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18d AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL March 22, 1900.
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CONDUCTED BY DR. C. O. ailLLER. afareng-o, 111. (The Questions may be mailel to the Bee Journal office, or to Dr. Miller direct, when he will answer them here. Please do not ask the Doctor to send answers by mail.—Editor.1 Hives in the Shade or Sun. Which do you think is the better, to set hives under trees, or out in the hot sun ? Nebraska. Answer.—I would very much rather have my bees iti the shade of trees, both for the comfort of the bees and for the comfort of the bee-keeper ; and I suppose the same rule will hold in vour State. Queen-Breeders' Terms—Veil Injuring Eyes, Etc. 1. Looking- over queen-breeders' advertisements, I notice such terms as "golden Italian," "dark Italian," " 3- band Italian," and " 5-band Italian." Now, which one is pure Italian ? 2. I believe wearing a bee-veil is injuring my eyes. The veil is black tulle. How wide should the hat brim be so as not to injure the eyes ? 3. What do you think of the Johansen extension hive, described on page 129 ?" Missouri. Answers.—1. They may all be pure. Dark Italian and 3-banded are terms applied to those that come direct from Italy ; golden Italian and 5-banded after they hive been changed in this country. I believe G. M. Doolittle thinks none of them are pure because not of fixt characteristics. 2. You can probably have nothing better than black tulle. If the veil is attacht to the edge of the brim, it makes little difference how wide the brim is, the difference being in favor of the narrower brim, for you can see a little better ■with the veil close to your eyes than when farther away. But the better way is to have a wide brim, say 8 inches, and then have the veil sewed on as close to the face as possible without having the veil touch the face. Then the outer part of the brim shades the veil ; for the sun shining on the veil makes it hard on the eyes. Of course the tulle should be the geniiine article, of fine silk. 3. It seems to suit the inventor well: whether others will see advantages enough in it to make them adopt it, re- mains to be seen. Some Actions of Bees—Alfalfa as Stock Forage. Dr. Miller :—I think I can help you to answer " Mass- achusett's " questions, on page 6. I will first state what I have seen, and then draw conclusions. Some years ago I set some combs out at the west of the apiary for the bees to clean, and after they had gotten well to work I concluded to move the hives of combs to a more sheltered place, and so carried them to the north of the apiary. The bees were continually leaving these hives while I was carrying them, and after I had set them in the new place, and it amused me to see them all start directly east, as the)' should have done from the old stand. Some of them would fly 10 steps and others nearly as far as I could see them, then they would circle a little and turn towards home. Again, last summer, I carelessly left a hive of combs just extracted, near the door, just east of the apiary, and they were soon covered with bees. I carried the hive away from the house to the southwest of the apiary, and the bees all started west on leaving the hive. The wind was pretty strong from the west so they could make but little headway against it, but they would struggle a short distance and then turn to the northeast for home. If you " want more reliable testimony," I hope you will try it yourself in the spring. The bees evidently did not realize that they had been carried since alighting on the combs, and so started in the directions in which they supposed home was, till they saw a familiar object. Their ability to recognize objects is doubtless very acute. I notice you did not entirely endorse the story of a cat's finding its way home. I am glad of it, for it is all bosh. A few years ago a certain bee-keeper, in trying to prove that mankind only had reason, wrote some wonderful stories about cats, but bees and cats have no more a sixth sense than we have. To be sure, one will sometimes, bj' chance, start in the right direction, and so find home, and these cases are exaggerated and reported. Regarding " New York's " question on the same page, I will say that alfalfa does frequently kill cattle, and that, too, when they are accustomed to eating it, especially when it is young and tender, or when wet with rain or dew, or by drinking immediately after eating. My son lost two on this place last summer, and several others bloated badly, but were discovered in time to save them. I have had no experience with sheep, but am told that they are more sub- ject to bloat than cattle. It is not usually pastured except the old stubble in the fall. It does not produce honey in this locality, but where I was in Colorado it furnisht nearly all the surplus. I. W. BeckwiTh. Fremont Co., Wyo., Jan. 10. Answer.—This is interesting, and shows it is not well to be too skeptical when so many close observers are on hand with " reliable testimony." The point emphasized is that when bees are freed after being carried a distance, they fly in the same direction they would have done if no moving had taken place. ♦-»-* Who Should Pay the Freight ?-Wax-Worms. 1. Do )'ou think it is right for the producer to pay trans- portation charges on what he has to sell, and also what he has to buy ? To illustrate: Suppose I have some honey and wax to sell. I send it to some supply dealer to exchange for his goods. I have to pay freight both ways—on his goods and also on mine. Now be candid, and give an unpreju- diced answer. 