT. 1 traiisfcrfcd my hoes 

 to tlii'iii with casi'. Tlicy will siirtdy 1h> a siu-- 

 oessfiil oiitdtu)!' wiiUtM- hive and for summtT 

 tln'V ait' .jiist as handy as the singlc-walU'd 

 hivi'. Voii have not. asked my advice, and may 

 not thank me for it: but I would su!;g<'^t. how- 

 ever, that, if the ooveis were made one inch 

 wider they woiiM be better, as the sliuht mai- 

 jrin tliey liow have will sometimes let the wet 

 in. .Ias. S. .Simontox. 



West RichtielU. ().. Dec. V!. 



[We make a wider and deeper cover for those 

 who prefer it. For winter us(> it is not intend- 

 ed that the flat cover shall be put on the hive. 

 Put a super on, and then the covers.] 



riir. i,Ai;(;i: and smai-I- bki<:-kkkpek. and 



riNKEHING WITH ITiAI'S. 



It is (juite amusing to I'ead the descriptions of 

 the many traps and notions that, some of your 

 correspondents sct'm to icgard as absolutely 

 necessary to success. One who keeps a few 

 colonies "of bees for pleasure may enjoy " tinker- 

 ing" witli all the "new notions;" but for those 

 who keej) bees for prolit. and ki'cp them by the 

 hundreds or thousands, as is done by many per- 

 sons in Califoi'iiia. it won't pay. and there is no 

 time for fooling in tliese large apiaries. Many 

 things that might be applicable in the East 

 would be useless liere. Dklos Woon. 



Santa Harbara. Cal. 



[Yes. there is a difference in localities, and a 

 difference in be<^-keepers. We can't all like the 

 same thing.] 



WHAT I.S A (iOUl) MAX IX THE AI'IAKY WOHTll'.' 



How mucli can the owner aflford to pay, per 

 colony, to a practical apiarist, in money, to 

 manage, say. not less than •.'.">o or :'()() colonies of 

 liees that are in good coiHillion and in a fail' ht- 

 cation? The owner is to furnish all material 

 necessary for the successful management of the 

 bees. The apiarist is to furnish all the labor. 

 How much w hen bees are in bad condition and 

 in bad hivesV S. 15. 



[We would advise hiring your lielp by th(> 

 day. It would be (iil'ticnlt if not imi)ossihle to 

 make a fair schedule on the other plan. Labor 

 in tile apiary is worth from 2^) to ,50 per cent 

 more than common labor, and the price of this 

 varies as to locality.] 



MOI.KS IN THE APIARY: HOW TO CiET HID OF 

 THE.M. 



I should like to have some information on the 

 following: I have on my farm, south of this 

 eity. an apiary of fifty colonies. They are lo- 

 cated on the south side of my residi-uce, and I 

 do iKjt care to movi' them: but moles are un- 

 dermining the ground in that particular place 

 so badly that my hives are sinking into the 

 ground. What can I do in this case? 



Columbus. O. E.VKLE Ceic'KEN<;eh. 



[We would not move the bees, but poison the 

 moles. ■• Rough on Rats" ought to extermi- 

 nate them. If you do not like to use poison, 

 procure a good cat oi- rat-terrier.] 



KiioMiDi'; OI' i'oi'Assu'm; a cai'iion. 

 Fiiiiiil liiinl: 1 wish to call your attention 

 to what Dr. .1. II. Kellogg says iii f^oor/ Ihdllh. 

 N\)V. No., page :{41, about bromideof potassium. 

 He says, '■ A vast amount of harm has been 

 done liy the use of this nostrum." Some years 

 since. I received apiiai'i'Ul ly temporarv benelit 

 from the use of this drug, and was toid by our 

 family physician that it would do me no harm: 

 but I very soon found out that it was injurious 

 lo me. and I (luil the use of it,. 



W. r. AsI'lN \VA 1. 1.. 



Harrison. M inn.. Di'c. 4. 



I'tUK ri'AI.lAX (^UKKNS THAT AUK lil.AfK. 



I had an occasion to start a lot of iiueen-cells. 

 and one of the second lot of (|ueens Miriii'd out 

 to be black. She was as black as the blackest 

 luni]) of coal you ever saw. I kept her, and 

 she throws good Italian bees. Did you ever 

 know of a jet-black Itiilian queen? 



HufTalo. X. 'S'. James Kodixson. 



[We have had Italian (|ueens that were per- 

 fectly black, and yet tlieir bees were perfectly 

 marked Italians with three distinct yellow 

 bands, and. besides this, they showed all the 

 other qualities of pure Italians. This is a fact 

 we hav(! mentioned in oui' price list. Italian 

 queens may \>c any color from black to yellow, 

 but their Ijees should show three yellow l)ands.J 



A DISAPI'OIXTIXG SEASON'. 



The past season has been rather disappoint- 

 ing to the bee-keepers in most of New Jersey. 

 Although both cIovtM' and buckwheat were 

 never more promising than at the oj)eiiing of 

 the past season, yet. owing to excessively wet 

 weather following, mv vield from :>H colonies 

 was bill '.»'>5 lbs. W. W. Case. 



l^aptisttown. N. J.. Dec. 1. 



THE five-banded BEES. 



On reading the report of Mr. Wm. L. Ewing. 

 page 930. 1891. about Hve-banded golden Ital- 

 ian bees. I wish to say that I have tried them 

 and found them very gentle to handle, and tine 

 honey-gatherers. I must say that they did bet- 

 ter than the three-banded. R. E. Smith. 



Tilbury Center, Out., Can., Dec. 8. 



KKM) LUS. FliOM 11 colonies, AND INCIJEASED 

 Tf) 2i. 



It has been a very good year for bees. I had 

 loOO Ibsi of comb honey from 11 colonies, spring 

 count: increased to ~;4. (t. J. Hobaht. 



Westford. Vt., Dec. 7. 



[You have done exceedingly w'ell.] 



Can you tell me what is the cause of brood- 

 combs being of a moldy color at this season of 

 the year, when thi^re is a strong colony of bees 

 in the hive? G. A. Latimeh. 



Norfolk. Neb., Nov. -T). 



[Dampness is the cause. The use of ab.sorb- 

 ents will cause this. It will probably do no 

 harm.] 



GARDENING HETTEK THAN KEE-KEEPING. 



(hardening pays better than bee-keeping here, 

 although I am much attached to ray bees; but 

 the range is not good for them. 



John Franklin. 



Round Itock, Texas. Dec. 18. 



A California cheiTy-grower claims that bees 

 are necessary to grow a successful crop of cher- 

 ries, and says that the question is, to bee or not 

 to hpe.—Rurtil Neir-Yorher. 



