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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



able. Fourth. Now you are master of 

 the situation and you can take your time, 

 if you want to. Unless you have had very 

 bad luck, your queen is somewhere?';/ the 

 comb-basket ; and, what is better, she can 

 not get back into the hive unbeknown to 

 you. 



This last consideration is more impor- 

 tant than is generally admitted. Often 

 a portion of the bees clinib back in the 

 hive, and the queen gets in with them. 

 Virgins often take wing while the apiarist 

 is looking at the combs, and a few minutes 

 later alight back in the hive without 



taking the trouble to advise him of their 

 return. 



I read also with interest the plan 3^011 

 describe for raising queens. That is the 

 same as I use, except that I introduce the 

 cells where I want the queens to remain. 

 The idea occured to me that a chicken 

 incubator would make a splendid nursery, 

 but I think I would certainly nut the cells 

 in some kind of cage rather than run the 

 risk of a disaster, in case a queen should 

 emerge sooner than expected. 



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New Headings, of a "characteristic 

 character," for the different departments, 

 have been indulged in by Gleanings. 



of the Rocky Mountain Bee Journal brings 

 the .sad news that the editor's father died 

 June nth, at the age of 62. 



W. H. Pridgen has written a book on 

 Queen Rearing. It is being published in 

 Gleanings, and then will be put into book 

 form by the A. I. Rout Co. 



Oliver Wendell Holme.s u.sed to say 

 that "The human race is divided into two 

 classes^those who g(j ahead and do some- 

 thing, and those who sit still and inquire 

 why it was not done the other way." It's 

 about the same now. 



One by One, our friends pass to the 

 other shore When I was out in Colorado 

 last fall I had the pleasure of making the 

 acquaintance of Mr. Thos. H. IMorehou.se, 

 father of Bro. Morehou.se of the Rocky 

 Mountain Bee Journal. He appeared 

 hale and hearty and seemed to bid fair to 

 live for many years, but the last number 



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A Prime Swarm, acompanied notonl}' 

 by the old queen (clipped) but by several 

 virgins, is the report of Mr. M. W. Shep- 

 ard of Florida. Out of 484 prime swarms, 

 25 per cent, were also accompanied by 

 virgins. With swarms coming at the 

 rate of 20 per day, this virgin queen fea- 

 ture made things decidedly complicated. 

 I never had any such experience, nor have 

 1 before heard of such a case. 



The Honey Crop this year is certainly 

 not going to be an abundant one. The 

 crop in California is very light. In the 

 northern honey belt of clover and bass- 

 wood, cold, wet weather has greatl}' les- 

 sened the yield — in many cases wiped out 

 the surplus entirely. It is not likely that 

 prices will go down; neither is there much 

 prospect of their going much higher. 

 There is quite a little honey, from last 

 year, still on the market. 



