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September, 1913 



American ^ae Journal 



lar, while one was just falling off the 

 combs when put out. 



So I am trying to emphasize the fact 

 that it pays, as a rule, to feed pli-nly foi- 

 Tvi'n/tr, when you do have to feed, to be 

 safe, feed a " little more " than enough. 

 I would be glad right now to pay $8.00 

 a hundred for 600 or 800 pounds of 

 sugar, if it could be delivered to me 

 already stored in those colonies I failed 

 to feed " a little more." Then I shouldn't 

 need to worry how long these cold, 

 cloudy, windy days would continue. 



No, friends, when you feed don't be 

 afraid to feed " a little more." I am 

 determined to follow that course more 

 in the future. 

 LDunlap, Iowa. 



Double-Walled Hives in North- 

 ern Idaho 



BY F. F. GEORGE. 



WHEN I arrived in Idaho 13 years 

 ago there were two men here 

 who keptbees.one in the Lang- 

 stroth hive and one in the 

 Jumbo. They wintered in the 

 single-walled hives just two winters, 

 then they had no bees. Another man 

 ventured on the same plan, with the 

 same success. Then I ventured with 

 my former custom of colony cases. 

 Having followed nursing one year, I 

 believed bees needed nursing. The 

 last-mentioned man gave me a free 

 half-hour lecture on this not being a 

 bee-country, while my bees had win- 

 tered perfectly, and I had cases of 

 honey at home. The first two men- 

 tioned men started again, imitating me, 

 and succeeded. One of my neighbors 

 winters his bees in single-walled hives, 

 with a varying number of 4 to 19 hives. 

 He loses o*\ percent, and never has any 

 honey to sell. 



My bees have a 4-inch wall of saw- 

 dust and chaff, mi.xed, on the sides, and 

 8 inches on top. Several correspond- 

 ents, using single walls, told me their 

 success would be better with double 

 walls. I doubt if there is a locality 

 from Alaska to Key West, Fla., where 

 the double-walled hive would not pro- 

 duce an evener temperature, and give 

 better results. 



I have had a call from southern 

 Idaho for bees. I think all bees there 

 are wintered in single-walled hives. 

 As has been written before, wild bees 

 have better protection summer and 

 winter than bees with a 's-inch painted 

 wall. Ilii'es should iteTer be f'ainli'd, 

 but the outside case and roof should. 



Bees should have double-walled hives 

 summer and winter, but not neces- 

 sarily packed in summer. The case then 

 gives protection from wind and hot 

 sun beating on the sides of hives. I am 

 located in a canyon, narrow, and 200 

 feet below the plateau. I have never 

 had the first indication of combs melt- 

 ing down. There is a cool draft nearly 

 every night from the snow-capped Bit- 

 ter Root Mountains. 



Fraser, Idaho. 



[The photograph of buckwheat on 

 the frontpage was taken by Mr. George. 

 Buckwheat is not one of Idaho's best 

 crops, but it does well.— F.niTOR.) 



F.F.George's Colony Hives With Buckwheat Field in the Background. 



Selling Extracted Honey 



BY G. A. BARBISCH. 



I WISH to give the readers of the 

 American Bee Journal my experi- 

 ence in selling extracted honey. 

 After supplying the local market 

 and selling as much as possible 

 around home, I still had a few thou- 

 sand pounds on hand. As I am a crip- 

 ple, injured during an operation some 

 years ago, I cannot walk, and only get 

 around in a wheel chair. I worried 

 considerably about selling the rest of 

 my honey. Then an idea struck me, 

 why not advertise i Knowing that the 

 Germans are great honey consumers, I 

 sent an advertisement to a German 

 church paper, which I take. 



In said advertisement I stated that I 

 had choice white clover extracted honey 

 to sell which I could guarantee to be 

 absolutely pure, in 60-pound cans, at 

 $6.30 per can, two or more cans at $6.00 ; 

 freight not prepaid. I also stated I was 

 a member of said church, and gave the 

 name of our pastor as reference. 



This advertisement had not been in 

 the paper more than twice when orders 

 for from one to two cans came pour- 

 ing in from all sides ; yes, from nearly 

 every State of the Union. In a remark- 

 ably short time all my honey was sold, 

 and orders still kept coming. Xot 

 wishing to disappoint those, especially 

 the ones who sent money orders or 

 checks, I bought more than 2000 pounds 

 from a first-class bee-keeper. 



The profit was small, but it added a 

 large list to my number of customers. 

 Yes, that $3.00 advertisement more than 

 paid for itself in a very short time. 

 There is a little trouble in correspond- 

 ing and shipping, but when you receive 

 a nice letter (and, by the way. I have a 

 good many), telling how well pleased 

 they are with the honey, you are well 

 paid for all your trouble. 



If we should be favored with a good 

 crop this season, I do not have to worry 

 how to dispose of my honey at a good 

 price, as the majority of my customers 

 wrote me saying, " We shall order more | 

 of that good honey another year." 



In closing, I wish to say to those ' 



