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Show QUEEN, DI10NE AND WORKER DEES. !h litre UmAt lit lie Fennil In rcti rlan All Abonl Iks Mellier n Theiueeulstlie mother bee, anl tha mwt imiwirtaiit personaKQ In the hive. Tho flueen, as coinjulred with other lieit. Is long lived It Is not nnmnal for hr to do koo.1 work for from three to four enrs. All depends lii.ill her cicellenco nndvljrr. home queens cense to bo nso ful at the en 1 of into year, others at two an 1 so on When tl ey no longer liy Inim-gnated i ggs cease to 1 fertile the workers nar a new queen and destroy tho old one It Is tho queen's mission to keep the rolcmy well populated In n v, irl, t" lay eir A food queen liys froui S.uno to 3 VIO eggs per diem, or uenrly double her wilghtoteggs inrday. tjmvtu dlffir, hov, ever, In the lo-ttter of Kiindil) , tho gooil ones keep tho hives iioptilous with active, proStnbla bii-s, whllo Inf.rlor ones, although they maylayiggs for a time, are tievir irolltable Tlnwo Imperfectly Im-perfectly dcrrlopt-d ln are, according to Hoot, Iho rcaidt of trying to rnlso n qun when there arotoo few U, or w hen tho larv J) with which titer are nl llgetl to reir a queen are too oltl that Is, too nearly renly to seal tji. l'ro few,r C'.xik ki) a th-it this lark of fMiui 1 Ity may tie duo to disease, tmprnr do veloj mentor to special race or strain Tlie activity of the queen is governed lamely h theaetlvlli of the work rs. Aciordliitr to l'nfu.-ir Conk, as the worker lieea feed tlu laying quen, It Is more than probable tint wltitiioneclar, to-athrr the rood Is withheld, and so I tin qii'-en Is luialdo to ruiluco the ivgs, which drtnand'n great ninonnt of nutritious nutri-tious fool all read) to be absorbed tjucens begin to lv when nliont elpht totendsys old, as n rule. If n queen is net fertilised In. my, n fortnight fr on tho time she lalMlrhodsho will frequently frequent-ly begin la) log without being remitted w at all. and Iscommonlylroov-nasAdrono 1 Ivylng queeu. The quin Is an itiqior-tant itiqior-tant Indiviiluvlofnliiie oulyaolong ns she is useful, When hfr nseftilnettl n-Hses slio is destroyed wlili as little consideration con-sideration as aro the drones. 1 lie drones nre tlie male liec. and Are generally found lu the hire only froci May to Nov unWr, though they may re-mjiiiall re-mjiiiall wlnt.r. Thire are In ntturo several hundred an 1 often thousands In each col my. Iheniiml-er may be anl is often redlioed by tho apiarist. The worberir neuter lieea are the undevel oi-ihI frmale the In os I hat do the work exert, t thu ttf ls)tng i-girs. Tliero nre from n.nut) to 4U,uuu luTlurs In eviry goml colony, Whr renlll-ir llln. del, American Ctiltliatorsayst First crosses cross-es with almost uuy staulard bretl of fowl ure pretty suro to roildt u goo 1 results. re-sults. Tho lean who makes tho cross knows tie (liarncteristlca bo wlsht's to breed to. and tho irves generally seenres them, lint theeo grade fowl, though often valuable for eg; produilng. aro not trustworthy for brccdln,:, 'Jlielr MZ ny am not grades but i longn Is. Cliangint tho miles In a llock U often advised, but If the nevr stock are luon--ml there will bo little relrantao from this. Tha fiiska on farms all over the country aro birgily of this mongrel stcek, au 1 this Is ono riuson why so many lm o jsior success with ixiultr) . Forty or t.f ly )ears ago the common dunghill fol In this country, though originally Intir-mlxid, Intir-mlxid, h-vl le-en Inbreil longenongii so Itiat it liadbecomo almost An esUblislH-l breed liw, if any, of tlieso oil faih-Uneil faih-Uneil fowls aro now hit aii)uhere As a coiiM-quenco the introduction of new blood lu every flock tiotabsolaU!) pure bred is a nece-eiity every tno or threo years, and In every two males of puro blood, und so far as possible of the predominant pre-dominant strain of tiio !Uxk, should bo Introduced for crossing l'sslutlna' Orrtisr,).. "Ought applo orclnrds tobe lustnn-dr was a question asked at a New York Mrimn' Institute. Mr. Van Alityuo aniuciYli "Impost-nrt-d an orchard of eight aires nltli shi-rptHO)iars,andthi fruit was Improved, Im-proved, hliee'p droppings uroveryval-nablo uroveryval-nablo for tho tri-es. 1 shall eoutinuo to krrp sheep lu toy mWivrds." Col. Curtis aaldi "Iho alraniagi of swine aru that they d i all that tho sheep do fu enriching tho laud, mid they root up tho Un u ' f the codling moth v htcli liavem aped from tho iip-lcs nnl Aro Idddeii just under the uround Tlie pigs will d stroy nil of those, w hlch tlie he p will not. All other larva) nlll bo lu similar danger. vi,.iTi.i"iTii"iiee--. 1'rofcMor Cook a) on this snbjei t In 1 Is bou'c ou l-e krcpingi It Is safe to purcha-o any tlrao lu thu runiimr. In April or Ma) (of coursu )ou will pur-ch-uto veiy strong sts.ks), Itlntliolitl-tu Itlntliolitl-tu lo of New York or Chicago-It v. Ill l earlier further south you will l able . to wiy more, as )ou will N-curotliofn ' cruise of both honeyiuid U-es, If )ou ! deslnto purehoso in autumn llutjuu I limy guin tiie oxjKrienco of wintering, . either dimvnd that the ono of whom i you pureh uo lusure tho safo uniting of the bees, or elso that ho reduce tho selling sell-ing price. At leoit one-tlilnl from his rates tin next April Otherwise tho norlco lioil better purchvsu In tho spring, I If you ure to traunfrrut uiice.it Is desirable de-sirable that Jim buy In tlio rprlng, ns.ll is vixatlous, espociull) forthe beginittrs, to transfer nluei thu hlvisuroirowJcl vitli brood And l.inev Hie and Ileus Suits. liar hives uru hlvos with ban across tho top to vt hlch the combs aro Attached. lima do not lavko hout) , but gathor It from thu flowers. Iho Istttirw ly tostart In Ihobsebuil-uts Ihobsebuil-uts Is to U gin In u small way and gru lu ally grow Into It. liver) nplarUt ubnuld aim 1 1 keep his place, Ids eitruUor, and roi--1 tin lea ueat und eloau. Hasty tlduks 3 pounds or lw i nf lu uey vIlluiakol tsmud of wax luiluins Ii-m than il) psiinUHi tro.Utu.il M inuiils. "IXm't ho s ick to that .'ii f nun mire habiirai'uDr Miller lu (11 mini- "I d Hastherub nakliiuoisperumnt of lilo ) cars to i.uiilltm H The parent colony Is thu eolouy from w hlih u swuriJi lues lu Jed. |