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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Mrs. Wasp and Mrs. Bee. 



Said Mrs. Wasp to Mrs. Bee, 



" Will you a favor do me ? 

 There's something I can't understand, 



Please, ma'am, explain it to me. 



Why do men build for you a house, 



And coax you to go in it 

 While me— your cousin— they'll not let 



Stay near them for a minute ? 



I have a sting, I do confess, 

 And should not like to lose it : 



But so have you, and when you're vexed 

 I'm very sure you use it." 



"Well," said the bee, " to you no doubt, 



It does seem rather funny ; 

 But people s»oa forget the stings 



Of those who give them honey." 



—Margaret Eytinge. 



Queries mmb Replies. 



Capl Queens ui Queen-Cells. 



Query 825.— When the queen is caged in 

 the height h of the honey season, will the bees 

 start queen-cells ? — Mattie. 



Yes. — E. France. 



Yes.— J. P. H. Brown. 



Yes, usually. — P. H. El, wood. 



I think they will. — M. Mahin. 



Yes, sometimes. — Dadant & Son. 



Almost without fail. — James Heddon. 



Yes, if there is available brood. — G. L. 

 Tinker. 



Yes, often, if not usually. — James A. 

 Green. 



Yes, if confined for several days. — J. 

 M. Hambaugh. 



A large proportion of colonies would. 

 — R. L. Taylor. 



They generally do for me, perhaps 

 always. — C. C. Miller. 



I have never tried caging at such a 

 time. — Eugene Secor. 



Not if she is young, and is not caged 

 too long. — A. B. Mason. 



Yes, if there are eggs and larvae in the 

 hive. — G. M. Doolittle. * 



Most invariably, if she is caged any 

 length of time. — Mrs. J. N. Heater. 



They have never done so for me, but 

 my advice is, " Don't cage your queen." 

 — Mrs. L. Harrison. 



As I understand your question, I will 

 say that I don't " fool" with my queens 

 in that way. — H. D. Cutting. 



Yes, ma'am ; if you keep her caged 

 long enough, say two or three days. My 

 bees will. — Mrs. Jennie Atchley. 



They will be very likely to do so when 

 they have eggs or larvae, and the hive is 

 becoming crowded. — C. H. Dibbern. 



Not as a rule, but I have known them 

 to do so, but not until after she had 

 been confined for some time. — J. E. 

 Pond. 



Not usually, if well at work in the 

 sections. The bees will not always'be- 

 have the same way, in such cases. — A. 

 J. Cook. 



In most cases they will, if the 'warm- 

 ing impulse moves them. In a few 

 cases I have had young queens mated in 

 a hive where a queen was confined in a 

 cage. — G. W. Demaree. 



If the queen is caged for two or three 

 days, the bees will generally start 

 queen-cells, especially if there are eggs 

 and larvae in the hive. — Editors. 



The Farmer and Breeder 



for June 15, in which our friend, Mr. 

 Eugene Secor, conducts the "Bee- 

 Column," contained the query, with all 

 the answers, upon the subject of 

 "Drones from an Unfertilized Queen," 

 which was published in the Bee Jour- 

 nal for June 2, 1892. 



Circulars have been received at 

 this office from the following : — 



H. G. Quirin, Bellevue, O. — 4 pages — 

 Italian Queens. 



F. L, Wright, Nurseryman, Plainfield, 

 Mich. — 1 page. 



G. P. Morton, Prairie Home, Mo. — 10 

 pages — Bee-Supplies. 



Western Mfg. Co., Spring Valley, 

 Minn. — 32 pages — Bee-Supplies. 



J. F. Michael, German, O. — 16 pages 

 — Five-Banded Golden Italian Queens. 



Be Sure to read offer on page 5. 



