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Oood Location for Successful 

 Bee-Keeping. 



Written for the American Bee Journal 



Qaery 542.— Given, the latitude of Cincin- 

 nati creek and river bottoms, with clay hills 

 as high as 200 feet, country well-farmed, white 

 clover the principal source of honey, many 

 lawns and much fruit-bloom, some molilot In 

 the bottoms, and golden-rod and aster on the 

 hills (no buckwheat and no basswoodi, and a 

 good market. Would one who is ijualitled and 

 loves the work, be apt to succeed as a spe- 

 cialist in the production of honey ?— Southern 

 Ohio. 



Yes.- — M. Mahin. 



Yes. — C. C. Miller. 



I think that he would. — Mrs. L. 

 Harrison. 



Yes, if he is qualified. — R.L.Taylor. 



He would be apt to succeed. — J. P. 

 H. Brown. 



Yes. We are in just such a country. 

 — Dad ANT & Son. 



I have no doubt that the locality 

 would be a good one. — P. L. Viallon. 



Most assuredly, if all you state be 

 true. — J. M. Hambaugh. 



I can see no reason why he could 



not.- — G. M. DOOLITTLE. 



Others have done so, and there is no 

 reason why you should jiot. — J. E. 

 Pond. 



I think that such a locality will 

 average with the honey-producing 

 States. — Eugene Secor. 



I think so. If basswood could be 

 added, it would be very desirable. — A. 

 J. Cook. 



Yes, if there is plenty of clover, and 

 it yields plenty of honey. As it was 

 here (northwestern Ohio) last season, 

 the bees would starve. — A. B. Mason. 



There are points along the rich 

 river bottoms near Cincinnati where a 

 specialist should succeed well. — G. L. 

 Tinker. 



I should be a little afraid of your 

 location, but if you have plenty of 

 nectar for the bees, you will succeed if 

 you have the necessary qualilication, 

 and love the work. — H. D. Cutting. 



This depends upon many things, and 

 is a difficult question to answer. If 

 the person has a love for the bu,siness, 

 is industrious and economical, and has 

 ordinary business ability, he would 

 probably succeed. — C. H. Dibbern. 



I rather think so. But I would sow 

 sweet clover and jilcurisy-root as I 

 had opportunity, and coax the farmers 

 to sow Alsike clover. I sowed, three 

 years ago, 40 acres of mammoth or 

 peavine clover, and the bees frequent 

 it as much as any plant I ever saw. — 

 J. M. Shuck. 



I should call the location a fairly 

 good one. It is a rare thing that any 

 location combines all the desirable 

 qualities in one. I would not fear to 

 undertake it, if I was looking for a 

 location, and other things suited me. — 

 G. W. Demaree. 



Yes ; such a location and such a per- 

 son as is described should make a suc- 

 cess of bee-keeping. — The Editor. 



Markin; 



the Hive of 

 Queen. 



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Written for the American Bee Journal 



Qnery 543.— The hives front east, are 4'/! 

 feet apart Irom centre to centre in the rows, 

 and the rows are S'/2 feet apart. If you find a 

 queenless colony, and have no fertile queen 

 to give it. but must (five a caged cell or virgin 

 queen, would you jrive the colony a new loca- 

 tion, so as to give it more room in order that 

 the queen returning from her mating-trip 

 may be sure to enter lier own hive ? — Apiarist. 



No. — M. Mahin. 



No. — A. J. Cook. 



No. — A. B. Mason. 



No, I should take tlje risk. — R. L. 

 Taylor. 



No ; the distance is as far as needed. 

 — P. L. Viallon. 



No. 1 would lay down a wide board 

 in front of the hive, or in some other 

 waj' make it look a little different from 

 the others, when you should have no 

 trouble. — G. M. Doolittle. 



I would not. There is very little 

 risk of the queen mistaking her own 

 hive. — Mrs. L. Harrison. 



