. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 371 American Hee JonrnalJ vided for the demonstrator, in order that he might show what could be done. The interest of the spectators was plainly evident, and to the uninitiated it seemed miraculous that a man could handle so many thousands of bees and not get stung. Many of the people wanted to know how they were tamed, or how the stings were taken away from the bees; another would ask what we put on our arms, etc. Sensational methods were discarded, such as appearing half-naked; our aim was to show people that any one with a sufficient interest and c
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 371 American Hee JonrnalJ vided for the demonstrator, in order that he might show what could be done. The interest of the spectators was plainly evident, and to the uninitiated it seemed miraculous that a man could handle so many thousands of bees and not get stung. Many of the people wanted to know how they were tamed, or how the stings were taken away from the bees; another would ask what we put on our arms, etc. Sensational methods were discarded, such as appearing half-naked; our aim was to show people that any one with a sufficient interest and courage can handle bees without getting too badly stung. Interesting points of the life of the bee and work of the bees were explained, and their usefulness demon- strated. At every demonstration we drew a crowd of from 50 to 100 people, and many enquiries were made as to keep- ing bees both as a hobby and as a business. Guelph, Ont. —^^^-?^^^^ Queen-Rearing Pointers BY FR.\NK F. FR.\NCE. Is not the subject of bee-keeping like a game of checkers ? Are there not certain moves to make to get to the king row ? I would say yes in both cases. The first and best move to make is to provide each colony with a good, young, laying queen. A queen that does good work is one that pro- duces a hive full of bees that zcoi-k. I once had a queen, and one of a high type of breeding, that produced a strong colony, but her bees did not secure more than enough honey—the whole summer long—to live on, while colonies all around her filled three and four supers. Such a queen should be killed at once, even though she ap- peared good. There is a great study before us when we work out and compare the lives of different queens. There is as much difference in -the personality of bees as there is in people. It is won- derful to watch half a dozen colonies and observe their differences and like- nesses. One of the most important features is to have your queens as nearly alike as possible, both as to bree
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