. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. March 19, 1903. THE AMERIC \N BEE JOURNAL. 187 used in the yard smaller than CtxVi inches, and 3 or 4 are used in the hive for the queen to hatch and become fertile. I have no trouble to rear queens that are prolitic ; in fact, we get the best results from a moderately prolitic queen, one that will just keep a loframe hive well stocked with brood and bees, and not get the swarming fever. I cannot understand why Dr. Gallup has had so much worse luck in buying queens than anyone else. I have purchased quite a number of queens, and have had but one that
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. March 19, 1903. THE AMERIC \N BEE JOURNAL. 187 used in the yard smaller than CtxVi inches, and 3 or 4 are used in the hive for the queen to hatch and become fertile. I have no trouble to rear queens that are prolitic ; in fact, we get the best results from a moderately prolitic queen, one that will just keep a loframe hive well stocked with brood and bees, and not get the swarming fever. I cannot understand why Dr. Gallup has had so much worse luck in buying queens than anyone else. I have purchased quite a number of queens, and have had but one that was not satisfactory. I am feeding some light colonies syrup made from sugar and honey. They are in the cellar. I will report results in the spring. Page Co., Iowa. J. L. Strong. A Coppection—Dp. Gallup Sick. Tell " Porto Rico" that I measured the banana leaf with a square and pole, and by some mistake the American Bee Journal had it .T feet and 7 inches, instead of 2 feet and 7 inches, I believe, or perhaps it was 3 feet and T inches. I made a memorandum of it at the time but lost it, and the frost has killed the plant. I am very sick, and don't expect to get well. Dictated by Dr. E. Gallup. Orange Co., Calif., March 9. [We hope Dr. Gallup won'tgetdiscouraged. We know he is not as young as he once was, but in that land of " The Fountain of Youth" where he dwells, we hope he may live and be happy for many years yet. Still, when one is around the 80's as is Dr. Gallup, he naturally would not expect to be spared much longer in this world.—Editor.] Bee-Keeping in Oregon and Wash- ington. On page 58 is an inquiry which I wish to answer to the best of my ability. In the first place, Oregon and Washington are divided by the Cascade Mountains into two distinct climates. That on the east side of the mountains is dry and cold, more like Kan- sas and Nebraska, and is called •? Bunch Grass," while to the west is a warm, wet cli- mate, and is called " We
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