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These I consider of great value to the 

 bees, as they produce pollen and honey 

 in abundance — the pollen mostly coming 

 from the box-elder, and the honey from 

 the willow, I think, though it is difficult 

 to say particularly in regard to this, as 

 their bloom overlaps, but comes in the 

 order named. 



I have had my bees fill their combs 

 from this scource, and. even begin to 

 build new comb, showing that they were 

 crowded for room. 



We. must not imagine this to be the 

 only value for the trees, for' we all want 

 an abundance of trees about our places 

 for various purposes. In all the vegeta- 

 ble kingdom there is nothing so grand, 

 as a beautiful, symmetrical tree. 



After the willow bloom comes the 

 cherry, plum, crab-apple, and apple 

 bloom, all overlapping each other, so 

 that there is no interval until after 

 apple bloom. 



From this time until raspberry bloom 

 there is an interval of two weeks, and if 

 it will ever pay the bee-keeper to feed 

 bees when they have an abundance in 

 the hive, this is the time. 



Now, I have written of my location, 

 which is on the prairie in northwestern 

 Indiana, about half way between Chi- 

 cago and Indianapolis. 



Lochiel, Ind. 



Qneeii-Cell Protectors and Cages, 



N. D. WEST. 



I have used the queen-cell protectors 

 and cages for about two seasons with 

 success, and this Spring I have secured 

 cells and put 'them in protectors and 

 cases, and placed them back in the same 

 hive to hatch. Yesterday I found 4 

 hatched out in cages, as happy as they 

 could be in confinement. This was a 

 colony that was superanuating their 

 queen. When introducing queen-cells 

 to a colony (and I do it at the same time 

 that I take out the old queen), if for any 

 cause I am doubtful about the cell 

 hatching, I use two cells to be sure ; put 

 one cell in the protector, so that the 

 queen can run out on the comb when she 

 hatches, and one cell in the protector 

 and cage combined, then when I look 

 again, if both hatch, I save the one in 

 the cage. If the one in the cage should 

 hatch, and the other did not, let her out, 

 as she is already introduced. I do my 

 requeening in the swarming time, using 

 the best cell from my best strain of bees. 

 Middleburgh, N. Y., May 21, 1891. 



HecHoie for Carrying Bee-HiTcs. 



F. H. M'FAKLAND. 



Not having always found it an easy 

 matter to procure good, efficient help to 

 assist in carrying bees to and from the 

 cellar, I began some time ago trying to 

 invent a way by which I could do the 

 work more speedily and easily. 



Sometimes I would endeavor to do this 

 work alone, carrying one hive at a time ; 

 but I found a hive of bees rather awk- 

 ward to get hold of to carry any dis- 

 tance, and very tiresome when one has 

 100 or more colonies to place in winter 

 quarters, as I have had. 



At other times I would place 2 or 3 

 colonies on a board, and take them to 



NECK-YOKE HIVE-CARRIEK. 



the cellar or to the yard, with the aid of 

 an assistant. I found these methods 

 quite unsatisfactory, as well as the plan 

 of taking two men to carry in one hive 

 at a time, which was not expeditious 

 enough, and too expensive. 



I remember, when I used to work in 

 the maple-sugar bush, we had sap-yokes 

 to support and balance the pails on 

 either side, and it occurred to me that 

 this yoke might be adjusted for moving 

 hives. After some little thought upon 

 the subject, I studied out the arrange- 

 ment here illustrated. 



The yoke consists of two bent pieces 

 of wood, fastened together in such a 

 manner that, when adjusted, one piece 

 is in front and one behind the carrier, 

 and the weight comes squarely upon the 



