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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



A Field for Study.— Kev. J. P. 



Riedinger, of North Ridgeville, Ohio, 

 was among the very first of the Bee 

 Joubnal editor's school-teachers, and a 

 most excellent one he was, too. A short 

 time ago we were pleasantly surprised 

 in receiving from him a letter expressing 

 his congratulations and wishes for our 

 success in the work of publishing the 

 Bee Joubnal. We had sent him a copy 

 of the paper, and upon receiving it he 

 wrote to us as follows : 



My Dear Friend York : — I am in re- 

 ceipt of the Amebican Bee Joubnal, 

 and I suppose the publisher is my friend 

 of what now seems long ago, so quickly 

 has time passed. Thanks, however, for 

 the favor, not only for its own sake, but 

 the pleasant associations it recalls. 

 Allow me to «xtend to you my congratu- 

 lations aod best wishes for success. 



What a field for delightful study bee- 

 keeping must be. Its field extends for 

 miles — wherever flowers, bedewed with 

 honey, grow. It is also a life among the 

 busiest of lives. What lessons of indus- 

 try, harmony, sagacity and regularity 

 they teach by exemplification. 



If stimulating example is of any 

 value, the bee-keeper should be a model 

 of praiseworthy qualities. 



Yours as of old, 



J. P. RlEDINGEB. 



Only Eight Bee-Papers now 



" appear with any degree of regularity" 

 In this country, says the American Bee- 

 Keeper. They are : Gleanings in Bee- 

 Culture, Bee-Keepers' Review, American 

 Bee-Keeper, Canadian Bee Journal, 

 American Apiculturist, Progressive Bee- 

 Keeper, Bee-Keepers 1 Guide, and the 

 Amebican Bee Joubnal. We hardly 

 think there will be the usual " new 

 crop" of bee-papers during the next few 

 months. Somehow the past publishers 

 of such seem to have "enjoyed" it 

 about as much as a good many people 

 "enjoy poor health." At least they 

 seem to have gotten rid of their new 

 projects about as rapidly as they would 

 like to get out of the "poor health" 

 column. 



Be Sure to read offer on page 717. 



CONDUCTED BY 



Mrs. Jennie Mtcfeley, 

 Floyd, Hunt Co., Tex. 



Several Eggs in a Cell, Etc. 



"What makes a good looking queen 

 sometimes lay two or more eggs in a 

 cell?" is asked by a bee-keeper. 



First, I will state that there are sev- 

 eral reasons why a queen lays two or 

 more eggs in a cell, but I will only give 

 two reasons this time, as I am in a great 

 hurry. 



The first is, when the bees are too 

 few, and do not occupy or cover enough 

 combs to afford her laying room. Hence, 

 to free herself of the accumulated eggs, 

 she lays too many in a cell. 



The second is, when young queens 

 begin to lay they (or some of them) are 

 nervous and miss the cell they intend to 

 lay in ; that is, in their eagerness to lay 

 they inspect a cell, and when they curve 

 the body to lay, they miss the cell aimed 

 at, and lay in the one next to it ; this I 

 have watched them do, and the cell may 

 already have an egg in it, when, after 

 they lay awhile, they become more used 

 to the work, and make their deposits 

 regularly. 



PART DRONE AND PABT WOEKER EGGS. 



Another question is, " What causes a 

 young queen sometimes to lay part 

 drone and part worker eggs all in work- 

 er-cells, then turn out to lay all right ?" 



Well, I will declare ! The way the 

 querist puts this question it is so long 

 that it nearly takes my breath. In the 

 first place, it is not always the queen 

 that is at fault, as just about the time 

 the queen is hatched, or a little before, 

 there are some workers that begin to 

 lay, then in a few days the queen begins 

 to lay, too. And they lay on harmoni- 

 ously together until the laying-workers 

 " play out ;" then, of course, the queen 

 has full sway, and the brood soon be- 

 comes all worker. While the workers 

 and queen are dividing space, of course 



