. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 564. queen I was bothered a long time, but finally saw her dead, killed by accident, in front of the hive. As the bees were annoyed by exposure to robbers, I put the new queen in a cage, and next morn- ing another black but smaller queen laid in front of the hive. A letter from the northern part of Alabama tells me that there bees use all the honey they get from white clover in brood-rearing; but gather a surplus of good honey from red clover. Two de- grees south of this I saw hundreds of bees work on common red clover, but here not a single one. Ther
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 564. queen I was bothered a long time, but finally saw her dead, killed by accident, in front of the hive. As the bees were annoyed by exposure to robbers, I put the new queen in a cage, and next morn- ing another black but smaller queen laid in front of the hive. A letter from the northern part of Alabama tells me that there bees use all the honey they get from white clover in brood-rearing; but gather a surplus of good honey from red clover. Two de- grees south of this I saw hundreds of bees work on common red clover, but here not a single one. There few worked on blackberry ; here many work upon it. I removed a black queen; 24 hours afterwards I put one of Alley's queens in, caged; after48 hours I released her, and, though well received, she flew away. As she seemed to mark the hive, my wife and I sat long by it without moving anything, but our bird was in the bush and for good. Just where I live frost has killed all but the hardiest flowers, though the sit- uation is high and dry; but where I have bought, 6 miles east, there is hardly a sign of frost, and even beans and to- matoes are green. This shows how care- ful one should be in selecting a location for an apiary. I have just destroyed an old, gentle queen, caught wild in the Ozark Moun- tains in Missouri, thattomy own knowl- edge has laid five seasons, and was still prolific, but this year bred a great num- ber of drones. Her progeny were very gentle, very industrious, and nearly ail showed one or two yellow bands. Winchester, 111., Oct. 4,1880. For the American Bee Journal. Chaff Packing on Summer Stands. SAMUEL STEVENSON, M. D. On this, as on many other subjects, there is still a difference of opinion, which means that we have not yet reached perfection. Much has been said upon this interesting topic, yet I think there is no danger that we shall under- stand the subject too thoroughly. I will give the method of wintering which I have pursued successfully for the
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