Barnes. W. F., 148. Blanchard, J. N., 148, 195. Bessey, C. E., 156, 177, 204, 214, 294. Bardwell, D. J., 174. Bittenbender, J. W., 182. Barnum Bros., 184. Barrett, L. 193. Benton, B. F., 193. Bridge, K, L., 196. Bickerton, H., 197. Beekeeper, A., 199. Bryant, I. S., 220. Bailey, M., 220. Brintnall, E. P., 220. Brush, H, L., 242. Bohart, B. H., 243. Bynum, G. H., 244._ Botts, S. T., 250. Bacon, R., 266. 286. Braught, D. E., 300. 305.

Butler, S. S., 300.

Benton, Frank, Briggs, Rev. E. L.,

Coleman, J., 294. Coe, J. S., 36, 105, 117, 146. Chapman, A., 47, 176. C., J., 51. Christ, Wm., 79, Clarke, Rev. W. F., 81, 143, 277. Cameron, R. C., 88. Cullen, M. M., 88. Crist, H., 111. Clark, E. D,, 1:2. Cook, Prof. A. J., 116, 145, 266, 267, 303. Culver, E., 118. Curnutt, W. W., 118, 220, 271. Cotton, Mrs. L. E., 120. Chapman, F. W., 146, 148, 162. Carr, Wm., 150. Curtis, S. L., 164. Cooperrider, A., 168. Case, N., 193, 242. Cramer, I. W., 196, 212. Clough, C. R., 245. Crosby, A. N., 252. Conklin, J. W., 256, Caldwell, J. V., 257. Copeland, J., 262, 269. Crowfoot Bros., 266. Curry, R. L., 267. Chamberlin, E., 271. Crane. J. A., 288. Dick, J. W.. 7. Dunken, Paul, 7. Dean, G. W., 12. Dadant, C P.. 22, 107, 151. Davis, J. L., 47, 118. Divekey, J., 48. Draper, A. N., 76. Deahle, H., 86. Dadant, Ch. 129, 205, 232, 235, 239, 299. Doolittle, G. M., 173. Davidson, A. J., 215. Dallas, C. E., 220. Davis, W. J., 220. Dickson. R., 221. Day. L. E., 244. De Lair, E., 244. Davis, F. R., 256. Dunn, J.W., 262, 269. Dodge, C., 294. Dyer, W., 295.

Edgar, 35, 185. Edmond, John, 112. Emmons, J., 119. Elwood, P. Í., 132. Eccentric, 139. Everett, W. P., 243. Emerson, J., 294.

Flick, H. H., 25. Franklin, B., 49. Forman, G. W., 51. F D. W., 112. Frazer, J. McG. Follett, W. K., 198. Folsom, L. S. W.. 200. F., M., 218. Fox, C. J., 252. Frederick, C. A., 267. Flory, J. F., 271.

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Greer,

Guenther, J. H., 8. Godfrey, E. D., 8, 272. Garihan, W. H., 77. Griffin, T. E., 79. Grimm. Adam, 88, 117, 231. Guenther, J. H., 119, 221. Greene, A. P., 193. Glasgow, F. M., 197. Greene J. W., 210, 267, 269. Garlick, G., 217. Greer, I. N., 245. G., 252. Greening, C. F., 268. N. M., 272. Gadsey, J. E., 293. Grout, W. H. S., 295, 311. Gallup, E., 298. Gordon, W. L., 313. Gravenhorst, C. J. H., 314. Harris, Mrs. W., 7. Heustis, Job, 7. Hart, A. H., 17. H., 26, 177. Heddon, J., 55, 59, 67,102, 125, 161, 189, 233, 236. Hogue, L. B.. 56. Hetherington, J. E., 96, 201. Hill, A. G., 102, 121. Heath, H. S., 111. Haines, H., 111. Hall, S. W., 111. Harmon, J., 118. Halbleib, O. 119. Hershey, E., 120. Harrison, T. W., 120. Hayes, W. J., 120. Herr, A. B., 140. Hall, Mrs. D. M., 151. Hendryx, H. G., 154. Hazen, J., 182. Hill, E. J., 194. Horner, G. W., 197. Hale, S. S., 197. House, W. B., 204. Harbison, J. S., 214. Hester, M. C., 216. Hunter, John, 218. Hasbrouck, J., 251. Harper, W. M., 266, Harrison, R. W., 267. Hack, C., 268. Haskin, A. S., 270. Hunt, G., 294. Hill, J. S., 299.

