THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



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no difference as to their swarming, 

 for wlieu the conditions are right for 

 swarming, tliey will swarm. 



In my humble opinion, this task of 

 liroeding a non-swarming strain of 

 bees is a delusion. The most profit in 

 bees comes from gratifying the 

 swarming-desire so that it will work 

 to our advantage. After a colony has 

 commenced queen cells the bees usual- 

 ly slack up in storing honey in the 

 sections. If, at tliis juncture, the bees 

 are shaken into a new hive furnished 

 Avith starters, the old hive set at one 

 side, or on top, they will commence 

 to do business with a vengeance. 

 Draining the old colony of every bee 

 will work to the profit of the swarm. 



Older readers of the journals will 

 remember that Mr. Heddon, in de- 

 scribing his "new method" of trans- 



ferring, which is practically the same 

 as "shook-swarming," said: "If there 

 is any nectar in the fields, this colony 

 will show you comb honey." 



Colonies in box hives can be 

 "shook" about swarming time, and 

 treated the same as in frame hives. 



NO DANGKR OF SHAKING OFF TOO 

 MANY BEES. 



The question as to how many bees 

 to leave on the old combs of brood is 

 not important; only do not leave too 

 many. If not enough are left, some 

 brood may perish, but what of thatV 

 It's no loss whatever. At this time 

 of the year we are after comb honey, 

 not a surplus of bees, and if a little 

 brood does die, the old colony will still 

 be left strong enough for winter. 



Franklinville, N. Y., Nov. 15, 1902. 



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THE DEALER'S RIGHTS. 



BY J. E. HAND. 



Do they Include that of Erasing the Producer's Name 

 and Putting on his own? 



Editor Review:— I notice what you 

 and Mr. York say, on page 343, about 

 the producer's name on comb honey. 

 I know there are some buyers who 

 object to the producer's name and ad- 

 dress on comb honey packages, simply 

 because they want to run the whole 

 thing themselves. If the producer or 

 manufacturer of an article has not the 

 right to have his name on it, I want 

 to know who has? Surely not the mid- 

 dleman, who only buys it of the pro- 

 ducer to sell again. How is a honey 

 producer going to advertise his busi- 

 ness, and work up a trade for his 

 product if he is not allowed to place 

 his name on his honey? It has taken 

 me years to learn how to produce a 



real fancy article of comb honey, and 

 I would be very foolish to give to Mr. 

 York, or anyone else, the benefit of 

 my experience, simply because he hap- 

 pens to buy my honey. He has the 

 right to place his name on the package 

 as the seller of it, but not as the pro- 

 ducer, as this would simply be lying, 

 and an injustice to the producer. I 

 A^'ould not sell a pound of honey to 

 any man who would object to my 

 name and address somewhere, either 

 outside or inside of every case, and 

 always outside of every crate. Any- 

 one who is smart enough to produce 

 a fancy article of comb honey should 

 be smart enough to sell it himself 

 without giving his dearly bought ex- 



