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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



April 28. 1904. 



wire-screen to within I4 inch from tbe bottom, 

 to prevent mice and rats getting inside. The 

 hives stood on planks raised about a foot 

 from the ground. AU the 11 hives had an 

 empt.v super underneath the single brood- 

 chamber, but I think a double brood-chamber 

 ■is still better. I shall not put bees in a pit 

 again, as all the colonies lost quite a num- 

 ber of bees durinj^ the winter— about a pint 

 each, or perhaps a pint and a half. Those 

 wintered outdoors did not lose quite so many. 



The date of the last llight of my bees last 

 fall was the day before Thanksgiving, while 

 February 6 was the first da? they could fly 

 this year, making a continuous confinement 

 lasting 10 weeks. 



These last two seasons with my bees I always 

 had to feed in the fall, and used sugar syrup 

 therefor. But this year I am going to take oil 

 all sections, except the unfinished ones by the 

 first of September, and then let the bees fill 

 their brood-chambers full during ibe follow- 

 ing two months, so that they will have plenty 

 of good stores for the winter. Some say that 

 sugar syrup is as good as, if not better than, 

 honey for the bees, but I doubt it very much. 

 If honey contains so much more nourishment. 



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There is a new star in the incubator firma- 

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bar type of regulator, to make it more sensi- 

 tive and reliable, and easier to adjust. The 

 ventilation embodies a new idea which Mr. 

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 exhaust from the egg-chamber through a 

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 porous diaphragm, which forms the entire 

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 the incubating chamber, and in a manner which 

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and is so much more healthful than sugar for 

 man, why is it not so tor the bees? I think, 

 especially when rearing brood in the spring, 

 if bees can use honey in preparing the larval 

 food, the resultintc young bees will be much 

 stronger and healthier. 



By the way, I have been investigating Mas- 

 sie's Ideal aOth Century hive lately, and I 

 have been favorably impressed with it, and 

 shall certainly give it atrial the coming sea- 

 son. I use the Danzenbaker hive, and like it 

 very well excepting a few things. First, 

 hanging brood-frames in the center prevents 

 one from hanging a single frame by itself ; if 

 done, it will whirl bottom side up quick as a 

 flash, angering the bees. Second, the sec- 

 lion-holders, with side pieces, are no end of 

 bother. Either the sections are too tight and 

 you have to wedge them in by sheer force, 

 which results in their being squeezed into 

 diamond-shape, or they are so loose as to fall 

 out. 1 have found this is caused by not all 

 sections being of exactly the same thickness. 

 The third disadvantage of the Danzenbaker 

 hive is its cover. Both last year's covers and 

 the one of the year before are good only for 

 kindling wood. Last i-ummer 1 bought 30 

 air-space, paper-covered covers, but find that 

 they warp at the sides, leaving sometimes as 

 much as 14 -inch space. All these disadvan- 

 tages are done away with in the Massie hive. 

 Still, one never knows how a thing will turn 

 out until he has given it a practical trial. 



I find the American Bee .Journal very inter- 

 esting, especially the convention reports. 



Charles B. Achakd. 



Dupage Co., 111., March 34. 



Bees Wintered Well. 



My bees all wintered well. They have 

 plenty of stores. The strong colonies have 

 been at work bringing in stores for the past 

 two weeks. Peaches, plums and cherries are 

 just beginning to bloom. J. W. Smith. 



Dade Co., Mo., March 19. 



Selling Adulterated Honey. 



The editorial on page 1115, giving an experi- 

 ence in locating the author of the item that 

 appeared in the luter-Ocean, in which it was 

 claimed that comb honey was extensively 

 manufactured and adulterated, fully demon- 

 strates that there is a portion of the consum- 

 ing public capable of being prejudiced against 

 a pure article, utterly incapable of being coun- 

 terfeited or adulterated. Now such being the 

 case, what can be the result of the nefarious 

 practice of unscrupulous impostors in adul- 

 terating extracted honey, and selling the same 

 for a pure article! Every pound of the adul- 

 terated article sold prevents the sales of alike 

 amount of pure honey in the first transaction ; 

 but that is the least of the bad effect of such 

 practice, as the purchaser of the adulterated 

 article is likely to become disgusted with it, 

 conclude that he does not like honey, and re- 

 fuse to purchase any more, although a pure 

 article were offered him. The consumer, who 

 purchases pure honey, soon cultivates a taste 

 for it which no other sweet can replace, with 

 the consequent increased consumption and 

 demand. 



I will give my personal observation of some 

 of the sharp practices of unscrupulous persons 

 in imposing bogus honey on consumers in this 

 country. A faker truvels from town to town 

 and applies his graft as follows: Repurchases 

 a small amount of comb honey in sections, 

 then makes a syrup of a large amount of glu- 

 cose and a small amount of sugar heated just 

 enough to melt the sugar, and when cool 



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