Isham, C. R., 10. Ilisch, G., 220, 294. Johnson, T. W., 26. Johnson, M., 47. Jones, R. T., 79, 129, 176, 194, 271. Jordan, E. C., 86. Jones, J., 112. Johnson, J. E., 174. J. H., 195. Jones, D. A., 197, 258. McK., 202. Johnson, J. I., 267. Julius, 282.

Johnson, Jones, R. Johnson,

Kruschke, J. D.. 20, 50, 138, 235. Klum, M. S., 50. Kimpton, E., 90. Kepler, D., 108. Kellogg, W. M., 174, 197, 233, 238, 256, 272. Keyes, Mrs. A. D., 194. Kendig, C., 198. Keenan, J., 220, 269. Kearns, J. E., 221. Kronshage, B., 242. Krueger, F., 269. Kellogg, N. S., 270. Ketcham, D. M., 295.

Loud, S. W., 8. Lee, Joseph, 26. Lane, C. F., 33. Linswick, C., 63, 99. Lynn, J. F., 77. Larch, E. C. L., 78, 98, 174, 276. Lucas, A. S., 78. Lashbrook, T., 79. Lippincott, J. H., 80. Lee, H. S., 87. Larkins, J.. 88. Larkins, Mrs. V.M., 119, 271. Liston, E., 136, 190, 211, 213. Lynch, W. W., 146, 184. Levering, N., 148, 174, 241. Lunderer, B., 163, 216, 232, 234. Lewis, E., 168,

195. Lewis, L. W., 177. Livingston, T. W., 177, 244. Lingle, B. M., 177, 200, 272. Lehmann Bros., 197. Lindley, L. M., 242. Legg, L., 249. Langstroth, Rev. L. L., 249, 275. Lamb, W.,294.

Marquis, T. N., 7. Morriss, Mrs. N. G., 8. McGaw, T. G., 46, 104. McDowell, J. H., 49. M., A. H., 50. Millett, D. C., 55. Mason, H. D., 56. Merrian, G. F., 59. Monteith, J., 63. Marsh, S. K., 68, 86, 134. 135, 159, 209, 245, 286. Morris, W., 79. Myers, J. B., 80. Mason, A. B., 87, 169. Muth, C. F., 110, 147, 167, 189, 217, 298. McColm, L., 110. McBride, P., 111. Minick, J. S., 119. Murphy, R. R., 120, 250. Moore, W. W., 120, 163. Miller, R.. 136, 146. Mallery, M. M., 155. Madsen, Mrs. H., 168. McNeill, J. W., 169. M., W. A., 169. M., C., 169. Morgan, R., 180. 221, 269. Mobley, G. M., 187. Miller, P., 189. Miller, S., 193. McDermott, C., 1941. Marsh, C., 197. Mahin, Rev. M., 201. Mehring, J., 202. Moore, J. P., 210, 260. M., 212. Mayerhoffer, R., 253. Murdock, J. H.; 266. Mellen, R. H., 289. Miner, T. B., 290.

Nellis, J. H., 32, 68, 75, 83, 176, 250, 301, 311. Newcomb, W. E., 77. Norbury, W. K., 87. Noble, L. J., 194. Nichollson, W. N., 198, 266.

Ogden, D. H., 46, 117, 146, 244. O., A., 204. Observer, 238. Oliver, H. K., 258.

Proctor, A. H., 11. Pelham, W. C., 14, 82, 190, 211. Palmer, D. D., 15, 80, 123, 286, 313. Patterson, D., 48. P., S. H., 48. Porter, S., 50. Pike, D. A., 58, 167, 216. Purvis, L. G., 77. Piper, Geo. M., 78. Porter, Dr. D. R., 87, 135. Patterson, W. F., 88. Perkins, N., 116. O., 118, 147, 165, 245. Pike, E., 119. Phillips, E. V., 187. Prentice, N. ter, J. W., 198. 267. Parks, A., 271. terson, J., 295.

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Perrine, C. P., J. F.. 168.

