Vht RURAL NEW.'rORKER 
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Hiving Wild Bees 
I found a nest of bees in a hollow tree 
where the honey had been taken out. 
Will you advise me when and how to take 
the bees out to put in a hive and how to 
feed them? J. s. 
vSaugerties, N. Y. 
If ihe honey has been taken from the 
tree, probably the brood comb has been 
taken with the other stores, and this col¬ 
ony of bees has been left in very poor 
shape for wintering, even under the best 
of circumstances. My advice woidd be 
not to disturb it further, unless to feed 
it, and, if it survives the Winter, remove 
it uext Spring during fruit blooming 
time. The season of honey flow being 
past, and bees of good apiarists hav¬ 
ing already been placed in Winter quar¬ 
ters, the chances of keeping a damaged 
Colony of bees through the Winter and 
having them worth anything in the 
Spring are not bright, particularly as you 
are not equipped with a hive and combs 
with sealed stores for the bees' \\ inter 
use. If the honey was taken from this 
tree some weeks ago and the bees have 
had an opportunity to repair the dam¬ 
age done to their brood nest and store 
some surplus, they may survive the Win¬ 
ter and become strong enough in the. 
Spring to make it worth while to remove 
them. The chances are, however, that 
your time, labor and money will be bet¬ 
ter spent in purchasing a swarm or col¬ 
ony in the Spring, when expert nursing 
will not be required to save the bees from 
death. A weak colony of black bees m 
an already robbed bee tree is not a valu¬ 
able asset lifter this time of the year. 
M. B. D. 
Removing Bees from a House 
Your article on page 993 brings to my 
mind a similar experience I had in Mas 
sachusetts some years ago. One of my 
neighbors, an old sea captain.. Came to me 
and said be was troubled with bees in Ins 
attic. Now he did not have in mind tin 
other saving of “bees in bis bonnet." but 
he really was bothered with ft large swarm 
of Italian bees Hint had located in the 
wall of his house ’way up in the third 
story. They found an entrance in a small 
hole over a dormer window. They had 
been located there for many years, and 
many attempts were made to dish dge 
them, but without success. There was no 
way to reach the window without a lad¬ 
der. and there was none in the neighbor¬ 
hood long enough. We finally found two 
that we could use by splicing them to¬ 
gether. and after a long struggle we raised 
the combined two to a point where 1 
could get at the roof of the window. 1 
opened up a space about two feet long 
and discovered only a very few bees. 1 
threw down a small piece of roof board 
and the old gentleman picked it up to 
carry it away from the house. I told 
him to let it alone, for there were a num¬ 
ber of bees clinging to the under side. 
Tic would not heed me. and the result 
was he was so badly stung on bis bald 
head that i. made him very sick. While 
I was up ou the ladder I could hear what 
sounded like the murmuring of a large 
swarm of bees. After carefully going 
over every inch of space, I finally located 
a small hole that led into the inside of 
the house. This hole and the one from 
the outside were not much larger than an 
ordinary lead pencil. I closed up the 
second hole and went into the bouse to 
work from the inside. By sounding the 
wall and listening very close I found the 
swarm iu an unoccupied room on the 
third floor. I told Captain Smith I would 
have to cut out several square feet of 
wall if the bees were to be removed. His 
reply was typical of him. for lie was some¬ 
thing of a miser. If 1 tore out any plas¬ 
ter, I would have to pay for the damage. 
T said “nothing doing." but if he would 
let me have the bees he could have the 
honey and pay for the plaster. T would 
make no charge for my time. And here 
is where I proved to be oue of those easy- 
markers you read about in the column 
under the caption of Publisher’s Desk. 
To be sure I secured the bees, but in some 
way the queen escaped, or was killed. 
The old captain had nearly a tub full of 
honey, and some was as fine ns you ever 
saw. I worked (tart of one forenoon and 
two or three evenings, and all I had was 
21 stings for my reward. I dared not 
use a smoker, for the house was old and 
very dry. The room was dark, and I 
had to use a light, so 1 thought T might 
be able to work in the evening. I put on 
my veil and rubber gloves, and went at 
it. T suffered no ill effects from sn many 
stings, for I was considered immune. 1 
had the satisfaction of ridding the neigh¬ 
borhood of some undesirable tenants. 
Connecticut. c. r. r. 
Apple Scab 
Apple scab has hurt us a lot this year. 
We tried a duster for the first time, and 
it failed to control the scab, although it 
held the worms iu check. I notice quite a 
bit of scale where we dusted, although an 
application of lime-sulpliur was used 
early. I have on idea the Summer 
strength of lime-sulphur kills the little 
lice when hatching ouU w. a. bassett. 
We believe that many of the young 
scales are killed both by lime-sulphur and 
the dust while they are in the crawling 
stage. 
This Hamilton Watch isa 17-jewel, 
t6-size watch(pictureisactual size) 
T!ie movement alone costs $25.00, 
it can he bought from your 
jeweler and fitted by him in any 
style case to suit your needs. 11 
is carefully adjusted. If your 
jeweler hasn't exactly this move¬ 
ment, he can get i t from us in a 
few days. 
If You Bought a Watch the Way 
an Engineer Does 
You would buy the movement 
first and then the case 
Railroad men buy watches for one thing 
only—to tell them the true time. 
So railroad men have found out how 
tQ buy watches. They don’t pay too 
much and they don’t pay too little. 
First of all, they pick out a good watch 
movement. The movement, or the works, 
is what keeps the time. Most railroad men 
buy a Hamilton movement. For many 
years the Hamdton has been known as 
“The Railroad Timekeeper of America” 
because of the belief and confidence that 
railroad men have in the accuracy of any 
Hamilton Watch. After the railroad man 
has decided on the movement he wants, 
HAMILTON WATCH COMPANY 
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he selects a case for it and has the 
jeweler fit the movement to the case. 
Now suppose you followed the same 
plan. You would get a watch movement 
of railroad accuracy and your jeweler 
could case it for you in a gold case, a silver 
case, or even a nickel case. The timekeep¬ 
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A catalog of Hamilton Watch move¬ 
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will enjoy looking this over and choosing 
the watch which suits you. Your jeweler 
can sell you any watch shown in this 
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Cut oft and paste on postal card 
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the styles and kinds of watches best adapted for prac- 
j tical timekeeping on farms. 
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