. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. May, 1908. American ^ee Journal Tennessee stump-field. As to the flying bees, there was a tank (water-pool) near by, and I recollected that it had been several days since I had taken a bath, and I found out that was just what the bees were urging nie to do, for they went home as soon as they had me satisfactorily under the water. The "Zips" are great, and I love them (most- ly by telepathy). The above colony of Cyprians referred to seem perfectly gentle as long as none are injured, and the hive is not jolted. I have several times gone throug
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. May, 1908. American ^ee Journal Tennessee stump-field. As to the flying bees, there was a tank (water-pool) near by, and I recollected that it had been several days since I had taken a bath, and I found out that was just what the bees were urging nie to do, for they went home as soon as they had me satisfactorily under the water. The "Zips" are great, and I love them (most- ly by telepathy). The above colony of Cyprians referred to seem perfectly gentle as long as none are injured, and the hive is not jolted. I have several times gone through the hive, handling every frame, and not got- ten a sting, and transferred them once and extracted the supers twice without a sting. I have another colony from an im- ported queen of "gentle strain," and I've seen them fly out to investigate when I have simply laid my hand on the hive. And sometimes when I do not even touch it. But if they fulfill their prom- ise of honey gathering, I think Til keep Cyprians. Some, anyway. It is largely honey that I want, and I don't mind a little fun and a good laugh. Santa Anna, Tex. J. E. McClellan. Xot More, but Better Bee-Keepers. I was pleased with the comments in an editorial footnote to Mr. Edward Corwin's letter, headed, "Making More Bee-Keepers," in the March issue. It is not more bee-keepers we want, but bet- ter ones. That's the point exactly. I should like to see the time come when every man (and woman, too,) that keeps as many as a half dozen colonies of bees, is a constant reader of the Ameri- can Bee Journal, or some other bee- paper, and keeps his bees in good, movable-frame hives. It's not the prac- tical bee-keeper that reads the bee-pa- pers and looks after the needs and wants of his bees that ruins our markets by selling dark " honey-dew" for "good, pure bees' ; or that sells "bulk" comb honey that has had several genera- tions of brood reared in the combs, for first-
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