E., 197. Por

Pierson, T., 266. Porter, W.,
Pryner, J.H.W., 289. Pat-

Root, H., 7. R., W. S., 30. Roop, H., 47, 212. Rockwood, J. E., 81, 108, 148. Rush, Dr. W. B., 87, 93, 170., 269, 294, 308, 300. Ruggles, S., 120, 198. Rasmussen, W. M., 184, 199, 239. Rapp, J. B., 193. Reist, P. S., 197. Roberts, J., 220. Riley, Prof. C. V., 240, 257. 293. Root, L. C., 240. Rooker, J., 244. Richie, J. E., 245, 284, 295.

Sharp, Isaac, 7, 193. Snow, M. S., 11, 14, 164. Scientific, 21, 37, 89. Saunders, Anna, 26, 237. S., C. C., 26. Sargent, C. A., 47. Stiles, A., 49. Sonne, C., 51, 88, 206, 208. Smith, W. G., 58, 199, 263. Smith, C. T., 78, 95, 179, 295. Staples & Andrews, 78. Snell, F. A., 78. Salisbury, A., 79. Southard, W. B., 79. Smith, J. L., 86, 209. Stow, E. S., 86. Smith, T. A., 87. Silvins, G. D., 88. Sherriff, W. J., 109. Staples, D., 109. S., 111. Subscriber, 111. Stetson, A. A.. 112. S., J. O., 155. Six, 157, 213. Shelton, T. E., 177, 195. Smith, I. A., 195, 196. Swain, C. E., 196. Smith, P. W., 198. Sanders, H. W., 207. Smiser, H. F., 220. Schofield, W. A. 220. Searles, E. F.. 220. Southworth, R., 221. Stanton, A. L., 221, 255. Stith, J. C., 221. Snell, M., 236. Sheneman, T., 243. Spear, O. W., 257, 259, 270. Sarles, Lewis, 266. Schofield, E. J., 268. Stokes, C. W., 270. Sweetser, C. E., 270. Shearer, Rev. J. W., 274, 299. Scammon, J., 294. Stinton, J., 295. Stevens, S. W., 300.

Tupper, E. S., 5. Taylor, B. L., 17. Temple, J. F., 49. Thornton, B. Y., 49. Teft, A., 50. Tomlinson, J., 186, 265. Thompson, Geo., 186. Taylor, J. M. C., 193. Thrasher, G., 200, 271. Taylor, E. A.. 220. Thomas, W., 220. Thomas, J. A., 242. Talbott, S., 271.

Van

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Van Voris, G., 77. Vaughan, C. C., 146. Vincent, O. J., 212. Vandervort, J., 234. Horn, G. A., 252. Vallion, Paul L., 264. Wellington, E., 16, 47. Whitney, W. J., 18. Wells, W. C., 49. Winfield, J., 78, 269. ner, E. R., 87. Wolff, W., 88. 131, 149, 242, 295. Weatherby, S. S., 93, 204. W. J. M., 112. Whitmore, C. H., 169. Woodall, J. J.. 197. Williamson, L.. 197. Walton, W. G., 198, 314, 300. A., 211. Waterhouse, J. A., 221. W., J. H., 221. Walker, G., 230. Wince, S. R.. 266. White, J. P., 267. Wright, H. O., 272. Wisconsin BeeKeeper, 287. Wait, O. C., 288. W., N. W., 289. Woodward, G. M., 294, 295. Winder, Mrs., 295. Young, P., 47. Young. C. L., 119. Zimmerman, G. W., 31, 54, 197.

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VINNOJIVO

Vol. XII.

Seasonable Hints.

Through the month of January the bees require no care in the cellar or house. They only ask to be in darkness and quiet. If they are on their summer stands, and have quilts or carpets over their frames, they will not suffer; though the entrances are blocked with snow. It is well, however, to see that the entrance, during a thaw, does not become stopped with water and dead bees, which a sudden cold wind may convert into ice. While you have nothing to do for the bees directly in this month, it is the time to plan for another season's work, and prepare your hives and honey-boxes. We hope the experience which some of you have had will not be repeated this winter; wiz. your bees die at such a rate that you will need no new hives. If you have been careful, we are sure you will not. There is a feeling of discouragement with regard to the scale of extracted honey which we fear will lead many to re-model their hives, and try next season to secure box honey only. We say "fear," because we are sure that no such change is necessary for those who wish to secure the greatest amount of profit from their bees. We know that the extractor must be used by western bee-keepers, in order to keep their colonies strong in numbers from May to November. We have seen, during the past year, many colonies that did well in June, but afterward stored nothing in boxes; and though the hives were full below, they had few bees, and had given their owner no profit. If those colonies had been "robbed" by the extractor of all the honey they could spare early in the season, the queen would have used the empty room; more bees would have been raised, and surplus boxes might have been filled, besides the profit from the extracted honey. The sale of extract

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ed honey is another question (we can tell you how to sell it in another article). What we claim is, that it is better to take the honey from the bees, even if it had no cash value.

