. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 590 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. and cover everything below. His theory is, that honey-dew is a saccharine mat- ter, oozing from the life or sap of the plants, and in certain seasons, not too wet nor too dry, this saccharine matter is thrown out, as the tree has more sap than is needed. During that year he knew a swarm of bees to take up their abode in a hickory tree, and in the fall he cut the tree and took 412 pounds of good honey; a big story, but true, nevertheless. At about 4 o'clock a motion was offered and carried, to adjourn until 9 o'clock on the fo
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 590 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. and cover everything below. His theory is, that honey-dew is a saccharine mat- ter, oozing from the life or sap of the plants, and in certain seasons, not too wet nor too dry, this saccharine matter is thrown out, as the tree has more sap than is needed. During that year he knew a swarm of bees to take up their abode in a hickory tree, and in the fall he cut the tree and took 412 pounds of good honey; a big story, but true, nevertheless. At about 4 o'clock a motion was offered and carried, to adjourn until 9 o'clock on the following day. Then the bee- keepers spread all over the premises, like bees in quest of stores, as they had free access to all the apiaries and the house, and to make themselves at home. All except those that lived near by lodged at W. R. Graham's and Mrs. Jennie Atchley's, and every one was well pleased so far, and wore a broad smile, as bee-keepers are the most pleas- ing people in the world, anyway (so bee- keepers think); and in fact the whole affair seemed to be a reunion of an old family, and the enjoyments just as great. A great crowd could be seen around Master Willie Atchley, where he was grafting queen-cells, andpassersby were attracted, as they thought it was a " monkey show," and all were pleased with what they learned about queen- rearing from Willie, some saying they would not take $100 for what they learned. (Continued next week.) Bees Moving Eggs to Rear Q,ueens. On page 270 Mrs. Atchley controverts the idea that the bees move eggs into queen-cells, and asserts that the queen lays the eggs in the queen-cells just the same as she does in other cells. If Mrs. A. intends to affirm that the bees never move eggs into queen-cells, we will, as the lawyers say, join issue. My experi- ence and observations on different occa- sions are so decidedly the other way, that I would like to hear more said about it, and will give one instance as an introduction : Last se
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