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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



gether new. and leaves the colony in 

 Its normal condition all along. This 

 plan is sure and easily done under the 

 immediate observation of the api- 

 arist, and without loss of time to the 

 colony in egg-production. 



HOW TO INTRODUCE QUEENS. 



Near the close of the day, when 

 there is no dauger of robbers, subdue 

 the colony with smoke, hnd the old 

 queen and remove her. Have a large 

 platform or blanket in front of the 

 hive. Remove every comb with the 

 bees adhering. As the last frame is 

 taken out, shake the bees from it on 

 the platform near the entrance, and 

 replace the frame. Now take the sec- 

 ond frame and shake the bees from it 

 some distance from the entrance on 

 the previously prepared platform ; 

 when the bees are all off, put the 

 comb in its place in the hive, and 

 treat the third and fourth frames in 

 the same way, shaking the bees about 

 three feet from the entrance. 



This shaking from the combs com- 

 pletely subdues and mixes up the 

 bees, and causes them to exhale the 

 peculiar scent that bees do when 

 shaken from a limb in swarming- 

 time in front of a hive. 



When all the frames have been 

 shaken and replaced in the hive, drop 

 the new queen at least two feet from 

 the entrance, and she will at once 

 move on with the marching legions 

 toward the entrance, and in thus 

 mingling with the mass she at once 

 becomes impregnated with the pecu- 

 liar odor of the colony, and becomes 

 one of them ; and by her queenly 

 sound and motions among the bees, 

 she is at once recognized as the 

 mother-bee, and enters the hive joy- 

 ously with the rest, and at once pro- 

 ceeds to her work of egg-laying. A 

 few whiffs of smoke amons the mov- 

 ing mass will cause a more hasty 

 entrance, and also add its scent to 

 that of the bees. 



By doing this late in the afternoon 

 or evening, everything Is quiet and in 

 working order in the morning, and 

 there will be no trouble from other 

 bees. I have Introduced quite a num- 

 ber of queens in this way without a 

 single failure. 



Lavansville, ? Pa. 



For tbe Amerlcaa Bee Journal, 



Western Fair at Loniloii, Ont. 



WM. H. WESTON. 



The exhibit of bees, honey, and 

 apiarian supplies at the Western Fair, 

 held at London, Ont., was not as large 

 as usual, but it was as good as could 

 have been expected, considering the 

 season. 



The Western Fair Board have this 

 year expended in the erection of a 

 honey hall and hxtures, over $2,000. 

 When we compare this outlay with 

 the amount given in prizes in 1883 

 ($11), we cannot but feel satistied that 

 the present Board of Management are 

 far more liberal-minded than their 

 predecessors, and also that they must 

 acknowledge the great importance of 

 bee-culture, as it is practiced now. 



The exhibit of honey was not nearly 

 as large, but what was shown was 

 very line honey. 



Mr. D. Chalmers showed a new 

 idea in a three-sided hive. The hive 

 consists of a number of cases, and be- 

 tween the frames of each there is a 

 tin-rest to prevent them from sag- 

 ging. The hive is also invertible, and 

 the working is quite different from 

 any heretofore shown. 



Mr. Holtermann, representing E. 

 L. Gould & Co., had a very flue dis- 

 play of apiarian supplies, including a 

 solar wax-extractor. Mr. E. Robin- 

 son had a very line display of ex- 

 tracted honey ; Mr. Coleman showed 

 comb honey, and sold it all the first 

 day. He secured from 178 colonies, 

 spring count, 2,100 pounds of ex- 

 tracted honey, and 1,000 pounds of 

 comb honey during the season. 



Mr. R. H. Smith showed some very 

 handsome bees as well as honey and 

 supplies. Mr. J. W. Whealy had a 

 very nice exhibit of comb honey, as 

 well as extracted. His bees gathered 

 150 pounds of extracted honey, as 

 well as 800 pounds of comb honey ; he 

 had 33 colonies, spring count. Mrs. 

 John Budd had a very nice exhibit of 

 honey and apiarian supplies. 



The prizes were pretty evenly 

 divided, Mrs. Budd securing the 

 " lion's share." 



The taste for honey is growing rap- 

 idly in this section of the country, if 

 one could judge by the way samples 

 on a stick disappeared. One of the 

 exhibitors remarked that during the 

 Fair there was over 1,500 pounds sold 

 in that way, realizing more than 20 

 cents per pound, as some of the sec- 

 tions of honey did not weigh a pound, 

 but sold as readily when cut up into 

 quarters, and sold at 5 cents each. 



