Show dividing bee swarms A wisconsin correspondent of the american bee journal Je who has gracs used dividing bees for several years and has reaped large harvests of honey and a great increase of colon ies describes his method as follows in order to divide the day should be a warm one after the white clover harvest has commenced then about noon when the bees are mostly flying take a hive of the same color as the one you wish to divide which must be removed to eoma other part ot the apiary and the now put in its place take six frames of brood and honey from the old colony and place it in the new hive giving the former six empty frames or frames filled with comb foundation the latter will keep the young bees and queen at work remainder of the new bave up with empty comb and when the bees of the old i colony return home laden with pollen and honey they will find a place to store it if you have no young queen to give them place queen cells in the new hive and the beba in the ew colony will become active and diligent workers I divided a colony last year and as I had not a young queen in my was queen celle and thea result was that it was the best colony in the apiary in the fall I believe it to be better to we a young mated queen f it can be had but if you put in queen cells o wil have better colomba than by natural dividing bees which was given to ua by dr adner zon constitutes a part of the science of beekeeping turn the pages of history and how little our ancess tors knew about bee keeping even virgil one of the best scholars of ancient times knew very little of the science of beekeeping bee keeping o sill t is interesting for u to know how gentle and humane lie was to bis bebe and how carefully lie dived hived the swarm had virgil the chances that meet bee keepers now certainly not have clung to his old hobby yet some bee keepers today with all their advantage spread before them are still usina box and anchy as little about the interior of ft bee hive when tho colony ie nt work as mot of our ancestors ance storn knew they often complain of swarms flying away let them get movable frame hives and then they can divide their colonies and will not be bothered about swarms absconding each day throws new light on the subject tap in the U S pension officio Is far more complicated than most people expect conj if all the applicants for pensions knew the immense cler alioti ji ip thi branch public service they would be a more patient since his return to washington the commissioner of pension baa bot about to occoa long needed in his office every applicant for pensions has to be looked up on the lists to lo termine whether or not bo has sent in his name for a pension at any previous time thia is necess eary tiec it is found eliat a irge proportion of applying for 60 al though they may detato distinctly that they have not done this search lor the name of tho applicant cuts no figure to allowance or refusal of a pension but Is the means of placing in the hands of tha examiner whatever information may bo on file regarding tho we or lo 10 determine whether or nob the applicant bijj already drawing a the government in order to determine points list or three letter mode out u hat the name of smith was found under smi with ho of tho arrears of the pension act came so many applications that tho lists swelled to unwieldy proportion po andey ioro hoa dinge rom to to run down this enormous array of took a great deal of time and the books belne worn and obliterated rapidly by constant use had to bore copied in itself great task after long reflection bens hae hit upon u plan that will not only at the a valuable dietor acal record for under the new plan applicant will ai a i belong nig to A certain company comp ny nf a given regiment and detato and the record will thus be kept separately for each u if an applicant has several in more than one organization referenced will bo placed opposite bis to the volume and page where he is efured again under alie appropriate bead in this way year it h mated will in clerks hala alone in the second place theae books will afford the state authorities an unfailing source of information as to their soldiers and rosters of their various organs izAt ions |