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of brood hatched, not one remaining 

 unhatched. We then drove out the 

 bees again from tlie old box hive, 

 leaving nothing but the combs, and 

 part of the honey; the bees we shook 

 again into the new hive, or before the 

 entrance. Then we did what we 

 pleased with the old combs, either 

 feeding the honey back, in a super, or 

 extracting the combs, if the honey was 

 good quality. The beauty of this 

 method is that it can be done with 

 two visits, and the bees not be seen 

 in the time between the two visits; 

 it can be applied admirably to out- 

 yards, where visits are seldom. And 

 also it is safe from robbers, as the 

 swarm will always protect its bi'ood 

 in the old hive above the new hive; 

 and finally, there is no danger from the 

 brood in old hive chilling, as some- 

 times happens if night are cool, and 

 brood not hatching rapidly. This 

 transfer can be done at any time, in 

 perfect safety and in short time. We 

 would recommend it to Mr. Croxen it 

 he still cares to try it, for he can do 

 any cutting of combs in a tight room 

 away from the bees. The old combs 

 are best used for wax, anyhow, nine 

 times out of ten. In these days of 

 foundation it is poor policy, I am con- 

 vinced, to fool much with patching old 

 combs, as a rule, into frames and try- 

 ing to make ourselves believe that we 

 are satisfied! How many times, after 

 doing this, have I come across some 

 old frame so treated, and every time I 

 saw it, it was an eye sore to me! — 

 E. G. B. 



V/HITE GRUBS LIKELY TO CAUSE 

 UNTOLD LOSSES. 



The destructive May beetles, or so 

 called Jure bug, as was previously pre- 

 dicted by the U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture, were extremely abundant 

 the past spring in northeastern Iowa, 

 southern Yv^isconsin, and northern 

 Illinois, parts of Minnesota, the south- 

 ern part of Michigan and northern 

 Chio; also in northeastern Pennsyl- 

 vania, southeastern Nev/ York, parts 

 of Connecticut a,nd New Jersey. 



This is indicative of a great abun- 

 dance of white grubs in 1915, and 

 judging from the greater abundance 

 of beetles in most of those sections 

 this spring than three years ago, the 

 grub injury will be even greater than 

 in 1912 when it caused many millions 



of dollars damage. 



Grains most likely to be attacked 

 are: corn, timothy, potatoes, straw- 

 berries, etc. Those most likely not to 

 be attacked are: buckwheat, clover, 

 vetch, etc. 



It will be noticed that the old friend, 

 the clover, also buckwheat, are im- 

 mune to the attack of the white grub. 



Beekeepers will do well to make this 

 clear among their neighbors to sow 

 clover instead of timothy, thus helping 

 oneself as well as the neighbor. 



As a matter of precaution, it would 

 be a good idea to carry out this 

 scheme, even if one is not at present 

 in the danger zone, for one cannot tell 

 when the white grub may put in its 

 appearance in other locations. 



Every beekeeper should write im- 

 mediately, before it is forgotten, to U. 

 S. Department of Agriculture, Wash- 

 ington, D. C, for Bulletin No. 543 if 

 you wish to learn more about this 

 white grub. 



NIGHT WORKING BEES 

 WANTED. 



A few weeks ago we received a let- 

 ter from Mr. J. G. Lewis, of Big Pme 

 Key, Marathon, Fla., in which he says, 

 among other things: "Why don't you 

 people get the government to procure 

 a swarm of those night-working bees 

 they have on the island of Mindanow, 

 P. I.? I believe they would be of 

 f fecial value to Florida, as we have 

 lots of night-blooming plants. I know 

 that some members of the Philippine 

 Government, when I was there, made a 

 very favorable report on these bees." 



We at once wrote to Mr. Phillips, of 

 Washington, and in reply, he assures 

 us that the bees referred to by our 

 correspondent are no more than the 

 giant bee (Apis Dorsata) of India, or 

 a species of that bee. He says that 

 among other things reported of them, 

 they are said to work at night, etc., 

 but have not been thought worth any- 

 thing for this particular trait, eveii 

 if they possess it. It appears to be an- 

 other item added to corroborate what 

 Mr. E. R. Root says of this bee, on 

 page 80, A. B. C. and X. Y. Z. cf Bee 

 Keeping: "Much truth and nonsense 

 have evidently been circulated about 

 them." As Mr. Lewis was for some 

 time in the Philippine Islands, we 

 shall be glad to have him give us any 

 further facts he has in regard to these 

 bees. Mr. Benton (pg. A. B. C. quoted) 

 says these are perhaps Apis Zonata, in- 

 stead of Dorsata.— E. G. B. 



