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graph, and fDiind all the new comb en- 

 tirely worker; though in none were eggs 

 yet hatching, and in one at least there 

 were yet no eggs. Rut in considering the 

 matter I saw that Mr. Dadant was con- 

 templating cases in which a strong force 

 of field bees was to attend each of the 

 young queens. It seemed quite rea.son- 

 able to suppose that this fact might make 

 a difference in the character of the comb 

 built; so, as a test on this point, I arrang- 

 ed a hive composed of three sections of 

 the Heddon hive, the upper section of 

 which had five or six frames in large part 

 devoid of comb. Into this hive I put a 

 swarm of bees with a virgin queen — a 

 swarm sufficiently heavy to crowd the 

 entire hive. This was six days ago right 

 in the midst of a moderate basswood 

 yield. Now the frames mentioned are 

 almost entirel}' filled with comb and not 

 a sign of a drone cell anywhere; and the 

 queen is not yet laying. I would like to 

 know the character of the circumstances 

 or the localities in which bees with a vir- 

 gin queen will build drone comb. 



CRIMSON CI.DVER. 



Dr. Miller ( .\merican Bee Journal, 374) 

 says in substance, in response to ques- 

 tions concerning crimson clover, that he 

 sowed some in the spring and some of it 

 l)loumed that .same vear but the larger 

 part early the next summer; and that it is 

 " fine " for all kinds of stock. I think 

 there is an entire agreement among 

 those of experience that it should never 

 be sown in the spring, as it amounts to 

 nothing on account of the hot drv weather 

 of summer. It is chiefly valuable as a 

 " catch " crop; /. e., when the ground can- 

 not be otherwise occupied, as in growing 

 corn, ot after oats, or as a fertilizer for 

 orchards and other fruit trees and plants. 

 Sow in July or August or as soon during 

 that lime as the ground is sufficiently 

 moist. Cultivate it in at the last working 

 of corn, or harrow it in on oat stubble as 

 soon as the oats are off. It blooms here 

 the latter part of May, the following year, 

 in time to be followed bv corn. At that 



time it is a great aid to the bees. It does 

 not always endure the winter. It is ex- 

 cellent food for all stock except when dry 

 it is dangerous for horses, as the large 

 heads are liable to become impacted in 

 the stomach. 



.A. FOUL BROOD CURE. 



H. W. Brice, in the British Bee Journal, 

 according to the " Boiler, " gives this cure 

 for Foul Brood : "(b) Keep bees confined 

 for 24 hours (this will kill many of the 

 badly diseased ones, ) rehive them in a 

 clean hive on starters only; (c) re-queen 

 or give hatching queen-cell in 48 hours, 

 i.e. , before any eggs are hatched out 

 that may have been laid; (d) feed daily 

 with medicated syrup for two months at 

 least; (e) paint old hives and supers used 

 in connection with diseased bees, and (f ) 

 consign to the flames without delay all 

 quilts, combs, frames etc. , removed from 

 diseased colonies. ' ' That should please 

 editor Root in point of safety, put it 

 would be a great and unnecessary burden, 

 and is neither science nor economy. To 

 shake the bees into a hive furnished with 

 foundation during a honey-flow, keeping 

 all infected combs and honey strictly 

 from other bees, is just as safe, with one- 

 tenth the trouble and the expense. 



HOW LONG BETWEEN THE PRIME .A.ND 

 THE SECOND SW.VRM ? 



1 never could quite understand how 

 Doolittle can be so certain that the first 

 after-swarm is to be looked for on the 

 ninth day after the prime swarm issues. 

 To keep down. increase I have this season 

 returned a considerable number of prime 

 swarms; first removing the queen. In 

 order to test the applicability of Uoolittle's 

 teaching to this locality, I kept a record 

 of the time of the issuing of the prime 

 and the second swarms, in ten colonies. 

 This is the record : i issued in five days; 

 2 in seven days; 2 in 8 days; 4 in 9 

 days; I in 10 days. It was a surprise to 

 me that from several colonies so treated 

 a second swarm did not issue at all, ow- 

 ing propably to the scarcity of nectar. 



