

114 FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT 



Dr. Miller— No. 



Mr. Criggs — I was clipping a queen's wing one time with 

 gloves on, and I didn't have a very steady hand, and in some 

 way pulled off one of the large legs right to the bottom. I was 

 sorry at the time, but I thought they had so much brood and 

 eggs they could rear another queen. However, I kept close 

 watch and they didn't rear another queen to take her place, 

 but this queen in the course of another two weeks had another 

 leg. 



Mr. Wilcox — Did her progeny have a missing leg, too? 

 [Laughter.] 



Mr. Criggs — I didn't find any that did. 



Dr. Miller — I would rather believe a clipped queen got 

 into that hive from another hive than to believe the wings or 

 leg would grow on again. That has sometimes happened. ' A 

 clipped queen has gone from one hive into another. 



Mr. Criggs — I should say not. This was a pure Italian 

 queen and all the other queens within two rods were dark. 

 I had only half a dozen Italian queens in the whole apiary 

 of about 60 or 80 colonies; the rest were all dark bees. 



Mr. Whitney — Was that a queen of your own rearing? 



Mr, CriggS;— No. 



OUTDOOR WINTERING OF BEES. 



"In outdoor wintering is water running out of the en- 

 tranqe of the hive an indication of poor wintering." 



Mr. Wilcox — I should say not, but it indicates poor prep- 

 aration for wintering. There ought to be absorption enough 

 so that it wouldn't condense and accumulate. 



Mr. Snell — That has been my experience. If the ventila- 

 tion is proper, and the preparation is proper for wintering, 

 there will be no water running out from the entrance. 



STARTING WITH BEES. 



"Tell a few good ways for beginners to get a start in 

 bees and a first-class ex5)erience at one and the same time." 



Dr. Miller — Buy a colony of bees, buy a bee-book, or 

 several of them, and subscribe for a bee-paper, or several of 

 them, and then go on and get your experience. 



Pres. York — I noticed that the Doctor didn't say he could 

 buy his experience, too. 



Dr. Miller — ^He will buy it and pay for it. 



EFFECT OF MARKET REPORTS ON HONEY PRICES. 



"What effect has market reports on the price of honey?" 

 Mr. Burnett — I don't know that I ought to answer or en- 

 deavor to answer that question. I make some market reports. 

 What effect it has, has to be problematic. I think, however, it 

 is in general alignment with all other reports on prices. Peo- 

 ple are guided by what they find to be a price in a certain 

 market. It gives you an idea of what goods can be obtained 



