. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 766 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL-. of the side of his house, between the plastering and siding, 8 feet above the ground. The combs were about 30 inches long, by 18 inches wide, and 4 inches deep ; being four layers. It was a tough job, for I could not get the bees out of the way—they were cross. They did all this work through a knot-hole one inch in diameter. They had a nice lot of honey. I put the combs into frames, and placed all in a nice hive. Of all journals that reach my desk, none are grasped and opened with such a degree of pleasure as our great Ameri
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 766 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL-. of the side of his house, between the plastering and siding, 8 feet above the ground. The combs were about 30 inches long, by 18 inches wide, and 4 inches deep ; being four layers. It was a tough job, for I could not get the bees out of the way—they were cross. They did all this work through a knot-hole one inch in diameter. They had a nice lot of honey. I put the combs into frames, and placed all in a nice hive. Of all journals that reach my desk, none are grasped and opened with such a degree of pleasure as our great Ameri- can Bee Journal. Long may it live and prosper, is my wish. Peabody, Kans., Nov. 18, 1892. Farther Experience with the Punic Bees. E. K. ROOT. Some of our friends may be interested in knowing how those Punics are behav- ing of late. We have been watching them narrowly ever since our first re- ports. Regarding their bad traits, we have nothing to take back, but, on the contrary, we are sure that we did not condemn them any too severely. But among all their naughty habits it would be a little singular if we did not discover at least some partially redeeming quality. Well, we have found one. They are the best defenders of their home against robbers, of any race of bees we have ever known. Indeed, when the robbers are the worst, we find we can pull the cover off their hive and leave their combs exposed for hours at a time; and al- though the robbers will at first pounce on to them fiercely, in a few minutes they begin to find they have " got the wrong pig by the ears," and then they hover about more cautiously. Those " little black devils," as one of the boys calls them, will stand in military array along the edge of the top-bars ; and the first robber bee that comes within smell- ing distance will be met on the wing, and perhaps jerked down between the combs, and that is the last of Mr. Rob- ber, for two or three Punics will very soon finish "him"
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