2. I also send a clipping from a coutitry paper. Please give your opinion on the kind of bee-worms the writer had reference to. The clipping reads as follows : Weak Colony of Bees.—When a colony of bees is found at the close of the season lijjht in weight, it is generally better policy to destroy it than to try to lieep it thru the winter. The weak colony is probably al- ready infested with bee-worms, and the sooner the propagation of these is arrested the better, as their increase makes greater danger for all the colonies ne.xt year. If the weak colony is destitute of a queen its bees may be transferred to a larger and stronger colony with advantage to both, tho in some cases more food must be provided for the strong colony after this addition, to enable it to winter without loss. III. Answers.—1. Whether it be that the editor prefers to have the question as to who shall pay freights answered by one who is not prejudiced in favor of the supply dealer, or whether it be that with a wicked chuckle he sends the ques- tion to me as a poser—in any case he has turned it over to me, and I can hardly say the answer is difficult. It is sim- ply a matter of fairness, agreement, and convenience. Suppose I sell honey to a dealer. He says to me, " I can get all the honey I want of the same grade as yours, deliv- ered here for 15 cents a pound." I saj' to him, " But I don't want to pay the freight, and I don't think I ought to." "All right," he replies, "I'm willing to pay the freight, but as it will cost half a cent a pound to get it here, I can afford only 14>2 cents a pound if I pay the freight." Then suppose I want to buy a thousand sections. He asks for them $3.50. But I tell him I want him to pay the freight. "Certainly. But the freight to your place will be 25 cents, so if I pay the freight I shall have to charge $3.75 for the sections." Cer- tainly there can be nothing that I see wrong in that. So I make both trades, selling honey at 14'2, and buying sec- tions at $3.75, and he pays freight both ways. Or I may sell honey at 15, buy sections at S3.50, and pay freight on both. I think you will find the dealer willing to pay freight one or both ways, but certainly you cannot expect the price to be the same whether he or you shovild pay freight. 2. The item is not nearly so wide of the mark as manj- an item written by those who know little or nothing about bees. The " bee-worms " mentioned are no doubt the com- mon wax-worms. In these days of Italians, one smiles at the great danger from the propagation of "bee-worms" to " all the colonies next j-ear."
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Title: American bee journal
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Subjects: Bee culture; Bees
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18d AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL March 22, 1900.
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CONDUCTED BY DR. C. O. ailLLER. afareng-o, 111. (The Questions may be mailel to the Bee Journal office, or to Dr. Miller direct, when he will answer them here. Please do not ask the Doctor to send answers by mail.—Editor.1 Hives in the Shade or Sun. Which do you think is the better, to set hives under trees, or out in the hot sun ? Nebraska. Answer.—I would very much rather have my bees iti the shade of trees, both for the comfort of the bees and for the comfort of the bee-keeper ; and I suppose the same rule will hold in vour State. Queen-Breeders' Terms—Veil Injuring Eyes, Etc. 1. Looking- over queen-breeders' advertisements, I notice such terms as "golden Italian," "dark Italian," " 3- band Italian," and " 5-band Italian." Now, which one is pure Italian ? 2. I believe wearing a bee-veil is injuring my eyes. The veil is black tulle. How wide should the hat brim be so as not to injure the eyes ? 3. What do you think of the Johansen extension hive, described on page 129 ?" Missouri. Answers.—1. They may all be pure. Dark Italian and 3-banded are terms applied to those that come direct from Italy ; golden Italian and 5-banded after they hive been changed in this country. I believe G. M. Doolittle thinks none of them are pure because not of fixt characteristics. 2. You can probably have nothing better than black tulle. If the veil is attacht to the edge of the brim, it makes little difference how wide the brim is, the difference being in favor of the narrower brim, for you can see a little better ■with the veil close to your eyes than when farther away. But the better way is to have a wide brim, say 8 inches, and then have the veil sewed on as close to the face as possible without having the veil touch the face. Then the outer part of the brim shades the veil ; for the sun shining on the veil makes it hard on the eyes. Of course the tulle should be the geniiine article, of fine silk. 3. It seems to suit the inventor well: whether others will see advantages enough in it to make them adopt it, re- mains to be seen. Some Actions of Bees—Alfalfa as Stock Forage. Dr. Miller :—I think I can help you to answer " Mass- achusett's " questions, on page 6. I will first state what I have seen, and then draw conclusions. Some years ago I set some combs out at the west of the apiary for the bees to clean, and after they had gotten well to work I concluded to move the hives of combs to a more sheltered place, and so carried them to the north of the apiary. The bees were continually leaving these hives while I was carrying