. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 250 THE BEITISH BEE JOURNAL. [July 15, 1915. shapes; bake in a slow oven till of a light brown colour. Honey Fruit C'a/ce.—Take 1^ cups honey, two-thirds cup butter, ^ cup sweet milk, 3 eggs Avell beaten, 3 cups flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 2 cups raisins, 1 teaspoon each of cloves and cinnamon. Honey Tea Cake.—One cup honey, ^ cup sour cream, 2 well-beaten eggs, ^ cup butter, 2 cups flour, ^ teaspoon soda, 1 teaspoon cream of tartar. Bake in a moderate oven. From the Bee-keepers' Queries reaching this office not later
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 250 THE BEITISH BEE JOURNAL. [July 15, 1915. shapes; bake in a slow oven till of a light brown colour. Honey Fruit C'a/ce.—Take 1^ cups honey, two-thirds cup butter, ^ cup sweet milk, 3 eggs Avell beaten, 3 cups flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 2 cups raisins, 1 teaspoon each of cloves and cinnamon. Honey Tea Cake.—One cup honey, ^ cup sour cream, 2 well-beaten eggs, ^ cup butter, 2 cups flour, ^ teaspoon soda, 1 teaspoon cream of tartar. Bake in a moderate oven. From the Bee-keepers' Queries reaching this office not later than FIRST POST on MONDAY MORNING will, if possible, be answered in the " Journal" the fol- lowing Thursday. Those arriving later will be held over until the following week. Only SPECIALLY URGENT queries will be replied to by post if « STAMPED addressed envelope is enclosed. All queries must be accompanied by the name and address of the sender, not necessarily for publica- tion, but as a guarantee of good faith. Corre- spondents are requested to write on one side of the paper only. QUEEN NOT LAYING. [9012]—Will you kindly tell me why the queen in my hive is failing to lay? I bought a rather large swarm at Whitsuntide (Italians). They came out of a skep about three Aveeks before. They were hived in a skep, and, not having my bar- frame hive quite ready, I put them on a stand, little dreaming they would swarm, which they did, but I lost them. They came out and clustered for a sliort time, and then went straight away. I have now got the skep on the top of a bar-frame hive—as per instructions in Guide Book—on 10 frames filled with full sheets of foundation. They are Avorking 8 out of the 10, and have started sealing some of the honey, but no sign of eggs or brood, either in the skep or in the bottom combs. There is a queen in the hive, as I saw her on one of the combs. I also saw her come out of the hive and fly (her head towards the hive) for about a minute, a
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