1881 



GLEAi^^INGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



605 



QUEEH-CELLS NOT ALWAYS AN INDICATION OF 

 QUEENLESSNESa. 



I have been wanting' to write to you before this, 

 but was afraid j-ou would place mo Id the Qrowlery, 

 ns I had nothln^f pleasant to write. I am one of 

 your ABC scholars, and a poor one at that. I re- 

 ceived 2 queens from Mr. Hayhurst, which I intro- 

 duced all right. About fifteen days after, I found her 

 In there all right, and the combs well filled with 

 eggs. 'When I looked again the other day to see if 

 her beej had hatched out, I found that they had 

 started queen-ceils and one already sealed up, which 

 made me believe that they had killed her. The 

 other one Is all right. Now, what do you think 

 made the bees kill their queen, after being In there 

 about 18 days? F. It. Leifeste. 



Mason, Mason Co., Tex., Sept. 9, 1881. 



Friend L., your queen may be there still, 

 all ri^ht ; for you will see, by back numbers, 

 that it is not a very rare thing for bees to 

 raise another queen while they have a good 

 laying one, and colonies that will keep doing 

 this are especially valuable. Whenever you 

 Hnd cells started, with plenty of eggs in the 

 hive, you may be pretty sure the old queen 

 IS somewhere around. Jiees do sometimes, 

 however, especially in the fall of the year, 

 when little honey is coming in, kill a queen 

 and rear one of their own, even after she has 

 been laying a week or two. The only rem- 

 edy I know is to feed them a little every day 

 until all hands are in a prosperous condi- 

 tion, and feeling pleasant and friendly. 



TOBACCO COLUMN. 



a HAVE used tobacco for years, and have con- 

 cluded at last to accept your olTcr and quit; bo, 

 send me such a smoker as you would use, and 

 I pledge myself that, if I use tobacco again, to so In- 

 form you, and at the same time pay you for the 

 smoker sent me, and four others tobo given to some 

 others who can be Induced to quit the filthy hnblt of 

 using tobacco. It Isn't the smoker that I caro about 

 — no, sirl I expect to see the time in the next 4 or 6 

 weeks when I would give a dozen smokers if I had 

 not pledged myself. I expect nature to make a 

 strong demand for the weed; but I mean to con- 

 quer, and this promise to you, I think, will help mo, 

 together with my pride in the power of my wlU. 8o, 

 send along the smoker, and I will let that do my 

 future smoking for me. J. E. Pond, Jh. 



North Attleboro, Bristol Co., Mass., Aug. 2, 1881. 



I*ertaliili>B to J3cc Culture. 



We respectfully solicit the aid of oar friends in conducting: 

 this department, and would consider it a faror to have them 

 »end ua all circulars that hare a deceptive appearance. The 

 greatest care will be at all times maintained to pi-event Injustice 

 Being done any one. 



I have been a slave to tobacco for over 30 years; 

 have been a reader of Ole-VNixos 3 years. Some 

 time in January I quit chewing, but have not quit 

 smoking yet, but Intend to soon, with the help of 

 Ood. I do not want you to send me a smoker to 

 quit, but I thought it might encourage you to know 

 that you were doing some good, even when you don't 

 send Emokers. The Home Papers have helped me a 

 great deal In my Christian life. They strengthen 

 my faith In prayer to Almighty Ood. I know that 

 God will answer our prayers if we pray arioht. Re- 

 member me In prayer to God, and ask him to help 

 me quit tobacco entirely; also every thing that is 

 displeasing to him. Go on with the good work; and 

 may God bless yoa abundantly. Is the prayer of your 

 brother In Christ. David Pratt. 



And it does encourage me, friend P., more 

 than you know, perhaps. I have, as I have 

 often told you, felt that God was guiding 

 this department, and your kind letter shows 

 how he 13 guiding it. Jlold on to his strong 

 arm ; look forward and up, and never look 

 back, nor even tkinl- back. 



^ RECEIVED some booksofa ctrtain N.C. Mitch- 

 H ell, of Indianapolis. I suppose he would try me 

 as he did many others. My father sent him 

 $15.00 for a honey-extractor, etc., but received only 

 a few old boards, worth 50 cents, as my brother has 

 told me. I will send you a few of the Iwoks to let 

 you know what Sir. Mitchell has to sny alx)ut you, 

 and I hope you will answer the man in Gleanincs, 

 from A to Z. 



In regard what Mr. M. says of queens, I have to 

 say as much In/ai-orofyours. The tested queen re- 

 ceived 4 or 5 years ago, and a dollar queen later, 

 were real beauties in every respect; and the prog- 

 eny of the dollar queen are red-clover bees In the l)e«t 

 sense; very gentle, large, and Industrious. I am 

 certain I would not give that dollar queen for a 

 115.00 queen of M., If tiis bees are no better than his 

 writing. Our bees are doing well. 



P. Stephen Stesoeii. 



St. Melnrads, Spencer Co., Ind., May 19, 1881. 



Many thanks, friend t?., for your warm 

 championship of my poor self. 1 do not be- 

 lieve there is any need of any answer to 

 ^vhat Mitchell says. His own actions are 

 answers enough. It seems to me your fa- 

 ther did unusually well in getting even old 

 boards for his §15.00. AH of Jlitchell's cir- 

 culars are sent to me as soon as out, by dif- 

 ferent friends, and so are almost all other 

 suspicious circulars in the bee business. 



$chs and Qum^s. 



nONET BEPOBT rOR 1881. 



€[^OMMENCED In spring with 20 colonics; In- 

 tj creased to C3; extracted 163J lbs. comb honey; 

 In sections, 100 lbs.; total, 1733 lbs. Used no 

 separators with starters of pieces of comb. Have 

 bought all my fdn. of H. A- Burch, of South Haven, 

 for3year8, which proved satisfactory. 

 Home, Mich., Sept. l.i, issl. J. CnxPicks. 



I have taken over U» lbs. of honey from my bees 



this summer, and biul only 4 swarms In the spring. 



New Woodstock, N.T., Sept. 16, •«!. O.aMoMa. 



We sold the rest of our honey last week, at 12 eta. 

 — 9om e 4000 lbs. We got 105 1 bs. to t he hi ve. 

 Strulhroy, Can., Atig. 15, '81. J. lltrrHERroRD. 



a good nECono. 



Please discontinue my name in the 11.00 queen 

 line, as I have sold all I have to spare this fall. 1 

 have filled all orders up to date, and I wish to step 

 out of the ranks till another season. If anybody has 

 not received the worth of bis money from me, I am 

 ready to make amends. L. W. Vaskirk. 



Washington. Pa., Sept 12, 18?1. 



