honey locally. A great amount is disposed of in the beekeeper’s 
own or nearby towns, and it is certain that much more could find an 
outlet in this manner, as there are annually many tons of honey 
shipped into this state in packages. 
The roadside markets are another outlet for the crop. Some 
beekeepers in the state find their own crop entirely insufficient to 
take care of this trade. 
It has been suggested that trade could be stimulated by giving 
demonstrations in local groceries. The groceryman usually welcomes 
such advertising. 
If a New Jersey beekeeper finds himself with more of a crop 
than he can retail readily and cannot sell to someone with a trade 
larger than his production, the principal honey market of the East, 
New York, is almost at his back door. This insures the smallest 
charge for transportation to the wholesale market, 
QUEEN INTRODUCTION 
It is gratifying to those who are interested in the advancement 
of bee culture to note the increased interest in better stock. 
The first bees are said to have been brought to this country 
by the Spaniards in the 17th century. These were blacks. In 1861 
the Italians were introduced. Other races have been tried but none 
have measured up to expectations, and now there is rarely found 
in the United States any race except blacks or Italians or crosses 
of these two. 
The Italians have proven to be so much superior to blacks that 
it is highly desirable that they supplant them. 
It is fortunate that there are persons giving their time to the 
production of good Italian queen bees for sale, and also that it 
is a comparatively simple matter to get them from the breeder’s 
yard to that of the purchaser. 
Many practical beekeepers requeen all colonies every year, while 
a few believe they can get two years’ good service from a queen. 
If a queen is markedly poor, or allows her colony to become 
badly infected with European foulbrood, a new queen should be 
introduced as soon as practical. If there is not the urgent need 
of a new queen the desirable time to requeen is during July or 
the first week in August. This gives the beekeeper time to get in 
a second queen, should the first be rejected, in time to produce two 
generations of brood, which should result in a sufficient number 
of young bees for the winter colony. 
An old queen frequently ceases laying so early in the fall that 
the colony goes into winter quarters with a large proportion of 
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