As to hives-those who do not care to increase their number of colonies, will find it best to have large hives containing from fifteen to twenty frames, side by side. Hives like these, well filled with bees, and with well arranged boxes and frames for honey, will give large amounts of honey in nearly every season. The comb foundations are sure to be a great help, not only in the main hive, but in the surplus boxes. Every bee-keeper can af ford to have them in his boxes, and also in his main hives to secure the combs straight, as well as to save the bees time and labor.

We hope the sale of these will be large enough to reduce the price somewhat, but even at the present price, no one not well supplied with empty comb, can afford to do without them. In surplus boxes and frames for securing box-honey, they will insure the combs to be built straight, and give the bees just the inducement to work in them, which is necessary. E. S. T.

All women who keep bees and would like to make contributions of honey, hives, bees, etc., to the display of "Woman's Work” in the ladies' building for exhibition of woman's work especially, at the Centennial Exhibition, are invited to write for particulars to ELLEN S. TUPPER, Des Moines, Iowa.

There may be a few whose term of subscription closed with the year 1875, who do not wish to take the AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. All such should notify us at once, as we send all Journals till we receive a notice to discontinue them.

PUBLISHER.

OUR NEW YEAR PRESENT.-We have now sent out our promised Chromos to all who have sent to this office Two DOLLARS in advance for THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL from January to December, 1876. We did not promise it to any others; a few club subscribers, who had not read our offer carefully, expected it, till we wrote them calling their attention to it again. We must adhere to the rule, or some may be dissatisfied.

Now New Years' Day has passed, and the Chromos are all gone. We trust that these beautiful gems may awaken, in hundreds of hearts, "MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD" that will be abiding and pleasureable; buoying up many sinking spirits to fight anew the battle of life, that at last victory may rest on their brows, as they enter the portals of glory.

To all its readers, THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL sends its greeting-wishing them a prosperous and HAPPY NEW YEAR.

We have received many letters of congratulation since our last issue, which, of course, we could neither find time to answer privately nor space to print in THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Our friends may rest assured that we fully appreciate these words of commendation and encouragement, and shall do all we can to keep the old and reliable AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL up to its present and past standard of excellence and reputation.

In Gleanings for December, Novice claims that we should guarantee all our advertisers. It is not only impracticable but impossible for us to know enough concerning the business capacity and integrity of our many advertisers to make such guarantee. We suppose bee-keepers have at least as much sagacity and intelligence as any other class, and would not thank us for interfering in such matters. We do not aspire to be a censor of the Press-nor a dictator to men of intelligence. Caveat emptor.

Particular attention is directed to the new advertisement of Dr. J. P. H. Brown, of Augusta, Ga., importer of Italian Queens, which may be found on another page.

During the coming year we hope to make THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL more varied and interesting than ever. We expect to add some new features in the course of a few months, that now are but partly developed. We trust that all interested in the welfare of THE JOURNAL will write fresh from their own experience and observation. The prospects of THE JOURNAL for 1876 are very encouraging, and we trust our friends will not forget their kind offices at this period of the year, among them that of renewing their subscriptions promptly, as well as getting all the new subscribers they can for the "old and reliable AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL." We shall neglect nothing to merit the approval of all our readers.

The first installment of the report of the Michigan Bee-Keepers' Association appears in this issue. The Secretary furnished only a portion of it to the Bee-Keepers' Magazine, and our friends, King & Slocum, the publishers, favored us with advance sheets. As this number was then almost all in type, we had to omit some other matter in order to admit this into the present number. We regret that the Convention allowed itself to be drawn into a disagreeable position in reference to the Heddon and Novice matter. The former appears to be in a disagreeable mood, and sees nothing right or good outside of himself. At least, the Secretary should not have burdened the report with these matters. We shall defer further remarks till we have the copy of the entire report.

The date after your name on the wrapper of every paper, is the date from which a new subscription starts, after the expiration of the time paid for. Thus, "Jan. 76" means that you have paid only to the end of the year 1875-and the new subscription commences with this number-January, 1876. Some do not seem to comprehend-hence this allusion.

