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G I. K A N I X G S IN B ]•: E C r L T U R K 



Arc; 1ST. 1920 



HEADS OF GRAIN 



side, or you can wedge it farther back 

 while you get the cloth entered, putting the 

 match at the corner afterwards. Now you 

 can pull your cloth slowly thru the crack. 

 If you meet an obstruction such 'as a little 

 brace comb, gently saw the cloth from side 

 to side. When it is entirely thru leave it a 

 minute or so. Then you can safely lift off 

 the super and set it down without crushing 

 any bees, as they will all have been driven 

 up. Now you can fold back the cloth 

 and examine the brood-frame. If the bees 

 are angry, leave the cloth on and open up 

 the frames stuck together, down thru the 

 cloth, as it is this jarring -that often causes 

 the rushing out and stinging. Blowing down 

 thru the cloth is also a great help. If they 

 are really wicked, be sure to have the sec- 

 ond cloth handy. The strength of the solu- 

 iton is supposed to be one to ten, but it 

 need not be accurate. By no means am I 

 recommending anyone to -discard their smok- 

 er. But for those who have not got one 

 handy when asked to look at a hive, the 

 foregoing is a very good method. 



North Lonsdale, B. C. Will H. Gray. 



DIFFERENT FIELDS 



Two Queens in On June 15 I was pre- 

 One Cell paring to transfer some 



larvae for queen- 

 raising, and when searching for cells 

 from which to secure royal jelly I 

 was surprised to find a queen-cell about 

 two inches long but not over size in 

 diameter. I removed the sealed larva and 

 jolly until I found an unoccupied space of 

 about y-2 inch, then more jelly. After dip- 

 ping oait part of this upper jelly I foujid 

 another larva, making two in one cell. Did 

 \ou ever meet witli a similar case? As I 



was not expecting to find the second larva, 

 I did not notice it until part of the jelly 

 had been removed; so I am uncertain as to 

 whether the larva was in its proper position 

 or not. It was up in the top of the cell 

 when noticed, but it may have been pushed 

 there in removing the royal jelly. 



Livia, Ky. Hugh L. Lynn, 



(Last week some of uur queen-cells were 

 sealed when the larvae had just hatched, 

 but we have never known of a case such 

 as you mention. — Editor.) 



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Another Way It may be possible that 



to Remove Dr. Miller's, J. E. 



Pollen. Crane's or Mr. Alexan- 



der's method of re- 

 moving pollen from combs will work, 

 but I have my doubts. During the 

 season of 1899 I moved from the alfalfa to 

 the Arizona clover district on the west side 

 of the San Joaquin Valley. Then came a 

 flow of nectar and pollen also. In less than 

 two weeks my brood-combs were almost filled 

 with pollen. I removed them to the supers 

 and then to the extractor, where all the 

 honey was removed. I then placed them in 

 water for about 15 or 16 hours, when they 

 were removed, given a good shaking, and al- 

 lowed to dry. The water caused the pollen 

 to swell, and the drying caused it to shrink, 

 after which I gave them another shaking, 

 when most of the pollen fell out. They 

 were then placed in the brood-nest, where 

 the bees removed the remainder, and the 

 queen filled the combs with eggs. 



During part of the season I was sliort on 

 combs and did not dry them, but placed them 

 in the brood-nest wet and obtained just as 



A suiiiiner ti. ici luc.i idea, along the liiici, of 'safolv fir.sl," was worked out by the Herkimer County (N. \.) 

 Beekeepers' Association last feuiuiiicr. At one of its large meetings a mosquito-netting tent was rigged 

 up for the benefit of the visitors who didn't give, their fullest confidence to the amiable intentions of the bees. 



