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Please mention the Bee Jonrnal iJ^^ruSrS^ 



to the breeders of ''five different States," 

 whether the one sent by me on May 18, soon 

 after the considerable dwindling, was the 

 only one that merited the honor of being 

 put '■ in a strong colony " which necessita- 

 ted the dethroning of one of his very best, 

 as all had dwindled, and the others intro- 

 duced to those so reduced in numbers as to 

 become queenless; or, whether all were put 

 in strong colonies after the freeze and 

 dwindling. A man that cannot buy queens 

 in "flve different States" without being 

 •deceived in nearly every one," but has 

 stock that will build up after spring dwind- 

 ling, and store quite a lot of honey consid- 

 ering the dry summer, should oft'er queens 

 for sale. 



If be bought queens for his dwindled 

 queenless colonies in May, expecting them 

 to build up and give a surplus, he should 

 have said so, and no breeder of sufficient 

 intelligence to be worthy ot the name 

 would have promist hira satisfaction. 



I am in sympathy with Mr. Hambly, and 

 will return to him the price paid for the 

 queen, it he will ask tor it. He did not give 

 me the chance to right matters, that he did 

 the breeder of New York. 



Furthermore, if any ot my patrons think 

 I failed to " toe the mark, " and will state 

 the facts in a gentlemanly, business-like 

 manner, satisfaction will be given. 



The difference in the price of tested and 

 untested queens would indicate that no 

 breeder would claim that every untested 

 queen is first-class; and I have not learned 

 how to tell about a tested one kept in a 

 small nucleus, except in size of queen and 

 color of progeny, as one has to be kept in 

 a full, siroiii/ colony to be able to judge of 

 her proliflcness; and all practical apiarists 

 know that some Sne-looking queens reared 

 in the natural way are worthless. 



I am ready to join the American Bee 

 Journal in exposing all frauds, and it can 

 get assistance from the National Queen- 

 Breeders' Union in exposing all crooked- 

 ness obtainable concerning both queen- 

 breeder and buyer. W. H. Pridgen-. 



Warren Co., N. C, Oct. 17. 



■Very Good Season. 



The past year has been very good with 

 me, but not quite so good as last year, but 

 I think it is partly my fault, as I trans- 

 ferred all my bees (33 colonies) in the spring 

 to Ill-frame hives, then increast them to 58, 

 and extracted 7.200 pounds this season. In 

 September I tried rearing queens, a In Doo- 

 little. with splendid success, for I got 10 out 

 of 13, and increast to 7'2 good colonies. I 

 attended to 22 colonies for another man for 

 the half, and got 2 200 pounds comb honey, 

 or 1,100 pounds for my share 



Without any bragging, the American Bee 

 Journal has been worth .*25.00 a year to me. 

 W. A. MoORE, 



Salt Lake Co., Utah, Oct. 26. 



Why Do Italians Store Best Honey ? 



On page 640, appears the discussion be- 

 tween Mr. Hart and Mr. Bevins again. The 

 matter in question, if I do not mistake, is. 

 Why do Italian bees store a better quality 

 ot honey than do the blacks, both having 

 access to the same source ? To me this 

 seems to be an important question, and 

 should not be ignored, for with me it is a 

 settled question that the Italians do store 

 better honey than do the blacks, both 

 having access to the same sources— not to 

 the same source only, for in this locality 

 bees seldom work on only the one source 

 at one time, and under such conditions the 

 Italians store better honey than do the 

 blacks. Now, is not that alone interesting 

 enough to cause the question Why ? 



I do not know why, but would like to ask 

 Mr. Bevins it he is able to tell why. Is it 

 because the lighter honey they gather is 

 not so sweet as is the darker ? or, is it the 

 blacks are more fond ot pollen than the Ital- 

 ians, hence gather the darker honey which 

 has more floating pollen in it ? or, is it be- 

 cause the blacks have longer tongues than 

 the Italians, and after the light honey 

 which was easy to get has been taken by 