The Herald and Mail, of Columbus Tenn., says that Mr. David Staples has the management of 250 colonies for R. G. Harris, 80 for C. C. Vaughn, 40 for W. J. Andrews, 100 for L. R. Cullenmaking 470 altogether.

Voices from among the Hives.

WATSEKA, ILL.-Dec. 9, 1875.-" My bees went into winter quarters in good condition. They gave me 35 to 40 per cent. profit this year. That is better than yearling steers have done for me the past year." T. N. MARQUIS.

WAVELAND, IND.-Dec. 20, 1875.-" I have about 30 hives in good condition in the cellar. They are Italians and hybrids, and I am patiently waiting, in good spirits till spring, and hope for a good season." ISAAC SHARP.

ROSEVILLE, ILL.-Dec. 17, 1875.—“ We had 48 colonies which we fed from apple blossom time till the first of August, increased to 63, making only 15 swarms from 48. They gathered quite well from buckwheat for a few days, and then wet, cold weather set in, and we got scarcely nothing from any other source. We took nearly all the honey from the bees and fed them sugar syrup for their winter supplies. In all we got about 1,500 pounds of honey, and fed during the summer and fall about 220 or 225 dollars' worth of sugar, but our bees go into winter quarters in splendid condition, never better. We had about 9 acres of buckwheat which we cut with a reaper and thrashed with a thrashing machine, which gave us 137 bushels of grain. We realized from the flour about $1.00 per bushel, which paid me this year better than other grain."

L. C. AXTELL.

BUFFALO, N. Y.-Dec. 20, 1875.—“I commenced lust spring with 10 colonies, one queenless, and they have given me 21 new colonies, and 105 six-pound boxes of honey, and 120 nearly full. Some were full but not capped over, and others had two cards full, and I could have got much more honey if I had been able to use the Extractor or have taken care of them. My health has been so poor the past few years that I could not see to them, but I am satisfied with what they have done, and while I have strength to walk to my apiary, and am able to read, I must have my bees and BEE JOURNAL."

MRS. WILLIAM HARRIS.

LAFAYETTE Co., Mo.-Dec. 14, 1875."I have about 100 stocks (made up of Italian, hybrids, and blacks). The latter have acquitted themselves equally as well, or better than the yellow and mixed bees this season. Have taken from 80 strong stocks, mostly in small glass boxes, something over 5,300 pounds comb honey, or about 67 pounds to the hive-balance of the hives average considerably less-don't bother with strained or extracted honey.

"June swarming not equal to last season; smart-weed and other plants very rich in August-swarming then nearly equal to June-use chiefly the American hive.

COLUMBIANA Co., O.-Dec. 12, 1875."I have been keeping bees for over twenty years with moderate success, the principal inducement is to supply our own table with honey; hence, I have become a regular reader of THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, and got Italian bees and improved hives. My bees generally do a little more than supply our table, but this season was so wet-the rain seemingly washed all the sweet out of the flowers before the bees could collect it, and the freezing weather killing the fruit bloom -that the fore part of the season was very unproductive.

"The principal sources of honey here are linn and white clover; the soil has been cultivated so long, and sheep raising is so common, that wild flowers amount to but little, except smart-weed is generally plentiful in the fall, and is much visited by the bees. Spanish-needle is plently but scarcely visited by bees."

JOB HUESTIS.

CASS CO., Mo.-Dec. 14, 1875.-" There are no Italian bees in this neighborhood but mine. I have 74 stands in good condition. They stored 3000 lbs. in comb and extracted honey from August 10 till frost." PAUL DUNKEN.

ONONDAGA Co., N. Y.-Dec. 16, 1875."There is no monthly visitor more welcome at my house than the AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, As long as I am in the apiarian business it shall have my warm support." H. ROOT.

WILLIAMSON Co., TENN.-Dec. 4, 1875."I made no honey this season until about 3 weeks ago. I extracted some to give the queens more room. There has been no brood for several weeks and the brood chamber is filled with honey.

"The principal honey plants here are white clover, linn, and poplar for spring,

and aster, smart-weed and golden-rod for fall.

"The AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL is my regular text book. I should be lost without it." MRS. N. G. MORRISS.

GRIDER, KY.- Nov. 26, 1875.-"The AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL has been of great help to me during the last year in giving information on bee culture, and I am much pleased with it.

