. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. December, 1914. 411 Amarlcan liQe Journal. DAILY WEIGHING A COLONY AT NOON BY COUNT VISCONTI talked of America, her rapid growth, her succ-ss and her hopeful future. He said: " I love everything American, except the men who put their feet on the table or spit on the ; Per- haps he had read Dickens' American Xotes. If Dickens were to come back to life and make the trip again, he would see a great improvement in America on this score. But we still have room for improvement. When we left our friends that eve- ning, with the expectation o
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. December, 1914. 411 Amarlcan liQe Journal. DAILY WEIGHING A COLONY AT NOON BY COUNT VISCONTI talked of America, her rapid growth, her succ-ss and her hopeful future. He said: " I love everything American, except the men who put their feet on the table or spit on the ; Per- haps he had read Dickens' American Xotes. If Dickens were to come back to life and make the trip again, he would see a great improvement in America on this score. But we still have room for improvement. When we left our friends that eve- ning, with the expectation of taking the train for Venice the next morning, we agreed to meet them at Bologna on Sept. 8. In order that we might not miss each other. Dr. Triaca instructed us to call for them at the dining-room of the Bologna railroad station, where they would await us. Their train was to arrive a little earlier than ours. In that city was to be the finest of our bee visits. It will be the subject of the next letter. Contributed Articles^ Queen Etiquette—Some Com- ments on Introductions BY ARTHUR C. MILLER. THE American Bee Journal for Octo- ber has sev ral things to say about introducing queens, and Miss Wilson particularly emphasizes her failure with my method. (So far as I know now it is my own develop- ment, but some one may have preceded me though I have found no record of it.) Nothing is infallible, but a method which works most of the time is good for something. The new way is far ahead of the cage plan in percent of sufccess, and when the short time the colony is queenless is considered, and the simplicity of the operation is taken into account, the plan is far ahead of any other way I know. I have beeii at a loss to understand why some of the " experts " in bee cul- ture have failed while many of th novices, as well as others more in the veteran class, have no trouble. The method is so absurdly simple that it seems as if any one could un- derstand it, and yet I fear th
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