. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 330 AMERICAN BEE JOuFNAL, May 25, Painting Queens.—Instead of clipping the queen's wing-s, C. Boesch advises in D. Iniker to paint her thorax a bright color. That would make it easj' to tell whether a queen had been replaced by the bees, and in case of a run- away swarm it would be possible to prove property. More Wax and Less Honey is somewhat favored by W. A. H. Gilstrap, in Gleanings. He g-ives some fig-ures which seem to show that under some circumstances, instead of extracting and saving the combs to use over again, it is possible it mig-h
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 330 AMERICAN BEE JOuFNAL, May 25, Painting Queens.—Instead of clipping the queen's wing-s, C. Boesch advises in D. Iniker to paint her thorax a bright color. That would make it easj' to tell whether a queen had been replaced by the bees, and in case of a run- away swarm it would be possible to prove property. More Wax and Less Honey is somewhat favored by W. A. H. Gilstrap, in Gleanings. He g-ives some fig-ures which seem to show that under some circumstances, instead of extracting and saving the combs to use over again, it is possible it mig-ht be better to melt up the whole and get more than twice as inuch wax. Density of Buckwheat Honey Varies in different local- ities, according to a discussion reported in the Canadian Bee Journal. Mr. Brown said it was thinner than other honey. Mr. Darling had it average 14 pounds to the gal- lon, and so thick that he could lift I'/i pounds with a spoon. In a dry season it was said to be thicker than in a wet one. Importance of Good Queens is urged by J. J. Cosby, who rears his queens by the Doolittle plans and thereby ac- counts for the fact that his bees in a poor season secured 72,'2 pounds per colony, spring count, and increast from 80 colonies to 100, while a neighbor with 23 colonies got 56 sections in all, and another neighbor with 60 colonies got nothing, all three apiaries working on the same field.— Gleanings. Bees and Colors—Elias Fox discusses this matter in Gleanings. He gets many stings with black pantaloons, but very few with light ones. A black ribbon or feather worn by his wife is a^distinct point of attack. If he wears no veil, the attacks will be upon the mustache, eyes, eyebrows, or right under the hat-rim, and nine times our of ten a sting on the hands will be near or under the shady edge of the sleeve. A team of horses past his apiary ; the white horse escaped with few stings, while the dark bay with black mane and tail was stung to death. Taking the
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