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ing some water into the hive through the en- 

 trance. On releasing thexji from their cap- 

 tivity the robbers had made up their minds to 

 stay, and stay they did and went to work just 

 the same as if they had always been in that 

 hive. Now the (juecn has been in that cage 5 

 days, and today on going to the hive to re- 

 lease her, I found within 3 inches of the cage 

 that she was in, and on the same frame of 

 brood. 2 fine queen-cells, one sealed over and 

 the other almost so. 



I at once ma<le a solid partition and placed 

 it in the center of the hive, leaving the one 

 frame of brood containing the (lueen-cells on 

 one side of the partition and the rest of the 

 brood on the other. 1 then released the queen 

 and put her on the side of the hive away from 

 the cells. Now I have 2 nuclei in this one 

 hive, one with a queen and one with 2 queen- 

 cells. I also divided the entrance and put a 

 partition on the alighting-board, fitting up 

 afrainst the nive. and am awaiting results. 



May 14, I took the queen and one frame of 

 comb honey and some brood from another 

 strong colony, and placed her in one-half of a 

 hive that I had partitioned off for nuclei, giv- 

 ing them other frames of foundation. '1 hey are 

 doing fine. On the 17th, on examination of 

 the qucenless colony, I found 5 quecn-ccUs, 

 and on the 10th I found 7. Expecting them to 

 begin to hatch about the 29th or 3*)th, on the 

 24th I cut out 2 that were jammed up together 

 ana grafted them on a frame of brood taken 

 from anotlicr hive, and put them in the empty 

 half of the hive where I had the nucleus with 

 the queen. This was about 4 p. m.. May 24. 

 Next day i found that the bees had deserted 

 the brood and had gone back home. I re- 

 peated the operation, getting a fresh comb of 

 brood, heavily covered with bees, grafted the 

 same cells in it. placed them back where the 

 deserters had been and closed the entrance 

 with wire-screen for 2 nights and one day. 



This morning, I gave them their liberty early, 

 and at 11 o'clock there was not a corporal 

 guard of bees on that cumb. I then got an 

 empty hive, placed it back of the queenless 

 hive, and prepared to make 2 or 3 nuclei in it 

 of queen-cells and i)Iace it on top of the queen- 

 less hive, but on picking up the frame that I 

 knew had had several queen-cells on it, I at 

 once discovered a fine young queen, the 13th 

 day since making the colony <|ueenless. and also 

 found that she had been into mischief, for she 

 had destroyed three of the cells, leaving" only 

 one in that hive. So with the other cell that 

 I had grafted on another frame, and this one 

 that she had left, I made 2 nuclei, and placed 

 them over an excluder on the hive with a new 

 queen. 



Now what will the results be? and what of 

 my plan of procedure under the circumstances 

 with which I had to deal? I now have 4 col- 

 onies with queens, 2 nuclei with queens, and 3 

 nuclei with queen-cells. 



1 would like to hear from older experienced 

 bee-men on the conditions that I have had to 

 deal with, and see if I have gone at it right or 

 wrong. E. G. Gossett. 



Cherokee. Okla., May 27. 



Magnificent Honey-Flow. 



The bees art- just nnw in the luight of a 

 magnificent honey -lluw. Jlul it is raining too 

 much. They are losing too much time. We 

 are having the greatest crop of white clover in 

 years. I have kept bees right here for over 

 25 years, and such a cro[) as this we have 

 never ha<I in that time before. The swarming 

 fever is at the top notch just now. Talk about 

 controlling it! They have gotten ahead of 

 me this time. Dr. Miller's i)lan of setting the 

 old colony beside the swarm a week, and then 

 moving it some distance away, isn't in it this 

 year. Perhaps I am not "onto the job" just 



right. Anyway, I had 2 like that today, 

 think I'll dig out some cells tomorrow. 

 Barnard, Mo., June 28. S. A. Matson. 



"The Biggie Bee-Book." 



The Wilmer Atkmson Co.. of Philadelphia, 

 publishers of the Farm Journal, have just 

 launched a new bee-book with the above title. 

