Nov. 10, 1904. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



757 



Mr. and Mrs. Acklin are genial copartners in' the be 

 and supply business. Besides handling four or five car- 

 loads annually, they have a home queen-rearing yard and a 

 half-dozen out-apiaries. The home yard is shown on the 

 front page, also the pictures of the happy Acklin fain ily. 

 Later on we will show to our readers beautiful pictures of 

 their several out-apiaries. 



On Wednesday morning, Oct. 19, we bade farewell to 

 the Acklins, but not before yielding to an urgent invitation 

 to be present at their next State bee-keepers' convention, 

 to be held in Minneapolis, Dec. 7 and 8. We anticipate an 

 enjoyable time with the Minnesota bee-keepers then. 



Next week w? will tell where we landed after leaving 

 the Acklins. 



Mf. Geo. W. Brodbeck, the present secretary of the 

 National Bee-Keepers' Association, sends us the following 

 notice with the request that we publish it in the American 

 Bee Journal : 



Editor American Bee Journal — 



Dear Sir : — Will you be kind enough to state that I am 

 not a candidate for the secretaryship of the National Bee- 

 Keepers' Association another year ? 



Yours respectfully, Geo. W. Brodbeck. 



Mf. Leo F. Hanegan, manager of the St. Croix Valley 

 Honey-Producers' Association of Wisconsin, writes that 

 their Association is steadily growing, having now 70 mem- 

 bers. They started May 21, 1904. They have shipped two 



car-loads of comb honey so far, and have fully another car- 

 load to ship. They think that the prices are too low, as 

 their members received net about lOJ^ cents for No. 1 comb 

 honey, and a cent less per pound for No. 2, spot cash at the 

 car. This does seem to be rather a low price for good Wis- 

 consin white comb honey. 



We are wondering whether the Association was able to 

 realize more on the honey for its members than if they had 

 not belonged to the Association. No doubt the price of 

 honey is altogether too low, as it has not yet recovered from 

 the big crop of last year. The market in Chicago went all 

 to pieces about a year ago, and it likely will take several 

 years to get back to where it was before the flood of honey 

 at that time. We are inclined to think that before another 

 season honey-prices will stiffen up a little, so that by a year 

 from now, if the bee-keepers are not too anxious to push 

 their honey to market, they will get a fair price for it. 

 That is, if there should be a gopd crop next season. 



The "Giving ChFistmas " is becoming quite the 

 proper thing for Sunday-schools. Doubtless many of our 

 readers are Sunday-school workers, and would be interested 

 to know that we have an 8-page circular telling in detail 

 how at least one Chicago Sunday-school managed such a 

 Christmas service in 1902 and 1903 ; and it was a big suc- 

 cess each time. It is mailed for 6 cents a copy (stamps 

 taken) ; 2 copies for 10 cents, or 5 copies for 20 cents. Ad- 

 dress all orders to the office of the American Bee Journal. 



Smoking Bees— How and How Much. 



17. — (u) Upon opeiuHg a /liue, do you use siiwke before removiny ihc 

 cover / 



(b) If .10, how mucfif 



{c) How rnueh smoke do you use while renioviug^ or after ret/wfiuij, 

 the cover f 



(d) When using a smoker, do you have the thumb, or (hefiugers, on 

 the side of the bellows next the fire-box t 



N. E. France (Wis.)— b. Very little, d. Fingers. 



P. H. Elwood (N. Y.)— a. Yes. b. One or two puffs at 

 the entrance, c. As much as is necessary to keep them 

 quiet, d. The fingers. 



G. M. DooLiTTLE (N. Y.)— a and b. Use a little over the 

 tops of the frames c. As above on vicious bees. On 

 others, none. d. Fingers. 



C. H. DiBBERN (111.)— a. Yes, always, b. That depends 

 somewhat upon what I wish to do. c. Same answer, d. I 

 generally use several fingers. 



Mrs. J. M. Noll (Mo.)— a. A very little, b. Only suffi- 

 cient to serve notice on the bees. c. Only enough to keep 

 them quiet, d. Do not stop to know any way to get hold of 

 the smoker. 



L. Stachelhausen (Tex.)— a. No. c. I use an oil-cloth 

 on top of the frames, and while removing it I smoke the 

 bees just enough (and no more) to keep them quiet, d. 

 The fingers. 



Prof. A. J. Cook (Calif.)— a. Yes, a little, b. Two or 

 three puffs, c. Always use as needed, often or none at all. 

 d. It depends upon the position of the smoker as I reach for 

 it. The fingers reach for the farthest side. 



a Rev. M. Mahin (Ind.;— a. Yes, usually, b. Onlya lit- 

 tle. ScmetJmes I give Ihc tees a puff or two at the en- 

 trance, and blow a little smcke in each of the 3-inch holes in 

 the board cover over the fra nes. c. Usually none. If t'.ie 



bees are disposed to rush out as the board is lifted, I drive 

 them back with smoke, d. The fingers, of course. To have 

 the thumb next to the fire-box seems to me exceeding awk- 

 ward and unhandy. 



Eugene Secor (Iowa)— a. Not often, b. Just a little. 



c. Only enough to drive the bees down and out of the way. 



d. Have no established rule — sometimes one way and some- 

 times another. Depends somewhat upon style of smoker. 



C. Davenport (Minn.) — a. I usually give them two or 

 three puffs at the entrance, b and c. It depends ; some bees 

 require more than others, and then the same bees require 

 more at some times than they do at other times, d. Thumb. 



Jas. a. Stone (111.) — a. Very seldom, c. Use light puffs 

 of smoke till bees move where wanted, d. Owing to the 

 kind of bellows. If a Clark, thumb on top next to bellows ; 

 if any of the upright smokers, the fingers next to the bel- 

 lows. 



Adrian Getaz (Tenn.) — a. Sometimes, but not often. 

 It depends upon the circumstances, b. Only enough to 

 subdue the guard-bees. c. Depends upon the circumstances. 

 Enough to subdue the bees so they will not attack the api- 

 arist, d. The fingers. 



J. M. Hambaugh (Calif.)— a. Not always, owing to the 

 disposition of the bees. b. This, again, is owing to the 

 disposition, conditions, etc. c. As little as possible to 

 accomplish the work. d. That would be owing to the shape 

 of the smoker. 



R. L. Taylor (Mich.) — a. Sometimes, and sometimes 

 not, owing to whether the bees are good-natured or inclined 

 to be aggressive at the time. b. Just a " smell." c. From 

 none at all to two or three good puffs. Only what is neces- 

 sary to control the bees. d. The fingers. 



E. D. TowNSEND (Mich.) — a. No. c. This using of smoke 

 is a question no one can answer without knowing the dis- 

 position of the bees, then it may require more smoke out o' 

 season than during the honey-flow. I puff in a little smo' 



