. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. ^0dB^lCA^. 43d YEAR. CHICAGO, ILL, APRIL 30,1903, No. 18. ^ Editorial Comments. ^ | General 3Ianager N. E. France, of Platteville, Wis., wishes us to say that he sent to each paid-up for 1903 member of the National Bee-Keepers' Association, one copy of " Bees and ; one on legal rights of bee-keepers, and a sheet of 25 questions to be an- swered and returned to him; and to new members also a pin badge. Since then there have been two bags of mail containing a lot of the above lost in a train wreck, so if any paid-up member has not
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. ^0dB^lCA^. 43d YEAR. CHICAGO, ILL, APRIL 30,1903, No. 18. ^ Editorial Comments. ^ | General 3Ianager N. E. France, of Platteville, Wis., wishes us to say that he sent to each paid-up for 1903 member of the National Bee-Keepers' Association, one copy of " Bees and ; one on legal rights of bee-keepers, and a sheet of 25 questions to be an- swered and returned to him; and to new members also a pin badge. Since then there have been two bags of mail containing a lot of the above lost in a train wreck, so if any paid-up member has not received his package, and will notify Mr. France, he will mail another. How to Treat a Balled Queen.—At this time of the year the novice will sometimes And upon opening a hive that the queen is balled, although she has been in the hive tor a year. He is puzzled to know why she is balled, and still more troubled to know what he shall do. The best thing he can do is to do nothing. The bees have balled their queen because disturbed by the opening of the hive—pos- sibly they are balling her to protect her—and if the hive is imme- diately closed there is little danger that any harm will come to the queen. But it is another matter when you find a stranger-queen balled. The probability is that the balling will continue till the queen is dead, and your business is to get her out of the ball. Two things iloii'i do: Don't try to pull the ball apart; and don't blow hot smoke upon the ball. Either of these things will generally mean immediate death to the queen. You may blow cold smoke upon the ball, holding the smoker at a good distance, and at tirst it seems to have no effect; but keep steadily blowing for some time, and gradually the bees will loosen their hold and leave the ball, until the queen is left alone. Possibly the better way is to drop the ball into water; very soon each bee will be trying to save itself. Establishing Distant iit-.\piaries.—The usual reason for establ
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