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Mr. Benj. E. Rice, of Boscobel, 

 Wis., died of lung trouble at 3 p.m. on 

 Aug. 8, 1892. Mr. Edwin Pike, the 

 President of the Southwestern Wiscon- 

 sin Bee-Keepers' Association, sent us 

 this sad information. Mr. Rice was not 

 only the efficient Secretary of the above 

 Association, but one of the most promi- 

 nent and active bee-keepers in Wiscon- 

 sin. He was born in Angelica, Allegany 

 county, N. Y., in 1843, enlisted in the 

 Union Army in 1861, and was badly 

 wounded at a battle in Virginia. The 

 Bee Journal extends to the sorrowing 

 relatives and friends its heartfelt sympa- 

 thy in their sad affliction. 



Be Sure to read offer on page 229. 



Pulled Queens.— Dr. C. C. Miller, 

 of Marengo, Ills., among his "Stray 

 Straws " in the last number of Glean- 

 ings, gives this, which may be some- 

 thing new to many of our readers : 



Toung queens pulled out of their cells 

 and introduced with success, is the 

 theme of an item in the French Revue. 

 We call them " pulled queens " at our 

 house, and have used them for several 

 years. Just tear open a queen-cell ; 

 and if the young queen is strong enough 

 to hold on to the comb, she will be 

 kindly received almost anywhere by 

 merely placing her on the comb among 

 the bees. Friend Root was quite inter- 

 ested on seeing us use " pulled queens " 

 on one of his visits here. 



Shipments of Beeswax .— 



Such should not be sent to George W. 

 York & Co., or the American Bee Jour- 

 nal, as we do not handle it. Several 

 have forwarded some to us, and we have 

 in every case turned it over to Thomas 

 G. Newman. Hereafter please remem- 

 ber that we do not handle Beeswax, or 

 deal in Bee-Keepers' Supplies. We have 

 also received orders for Supplies, which 

 we have invariably turned over the same 

 way as the Beeswax that was sent us. 



Read S. F. & I. Trego's Advertisement. 



Carelessness is. never excusable, 

 and especially when around an apiary. 

 Many an accident around bees, either 

 fatal or nearly so, might have been pre- 

 vented if some one had not been care- 

 less. Mrs. Atchley tells in the following 

 letter dated July 30, how she suffered 

 financial loss through the carelessness 

 of some men who were unloading hay in 

 a barn near her apiary : 



Bro. York : — As we all love to have 

 some one to tell our trouble to, I will 

 tell you of a terrible accident. 



We have a very large barn, and we 

 rented half of it to some hay-men to 

 store hay in. Yesterday, while they 

 were unloading, they let a bale of hay 

 fall on one of the teams, and the horses 

 ran away, and right through my apiary 

 with the wagon-tongue down. The first 

 hive struck was torn all to pieces ; it 

 contained a powerful colony, with 32 

 fine queen-cells (Doolittle) nearly ready 

 to take off. Besides, they bursted and 

 knocked over seven other hives. The 

 damage amounted to more than $25. 



I hope my experience will- be the 

 means of saving another such disaster. 

 We all should be very careful with 

 teams and wagons near the apiary. 



Mrs. Jennie Atchley. 



Italian Bees. — Mr. Alexander 

 Grant, of Lowell, Wis., on Aug. 7, 

 1892, wrote us as follows about a col- 

 ony of bees he purchased, and questioned 

 whether or not they are Italians : 



I bought a colony of Italian bees last 

 spring, and there are some bee-keepers 

 here who keep Italian bees that say I 

 was swindled. The bees I got are no 

 larger than our common brown bees, 

 and there are a good many small, black 

 bees among them. The drones are as 

 black as any black drones. Should not 

 the drones be a little yellow, like the 

 worker-bees ? I would like to know the 

 difference between the two kinds of 

 bees. These little black ones are so 

 cross, and will sting worse than a yellow 

 jacket. They cost me $10, and $2.75 

 for express charges. Please let me 

 know if they are anywhere near like the 

 Italian bees. If not, tell me where to 

 get some of the right kind. I do not 

 think that I will keep these any longer 

 than this fall ; that is, if I can get bet- 

 ter ones. The man I bought these bees 

 from pretends to be one of the leading 



