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top of nearly every frame of brood, in 

 worker comb. Nearly every other 

 colony has played the same trick on me 

 this year. 



Don't know why they did it unless 

 I fed them too well. I can get rid of 

 them by hunting the hives over and 

 cutting their heads off but it is lots of 

 trouble. The trap is much more con- 

 venient even if it has to be emptied out 

 a time or two. Don't suppose I shall 

 need to empty it on ordinary swarms but 

 a twenty frame L. hive can accommodate 

 quite a nnmber of drones I lind. 



Mrs. a. L. Hallenbeck. 



Millard, Nebraska. 



A GOOD REPORT OF THE FUNICS. 



H. Alley : — I send you report of the 

 Pnnic bees. I find them the jjreatest 

 honey fjatherers I have ever known — it is 

 really surprising to see them work. Tht-y 

 have gathered nearly tliree limes as nnich 

 honey as my otiier l)ees. They have not 

 swarmed, though tiie colony is a very 

 strong one. 1 ttud tliein alittL' cross, but 

 I can handle them with smoke all riirht. 

 You can put me down for a solid Punic 

 bee man. 

 Urban, Fa. G. S. Kkock. 



TRAP A GREAT SUCCESS. 



Mr. Alley : Your queen traps are a great 

 success with me ; no leaving my business to 

 climb trees for swarms. If I find a quei'U 

 In a trap, I remove the hive to a new stand, 

 put another in its place, take trap covered 

 with bees from old hive, shake them off 

 ,in front of new one, let the quei-n out, see 

 that she enters the hive and the job- is 

 done. 



C. S. Webster. 



West Winsled, Conn. 



"WHEN I STRIKE TFIE RIGHT PLACE." 



Mr. II. Alley : — Enclosed find cash 

 for two Italian queens. I have bought 

 queens of parties higli up in bee cnltuie in 

 ihe west, but never cuiid get one that 

 would lav eggs enough to keep a colony 

 alive. When I strike the right place there 

 I will place all my orders for queens. 

 Coltnabiaville, Mich. M. Woodcock. 



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The Punics are proving a superior 

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In some pans of the country, bees 

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