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wings were a little bad, but could fly) 

 that came in very cautiously, and two 

 or three drones followed her right to 

 the entrance. She caught on a weed in 

 front of the hive, and the drones did 

 the same. 



Now, it could not have been over 

 30 minutes from the time I took them 

 out of the wagon until I examined them, 

 and I do not believe it was more than 

 20 minutes. Drones were flying thick 

 from the drone hives, and I know these 

 queens did not go any 4 miles — not any 



1 mile — from the hive to mate, but they 

 were mated right in that yard, not over 



2 acres in it. You see, these queens 

 being 5 days old, and having been fed 

 regularly, were crazy to fly, and conse- 

 quently flew the first chance they had. 



Now, could we not confine queens as. 

 above, and select the time to turn them 

 loose, while the drones were flying, and 

 have them mated to just the drones we 

 wish?' I believe it is worth trying, as 

 these are plain facts and no theory about 

 it. 



Floyd, Texas, July 12, i8g2. 



The above illustrates tlie Kohler process 

 of mathig queens to pure drones. But 

 isn't it a hard unt for those "long dis- 

 tance" fellows to crack? I tell .vou that 

 those parties who clahu that bees will mix 

 even as far as six miles away, will soon 

 find themselves in a hole. Nothing- like 

 practical experiments to knock out the 

 noisy theorists. — Ed.] 



I GIVE IT UP. 



Friend Alley: 



I Avill say that when I ordered the 

 Pf-rfpction Swann-hiver of yon, a short 

 time ago, I told you that I had but little 

 confidence in a. hirer. 



I have just, tested it. In it I cnnght two 

 swarms inside of one hour; it did as you 

 said. One swarm did not alight but re- 

 turned to the hive after flying around 

 awhile; the others settled for a little while 

 tirst. I gue«s that I shall have to give it 

 up and say that it seems to be a good thing, 

 and is well named. So far it Avorks to per- 

 fection. W. H. Norton. 



Skowhegan, Me., July 27th. 



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— The Punics are badly slandered. Al- 

 most everything worth having has its 

 natural enemy. 



— September is the best month for pre- 

 paring bees for winter. Don't fuss with 

 them late in the fall. 



— Twenty- five pounds of sugar, or $1.25 

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