. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. (Entered at the Poat-Offloe at Chicago as Second-Class Mall-Matter.) Published Weekly at $ a Year, by George W. York & Co., 334 Dearborn Street. GEOKGK W. YOllK, Rditor CHICAGO. ILL, APRIL 25,1907 VoL XLVII—No. 17 idiitorial ^otes and Commenfs ^*v Caring for Empty Combs Various methods of caring for empty combs when not in use by the bees have been men- tioned. Recently it was advised to wrap them in paper. Regarding this, Mr. E. V. Pagan writes: Mr. Editor:—On page 286, "Michigan" is advised to wrap his combs in paper to pro- tect t
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. (Entered at the Poat-Offloe at Chicago as Second-Class Mall-Matter.) Published Weekly at $ a Year, by George W. York & Co., 334 Dearborn Street. GEOKGK W. YOllK, Rditor CHICAGO. ILL, APRIL 25,1907 VoL XLVII—No. 17 idiitorial ^otes and Commenfs ^*v Caring for Empty Combs Various methods of caring for empty combs when not in use by the bees have been men- tioned. Recently it was advised to wrap them in paper. Regarding this, Mr. E. V. Pagan writes: Mr. Editor:—On page 286, "Michigan" is advised to wrap his combs in paper to pro- tect them from wax-worms. If the combs are free from the eggs or larvae of the bee- moth when thus protected, the plan will be successful, for the moth that lays the eggs will be kept out. But the chances are 9 out ef 10, if not 99 out of IHO, that at least some of " Michigan's" combs already had eggs or larv;e in them, and these would go on with their work just as cheerfully wrapped up as unwrapped. Almost always, when combs are to be taken care of, they are combs from col- onies that have died in winter. Such combs are pretty sure to have larvs or eggs in them when left by the bees, and wrapping up would be no protection. E. V. Pagan. Abbott Plan of Queen-Introduction Dr. Miller calls attention to the fact that the Abbott method of introducing queens has been mentioned several times in the American Bee Journal, though some seem not to have remembered seeing it, among them being Wm. M. Whitney. Here is what Dr. M. says: Mr. Editor:—On page 280, my good friend Wm. M. Whitney speaks of the Abbott plan of introducing queens, and says: "I have never observed it in any work on beekeeping, nor in any paper, if I'm not mistaken " .\re you not in the habit, Mr. Whitney, of skip- ping anything you find on the introduction of queens? Look at the American Bee Jour- nal for 1906, page 449, 3d answer to .Minne- sota, where you will find, " There is probably greater
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