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VOL. XXX IX 



JULY 1, 1911 



NO. 13 



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BEE-KEEPERS STARTING IN A NEW BEE 

 COITNTRY. 



AVp] desire to call special attention to the 

 article by O. B. Metcalfe, on iiage 407, and 

 the footnote accompanying it. 



HOW AN AUTOMOBILE FACILITATES THE 

 WORK OF A BEE-INSPECTOR. 



During the last few days we have been 

 helping the foul-brood inspectors of Ohio by 

 taking them around in an automobile. A 

 machine will enable the insjjectors to do al- 

 most a week's work in a day, for the reason 

 that comparatively little time is lost in run- 

 ning from one bee-keeper's yard to another 

 one. 



DO QUEENS LAY UNFERTILE EGGS? 



In Mr. Wesley Foster's department, page 

 388, this issue, lie raises the question wheth- 

 er there are not some (jueens. that will lay a 

 large number of eggs, a large percentage of 

 which will jirove to be unfertile. We have, 

 ourselves, often wondered if this might noi; 

 be true. Over and over again we have seen 

 queens lay well, but for some reason or other 

 there would be very little maturing brood. 

 We should be glad to get the experience of 

 our readers; because if it is a fact tha<" some 

 queens lay unfertile eggs, the sooner we 

 jnnch their heads the better. 



WHY don't BEES GO INTO SUPERS? 



V^ERY often subscribers will ask the ques- 

 tion above. Examination will often show 

 brood-nests clogged with brood and honey, 

 and nothing doing in the supers. In a case 

 like this, nothingstimulates an vipward move 

 into the sections like uncajjping the honey 

 in the brood-nest and putting into the super 

 a partly filled and drawn-out section or two 

 from a super of another hive, where the bees 

 are already nicely at work. Italians esi)e- 

 cially are a little inclined to jam the brood- 

 nest. If we can once get them started above 

 they will keep on going above and store 

 there. 



RECIPROCITY. 



We have refrained from saying any thing 

 or allowing any di.scussion on this subject in 

 our columns, for whatever the bee-journals 



can say will have but little or no effect on 

 the general situation. If the trade pact goes 

 through, we are not afraid that it will affect 

 the bee-keeping interests, for the reason that 

 prices have for years maintained almost an 

 absolutely even parity on each side of the 

 line. It is our individual opinion that reci- 

 I)rocity will be a great benefit to both coun- 

 tries. 



We see no need of having a general dis- 

 cussion of this subject in these columns, 

 either pro or con; for, unfortunately, when 

 a political question once gets started it is al- 

 most impossible to stop it. 



the crusade FOR BETTER SHIPPING-CASES 

 RECEIVING ENCOURAGEMENT. 



Since the article on page 361 of our last 

 issue was printed, urging better shipping- 

 cases, we have received a good many en- 

 couraging letters; and not only are the bee- 

 keei)ers of the country going to join us in this 

 crusade, but one or two of the large manu- 

 facturers of bee-keepers' supplies have writ- 

 ten us that they are convinced that the time 

 has arrived for ])utting out stronger cases, 

 and that they are making preparations to 

 furnish such cases to their customers. 



Keep the ball rolling, brother bee-keepers. 

 If we would save the comb-honey business 

 from going into a premature decline we must 

 wake up to the importance of delivering our 

 fragile product to the public by saner meth- 

 ods. 



"ARCADIA HAS TO MOVP]." 



Our readers will remember that Dr. E. F. 

 Bigelow, the nature-study man, and lectur- 

 er at teachers' institutes, established at 

 Sound Beach, Ct., what is known as the 

 Agassiz Association, of which he is presi- 

 dent. The home of the Agassiz Association, 

 consisting of several frame buildings, is lo- 

 cated at Arcadia, not far from the postoffice 

 of Sound Beach. The owner of the grounds 

 allowed the association to use the property; 

 but new conditions have arisen, on account 

 of which Dr. Bigelow will have to move. He 

 has spent a consiilerable amount of time in 

 organizing the association, in putting up 

 sjiecial buildings, and for all this he has re- 

 ceived no comi)ensation. He has been con- 

 tent to work for the good of the cause. Dr. 



