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in the Senate to work for its passage, it 

 was laid upon the table by that honor- 

 able body, and remains " tabled " still, 

 so far as anyone knows. He also 

 secured an appropriation for the annual 

 publication of the Report of the Illinois 

 Staie Bee-Keepers' Association. In this 

 we have no precedent, I believe, in the 

 United States. His record while in the 

 Legislature, will stand as a bright mon- 

 ument to his memory in years to come, 

 and may be the means of sounding his 

 name and praises in other lands than 

 ours. 



Mr. Hambaugh is an occasional con- 

 tributor to the different bee-periodicals, 

 in which Gleanings and the American 

 Bee Journal have been generally fa- 

 vored. It is to be regretted that his 

 numerous cares will not permit him to 

 write more, but he has been ivorking, 

 and the bee-keeping fraternity may hear 

 from him more frequently hereafter. 



Politically — and, by the way, our 

 friend is something of a politician — he 

 affiliates with the Deniocratic party, but 

 is at heart a "prohibitionist" in the 

 strictest sense of the term. He does not 

 use tobacco in any form, is strictly moral 

 in his habits, and earnestly devoted to 

 his wife and children, and to his home. 

 A Friend. 



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 20 or more apiarists 

 who help to make "Queries and Replies" so 

 interesting- on another page. In the main, it 

 will contain questions and answers upon mat- 

 ters that particularly interest beginners.— Ed. 



Old Foundation — Partial Sections. 



I read in Oleanings of a man in Penn- 

 sylvania having old foundation, and 

 wishing to know how to make it fit for 

 use. Is not foundation placed in sec- 

 tions that are not used, good to put on 

 next season ? I have quite a good many 

 with full sheets, some partly drawn, and 

 some untouched. I also have several 

 unfilled sections that I intend extract- 

 ing, and placing on next season, as I 

 read they can be used that way. If they 

 can, I should think foundation could 

 also. Is it necessary to put the sections 

 back on the hive to have them cleaned, 

 after extracting ? C. N. Whaling. 



Joy, N. Y. 



Answer. — Among those who have 



tried it, there is probably no difference 

 of opinion as to the value of foundation 

 that has been on the hive the previous 

 year, and left untouched by the bees. 

 While the bees will generally use it, they 

 will not use it so readily as fresh foun- 

 dation. 



As to sections partly drawn out and 

 left over to the next season, there is a 

 wide difference of opinion. Some think 

 they are only fit to be melted up. Others 

 go to the other extreme, and think they 

 are worth very much more than sections 

 filled with fresh foundation. We are 

 somewhat inclined to the latter view, 

 and if the sections are clean we would 

 not hesitate to use them over again. 

 But we should not want to put on such 

 sections without knowing that they had 

 been thoroughly cleaned out by the bees. 

 For if a last year's section should be put 

 on this year right in the busy storing 

 time, and particles of granulated honey 

 should be present, it is possible the bees 

 would go on filling up with fresh honey 

 without cleaning out the old granulated 

 honey, and thus the new would be in- 

 jured by the old. 



No, it is not necessary that the sec- 

 tions should be put on the ?iive to be 

 cleaned out after extracting, but it Is 

 decidedly necessary that they be put 

 somewhere for the bees to clean out. 

 They'll make surer work of it off the 

 hive than on. Put your supers of sec- 

 tions somewhere where the bees can 

 visit them, protecting them from rain, 

 and allow very small entrances so that 

 only two or three bees can pass at a 

 time. If you allow too free access, the 

 bees will tear the combs to pieces. ' 



Bees Opening- Brood-Cells. 



On page 301, in answer to my query 

 regarding opening brood-cells, you ask 

 if I am " poking fun at you." Emphatic- 

 ally, no ! I asked the question in all 

 earnestness. No, there is no " possible 

 mistake" — it is of daily occurrence. I 

 have an observatory hive in which I find 

 the operation going on daily. If I were 

 not an amateur in the profession, I 

 should take the ground that the bees 

 know what larvae have been provided 

 sufBcient food when sealed over, and 

 open and feed those that have run short 

 of supplies. I have been in hopes some 

 of the professionals could or would 

 throw some light on this question. 



H. C. Finney. 



Council Grove, Kans. 



Answer. — We can only say that it is 

 something new to us to hear of bees un- 