If you want to incur no risks, it 

 would be better to remove the hives 

 for the time being, to a new location 

 not crowded. — J. P. H. Brown. 



No, but I would move the hives to- 

 gether in pairs, and thus double the 

 chance of the young queen finding the 

 right hive. — C. C. Miller. 



I should not change the location at 

 all. The chance of losing the queen is 

 so small that the trouble of so doing 



will not pay J. E. Pond. 



No. Lean a board or some other 

 prominent object against the hive, 

 about the time the queen will hatch, 

 to make it easily distinguishable from 

 the others. — Eugene Secor. 



Place a twig of green leaves either 

 side of the entrance, and the young 

 queen will not miss her hive. — G. L. 

 Tinker. 



I would let the hive stand right 

 where it is. Entering the ^vi'ong hive 

 is not what causes losses in the mating 

 of young queens. I have spent hours, 

 days and weeks in observing these 

 matters, and no young queen ever 

 makes the mistake of entering the 

 wrong hive unless two young queens 

 chance to flj' at the same time from 



the adjoining hives. Young qiieens 

 return home guided by the signal 

 "hung out "by her own bees. The 

 loss is caused by the unaccountable dis- 

 position of the bees to "ball" their 

 young queens. — G. W. Demaree. 



By no means ; but place some marks 

 about the hive entirely different from 

 any in the yard, that she may not fail 

 to know on her return from her raaX- 

 ing trip. — J. M. Hambaugh. 



No. It is well to place a wide board 

 on each side of the hive, projecting a 

 foot in front, to enable such a queen 

 in finding the right hive, they other- 

 wise being similar. — C. H. Dibbern. 



No, she will be very apt to get home 

 all right. The best plan to aid her is 

 to place something over or against her 

 hive, that plainly designates it from 

 all others. Do not move it. — James 

 Heddon. 



No ; but I would put an old carpet 

 or an old coat over the hive for several 

 days, and the queen will find the right 

 hive, as far as location is concerned. — 

 H. D. Cutting. 



It is not necessary to change the 

 hive. Mark it in some way so that the 

 returning queen will distinguish it 

 from the others. Lean a board against 

 the front of the hive, or lay a brick or 

 an old shoe on the alighting-board ; 

 dozens of ways may be thought of, and 

 all would be good. — J. M. Shuck. 



No. It is unnecessary to move the 

 hive ; but it might be well to place a 

 bush or board slanting over the en- 

 trance, or something that would be a 

 distinguishing object on the top of the 

 hive. — The Editor. 



COI%VEI\'XIOI\ r«OXIl^^ES. 



J^" The next meetinE of the N. W. Ills, antl 8. W. 

 Wis. Bee-Keepers' Association will be helii In Roct- 

 ton, Ills., May 22, 18»«. D. A. Fuller, Sec. 



ZW~ Tlie spring meeting of the Wisconsin Lake 

 Shore Center Bee-Keepers' Association will be held 

 on May 31. 1888. in Mueller's Hall, at Kiel, Wis. 



FERD. Zastkow, Sec. 



8^" The Hardin County Bee-Keepers' Asaocia- 

 tlon will meet at the Court House in Eldora, Iowa, 

 on the second Saturday in each month, at noun 

 C12 o'clock), until further notice. 



J. W. BUCHANAN, See. 



C^" The Linwood Bee-Keepers' Association will 

 meet at Bau Galle, Dunn Co.. Wis., at 10 a.m., on 

 Friday, May 18, 188'^. A fine programme has been 

 arranged, and an excellent time is promised. Ail 

 are cordially invited. B. J. Thompson, Sec. 



Always mention your Post-Office, 

 County and State when writing to this 

 office. No matter where you may happen 

 to be for the hour when actually writing— 

 never mention anything but your perma- 

 nent address. To do otherwise leads to 

 confusion, unless you desire your adilress 

 changed. In that case state the old as well 

 as the new address. 



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