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THE AMERICAN APIOULTURIST. 



do 3'ou good and cannot fail to give 

 3^ou some good ideas, and above 

 all remember that system and ap- 

 plication in conducting the work 

 in your apiaries are the guide- 

 boards to success. 



CORRESPONDENCE . 

 Mr. Editor : 



Your device of questions and 

 compared answers is a great inven- 

 tion — a real stroke of genius — 

 no less an idea than has often won 

 battles, or made fortunes. It 

 ought to be enough in itself to 

 insure the success of your enter- 

 prise. It is the best plan ever 

 thought of for settling some of the 

 open questions in lieekeeping, and 

 of helping us all to arrive at what 

 is truth in theory and perfection in 

 management. I gladly acknowl- 

 edge already my great indebtedness 

 to this part of the Apicnlturist, 

 and would like to increase it by 

 getting answers to some questions 

 over which I have puzzled consid- 

 erably. First, will Mr. L. C. 

 Root oblige me by explaining how 

 it is, that, as he says in his book, 

 he finds it advantageous to change 

 sections from the top to the side 

 of the brood nest, to have them 

 capped ; while the rest of us, who 

 sometimes use side-boxes, have to 

 change them above to get them 

 capped quickly? Next, will Mr, 

 Alley please stand up and explain, 

 what seems to him to be sufficient 

 evidence that, when he finds a 

 queen balled by her own bees, 

 there are fertile workers in the 

 hive? Then will Mr. Geo. W. 

 House please tell us how he would 

 explain how I came to have fertile 

 workers in five or six nuclei the 

 last season, when, according to my 



record, queen cells were torn down 

 not earlier, in any case, than the 

 ninth day after the queen was 

 removed ? 



Again on page 515, A. B. J., of 

 October 17, 1883, there seems to be 

 » reliable record of fertile workers 

 following the loss of a virgin queen. 

 Now will Mr. House explain this 

 on his theory? I believe this 

 matter of fertile workers is one of 

 the most important that awaits 

 settlement, so that we may know 

 just what conditions are necessary 

 to produce them, and how to pre- 

 vent their annoyance, and I believe 

 Mr. House is on the right track ; 

 butj'et what I have observed seems 

 to be against his conclusions, and 

 if Mr. Marhard's facts are correct, 

 I shall be obliged to propose an 

 amendment to Mr. House. 



I have some more questions, 

 which will keep until some future 

 time. 



J. Hasuuouck. 



Lavsivg, Mich., Oct. 14, 1883. 



Dear Mr. Pxlitor:— May I ask 

 you to call special attention to the 

 next annual meeting to be held in 

 Flint, Dec. 6 and 7, of the Mich- 

 igan Beekeepers' Association. We 

 expect to have by far the best 

 meeting ever held in the State. 

 It is eJcpected that the Rev. L L. 

 Langstroth will be present. To 

 see and hear liim will pay anv one 

 for the trouble and expense inci- 

 dent to the journey. We also ex- 

 pect D. A. Jones, A. I. Root, C. 

 F. Mutli, and hope to have C. C. 

 Miller and T. G. Newman. From 

 what I hear, Michigan beekeei)ers 

 are tol)e out in force. Hotel rates 

 are to be $1.00 a day. Furtiier 

 particulars as to program will 

 be given soon. We expect to got 

 reduced rates on the railroads. To 

 aid in this, and that I may know 



