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not more than a foot apart, on the south 

 side of the barn. Three of them 

 were strong and one was weak; the 

 weakest I had. I moved the strong col- 

 onies as above described, intending also 

 to move the weak one, but the bees from 

 the three moved were returning to the 

 old stand so rapidly that I left the weak 

 one to catch those returning from the 

 three moved; and a few days later 

 I sold this colony for nearly twice 

 the amount I was getting for good 

 colonies. 



One morning I prepared several colo- 

 nies for moving, and put them in a wag- 

 on where they remained for over half a 

 day before 1 got time to give them a ride 

 ot over one mile and back, and the l)ees 

 returned as badly from those colonies as 

 from those given a wheel-barrow ride. 



C.\NDV FOR SHIPPING QUEENS IN 

 HOT WEATHER. 



In Gleanings for April i, in reply to a 

 question, Mr. Doolittle tells how to make 

 " Good " candy so that it will stand ship- 

 ping to a hot climate. He says that "out 

 of the fort}' Adel queens sent to one par- 

 ty last year only four arrived in any 

 other than a good condition, and these 

 four were fumigated to death in the 

 mails." I judge the party these queens 

 were .sent to lives in Jamacia; and he says, 

 "it would be dollars in our pockets if 

 more of your queen-breeders knew how to 

 make Good candy. " He further says; 



When shipping queens when they must 

 go in hot weather, or go from our cool cli- 

 mate into a hot one, I take the candy and 

 knead into it some very fine granulated 

 sugar, to the amount of about one-sixth of 

 its bulk, and this granulated sugar makes 

 the candy "hold up" in place, no matter 

 what the weather, while at the same time 

 it does not take from it its moisture. To 

 first make the candy I use good ]^o\vdered 

 sugar, setting it near the stove from four 

 to six hours, till thoronghly warmed 

 through, when some good, thick, extract- 

 ed honey is warmed till it feels cjuite warm 

 to the hand. The two are now stirred to- 

 gether, adding sugar until it can be w'ork- 

 ed with the hands, when enough of the 

 sugar is kneaded in till a loaf is formed 



which will stand up of its own accord 

 without flattening down when placed on 

 a flat surface. It is now set in a warm 

 room for a week or so, when it is ready 

 for use, using granulated sugar, as above, 

 when the weather is warm or the queens 

 are to go to some climate where it is 

 warmer than it is here. Before granu- 

 lated sugar is added, candy that will stand 

 up nicely in a temperature of 75° will go 

 down and slowly run about if kept in a 

 temperature of 100° for half a day. But 

 after the granulated .sugar is added it will 

 hold its place, even when the temperature 

 is above 100°. From what I have seen, I 

 am convinced that more queens are lost 

 when sent to a warm climate by the candy 

 getting soft and daubing the bees than 

 from all other causes put together. 



It seems to me that nothing of value 

 can be added to what Mr. Doolittle says 

 as to how best to make candy to be used 

 in shipping queens, especially in very 

 warm weather or to hot climates; and per- 

 haps this clipping will explain to some 

 who have had trouble in shipping queens 

 to hot climates the reason for that trouble. 

 I have received queens and the accom- 

 panying bees so daubed with the food ac- 

 companying them that it seemed a won- 

 der they were not all dead when they ar- 

 rived. 



SPE.A.K KIND, ENCOUR.-VGING WORDS 



WHEN THEY C.\N DO THE 



MOST GOOD. 



Mr. Editor, will you please allow me 

 space to thank the American Bee Journal, 

 and the editor of the American Bee-Keep- 

 er, for their kind words regarding this 

 " Selector " and his work for the Review? 

 Also the " Picker " for the Canadian Bee 

 Journal ( D. W. Heise) who devotes over 

 half a column to a description of my pe- 

 culiarities, but, notwithstanding his call- 

 ing me a " Wily personage, " I really en- 

 joy reading " his pickings, " mixed as 

 they are with his brief, crisji, comments 

 that hit the " nail on the head" every 

 time. 



Now don't let any one .sa\' tnat I'm res- 

 urrecting the " mutual admiration socie- 

 ty. " I really pity the man or woman 

 that has neither the inclination nor the 



