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THE AMERICA]^ BEE JOURNAL. 



REPLIES by Prominent Apiarists. 



Qaeen-Eiclnaers. 



Query, No. 239.— When hiving- swarms, 

 what kind of queen-excluders are best for 

 preventing queens from entering supers, 

 and how are they constructed ?— Iowa. 



The most perfect are probably the 

 zinc queen-exchiders as sold by sup- 

 ply dealers.— C. C. Miller. 



The best I have foujid are those 

 made of perforated-zinc, and I have 

 found them to answer the purpose 

 most admirably.— J. E. Pond, Jr. 



Perforated-zinc is good, but a 

 cheaper one can be made by using a 

 thin board with slots cut in it to allow 

 the bees to pass through, but will 

 prevent the queen and drones.- H. D. 

 Cutting. 



In my opinion, based on some ex- 

 perience, the best excluder is a good, 

 tight bee-quilt between the apart- 

 ments till the queen has commenced 

 to lay in the brood-combs, which will 

 be in two or three days after the 

 swarm is hived. After this the queen 

 is not apt to go above as long as she 

 has room below. The best queen-ex- 

 cluder to be used over the narrow-top 

 frames is a plate of perforated-zinc 

 fixed in a frame like a school-slate in 

 its frame, and used as honey-boards 

 are used.— G. W. Demaree. 



' I always hive swarms on full sheets 

 of foundation, not on combs, and I 

 need no queen-excluders to keep the 

 queen out of the sections, even if 1 

 put them on, full of foundation, at 

 the time of hiving. If I did, I should 

 use either an all metal, or part metal 

 and part wood queen-excluding honey- 

 board.— James Heddon. 



Do Qneens Lay Drone Eees? 



Query, No. 240.— Does any one know 

 that queens lay drone eggs ? Or is it not the 

 food that does the business ? It with queens, 

 why not with drones ?— Pa. 



It is quite evident that virgin 

 queens lay drone eggs.- H. R. IJoard- 



MAN. 



I have many good reasons for be- 

 lieving that queens lay drone eggs, 

 that would be too lengthy to give 

 here. I also have reasons for believ- 

 ing that food cannot make an egg 

 laid for a drone produce aught but a 

 drone.— G. M. Doolittle. 



Everybody knows that queens lay 

 drone eggs, and that the food has 

 nothing to do with the sex. Drones 

 are males, and queens and workers 

 are females, though the workers are 

 imperfect f emales.— Dadant & Son. 



Because it is not Nature's way to 

 have food perfect the female, and lack 

 of fecundation of egg, result in male. 

 There is no possible doubt. The same 

 is true of wasps and ants. — A. J. 

 Cook. 



Yes. Workers are partially devel- 

 oped females ; food and abundant 

 room develop into a queen, what 

 would have been a worker. There are 

 really only two sexes in the bee-hive, 

 male and female, the workers not 

 being sufficientl v developed to perform 

 the maternal office.— W. Z. Hutch- 

 inson. 



I have never seen a queen laying in 

 drone-cells, but I have often seen one 

 on drone-comb when there were 

 freshly laid eggs, and her presence 

 did not seem to be a coincidence. 

 Food can have nothing to do with 

 changing the sex of eggs.— G. L. 

 Tinker. 



The lost Honey anfl Increase, etc. 



Query, No. 241. — From which colonies 

 can the most honey and increase bo ob- 

 tained—those worked for comb honey or for 

 extracted honey ? At what distance from 

 the ground should the hives set ?— R. L. 



1. Extracted. 2. Four to 6 inches. 

 — C. C. Miller. 



1. Usually extracted honey. The 

 most money and increase can be ob- 

 tained from the production of comb 

 honey. 2. I place mine about 6 inches 

 from the ground.— James Heddon. 



1. Extracted honey. 2. From 6 to 

 12 inches; in this locality with clean 

 culture I prefer 6 inches.— H. D. Cut- 

 ting. 



1. It would depend upon the man- 

 agement. If the honey is not ex- 

 tracted till after it is all sealed, as I 

 believe is the proper way, and " tier- 

 ing-up" is practiced in both cases, 

 there will be but little difference as 

 to natural increase, while the weight 

 of honey will be in favor of extracted. 

 2. I prefer hives to be about 6 inches 

 from the ground.— G. W. Demaree. 



