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and bee-bread, and about a pint of bees, 

 with a laying queen. The combs were 

 taken out, and the little colony confined 

 upon two combs in one side of the hive 

 with a division-board. 



The combs I removed had the honey 

 extracted, and then from a populous 

 colony I removed a comb of chipping 

 brood, brushing off the bees, and, remov- 

 ing the division-board one notch, put it 

 in with the little colony. One of the 

 combs from which the honey had been 

 extracted was given in exchange. 



When the bees were out of the comb, 

 I gave them another until the hive was 

 full. It was a benefit to the populous 

 colonies also, as it gave room for the 

 queen to lay. 



The "casts" which had been hived 

 upon empty combs and had no honey in 

 them, were exchanged with populous 

 colonies for those containin'g brood, and 

 a couple of combs containing honey was 

 given them. In a short time every hive 

 was running over with bees. 



There was no white clover honey that 

 year, and we had despaired of getting 

 any sort, when in August the Fall flow 

 commenced, and, as our dishes were 

 right side up to catch the shower, a 

 large amount of surplus was secured. — 

 O. J. Farmer. 



Bees Stings. 



The sting of the bee is so peculiarly 

 constructed that if you pull it out, 

 instead of relieving the pain, it adds 

 greatly to it, for instead of pulling out 

 the poison, you push it into the flesh. 

 Scrape the sting out immediately with a 

 knife, and you scrape the poison also. — 

 ExcTutnge. 



Smoker Fuel. 



After trying many different kinds of 

 fuel, for a bee-smoker, I find corn-cobs, 

 cut fine, the best to use, when taking 

 away surplus. For all other purposes 

 I like buckwheat chaff the best. A tin 

 strainer is needed when chaff is used, to 

 keep the chaff from blowing out. The 

 only objection to using chaff when 

 taking off surplus, is in soiling the honey. 

 Possibly a fine strainer would prevent 

 this. The coarser part of the chaff is 

 best. It is surprising to see how well 

 chaff holds fire, and the length of time it 

 will burn. I left my smoker in -the 

 apiary, the other day, partly filled. 

 When I discovered it an hour and a half 

 later, it was burning full blast, ready 

 for business. — National Stockman. 



Keep the Bees at Work. 



The bee-keeper cannot afford to have 

 idle bees for want of room, or because 

 they refuse to work in the supers. Try 

 every way to induce them to work 

 above. 



One way is to replace one or two 

 frames of young larva below, with empty 

 combs, and then with the zinc excluder 

 keep the queen below. By putting the 

 brood in the center of the upper story, 

 they can be started in the top. 



Those working for comb-honey take 

 sections that were partly built out the 

 year before, or from hives that are 

 already working above, and put in the 

 hive they are trying to start. 



This is where beginners are most apt 

 to fail. They think something is the 

 matter with the bees, when they only 

 need coaxing to start them above. This 

 should be done as early in the season as 

 possible, for if neglected, and the bees 

 are crowded below, they will get ready 

 to swarm by starting queen-cells.— E. 

 R. Pond, in iV. W. Agriculturist. 



Prospects for Fall Honey. 



In most localities in Central Illinois 

 there is little white clover, owing to 

 drouths of preceding years. Young 

 white clover is very luxuriant, owing to 

 the abundant rains, and may yet bloom 

 later in the season. Sweet clover is very 

 rank, and holds its own, wherever it has 

 gained a foot-hold. This plant thrives 

 in gravelly, sandy soil, and is very useful 

 in keeping railroad cuts and embank- 

 ments from washing. 



The outlook for Fall honey promises 

 well, as the rains will bring forth plants, 

 to blossom later in the season — all the 

 use bees would have for the sections this 

 season, would be to propolize them up, 

 and cluster in them if driven into the 

 hive by rain. 



When the combs of the brood-chamber 

 are built out white, sections should be 

 put on at once. — Exchange. 



Chicago is America. 



Whoever looks upon the World's 

 Exposition as a mere business specula- 

 tion, or as anything else than the joint 

 work of a nation numbering 60,000,000 

 people, and as the greatest opportunity 

 ever offered for competition between 

 the various civilizations, commits a grave 

 error. — Hamburger Nacliricliten, Ham- 

 burg, Germany. 