 They are the piiblishers of a series of Biggie 

 books on various farm topics, and this last 

 deals with bees and bee-keeping. These books 

 are very much condensed, ostensibly to suit 

 the busy man, whose time is limited, and they 

 make no pretensions to being complete treatises 

 on the subjects of which they treat. Many 

 have found the series useful, and they serve 

 admirably for the use of beginners. They can 

 be very conveniently carried in the pocket, if 

 one cares to do so, so that, if anything is for- 

 gotten the matter may be looked up at once. 



It is an extremely difficult matter to "boil 

 down" our bee-knowledge, that it may be put 

 in so small a compass, but the author seems to 

 have succeeded very well. The average be- 

 ginner is looking for a bee-book which is "as 

 plain as A B C," which of course is impossible, 

 but if he (or she) is looking for something 

 short and simple as an introduction to bee- 

 literature, we can commend this little book. 



The author is said to be Jacob Biggie, wnich 

 is a noJH-dc-plume. We imagine "Jacob" lives 

 hard by Long Island Sound in a peaceful com- 

 muter's village where lions, and bears, and 

 bulls are not unknown. 



Despite its small size the book is very well 

 illustrated by a liberal profusion of pictures. 

 This will greatly enhance its value in the eyes 

 of the mere beginner who, like "the man from 

 Missouri." requires to be shown by ocular 

 demonstration. With him seeing is believing. 



The binding of these Biggie books is good, 

 so_ that, despite the low price, they will stand 

 fair usuage for some years. The great tempta- 

 tion with many publishers is to be skimpy on 

 the binding with the result that the book is soon 

 destroyed. 



There are 19 chapters and an index. The 1st 

 chapte^ gives the reasons for keeping bees, the 

 next, what race of bees to keep, and the 3d. 

 how to make a start with bees. The 4th deals 

 with hives and implements, the 5th with spring 

 management, and the Gth with swarms and 

 swarming, while the 7th deals with comb and 

 extracted honey. The Sth chapter covers queen- 

 rearing and introducing, and the subjects of 

 out-apiaries and moving bees come in for study 

 in the 9th. The spicy subject of bee-stings and 

 remedies gets its innings in the 10th, while how 

 to winter bees takes up the 11th chapter. Here 

 the author gives a kink worth the price of the 

 book, that is, to wrap carefully each hive with 

 about 10 thicknesses of old newspapers and over 

 that put a water-tight telescope cap. That's 

 good advice for farmer bee-keepers. 



Chapter 12 uiscusses bee-diseases in a pleas- 

 ant way, and the one following that the ene- 

 mies of bees, while honey as a food and as a 

 medicine is disposed of in the 14th and liith. 

 Beeswax has the 16th chapter all to itself and 

 honey-plants the 17th. The important subject 

 of marketing the products of the apiary is con- 

 sidered in the 18th. while a bee-keeper's calen- 

 dar forms the last. This is followed by a 

 copious index, so that the book as a whole is 

 quite complete. The price is 50 cents postpaid; 

 but we club it with the American Bee Journal 

 one year — both for $1.40. The book contains 

 136 pages. 



Best All-Around Tool for the Farmer. 



One of tlie best tools for the farmer, one 

 that every farmer can find good use for and 

 that many farmers will find indispensable after 

 trying, is Clark's Double-Action Cutaway Har- 

 row and Cultivator. This wonderful invention 

 combines adaptability to various work with ef- 

 ficiency that is second to none. As it is set up 

 and shipped, it is a Harrow. As such, it com- 

 bines lightness with good work. It is drawn by 

 a team of light Iiorscs. fits a track 4;'2 feet 

 wide and can be used with or without its ex- 

 tension head. It will do the work of several 

 disc machines that would cost the farmer sev- 

 eral times as much, and do it more thoroughly 

 because it has four gangs instead of only two. 

 The draft is suitable for two light horses, and 

 is direct from the center at all times. This 

 machine is always sent with Kxtension Head 

 and jointed pole, and with two large discs for 

 listing, when so ordered. Full particulars can 

 be had l)y writing to the Cutaway Harrow Co., 

 913 Main St., Higganum. Conn., mentioning the 

 American Bee Journal when writing. 