London, Ont. 



Vick'B Magazine. 



A Look into a Bee-Hiye. 



DR. C. C. MILLER. 



THE TIMID BEE AWAY FROM HOME. 



" Oh, Uncle Charlie ! here's a bee 

 on the window. It will sting us to 

 death." 



" My dear Grace," said Uncle Char- 

 lie, as he quietly picked the bee off 

 the window in such away it could not 

 sting him, and put it out of the door, 

 " the poor bee is more scared than 

 you, and is only too glad to get away. 

 Let me tell you a fact that may here- 

 after save you some nervous anxiety. 

 No bee will ever sting you away from 

 the immediate neighborhood of its 

 hive, unless you pinch it. Come out 

 with me, and perhaps I can prove it 

 to you."- By this time Grace's two 

 brothers, Ralph and Daniel, who were 

 also on a visit to their Uncle's, be- 

 came interested, and went along to 

 see what was to be learned. They 

 did not need to go far to Und flowers 

 with bees working on them. Uncle 

 Charlie slowly placed his hand over a 

 bee which was busily engaged upon a 

 flower, and closing the fingers lightly 

 upon it, held the bee a prisoner. 

 Grace looked on with alarm, while 



Ralph, who. was a quiet, thoughtful 

 boy, asked : 



" Why doesn't it sting you. Uncle ?" 



"Because," replied his Uncle, "it 

 is held as if in a box, and is only in- 

 tent on getting out. See, wherever I 

 open a little crack, it tries to push its 

 head through. Now I'll free it," and 

 out came the bee and began circling 

 about. A look of distress on Grace's 

 face made her Uncle say : " Don't be 

 in the least alarmed ; you couldn't 

 induce that bee to sting one of us 

 short of catching it and pinching it." 



Just then a vigorous " zip " from 

 little Daniel was heard, and that 

 young gentleman was making lively 

 motions with his right hand, and 

 looking very red in the face. Directly, 

 the remark, " It stung me," came out 

 with a jerk. Grace's sympathies were 

 thoroughly aroused, and she began 

 eagerly asking what could be done 

 for it. 



Uncle Charlie said the main thing 

 was to take out the sting, and he im- 

 mediately scraped off the sting with 

 his finger nail, saying, " Never pull 

 out the sting with your thumb and 

 finger, for the poison bag is always 

 left with the sting, and pulling it out 

 in that way squeezes more poison into 

 the wound." 



Upon inquiry, it was found that 

 Daniel had been experimenting on 

 his own account, and had caught a 

 bee on the flowers. Said he, " I didn't 

 think it would sting me, it didn't 

 sting Uncle." 



" Yes," said Uncle Charlie, " but 

 you didn't make a little box of your 

 hand so as not to pinch it, as I did." 



" Perhaps," said Uncle Charlie, "you 

 would like to see the inside of a hive." 

 So he got for each a bee-veil, made 

 like a bag, open at each end, to slip 

 on over the hat. "Now," said he, 

 " no bee can sting you, and it is a 

 curious fact that even if a bee should 

 get inside your veil, it will not sting 

 you, but spend all its energies trying 

 to get out. This instrument in my 

 hand is called a smoker, and you see 

 when I puff a little smoke on the bees 

 they scramble out of the way. It 

 seems to frighten them, so they will 

 not sting. Now I will lift out one of 

 the frames of comb." 



HONEY-COMB AND EGGS. 



" How black it is," said Daniel. " I 

 thought honey-comb was white." 



" Yes," said his Uncle, " what you 

 have seen on the table is very white, 

 and so was this when first made, but 

 as the bees travel over it year after 

 year it becomes very black. There 

 are just twenly-Qve of these cells to 

 the square inch, or fifty counting both 

 sides of the comb. This is worker 

 comb, and the eggs laid in these cells, 

 under ordinary circumstances, will 

 hatch out worker bees. 



If, however, the colony becomes 

 queenless, the bees may select the 

 occupant of any worker-cell, and give 

 it such food and care that it will pro- 

 duce a queen. Look in the bottom of 

 these cells carefully, and you will see 

 eggs. They are not as thick as a 

 common pin, and three or tour times 

 as long as their thickness. It takes 



