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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



COLOR OF POLLEN. 



Is not Mr. W. M. Woodward in 

 error in regard to tlie color of wliite 

 clover pollen ? I always supposed it 

 was dark, in fact, the darkest of any- 

 thing north, unless it is pollen from 

 poppy ; at least it is the case here. 

 M, L. Spencer. 



C. H. Drummond, of Winslow, 

 Maine, says : those three queens 

 you sent me are just beauties and 

 have filled their hives with as hand- 

 some frames of brood as one needs 

 to see. 



Cedar Springs, Mich. 

 I received the queen all right, and 

 got her introduced successfully. She 

 is laying nicely at present. I am 

 very much pleased with her. I in- 

 troduced her in the following man- 

 ner. I took one card of brood and 

 what bees were on it and put in a 

 hive, and put an empty comb on 

 each side of it, then I let the queen 

 in from the entrance and smoked 

 them for about fifteen minutes, and 

 the next day I put two more cards 

 of brood in and smoked as before, 

 The following day I took the old 

 queen away and put in the balance 

 of the cards. My idea for doing it 

 this way was that, if they killed the 

 new queen, I could put the cards 

 back with the old queen. I do not 

 know whether this is anything new 

 or not. I never have heard of in- 

 troducing this way nor have I seen 

 it in print. If it is anything new you 

 can give it to the readers of the 

 " Api." I have since introduced the 

 old queen successfully in the same 

 manner. 



Wm. L. Laugh LIN. 



[The above is exactly our method 

 for immediate introduction of queens, 

 with this difference : instead of re- 

 moving a part of the bees and intro- 

 ducing the queen, we remove the "old 

 queen " and introduce to the whole 



colony at the same time. Try it, as 

 we do, friend L, and you will be well 

 pleased with the result. Let me give 

 one word of caution. Do not un- 

 dertake to introduce by this method 

 except after sunset, as the smoking 

 would put the colony in such a condi- 

 tion that robbing would be induced.] 



Gilhertsville, Otsego Co., N. V. 

 Mr. Alley : 



I enclose you one dollar to renevv 

 my subscription to the " Api," which 

 is the best bee paper published. I 

 dont want my subscription to run out 

 as I consider the " Api " a necessity. 



The October number is well worth 

 $i.oo to any beekeeper who wants 

 to winter his bees successfully. I 

 take two other bee papers, but they 

 take a back seat when the "Api" 

 arrives. I am well pleased with the 

 queens I got of you ; shall want more 

 another season. If you like, you may 

 publish my testimonial concerning 

 the Api, just say that it is the Boss. 



1 am using the new Heddon hives 

 and consider them the best hive yet. 

 I shall try some of your drone-traps 

 another season, as I think they are 

 all you claim for them. Wishing you 

 success, I remain 



Yours, 

 Frank Bushnell. 



USEFUL HIXTS. 



The hives in which bees are to be 

 wintered in on summer stands should 

 be nearly or quite two feet above the 

 firound ; when so phiced the entrance 

 will not be cloaged with snow, and 

 what is far better, the snow will not 

 "bank up" against the sides of the 

 hive ; while this would not damage bees 

 in a double wall-hive, it is very damag- 

 ing to those in single wall-hives. 



Honey that is thoroughly candied 

 should have added when it is liquefied 

 about half a pint of water to each 

 twelve pounds. This will keep it in 

 the liquid state several weeks longer 

 than it would remain so if the water 

 was not used. 



