. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 209 generally be found in front of the hive ; an empty hive, with a comb or two of brood, should be placed on the old stand, and the quoen introduced ; the swarm will soon return, and in the majority of cases, all is well. Do not clip the queen's wings until after she has commenced laying. By so doing, you would have an unfertilized queen.—W. M. Barnum. 1. I have often clipped their wings, but took care in such a case to have a good, clear spot in front of the hive, and a board on edge for them to get from the ground to the hive
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 209 generally be found in front of the hive ; an empty hive, with a comb or two of brood, should be placed on the old stand, and the quoen introduced ; the swarm will soon return, and in the majority of cases, all is well. Do not clip the queen's wings until after she has commenced laying. By so doing, you would have an unfertilized queen.—W. M. Barnum. 1. I have often clipped their wings, but took care in such a case to have a good, clear spot in front of the hive, and a board on edge for them to get from the ground to the hive in case they drop off in trying to fly out. 2. The advantage is, they cannot leave in swarming. The disadvantages I do not know, as I have never experienced any.—J as. A. Stone. 1. Yes, it has become necessary with me. 2. The advantages are : It saves me a great deal of hard work, and saves several good swarms every year. Let me illustrate : Last spring I had one queen that I intended to supersede, and therefore did not hunt her up and clip her wing. The result was, while I was at dinner, or absent for some cause, she ran off with the swarm. There are no disadvantages that I can name.—G. W. Demaree. uzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzxxzzzzzzzl. Sellin£ Extracted Honey at Retail. Written for the American Bee Journal BY DR. C. C. MILLER. I want to call your attention, Mr. Edi- tor, to the article on page 111. After reading it over carefully, will you please tell me if you think you are entirely fair with me? You made certain disclosures as to the possibility of bee-keepers in general obtaining something like double price for their honey, and bee-keepers would naturally be interested to know how the thing was done. I asked you about it, and instead of giving me any answer, you open your columns to have a page occupied by H. M. Melbee, not in giving the information I asked for, but in something that approaches at least toward mud-slinging. I asked bread and you give me a stone. Is that
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