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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



CS>XJE PLIES 



ll'ltb Replies thereto. 



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 them ; get them returned, and then find 

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f orker-Bee in a Oneen-Cell. 



Qnerj'471 I found what appeared to 



be an inferior worker-bee dead in a queen-cell. 

 Has any one noticed anything like it before?— 

 Mrs. 8. B, K. 



Yes.— W. Z. Hutchinson. 



I do not think of such' a case at 

 present.— H. D. Cutting. 



Yes. Take no notice of it, but go 

 on about the practical work of the 

 apiary.- James Heddon. 



I have. Such bees are often found 

 in inferior cells started with larvae 

 over three days old ; and sometimes a 

 bee wiU enter a queen-cell after the 

 queen crawls out, and the cap falls 

 back and the bees close it in.— J. P. 

 H. Brown. 



Yes, a worker sometimes gets into 

 a queen-cell after the queen is hatch- 

 ed and is sealed up. Or, a poor queen, 

 after being dead some time, might 

 look like an inferior worker.— C. C. 



MlLLEE. 



Yes, it is often the case that a 

 worker-bee crawls into a queen-cell at 

 about the time the queen leaves the 

 cell, when the lid is pushed back and 

 the worker sealed up a prisoner, 

 death being the result.— G. M. Doo- 

 little. 



I have often found dead worker- 

 bees in queen-cells. They sometimes 

 go in after royal food, stay too long, 

 and are then sealed up. This is 

 usually just after a young queen has 

 emerged.— G. L. Tinker. 



Probably the bee found was in 

 reality an immature queen. I have 

 never found a worker in a queen-cell, 

 while I have often found a dead 

 drone in one.— J. E. Pond. 



Yes, I have often seen the like. 

 When a young queen cuts out of her 

 cell, she does not always cut the cap 

 entirely around, and the lid-shaped 

 cap may spring back and imprison 

 any worker-bee that may chance to 

 enter the cell to lick up the surplus 

 jelly at the base of the cell. Stranger 

 still, I have known the bees to re-seal 

 the cell, thus entombing the un- 

 fortunate victim beyond remedy.— G. 

 W. Demaree. 



Most likely a worker-bee was en- 

 ticed into an empty queen-cell, which 

 might have closed, and even been 

 sealed up by the bees. Or, it might 

 have been a poor queen, which, when 

 dead, you may have mistaken for a 

 worker-bee.— The Editor. 



Secnring Gilt-Eigei Honey. 



Query 472.— ran we secure giltedged 

 honey in sections at the side, or on top. of old 

 brood-combs ?— Wm. M., Iowa. 



Yes.— C. C. Miller. 



You can with care.— J. P. H. 

 Brown. 



Yes, with a good honey-flow.— G. 

 M. Doolittlb. 



I have taken from the top of old 

 brood-combs very fine comb honey.— 

 H. D. Cutting. 



As a rule, we cannot ; at least in 

 my own experience. My bees insist 

 on capping sections the color of the 

 combs by their sides.- J. E. Pond. 



It is diflScult to get sections entirely 

 filled and sealed at the side. Old 

 brood-combs are fit only for ex- 

 tracted honey.— Dadant & Son. 



We can by " tiering up," as the 

 finished sections are then so far from 

 the brood-combs that the newly- 

 finished combs remain unsoiled.— 

 W. Z. Hutchinson. 



Yes, if you will use the slat, break- 

 joint honey-board which I have sev- 

 eral times described, and which I in- 

 vented 8 or 10 years ago.— James 

 Heddon. 



Yes. though sometimes the sections 

 immediately following the old comb 

 will be too dark. I have never no- 

 ticed this trouble when they were 

 placed above.— A. J. Cook. 



I doubt if the cleanest and nicest 

 comb honey can be had at the sides of 

 old combs; but I can secure the very 

 finest honey above such combs, by 

 putting a perforated excluder be- 

 tween the top of the brood-combs and 

 the bottom of the surplus case.— G. 

 W. Demaree. 



Not if very near old combs, es- 

 pecially at the sides of the hive. In 

 fact, no comb honey, if left until it is 

 sealed, can be obtained at the sides 

 of new brood-combs without being 

 more or less soiled. This is because 

 the field workers that bring in all the 

 dirt, congregate at night on the sides 

 and bottom of the hives.— G. L. 

 Tinker. 



Yes, if the honey-flow is abundant ; 

 but not otherwise.— The Editor. 



