OCTOBER 15, 1916 



987 



Pollen Stored above an Excluder. 



My boes ])ei-sist in putting pollen in the 

 shallow extracting-frames, not in solid 

 patches, but in scattering cells enough to 

 spoil the appearance. The hives are ten- 

 frame, ^Yith ((iieen-exchuler under the supers. 

 What is the cause and cure? 



Mt. Vernon, 111. T. E. Brown. 



Dr. Miller replies: 



It is unusual for pollen to be stored above 

 an excluder unless it be that the brood- 

 combs are sliallower than those in Lang- 

 stroth frames, said frames being 9% inches 

 deep. In any case I don 't know of any 

 remedy unless it be to have deeper frames 

 below. There is just a possibilitj'' that you 

 have a strain of bees unusually given to 

 storing pollen in the surplus apartment, in 

 which case introducing a queen of different 

 stock would be indicated. 



I don 't see any great harm, however, in 

 having pollen in extracting-combs. You 

 speak of its spoiling the appearance; but 

 those who buy extracted honey never see the 

 combs from which it is extracted, and so 

 care nothing for their appearance. 



at the house. I had to deliver onlv a very 

 little of it. 



Aitkin, Minn. Wm. Craig. 



Do Bees Work the Second Crop of Red 



Clover? 

 . In this locality I have never seen a honey- 

 bee on the second crop of red clover; but 

 I have never failed to see them on the first 

 crop. The reason is this: The second crop 

 yields nothing but pollen. In this locality 

 the first crop is loaded with nectar; and 

 since I have had Italian bees, the first crop 

 has more seed than the second. This would 

 be a good location for bees if the second 

 crop of red clover would yield nectar, as the 

 second crop is much shorter, and the bees 

 could reach the nectar much easier. Again, 

 the second crop blooms at a time when the ' 

 bees have little to do. 



Velpen, Ind. W. T. Davidson. 



[The reports from most localities indicate 

 more bees on the second crop. — Ed.] 



Bill-board Advertising Sold the Crop at 

 Home. 



About the time I began to take off my 

 honey I went down town and bought some 

 boards and painted them white. I had a 

 man letter an advertisement on three large 

 Inll-boards that I made with my white 

 lumber. 



In the meantime I had told quite a good 

 many that I had some nice honey, both 

 comb and extracted, the price to be 15 cts. 

 for the comb and 10 for the extracted in 

 10-lb. tin pails. I took a little to one of 

 the editors of our village papers and he gave 

 me quite a nice send-off about my honey. 



The result was, the first thing I knew my 

 extracted was all sold, and nearly all the 

 comb honey. My crop was 2800 lbs. of 

 extracted and 800 of comb honey. I could 

 have sold as much more extracted if I had 

 had it. Nearly all the honey was sold right 



75 Per Cent Purely Mated. 



I have bought quite a lot of untested 

 queens from various breeders thruout the 

 United States, and also in Italy. I had a 

 few lots some years ago that ran pretty 

 dark, nearly or quite fifty per cent, and the 

 most that I have bought would run from 

 75 to 100 per cent pure so far as mating 

 was concerned. 



I have occasionally had a few old queens 

 tucked in with dozen lots, and once, some 

 years ago, I received a virgin when I sent 

 for and paid for a warranted queen. This 

 was from one of the good breeders too. 



Union Center, Wis. Elias Pox. 



Carbolic Acid for the Colony that Does the 

 Robbing. 



The first of August I passed near my 

 apiary one morning and noticed the bees 

 were very cross. I went out to see what 

 was the trouble, and they were robbing from 

 several colonies. I soon found the colony 

 which was doing the robbing, and I was 

 at a loss what to do, but happened to think 

 of my bottle of carbolic acid. I got that and 

 smeared the entrance of the colony which 

 was doing the robbing. In about two hours 

 I used the carbolic acid qgain, and by mid 

 day everything was quiet as usual, and has 

 been ever since. 



Stockton, Va. Francis W. Gravely. 



Bees that Worked for Nothing and More 

 than Paid for Themselves. 



I put a swarm in a home-made hive up- 

 stairs in ni}' winter home, Auburndale, Fla., 

 on Feb. 25, last year, and by April 1 the 

 surplus part at the top of the hive, contain- 

 ing 56 1-lb. sections, was completely filled 

 with the finest honey. In February of this 

 year I raised the lid to see what was there, 

 and, to my surprise, it was again completely 

 filled with palmetto honey, making 112 lbs. 

 in less than one vear. What do vou think 

 of that? 



Auburndale, Fla. I. G. Tolerton. 



B's 



A little girl who is but six years of age 

 was asked to make a sentence, each word 

 of which began with B. The outcome of it 

 was this: 



Big bees buzz. 



Bright bees bite. 



Beautiful bees bring bank bills. 



Big bees bring bother. 



Bumble bees bother bears. 



Both bother boys. 



Bees bear bee bread. 



Bee bread brings bees. 



Ethel M. Comyn Chesig. 

 Okanagan Center, B. C. 



