THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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type of bee is brought from Italy, and 

 all have three bands, and duplicate 

 themselves generation after genera- 

 tion. If they are not the original 

 Italian bee, they are certainly a fixed 

 strain, and according to most of our 

 leading honey-producers, the most 

 desirable fixed strain or race of bees 

 known. 



2. Sometimes they will, but the un- 

 certainty is too great to risk the life 

 of a valuable queen by attempting 

 such introduction. 



3. Fertile workers lay eggs in 

 worker combs, and when capped over 

 the cappings project outwards. 



4. In getting rid of fertile workei s, 

 we sometimes try the introduction of 

 some valueless (jueen, which, if we 

 succeed in introducing, we afterwards 

 easily supersede by a good one. It is 

 also advisable to introduce a sheet of 

 brood in all stages at the same time. 

 Many times besides all this, we take 

 all the bees clean from the hive, carry 

 them off 10 to 40 rods and scatter 

 them around on the leaves or grass, 

 that is if the hive has been queenless 

 long enough that the bees all know 

 the way home. The fertile worker is 

 apt to never return, or at least we 

 have no more trouble from her. 



5. Our experiments have prejudiced 

 us against the flat-bottom foundation. 

 My impression is that most of our 

 experienced bee-keepers prefer the 

 natural base, though some still adhere 

 to the flat-bottom. 



6. Of almost any supply dealer ,and I 

 wish here to say that in my judgment 

 the Parker fastener is yet the best 

 device known for fastening foundation 

 into sections. 



How to Tell a Fertile Worker, . 



Will Mr. Heddou please explain the 

 best way to tell a fertile worker, and 

 also the best way to get rid of them, 

 through "AVhat and How" in the 

 Bee Journal. a. H. Groin. 



Elgin, 111. 



Answer.— I know no way to dis- 

 tinguish a fertile worker from other 

 workers, unless you catch them in the 

 act of laying, which is very seldom 

 done. " The best way to get rid of 

 them," see reply to Mr. Bush, and I 

 may also add that it helps to 

 change stands of the fertile worker 

 colony and a good one in normal con- 

 dition. I would advise this latter aid, 

 however, only when honey was flow- 

 ing plentifully. 



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How to Create a Market for Honey. 



We have now published another 

 edition of the pamphlet on "Honey as 

 Food and Medicine," with more new 

 Recipes for Honey Medicines, all kinds 

 of cooking in which honey is used, and 

 healthful and pleasant beverages. 



We have put the price still lower, 

 to encourage bee-keepers to scatter 

 them far and wide. Single copy 5 

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 (giving the name and address of the 

 bee-keeper who scatters them). This 

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 and expense — enabling him to dispose 

 of his honey at home, at a good profit. 

 Try it, and you will be surprised. 



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The Apiary Register. 



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Preparation of Honey for the Mar- 

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 instructions on the exhibition of bees 

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