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and also from what we have observed at 

 the World's Fair, Bro. Whitcomb is a 

 big man when it comes to honey exhibits 

 at Fairs, as well as a, fair man in avoirdu- 

 pois. (We would guess that he tips the 

 scales at about 200 pounds.) As to his 

 ability to get up a boney display, we 

 need only to refer to page 297 of this 

 number of the Bee Journal, where 

 will be found a picture showing the 

 Nebraska honey case and contents at 

 the World's Fair. 



Speaking of apiarian exhibits at Fairs, 

 we may say that perhaps the State of 

 Nebraska comes very near leading all 

 other single States in its excellent show 

 of honey, wax and implements of the 

 apiary. They have a building especially 



E. WHITCOMB. 



made for the purpose, which has been 

 enlarged several times to accommodate 

 the increasing demand for space that 

 occurs each succeeding year. The major 

 portion of the credit for such advance 

 strides in apicultural things in Nebraska, 

 is due, and is willingly conceded, to our 

 good Bro. Whitcomb. No wonder that 

 Nebraska bee-keepers look up to him as 

 a leader, and a splendid promoter of 

 their best interests ! 



Bee-Keeping: for Profit.— We 



have just issued a revised and enlarged 

 edition of Dr. Tinker's book, called 

 "Bee-Keeping for Profit." It details 

 his most excellent " new system, or how 

 to get the largest yields of comb and 

 extracted honey." The book contains 

 80 pages in all, and is illustrated. Price, 

 postpaid, 25 cents, or clubbed with the 

 Bee Journal for one year, for $1.15. 



In this department will be answered those 

 questions needing- immediate attention, and 

 such as are not of sufflcient special interest to 

 require replies Irom the "JS or more apiarists 

 who help to make "Queries and Keplies"so 

 interesting' on another page. In the main, it 

 will contain questions and answers upon mat- 

 ters that particularly interest beginners. — Ed. 



To Which Queen Do they Belong? 



On Aug. 1st I removed the old queen 

 from a colony of bees and introduced a 

 new queen. To-day I was removing 

 some honey from the supers, and found 

 about one dozen sections in the center 

 of the bottom super with drone-brood 

 in them — some hatched, and others just 

 eating their way out. I found a queen- 

 cell in one of them. I pulled the cap 

 off, and out walked a queen. Now, to 

 which queen do the drones and young 

 queen belong — to the old queen, or to 

 the one I introduced ? Bees are doing 

 splendidly. F. H. Molby. 



Greenleaf, Kans., Aug. 23, 1893. 



Answer. — As the change of queens 

 was made Aug. 1st, all work previous to 

 that time must be credited to her, and 

 the new queen must have credit for all 

 work of the remaining 22 days to Aug. 

 23rd. A queen usually hatches in 15 

 or 16 days from the laying of the egg, 

 so that would make the que^-cell come 

 in the time of the new queen, unless by 

 some hocuspocus the bees delayed the 

 hatching of the egg. A drone hatches 

 out in about 24 days, so the drones 

 hatched out, or just hatching, ought to 

 be credited to the old queen. 



How to Make Honey- Vinegar. 



This being the season of year for 

 making honey-vinegar, I would like to 

 know a recipe for it. I have been trying 

 to make some, but I can't get it to sour 

 or ferment fast enough. 



Kent, Ohio. L. G. Reed. 



Answer. — Chas. Dadant & Son, of 

 Hamilton, Ills., have had much experi- 

 ence in making vinegar out of honey, 

 and the following is their way, as de- 

 scribed in " Langstroth on the Honey- 

 Bee:" 



It takes from 1 to IJ^ pounds of 

 honey to make one gallon of vinegar. 

 Two good authorities on honey-vinegar, 

 Messrs. Muth and Bingham, advise the 

 use of only one pound of honey with 



