JANUARY 15, 1914 



Field iuu(jUU„ ul li 



.kisey Beekeepers held at Treiilou, N. J., last summer. 



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J. L. DiiBiee, Jenkintown, Pa. 



Dr. C. D. Cheney, Hoboken, N. J. 



F. C. Templeton, Plainfield, N. .1. 



Dr. W. .r. Wolfert, Red Bank, N. .1. 



Ed Krekl, Northvale, N. J. 



,Tno. D. Antrim, Burlington, N. J. 



E. J. Dienst, Newark, N. J. 



Wm. Clayhunce, Titusville, N. J. 



Henry Mull, Newark, N. J. 



Richard D. Barclav, Philadelphia, Pa. 



W. E. Housel, Hampton, N. J. 



Jos. W. Tonkin, Sicklerville, N. J. 



Jos. J. Wolcott, Eatontown, N. J. 



Dr. H. D. Powelson, Bound Brook, N. J. 



I. J. Stringham, Glen Cove, L. I. 



Harold Hornor, Mt. Holly, N. J. 



J. H. Wilson, Ringoes, N. J. 



C. S. Sharp, Newark, N. J. 



E. C. Stevenson, Burlington, N. J. 



W. A. Selser, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Jas. J. Keller, Glendale, L. I. 



Chas. Sfhilke, Matawan, N. J. 



Mrs. S. Powers, Wading River, N. J. 



Mrs. E. C. Stevenson, Burlington, N. J. 



Mrs. H. D. Powelson, Bound Brook, N. J. 



Miss Grace O'Connell, New York. 



Mrs. .(ulius Hittel, Plainfield, N. J. 



Mrs. B. J. Mayo, Metuchen, N. J. 



Mis. Henry Mull, Newark, N. J. 



Mrs. E. E. Alexander, Red Bank, N. J. 



Wm. .r. Corlett, Clifton, N. J. 



Sim Bardslev, Edge Moor, Del. 



E. G. Carr, New Egypt, N. J. 



BEEKEEPING IN THE TROPICS 



An Open Letter to F. R. Beuhne 



BY CARLOS M. CARMONA 



Although I have read Gleanings for 

 many yeai"S I have not cared to enter into 

 discussions about the merits or demerits of 

 jilans advocated relating to certain beekeep- 

 \vg fjuestions carried on in its columns, on 

 account of my ignorance of the language, 

 because of my meager knowledge of bee- 

 keeping, and also because of so much con- 



tradictory advice given by the different con- 

 tributors. Furtliermore, most of tlie ques- 

 tions discussed refer to questions not affect- 

 ing tropical beekeeping; and, after all, I 

 have to adapt American conditions and 

 knowledge of beekeeping the best I can to 

 local tropical conditions for want of any 

 source of knowledge of tropical beekeeping 

 to which I may apply. 



But lately 1 have found Gleanings im- 

 proving so much, and publishing contribu- 

 tions from different parts of the world 

 touching matters that also affect tropical 

 beekeeping, that I have been mucli interest- 

 ed, and have been benefited greatly on cer- 

 tain points which I have heretofore been 

 unable to understand or explain. Having 

 a new interest in the matter, therefore, I 

 beg to ask a few questions and report my 

 e periences to confirm certain questions 

 dealt with recently. 



To begin with, I beg to confirm every 

 word. p. 537, Aug. 1, as my own experience, 

 beginning, " Years ago it used to be much 

 heavier," to the end of the article, with the 

 exce]>tion " I merely abandoned the plan as 

 unreliable," for it is only lately I abandoned 

 it on account of recent contributions in 

 Gleanings, and presto ! the loss of 50 per 

 cent of my queens stopped, to my surprise 

 and delight. Formerly I had noticed that, 

 after a swarm in a normal colony issued, 

 the remaining virgin queen ahvays returned 

 fertilized, and began to lay in due course 

 without any meddling, notwithstanding the 

 colonies were ])laced quite close together and 

 under a shed, and while the nuclei, placed 



