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of experiments would be successful for a 

 few years, he has had to fall back on 

 cellaring as the best. But he rather 

 prefers a special arrangement, like a 

 cave dug in a convenient bank. 



Once he thought he had a sure thing 

 for wintering, by making small houses 

 over about 20 colonies set close together, 

 and packed in chaflf. In mild winters 

 they were all right, but when a real 

 "killer " came along they were absent 

 at spring " roll call." 



Besides his bee-business, Mr. Free- 

 born owns three farms, and is one of the 

 largest fruit growers in the State of 

 Wisconsin, being an extensive grower of 

 apples, grapes and all kinds of small 

 fruit. He is an enthusiast on fruit- 

 growing, and has the largest variety of 

 apples, of named kinds, of any one In 

 the West, to say nothing of an endless 

 number of seedlings of his own growing. 

 He was at one time extensively engaged 

 in the nursery business, under the firm 

 name of Freeborn & Hatch, but he is 

 now about out of that line of business. 



Having obtained a competency by in- 

 dustry and economy, he has built him- 

 self a fine residence in the pleasant 

 young city of Richland Center, where he 

 expects to spend the remaining days 

 allotted to him, in peace and quiet ; al- 

 though not having as yet retired from 

 the active management of his varied 

 business interests. 



The subject of this sketch was born in 

 Hartland, Niagara Co., N. Y. about 60 

 years ago, and has been twice married, 

 his first wife being Miss Elvira Howe, of 

 Stanstead, Canada. Three children 

 were born during her life, two sons and 

 one daughter. His present wife was 

 Miss Hadassah Spyker, of Ithaca, Wis., 

 and two children have been born to 

 them, a son and daughter. 



Mr. Freeborn is a member of the Pres- 

 byterian church, and is always wide 

 awake to every interest of the neighbor- 

 hood, whether it be a social gathering 

 or a political meeting. '76. 



Xlae ILiEidies* Home Journal, of 



Philadelphia, Pa., and the Bee Journal — 

 both together for one year for only .fl.65. 

 The first-named journal is the grandest 

 monthly for the home that is published in 

 the world to-day. New or old subscribers 

 to either journal can take advantage of the 

 low rate of $1.05 for the two papers. This 

 ofter expires on Feb. 1, 1894. Send all or- 

 ders 1 the office of the Bee Jouknal. 



Have You Read page 767 yet ? 



In this department will be answered those 

 questions needing immediate attention, and 

 such as are not of suflBcient special interest to 

 require replies from the 20 or more apiarists 

 who help to make " Queries and Replies " so 

 interesting- on another pag-e. In the main, it 

 will contain questions and answers upon mat- 

 ters that particularly Interest beginners.— Ed. 



Laying Worker or Queen Drone-Layer 



About October 1st I found a colony 

 that was hatching all drones. No drone- 

 laying queen was in the hive. Was it a, 

 drone-laying queen, or a worker-bee ? 



Saxton, Pa. D. M. 



Answer — Of course if there was no 

 drone-laying queen in the hive, then the 

 drone-brood must have been the prod- 

 uct of laying workers, unless, indeed, 

 there had previously been a drone-lay- 

 ing queen there, which was no longer 

 present. With no other knowledge 

 than that only drone-brood was present, 

 it would be impossible to say whether 

 laying workers or a faulty queen were 

 at work, but something might be told 

 from appearances. A drone - laying 

 queen lays by preference in worker- 

 cells. The queen lays only one egg in a 

 cell, while laying workers often lay from 

 one to a dozen eggs in a single cell. 



Something About Sweet Clover. 



I want to know something about sweet 

 clover. Is it a sure honey-yielder in 

 hot, dry weather like we have in Kansas 

 nearly every fall '? Will stock graze up- 

 on it ? If a man should get his place 

 polluted (?) with it, is it any worse than 

 any other weed ? Is a man liable to get 

 sick of it after he has once got it '? 

 Please tell us all about the plant. 



Williamsburg, Kans. P. S. 



Answer — The testimony as to sweet 

 clover is, as to some points, very con- 

 flicting. Nearly all agree that it is a 

 good honey-plant. Perhaps no one has 

 ever disputed its being a good yielder, 

 but it has been asserted by no less 

 authority than C. F. Muih that it yields 

 honey that is of a sooty appearance. 

 Others think that Mr. Muth must cer- 

 tainly be mistaken, and samples that 

 have been shown as sweet clover honey 

 have certainly had nothing sooty in 

 their appearance. The roots run very 

 deep, making it a good plant to stand a 