Hives witli Beveled Joints. 



Query 473.— Are beveled joints in hives, 

 to keep out the rain, of any advantage ?— H. 



I use a square joint.— G. M. Doo- 



LITTLE. 



>fo. I prefer no bevel or rabbet 

 whatever.— A. J. Cook. 



Not with any hive I use. 1 prefer 

 a rabbeted joint.— H. D. Cutting. 



I consider them a disadvantage. 

 Rabbeted joints are preferable.— J. P. 

 H. Brown. 



Any way to keep the rain out of the 

 liives is good.— Dadant & Son. 



Not any whatever, with me, and in 

 some respects they are radically a 

 disadvantage.— James Heddon. 



I think not. No rain ever gets into 

 my hives having square joints.— G. 

 L. Tinker. 



They might be if no bees were kept 

 in the hives, but it makes but little 

 difference what the joint is when the 

 hives are occupied by bees, as they 

 soon " plug " all cracks.— W. Z. 

 Hutchinson. 



They would be of no advantage in 

 my apiary to keep out rain, and a 

 very great disadvantage when manip- 

 ulating the hive. I prefer the square 

 joint all the time, and for all pur- 

 poses.— G. W. Demaree. 



In my judgment there are no ad- 

 vantages to balance the disadvan- 

 tages. I have never had any trouble 

 keeping out rain with square joints. 

 — C. C. Miller. 



I so consider them ; others do not ; 

 I think, however, they are so con- 

 sidered by the majority, judging 

 from the opinions expressed in the 

 discussions had upon the subject. If 

 the old style Langstroth hive is used, 

 they are not needed, and are only 

 necessary where the covers or upper 

 stories fit flush.— J. E. Pond. 



No ; square or rabbeted joints are 

 preferable.— The Editor. 



Gonvention Notices. 



^F" The Eastern Indiana Bee-Keepers^ Associs- 

 tion will meet at Richmond, Ind-. on Oct. 5. 1887. 

 M. G. REYKOLDS, Sec. 



fW The bee-keepers of Connecticut will meet 

 In Room 50 of the State House, In Hartford, Ct., 

 on Sept. 24, 1887, at 1 1 a.m., for the purpose of or- 

 ganizing a 8tate bee-keepers* society. All are in- 

 vited to come and •* talk bees." 



t^T The Pan-Handle Bee-Keeper»' Association 

 will hold its next meeting in the K. of P. Hall, No. 

 I1S8 Main St., Wheeling. W. Va., on ' ct. 26 and 27, 

 1887. All bee-keepers are cordially invited. 



W. L. KINSET, See. 



|y The Kentucky State Bee- Keepers' Society 

 meets in Falmouth, Pendleton Co., Ky.. on Oct. 18, 

 1887. This is expected to be a very interesting 

 meeting, and a large attendance is expected. 



J. T. CONNLET, See. 



t^r The hf th annual meeting and basket picnic 

 of the Progressive Bee-Keepers' Association will 

 be held on Thursday. Sept. 22, 1887. at " Mountain 

 Apiary," the residence of Mr. John R. Reed, near 

 Chester X Koads, Geauga Co.. Ohio. A cordial in- 

 vitation is extended to all who are Interested in 

 bee-culture to be present. A full attendance of 

 the members of the Association is desired. 



Miss De.ma Bennett, See. 



Union Convention at Chicago.— The 



North American Bee-Keepers' Society and 

 the Northwestern Bee-Keepers' Society will 

 meet in Joint convention at the Commercial 

 Hotel, cor. Lake and Dearborn Streets, in 

 Chicago, Ills., on Wednesday, Thursday and 

 Friday, Nov. 16, 17 and 18. 1887. Arranga- 

 ments have been made with the Hotel, for 

 back room, one bed, two persons, $1.75 per 

 day, each : front room. $2.00 per day each 

 person. This date occurs during the second 

 week of the Fat Stock Show, when excursion 

 rates will be very low. 



W. Z. HCTCHINSON, Sec. 



Wben Reneivlng your subscription 

 please try to get your neighbor who keeps 

 bees to .lOin with you In taking the Bsx 

 JonBNAi.. It is now 80 cheap that no one 

 can afford to do without It. We will present 

 a Binder for the Bek JointNAi. to any one 

 sending us three subscriptions- with $3.00— 

 direct to this office. It nrlll pay any one to 

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