. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Dec. 1899. AMExRICAN BEE JOURNAL 775 " location " there allee same as here. His three apiaries do not run alike, the on a line only 11 miles long-. Pag-e 694. HONEY FROM WHD ROSES. And the " upper ten " in Constantinople are pampered, it seems, with a honey gathered in a region of wild roses, and very conspicuously flavored therewith. Would like to be a'• Constant 10" long enough to get one taste of tliat hone}'. Page 699. FLOWERS WAITING FOR INSECT VISITS. How curious are Nature's ways—in that flowers, effect- ively covered f
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Dec. 1899. AMExRICAN BEE JOURNAL 775 " location " there allee same as here. His three apiaries do not run alike, the on a line only 11 miles long-. Pag-e 694. HONEY FROM WHD ROSES. And the " upper ten " in Constantinople are pampered, it seems, with a honey gathered in a region of wild roses, and very conspicuously flavored therewith. Would like to be a'• Constant 10" long enough to get one taste of tliat hone}'. Page 699. FLOWERS WAITING FOR INSECT VISITS. How curious are Nature's ways—in that flowers, effect- ively covered from insect visits, remain in bloom several days the longer for it, waitiigfor them. Hard to be an anti- bee skeptic in the face of such evidence as that; Page CONDUCTED BY DR. C. C. MII^LER, Marongo, III. {The Questions may be mailed to the Bee Journal office, or to Dr. Miller direct, when he will answer them here. Please do not ask the Doctor to send answers by mail.—Editor.] A Beginner's Questions. 1. How can I start with queen-bees ? Will I have to have other bees to feed them ? I saw queens advertised in my paper at each. I am thinking of getting some. 2. Could I rear bees in the same neighborhood with other bee-keepers ? 3. What is a nucleus ? Subscriber. Answers.—1. A queen can start alone without any other bees, construct a nest and build up a colony, if she is a bumble-bee queen, but not if she is of the hive-bee sort. A queen of the latter kind is utterly worthless without a force of workers. So far as feeding is concerned, she might feed herself, altho that wouldn't do so well; but she wouldn't know a thing about building combs, she couldn't tend baby or clean house, and she would be chilled to death in a temperature that would be just comfortable with a family of workers around her. If you will watch the ad- vertising pages of this journal, you will find queens adver- tised for less than in the spring, unless you want something special for a
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