"I commenced this spring with 18 Langstroth hives, and increased to 40; Italianizing only a part, and taking no honey, I could have increased to 60 colonies.

"Besides these at home, about 8 miles from here, I bought 3 old hives which I increased to 10 during the season.

"I made a hive four feet long, something like a New-Idea Hive, with 6 apartments. In each division I put a piece of comb, which I had taken from the old colonies. These were full of brood and had a few workers clinging on. I also placed another piece of surplus comb in each apartment. I put in a queen which I had taken from the stands at home, before I introduced the Italian queens in each division. The great increase astonished me, and the top of the hive having warped, there was communication with all the divisions, and I soon discovered they were killing the queens in the centre, and now there are only remaining two queens, one at each end, with a great quantity of bees in the hive."

J. G. ALLEN.

DODGE CO., WIS.-Nov. 20, 1875."Season wet and cold; I commenced with 11 stocks; sold 6 in May, leaving 5 good and 2 rather weak stocks, in eight-framed Langstroth hives. Increased to 24. Honey season commenced in July. I got 85 tbs from each stock. Sold all at 20@25 cents. A frost came in August, and I had to feed sugar syrup to many of the latest swarms to get them to cap the honey over. I now have 29 stocks in a cave, nearly like the one used last winter -3 feet in the ground and 3% above, covered with earth and straw 3 feet thick; it is 14x16 inside. Our main plants are white clover, basswood and golden rod."

JOHN H. GUENTHER.

PORTLAND, OREGON.-Nov. 18, 1875."April 1, I had 26 swarms, 4 in movable frame hives, and the rest in common ones, some rather dilapidated. Our rainy season lasted six weeks, and then it came off very hot and dry. In a month the white clover was done for, and other pasture was scarce. The 4 swarms in frame hives increased to 7; 6. of them making 40 lbs box honey each. I transferred the others, and that put them back. They increased to 35, but no surplus. I now have 32 hives all in good condition." D. D. BRIGGS.

RED OAK, IOWA.-Nov. 23, 1875.-" My report for 1875 is as follows: After spring sales I had on hand 33 stocks; I took 20 of them three miles from home; went to them once every 10 days and cut out the queen cells to keep them from swarming; they gave me 800 lbs. box honey and I in. creased them to 46; the 13 I kept at home I increased to 66, but in preparing them for winter I found some of them deficient in honey, so I broke up and united 19, which left me 47 in my home apiary.

"I now have 93 stocks in splendid condition for winter, put them into my cellar Nov. 20; the 18th was very warm for the season, they had a good fly.

"Linn blossoms produced no honey this year. My bees gathered only enough to supply their brood until after Aug. 10. Our only honey source here is from fall flowers, and principally golden-rod heart's-ease. We have had but few fruit blossoms or white clover. I would like very much to have G. M. Doolittle, Capt. Heathering, R. M. Roop and others who got from 1,000 to 5,000 lbs. box honey this year, to give in the JOURNAL their plan of getting the bees from the boxes filled with honey. I would about as soon extract 1,000 lbs. as to get the bees from the 1,000 lbs. of box honey. My experi. ence is that fully one-twelfth of the bees in boxes of honey that is capped and ready to come off, are young bees that have never left the hive. It is a job to get them out; they will not leave the boxes, but where a lot of boxes are piled together, fully one-third of the bees will cluster together and stay there." E. D. GODFREY.

VIRDEN, ILL.-Sept. 8, 1875.-" In the September number Mr. I. Applewaite speaks of a plan of hiving bees that I have practiced more extensively this summer than he seems to have done; inasmuch as I have frequently hived them in the same manner without the queen. For instance, it is no uncommon occurrence for a swarm to issue and return without alighting, thus causing considerable trouble, especially if you chance to be in the field, half a mile from the house. Now, in order to be sure of a swarm when they come out, I have my hive all ready, and if I find they are coming back, I move the old hive and substitute the new one, then give them a frame of comb from the old hive with a queen cell on it, meantime if you find the old queen on the grass, you can give her to either hive you choose. I find that my bees will store honey much faster in small frames, placed directly over the lower frames with nothing between them, or if in boxes, those that have slat bottoms instead of augur holes. I find it very convenient to keep a piece of carpet under the honey board, as I can examine a hive without a chisel to pry off honey board, and irritatingthe bees." S. W. LOUD.