October, 1913. 



339 



American "B^e^Jonrnal 



ent, when all the honey is well ripened 

 and sealed, I prefer the natural stores 

 to sugar, especially in the spring, if we 

 have spells of cold weather with no 

 pollen coming in. 



The Honey Market 



At present the honey market is drag- 

 ging. Peaches and other fruit are 

 abundant, and the very tight money 

 market is no doubt somewhat influenc- 

 ing the western trade. Personally, if 

 I had much honey unsold I would not 

 sacrifice it at a lower price than ruling 

 quotations, but would wait for later 

 sales, as I believe conditions will im- 

 prove. Some have cut prices. This 

 makes buyers hold oft' in the hope that 

 others may do likewise. Other crops 

 are splendid, and I think we can expect 

 a better demand from our western 

 trade when farmers begin to realize on 

 their produce. The existing situation 

 forcibly reminds us that as bee-keepers 

 we lack system in marketing. With 

 proper distribution all the honey in 

 Ontario could be placed at once at 

 reasonable prices. 



The Direct Plan of Introducing 



Further trials of the Arthur C. Miller 

 plan of introducing queens have given 

 uniformly good results, and it looks as 

 though we have a good thing in the 

 way of a simple and reasonably safe 

 plan of introducing queens, while at 

 the same time all danger of foul brood 

 being given to a colony, through the 

 medium of infected food in the mailing 

 cages, is avoided. Just here I might 

 remark that the one I let get away 

 from me at the entrance of a hive 

 " never came back," and to be real sure 

 of not repeating the trick again I now 

 remove the queen from the mailing- 

 cage and place her in a wire-cloth of 

 about an inch in diameter. In this 

 way one can see the queen at all times, 

 and there is no trouble in getting her 

 safely in at the entrance of the colony. 



No. I.— Two Carloads of B»m% 



No. 2.— The Bees Which Were Wintered Out-of-doors. 



Bee-Keeping 



In Dixie^ 



Conducted by J. J. Wilder. Cordele. Ga, 



A Good Season 



This has been my biggest season. We 

 have had to work in a great rush 

 nearly all the time to keep up. The 

 general foreman of all my bees has put 

 in his appearance at " headquarters " 

 but once since February, and only re- 

 mained a short time then. 



I saw him once since at one of my 

 Florida apiaries. He came while I was 

 there, shook hands, examined the api- 

 ary, and went on. " I will stay right 

 with the bees and see that they do not 

 lack attention ; the harvest will be 

 great," he said. He has had a broad 

 field to cover, and has worked nearly 

 all the time from daylight to dark. 



The harvest has been great. Packing 



and shipping has been going on for 

 some time, and yet the honey taken 

 can hardlv be missed from the hives. 

 If we do not tip the scales at 200,000 

 pounds of honey, at least we will not 

 miss it far. Nearly all the honey is 

 No. 1 or fancy. 



1 can include my name in the list of 

 happy bee-keepers. I am proud of my 

 calling (bee-keeping). 



Opportunities Pass On 



A traveling man once described the 

 enterprise of a certain liitle progres- 

 sive town. When he got off the train 

 he noticed a sign on a restaurant, 

 " Open Day and Night." On the oppo- 



site corner was an eating place with 

 the sign, " We Never Sleep." He looked 

 in another direction and saw a Chinese 

 laundry. Here the sign read, " Me 

 Wakee, Too." 



This town was in a new and very 

 fertile section, and the inhabitants 

 knew that opportunities awaited them. 

 They were awake, seizing each oppor- 

 tunity as it presented itself. 



The average bee-keeper is so situated. 

 If he falls asleep the opportunity will 

 escape. I know of more than a score 

 of bee-keepers surrounded by good 

 territory for bees, who, if they would 

 stock even a part of the adjacent coun- 

 try, would get returns which would 

 make their life much easier, 



I sincerely hope that each season 

 will see a greater awakening, among 

 the bee-keepers of Dixie at least, and 

 such an awakening is bound to occur 

 if we follow the motto as it read over 

 the Chinese laundry, " Me Wakee, Too." 



Planning 



.A.fter a good season, such as we 

 have had, when one is feeling elated 



