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ings weekly, and sometimes nightly, for 

 a long time, conducting the services 

 himself, when no clergyman was present. 

 As a church member he was always ready 

 and eflBcient in any work to which he 

 was called until failing health compelled 

 him to desist. How many there have 

 been, the current of whose lives were 

 turned Christward by his efforts, can 

 only be known when that day comes in 

 which all things shall be revealed. 

 Death came to him as a messenger of 

 peace and rest. Gladly ^he committed 

 his spirit into the keeping of Him in 

 whom he had believed. 



His funeral was attended from the 

 family home Tuesday, Aug. 8th, at 10 

 o'clock a.m. The services were con- 

 ducted by the pastor of the deceased, 

 the Rev. L. E. Wheeler, of Waverly, N. 

 Y., who paid a fine tribute to the life 

 and character of his deceased parishioner 

 and brother. The casket was covered 

 with beautiful and delicate floral pffer- 

 ings. The one of special beauty and 

 magnificence was a pillow of roses pre- 

 sented by many of his comrades of the 

 13th Regiment of Pennsylvania Militia, 

 as their tribute to his memory. The 

 pallbearers were his longtime friends 

 and associates. 



The business places were closed dur- 

 ing the hour of services, and the people 

 gathered in large numbers to testify of 

 their respect and personal regard for 

 one who has filled so large a place 

 among them. 



In this department will be answered those 

 questions needing immediate attention, and 

 such as are not of sufficient special interest to 

 require replies from the '-io or more apiarists 

 Who help to make "Queries and Replies" 60 

 interesting- on another page. Tn the main, It 

 will contain questions and answers upon mat- 

 ters that particularly interest beginners. — Ed. 



Queen that Stopped Liaying. 



Will a one-year-old queen cease laying 

 for a month or more, and then com- 

 mence again ? What would bo best to 

 do with her? The circumstances are 

 as follows : 



On Aug. 15th a good, strong and prof- 

 itable colony, with a last year's queen, 

 was found to contain neither brood nor 

 eggs, and supposing them to be queen- 

 less, a this year's laying qu/>en from a 

 nucleus was caged and laid on the 

 frames for 24 hours, when all seemed 



favorable to liberate, and she was freed. 

 The morning of the 20th I examined 

 them, expecting to find eggs if not larvae, 

 but I went entirely through and found 

 neither. On casting my eyes in front of 

 the hive, I noticed a queen and one bee 

 on a blade of grass. I caught her, and 

 she seemed to not have near the life and 

 activity she usually had. I placed her 

 at the entrance, and the bees recognized 

 her, and she slowly crawled into the 

 hive, when I discovered her to be the 

 older queen, as her wing is clipped. 



A bee-keeper friend thought probably 

 both queens were in the hive, the old 

 one disabled in sonie way, so I exam- 

 ined carefully this morning, and found 

 only the older queen, and to all appear- 

 ances all right. They have always been 

 gentle, but now they are quite cross. 



J. W. SOUTHWOOD. 



Monument City, Ind., Aug. 21, 1893. 



Answers. — The probability is that 

 the best thing you can do with that 

 queen is to pinch her head off. She has 

 not been laying for at least three weeks, 

 and it is not likely that she ever will. 

 If you had killed her before introducing 

 the other queen, it would have made a 

 difference as to the reception of the lat- 

 ter. 



You are probably right in concluding 

 that the queen you Introduced has been 

 killed, but please remember that your 

 not finding her Is not proof positive that 

 she is gone. Sometimes a queen hides so 

 that she cannot be found. You found 

 the old queen on a blade of grass, and if 

 she crawled out of the hive without any 

 interference on your part, you may take 

 it as pretty sure evidence that she is 

 worthless, seeing there is no brood in 

 the hive. 



A Beginner's Experience with Bees. 



About May 15th a swarm of bees set- 

 tled in my back yard. I caught and 

 hived them, but I never had any experi- 

 ence with bees before I subscribed for 

 the American Bee Journal and got 

 " Bees and Honey" as a premium. I 

 am in a mess; my bees have been ap- 

 parently working hard since I hived 

 them, but they have only filled 2 frames 

 with comb. They have filled about half 

 the comb with brood, and have filled 

 about one-fourth of the other cells half 

 full of honey. It i?eems to me that some- 

 thing is the matter. Should I get a new 

 queen and put her in, destroying the old 

 queen ? or should I leave the old queen 

 in and feed them for winter? I don't 

 think they will gather enough honey for 



