. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 382 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL November comb. The queen was then relieved by removing the perforated tin, and was accepted by the bees. Now, for some reason or other, this queen re- fused to leave the cage; not the worker bees' fault, for they had evi- dently fed her and carried her eggs down into the combs, thus bearing out in every detail your answer to "; This queen was one of the number imported from Italy by the Food Production Department in con- nection with the re-stocking scheme, and thus was in the cage between 7 and 8 weeks. (This i
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 382 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL November comb. The queen was then relieved by removing the perforated tin, and was accepted by the bees. Now, for some reason or other, this queen re- fused to leave the cage; not the worker bees' fault, for they had evi- dently fed her and carried her eggs down into the combs, thus bearing out in every detail your answer to "; This queen was one of the number imported from Italy by the Food Production Department in con- nection with the re-stocking scheme, and thus was in the cage between 7 and 8 weeks. (This is a very interesting obser- vation, since there is only one other alternative in explanation, and that would be if the queen had gone out of the cage to lay and back again. That is less likely than the carrying of the eggs and caring for them as fast as dropped by her. It seems to us that this is another argument against the assertion that bees are "reflex ;—Editor.) Beekeepers of Two States Hold Meeting in Omaha MEMBERS of the Douglas Coun- ty, Nebraska, and Pottawato- mie County, Iowa, HoneyPro- ducers' Association, joined on Satur- day, September 6, in an educational meeting and a social good time gath- ering at the summer home of Mr. W. A. Jenkins, at Carter Lake Club, Omaha. Mr. H. C. Cook, President of the Douglas County Association, opened the meeting with a talk on the various features of beekeeping. Prof. Myron H. Swank, Professor of Entomology at the State College, and also Secretary of the Nebraska Honey Producers' Association, gave an inspiring talk. Prof. W. H. Brokaw, Director of Extension in Nebraska, talked on the value of meetings of this nature and expressed the hope that the Exten- sion Department might employ a bee specialist in the near future. He also discussed the value of boys' and girls' club work in the State. Mr. E. W. Atkins, Specialist i-i Bee Culture in Iowa, was the prinei- pal speaker of the day. He gave a demonstration in th
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