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Vol. XXVIII. 



NOV. I, 1900. 



No. 21. 



Seven i^aying oueens in one colony are 

 reported in Meheszeti Kozlony. To a colony 

 with two queens superfluous queens were giv- 

 en till seven were present. 



Sometimes the beginner is confused about 

 the names of the young bee in its different 

 stages. First the egg for about three days, 

 then the larva for about five days, then the 

 pupa, or chrysalis, until the imago, or perfect 

 insect, emerges from the cell. 



A Fi^Y-KiLLER that has been doing very ef- 

 ficient service at our house is made as follows: 

 A piece of wire cloth 15x6 inches ; tw® sticks 

 12 inches by 3:^' XJ4^. Nail the two sticks to- 

 gether after putting 3 inches of one end of 

 the wire cloth between them. Other meas- 

 urements will answer. With such a weapon 

 you cau bring down your fly every time by 

 whacking against wall or window, and never 

 a dirt-spot left. 



The statement has been made that it is 

 the workers that stop brood-rearing in the fall, 

 and not the queen. Pointing that way is the 

 fact that in many cases I have found sealed 

 brood and eggs in a colony, but no unsealed 

 brood. Apparently the queen kept on laying, 

 but the bees wouldn't hatch the eggs. [I 

 have observed the same thing you have, many 

 and many a time ; and I believe it is true that 

 the bees are the first to curtail brood-rearing. 

 —Ed.] 



A SURE METHOD of introduction is thus 

 given in Le Ruclier Beige : Cage the old 

 queen at least 12 hours, between two combs 

 in the center of the hive. Take her out of 

 the cage, and replace her immediately by the 

 new queen, putting the cage in the same place 

 as before. Twenty-four hours later the ac- 

 ceptance will be certain, especially late in the 

 season. That " especially late in the season " 

 suggests a doubt as to the universal success of 

 the plan. 



The continental bee - journals do not 

 speak in complimentary terms of the apiarian 



exhibit at the Paris Exposition, always ex- 

 cepting the display of The A. I. Root Co. 

 They say they were scattered all over, instead 

 of being massed in one grand display in one 

 place. [We have not yet announced it, but 

 we got the gold medal for our exhibit at the 

 Paris exposition. — Ed.] 



"When two queens are contending in 

 deadly hatred, if they get into a position 

 which enables each of them to deliver the 

 mortal thrust of her sting, they recognize the 

 danger and instantly separate, lest by mutual 

 slaughter the hive should be left queenless." — 

 London Telegraph.— The British Bee Journal 

 says that, while this is true, such contingen- 

 cies rarely occur. One may be allowed to 

 register a doubt as to such considerateness on 

 the part of two queens fighting mad. The 

 old theory that two queens can never get into 

 such position that both can sting at the same 

 time seems more reasonable. 



The plan you give on p. 804 for preparing 

 bee-feed, Mr. Editor, is very simple. I won- 

 der if you wouldn't like to simplify still fur- 

 ther by using the plan I have followed for sev- 

 eral years. Simply pour the dry sugar in tlje 

 feeder, then pour in the water. No need of 

 mixing in extractor. [Your plan may be all 

 right, but with us it messes up our feeders too 

 much. We want the feed so prepared that 

 bees can lick the feeders clean without leaving 

 a residue of sugar or crystals ; and the only 

 way of accomplishing this is to make the 

 syrup thin, mixing the sugar and water 

 thoroughly by means of an extractor. — Ed.] 



The theory was strongly urged a few years 

 ago that the safest way to winter bees was 

 with sugar syrup so as to be rid of all pollen. 

 Now comes W. Beyer, in Ceniralblatt, and 

 avers that it is an impossibility to bring a col- 

 ony through winter and spring without polk n. 

 With^Dut pollen the brood dies, and also many 

 bees. He quotes good authorities in proof. 

 [In late years we have paid no attention to 

 this matter of pollen, and I doubt whether 

 there are any bee-keepers who have wintered 

 bees more successfully than we have ht re at 

 Medina. I believe bees will winter with and 

 without pollen providing they are properly 

 protected, and the winter is not an extraordi- 

 narily severe one. — Ed.] 