them, and after I had set them in the new place, and it amused me to see them all start directly east, as the)' should have done from the old stand. Some of them would fly 10 steps and others nearly as far as I could see them, then they would circle a little and turn towards home. Again, last summer, I carelessly left a hive of combs just extracted, near the door, just east of the apiary, and they were soon covered with bees. I carried the hive away from the house to the southwest of the apiary, and the bees all started west on leaving the hive. The wind was pretty strong from the west so they could make but little headway against it, but they would struggle a short distance and then turn to the northeast for home. If you " want more reliable testimony," I hope you will try it yourself in the spring. The bees evidently did not realize that they had been carried since alighting on the combs, and so started in the directions in which they supposed home was, till they saw a familiar object. Their ability to recognize objects is doubtless very acute. I notice you did not entirely endorse the story of a cat's finding its way home. I am glad of it, for it is all bosh. A few years ago a certain bee-keeper, in trying to prove that mankind only had reason, wrote some wonderful stories about cats, but bees and cats have no more a sixth sense than we have. To be sure, one will sometimes, bj' chance, start in the right direction, and so find home, and these cases are exaggerated and reported. Regarding " New York's " question on the same page, I will say that alfalfa does frequently kill cattle, and that, too, when they are accustomed to eating it, especially when it is young and tender, or when wet with rain or dew, or by drinking immediately after eating. My son lost two on this place last summer, and several others bloated badly, but were discovered in time to save them. I have had no experience with sheep, but am told that they are more sub- ject to bloat than cattle. It is not usually pastured except the old stubble in the fall. It does not produce honey in this locality, but where I was in Colorado it furnisht nearly all the surplus. I. W. BeckwiTh. Fremont Co., Wyo., Jan. 10. Answer.—This is interesting, and shows it is not well to be too skeptical when so many close observers are on hand with " reliable testimony." The point emphasized is that when bees are freed after being carried a distance, they fly in the same direction they would have done if no moving had taken place. ♦-»-* Who Should Pay the Freight ?-Wax-Worms. 1. Do )'ou think it is right for the producer to pay trans- portation charges on what he has to sell, and also what he has to buy ? To illustrate: Suppose I have some honey and wax to sell. I send it to some supply dealer to exchange for his goods. I have to pay freight both ways—on his goods and also on mine. Now be candid, and give an unpreju- diced answer. 2. I also send a clipping from a coutitry paper. Please give your opinion on the kind of bee-worms the writer had reference to. The clipping reads as follows : Weak Colony of Bees.—When a colony of bees is found at the close of the season lijjht in weight, it is generally better policy to destroy it than to try to lieep it thru the winter. The weak colony is probably al- ready infested with bee-worms, and the sooner the propagation of these is arrested the better, as their increase makes greater danger for all the colonies ne.xt year. If the weak colony is destitute of a queen its bees may be transferred to a larger and stronger colony with advantage to both, tho in some cases more food must be provided for the strong colony after this addition, to enable it to winter without loss. III. Answers.—1. Whether it be that the editor prefers to have the question as to who shall pay freights answered by one who is not prejudiced in favor of the supply dealer, or whether it be that with a wicked chuckle he sends the ques- tion to me as a poser—in any case he has turned it over to me, and I can hardly say the answer is difficult. It is sim- ply a matter of fairness, agreement, and convenience. Suppose I sell honey to a dealer. He says to me, " I can get all the honey I want of the same grade as yours, deliv- ered here for 15 cents a pound." I saj' to him, " But I don't want to pay the freight, and I don't think I ought to." "All right," he replies, "I'm willing to pay the freight, but as it will cost half a cent a pound to get it here, I can afford only 14>2 cents a pound if I pay the freight." Then suppose I want to buy a thousand sections. He asks for them $3.50. But I tell him I want him to pay the freight. "Certainly. But the freight to your place will be 25 cents, so if I pay the freight I shall have to charge $3.75 for the sections." Cer- tainly there can be nothing that I see wrong in that. So I make both trades, selling honey at 14'2, and buying sec- tions at $3.75, and he pays freight both ways. Or I may sell honey at 15, buy sections at S3.50, and pay freight on both. I think you will find the dealer willing to pay freight one or both ways, but certainly you cannot expect the price to be the same whether he or you shovild pay freight. 2. The item is not nearly so wide of the mark as manj- an item written by those who know little or nothing about bees. The " bee-worms " mentioned are no doubt the com- mon wax-worms. In these days of Italians, one smiles at the great danger from the propagation of "bee-worms" to " all the colonies next j-ear."
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