AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



569 



too heavily the glittering bait, and the 

 old story of " fool and his money " was 

 repeated. 



In apiculture it is only a few years 

 since it was thought of sufficient impor- 

 tance to warrant the publication of a 

 sheet devoted to the trade, and the oldest 

 bee-periodical in the United States, the 

 American Bee Journal, is now in its 

 32nd year. Since its establishment 

 others have been started ; some have 

 prospered, others died. The industry is 

 gaining ground, steadily advancing, old 

 superstitions and prejudices removed, 

 and the bee-keepers' pursuit raised to 

 where education and care pay their way 

 as well, and better than in most other 

 pursuits. 



We do not wish to decry the work of 

 the specialist ; to him we owe all the 

 improvement in his particular line. So, 

 too, in bee-keeping. Without those who 

 for years made it a study, we would still 

 be following in the old ruts. 



The many in this world are not lead- 

 ers, nor are all specialists, therefore we 

 say, if you are carrying on a farm, a 

 garden, a fruit or truck patch, keep 

 bees. If you raise stock, keep bees, too. 

 If you are fitted for a leader, and wish 

 to be a specialist, study apiculture, and 

 by all means keep bees. No field is bet- 

 ter for development and profit. — Ne- 

 braslia Bee-Keeper. 



My 



method of Introducing 

 Queen-Bees. 



Written for the American Bee Journal 

 BY JOSHUA TAYLOR. 



As to introducing queens, I will say 

 that I prefer the following method by 

 which I have never failed : 



When the queen arrives, I go to the 

 hive and take out the queen. If the col- 

 ony is already queenless, I look over the 

 combs carefully, and cut out any queen- 

 cells that have been started. I then place 

 the cage on the frames so the bees can get 

 on the wire and become acquainted with 

 the queen, and leave her there from 24 

 to 48 hours, caged, so that she cannot 

 possibly escape from the cage. 



I then open the hive and look over the 

 combs again for queen-cells, and if any 

 are found, 1 destroy them. I then open 

 the cage so the queen might walk out, 

 but I place a little wax in her way so 

 she cannot get out. I then close the 

 hive, and the bees will release her, and 

 in two or three days the hive may be 



opened, when the queen will be found 

 on the combs all right. 



My objection to the candy plan, or 

 any plan by which the bees release the 

 queen after she has been caged a day or 

 two, is, that they may start queen-cells, 

 and when the queen gets out they ball 

 her. By the method given above I place 

 so little wax in the entrance that the 

 bees release her very quickly after the 

 hive is closed. 



If I have much difficulty in finding the 

 queen I wish to take out of the colony, 

 I spread a sheet down a few feet away, 

 then carry the hive there and shake all 

 the bees down on the sheet, place the 

 frames in the hive and set in its place, 

 and go about my work. In a few hours 

 most of the bees have gone back to the 

 hive, and the queen will be found with 

 a few bees on the sheet. 



Richmond, Kans. 



Apiarian Premiums Awarded at 

 the Nebraska State Fair. 



Written for the American Bee Journal 

 BY L. D. STILSON. 



At the Nebraska State Fair, held at 

 Lincoln on Sept. 9, 1892, the following 

 awards were made in the apiarian de- 

 partment : 



Best basswood or white clover honey — 

 A. E. Davidson and Sam Barrett. 



Best comb fall honey — Sam Barrett 

 and John Lee. 



Best gallon of extracted honey, bass- 

 wood or white clover — Almon Tower and 

 A. E. Davidson. 



Best gallon of extracted fall honey — S. 

 R. Hogan and S. R. Smith. 



Best granulated honey — A. E. David- 

 son and Stilson & Sons. 



Best and largest display by any one, 

 including bees, extracted and comb 

 honey, and apiarian supplies — E. Kretch- 

 mer and Stilson & Sons. 



Exhibit of brood-chamber and surplus 

 foundation, full and partly drawn — E. 

 Kretchmer and A. E. Davidson. 



Exhibit of apiarian supplies and im- 

 plements — E. Kretchmer and Stilson & 

 Sons. 



Display of honey in marketable shape 

 — A. E. Davidson and M. Tower. 



Best display of honey-candy, honey- 

 sugar, and sweets where honey was used 

 in place of sugar — Thos. Dodson. 



Best honey-vinegar — Thos. Dodson 

 and Stilson & Sons. 



Best display of bees and queens — 

 Chas. White and E. Kretchmer. 



