“novice’s” gleanings in bee culture. 
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contain from two to three hundred eggs, 
and this can be placed in a suitable frame 
of comb when received, and hive and all 
substituted for one containing a strong 
colony. When the eggs are hatched, if 
desired, the comb of larvae can he still 
further divided, and thus a large number 
of queens he reared nnd the risky process 
of "introduction” avoided entirely. 
To those of our friends that furnish 
these eggs for hatching who fear "it won’t 
pay, we will say : If ou have no troublo 
in queen rearing to contend with; by lib- 
eral feeding eggs can always he secured in 
the centre of tne colony ; postage is hut 
two cents if the comb is fixed in a stiff 
pasteboard, bent up in such a manner 
that the pcstmaster can examine the con- 
tents if he wishes; and lastly, if eggs are 
from an imported queen, no* guaranty of 
purity is needed, and for the small sum of 
25c. none will he expected for safe deliv- 
ery, etc. 
Drone eggs can he at the proper season 
furnished at same price, if wanted, but 
our impression is that daughters of an im- 
ported queen arc as honey producers good 
enough. As to whom we shall patronize, 
our advice is that for both queens and 
eggs, as a general thing, it is best to 
trade nearest home, and with some one 
we know will do as nearly right as he can. 
We will assist in the enterprise all we 
can, and us we have none neurer than an 
imported queen’s daughter, wo shall, if 
possible, procure an imported queen in 
time, to mail eggs in May. 
If we fail in this, those who send to us 
will have to take the best eggs we can 
furnish. 
PROIILE)!!!. 
'O. 8. — It is well known that market 
gardeners make use of sashes of 
glass to forward such vegetables as they 
require very early. Now as it is very de- 
sirable to induce brood-rearing largely 
this month, and as warmth is one great 
essential, can we not allow the sun to 
strike the quilt by raising the cover par- 
tially, nnd at the same time keeping off 
cold air by a sheet, of glass raised at an 
angle of 15 degrees, or laid over the quilt 
simply? Which would be the better way, 
nnd would net a quilt made of black cloth 
give us better results ? A reply from 
some one who has had experience in mar- 
ket gardening would bo quite a favor. 
No. 9. — How long can eggs be kept 
away from the bees and still hatch, and 
if temperature affects the result, what 
temperature is most favorable ? [See arti- 
cle on another page.J 
answer to rmuu.E.M ti. 
The fact is that I am a devoted disciple 
»t that great and good man and eminent 
naturalist, the late I/.aak Walton, and 
I long ago discovered that for all kinds 
and descriptions of fish that will take a. 
grab or f[v, from the trout and black bass 
down to the river and pond sunfisb, the 
larvae of the bee moth is just about the 
most attractive bait that can be used. It 
is a very cleanly bait, and has a strong 
odor of its own, as of course you know, 
which I suppose is one of its advantages. 
T believe that nothing was made in vain, 
everything has its use if we conld only 
find if out, but f never heard of any ouv 
being able to put the bee moth (no pun in- 
tended here) in harness, or derive any 
benefit from it, until I tried it myself. 1 
have, of course, noted some of their hab- 
its, such as their propogating in confine- 
ment, the diseases to which they are sub- 
ject, and that combs hung in the open air, 
that is, not in a hive, at a distance of 1 
or lj inches apart, are almost secure from 
their depredatious. In this case the moth 
will sometimes attack one, and if the 
worms eaunot reach the next one they 
will confine themselves to the oue on which 
the egg was laid until they are done feed- 
ing, when they will begin to travel, Ac. 
ANSWER TO J'UOULEM l. 
Do you think there is any objection 
to nsing tanbark around the hives? 1 
have always used it and find it very good 
to keep weeds down, and it will not catch 
fire very easy. C. E. W. 
It is our impression that the above will 
answer excellently, bnt what, are nnfortn> 
nates like ourselves to do that can't get 
any, nearer than ten miles ? 
honey column. 
HAA r E a 12 gallon cask of dark ex- 
fess tractcd honey (mostly buckwheat), 
that 1 will sell at 12£c. with cask thrown* 
in. A neighbor has a simo sized cask of 
white honey (clover and basswood) that ho 
will sell cheap, and also 80 pounds of 
dark honey. J. F. Mooke, 
Binghamton, N. V. 
I have but little extracted honey ou 
hand now, but would like to engage- my 
next crop. 1 .shall have, if prospered n* 
usual, about 9000 lbs., which 1 will deliver 
free of cost on the cars or steamboat, at- 
Muscatine, Iowa, in 150 or 200 pound o»k 
kegs, at 15c. per pound, kegs thrown iu. 
The honey I guarantee all to be a No. 1 
article. 1 have been selling extracted 
honey for four years, and know what it 
shquld be. W. ,1. Uox.u.u, 
Grandview, Iowa. 
We have never seen a case of foul 
broodand consequently can't advise in the 
matter; but we do recommend that as a 
precaution the utmost care be exercised 
in shipping queens or eggs from nji 
apiary where it prevails or bus prevailed. 
Perhaps the matter when we become 
familiar with it can be shorn of some of 
its terrors, like moth millers, etc, 