1. It will depend somewhat upon 

 the locality, but as a rule from those 

 worked for extracted honey. 2. I pre- 

 fer to place my hives down on the 

 ground, as then the bees have no 

 trouble in finding their way into the 

 entrance, as they sometimes do, when 

 the hives are placed upon a high 

 stand— J. E. Pond, Jr. 



System and Success. 



i^~ All who intend to be systematic In 

 their work in the apiary, should get a copy of 

 the Apiary Register and commence to use it. 

 The prices are as follows : 



For 50 colonies (120 pages) $1 00 



•' 100 colonies (220 pages) 12.5 



" 200 colonies (420 pages) 150 



The larger ones can be used for a few col- 

 onies, give room for an increase of numbers 

 and still keep the record all together in one 

 book, and arc therefore the most desirable. 



Convention Notices. 



ty" The annual meeting of the Northern Ohio 

 Bee-Keepers' Association will be held in the New 

 TownHallat Wellinston. O.. on Friday. April 30, 

 1886. All are Invited to come and help make the 

 meeting both pleasant and profitable. A special 

 Invitation is extended to the ladles. The ofiQcers 

 of the Association will be elected at this meeting. 

 H. R. BOABDMAN, Sec. 



l^" The next meeting of the Llnwood Bee- 

 Keepers' Association will be held in Condit's Hall 

 at Rock Elm, Wis., on Saturday, May l, 18SB3, at 1 

 p.m. All interested In bee-keeping are cordially 

 invited to attend and make this a profitable meet- 

 ing. B. J. Thompson, Sec. 



^^ The Illinois Central Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will hold its next meeting at 

 Mt. Sterling, Ills., on Tuesday and Wednes- 

 day, Oct. 19 and 20, 1886. 



J. M. Hambaugh, Sec. 



VW A cordial Invitation is extended to all to 

 attend the sth annual meeting of the Texas Stat« 

 Bee-Keepers' Association, to be held at Judge W. 

 H. Andrews' bee-farm, at McKlnney. Tex., on May 

 5 and 6, 1886. Indications for a grand meeting 

 grow brighter every day. and every effort will be 

 made to render this meeting the best and largest 

 ever held In the State. No hotel bills to pay. 



B. F. Carroll, Sec. 



jy The next annual meeting of the Western 

 N. Y. and Northern Pa. Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will be held at Randolph, N. Y , on May 4, 1886. 

 A. D. Jacobs. Sec. 



ty The DesMolnes Co. Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion will meet at the Court House in Burlington, 

 Iowa, on Tuesday, Apr. :27, 1886, at 10 a.m. Any 

 articles sent to the President, Mr.Geo. Blschoff, at 

 Burlington, for exhibition, will be well cared for 

 and returned or sold, as the sender may direct. A 

 cordial Invitation is extended to all Interested in 

 bee-keeping. John Nau, Sec. 



%W The semi-annual meeting of the Western 

 Bee-Keepers' Association will be held In Pythian 

 Hall. N. W Corner of Main and 1 1 th Sts., (entrance 

 on 11th St.). at Kansas City, Mo., on Apr. 29 and 

 31*. 1886. 'J'he Cable Line can be taken from the 

 Union Depot for 9th and Main Sts. The following 

 essays will be read: "The Honey Market," by 

 demons, Cloon & Co. : *' Bee-Keeplng In Iowa." by 

 E. Kretchmer ; " Best method of handling bees 

 for comb honey," by A. A. Baldwin; "Missouri 

 Bee Keeping," by J. D. Pearce : " Does bee-keep- 

 ing pay as a pursuit ?" by Jos. Nysewander : and 

 " Invertible Frames and Hives," by J. M. Shuck. 

 P. Baldwin, Sec. 



%W The next meeting of the Cortland Union 

 Bee-Keepers' Association will be held at Cortland, 

 N. Y., on May 11, 1886, at 10 a.m. 



D. F. ShATTOCK, Sec. ■ 



|:y The next annual meeting of the Michigan 

 State Bee-Keepers' Association will be held in 

 Ypsilanti, Mich., on Dec. 1 and 2, 1886. 



H. D. CUTTING, Sec. 



%W The Central Michigan Bee-Keepers' Associ- 

 ation win meet on May 1-'^.1SS6, with Capital Grange 

 at their Hall In North Lansing. Mich., to hold 3 

 sessions, viz : Forenoon, afternoon and evening. 

 All interested in bee-culture are invited to attend 

 and bring articles of the apiary f<ir e.xhibitlon. For 

 any special Information address the Secretary. 

 E. W. VVoou, N. Lansing, Mich. 



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