. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 185 more we are surprised how little we know about our pets. The farmer can breed his stock just as he pleases ; I wonder how long it will be until the bee-keeper can say the same with his bees. Mr. Doolittle says he would willingly give $50 for a plan by which he could mate the queens that are reared to selected drones as he wishes. Now cannot some of our lead- ing bee-men help to solve this question, and if so, then I would say give him the highest seat in our ranks, and call him our leader. Samuel Utz. Kenton, Ohio, Dec. 20, 1
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 185 more we are surprised how little we know about our pets. The farmer can breed his stock just as he pleases ; I wonder how long it will be until the bee-keeper can say the same with his bees. Mr. Doolittle says he would willingly give $50 for a plan by which he could mate the queens that are reared to selected drones as he wishes. Now cannot some of our lead- ing bee-men help to solve this question, and if so, then I would say give him the highest seat in our ranks, and call him our leader. Samuel Utz. Kenton, Ohio, Dec. 20, 1892. Good at Starting Q,ueen-Cells. Bees in this locality were put into winter quarters in pretty fair condition. The honey crop was not very good. I secured 25 pounds of honey, on an aver- age, per colony. I experienced some- thing new last summer. One evening, as I came home from my work, I found a cluster of bees on a bush. I hived them at once, as the sun was set, on one empty comb. The next morning I found some 70 queen-cells started. I at once gave them a queen, as I had some in readiness ; but to my surprise they at once balled her. I then caged her and left her with the bees for 48 hours, then turned her loose, and she was accepted. Why did not these bees return to their hive? If queenless, why not accept the queen at once ? There was no brood or eggs in the comb. Bee-keeping is carried on in a " hit or miss " way in this locality. I see a great many box-hives. I saw some last sum- mer which were in the weeds and thicket-grass so that it took a bee about five minutes to climb and crawl through ; that is a fact. The owner said he would quit keeping bees. I think that is the best plan for him. Feed Sterling, Nebr., Jan. 2, 1893. "Xhe TVinter Protolem in Bee-Keeping" is the title of a splendid pamphlet by Mr. G. R. Pierce, of Iowa, a bee-keeper of 26 years' experience. It is 6x9 inches in size, has 76 pages, and is a clear exposition of the
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