. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. May 2b, 19U4. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 381 the queen, then lift out the Irauie carefully, and if the bees are not quiet I wait a few sec- onds, then find a clear spot about the middle of the frame and let her walk out. 1 watch her a little and see that she is received all right, then put the frame in place. Should the bees undertake to ball her, I have dropped the ball in water, and they will leave her quickly. I then daub a little honey on her and let her go. But I have never had but two queens balled in all that I have ever clipped. When I left the
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. May 2b, 19U4. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 381 the queen, then lift out the Irauie carefully, and if the bees are not quiet I wait a few sec- onds, then find a clear spot about the middle of the frame and let her walk out. 1 watch her a little and see that she is received all right, then put the frame in place. Should the bees undertake to ball her, I have dropped the ball in water, and they will leave her quickly. I then daub a little honey on her and let her go. But I have never had but two queens balled in all that I have ever clipped. When I left the South I bad 5t; colonies; all have their queens clipped. Now, if they swarm I will probably lose the queen, but the swarm will return to its hive. I am in favor of a good bee-house. I have all of my bees in one, excepting 14 colonies. It is far more pleasant for them than those outside. There is no danger of robbing, and I can work rain or shine. I see that a good many build their bee-sheds wrong, according to my notion. If I was building a shed with the roof running one way, say facing the south, have that the low- est, have the eaves on the south. You want it the highest in the rear. No one should stand in front of a hive to manipulate the frames. My bee-house in the South is ant- proof. The sills are set in cement piers made of brick. This space is three inches wide all around. Ants in the South are quite bad. The only one that does much harm is the big, black ant. Roaches do no damage, I think, but I generally kill them when I find them around the hives. I rather think the honey crop will not be large, as there are too many dead colonies, and some will not take care of what is left as they should. I rather admire the way L. V. Ricketts goes for those bee-men that think they own the earth. I rather think " hog " would fit them. R. L. McCOLLET. Wood Co., Ohio, May 6. Hard Winter—Fine Spring. The past was a hard winter on bees in this -ocality—about 60 percent l
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