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well started to work; then the lower one 

 can he removed and more snrplns given 

 in its place; for often two large swarms 

 will not stay and commence work williiig- 

 Iv in one small hive, no matter how many 

 snpers filled with sections are placed on 

 top. They can be forced to stay, of 

 course, I)ut this forcin^c is often a difficult 

 matter, and they may sulk away much 

 valuable time before commencing work. 



Another important thing which will 

 apply to swarms hived either singly or 

 together, is to keep the empty hives in a 

 cool, airy place until needed. A swarm 

 hived in a hive that has been out in the 

 hot sun is much more apt to desert, and 

 after the swarms are hived their hives 

 should be kept well shaded for a few 

 days. The most satisfactory shade is ob- 

 tained by the use of a shade-board, which 

 is large enough to project over the hive 

 six inches or more all around. But this 

 board should not rest down flat on the 

 hive cover; if it does, and is dark colored, 

 as the}- soon get to be when made from 

 unpainted lumber, it mny do more harm 

 than good. Provided the cover is piinted 

 white, there should he an air- space of 

 at least a hilf inch between the two. 



With cool, well-shaded hives, and at 

 first a brood-nest in proportion to the size 

 of the swarms, 1 do not consider it neces- 

 sary to raise the hive up from the bottom - 

 board all around I allow only the usual 

 entrance in front, and place a queen-trap 

 or entrance-guard on until they get well 

 settled down to work. ( )f late it is very 

 seldom that I have swarms attempt to de- 

 sert, but I do not wish to run any risk 

 with these big, double swarms, and when 

 swarms desert they often leave without 

 clustering. 



With clipped queens zinc is not so 

 necessary, but it might prevent a clipped 

 (jueen being lost or de^troved by crawling 

 into another hive, but when it is used, and 

 there are a great number of drones with 

 the swarm, it should be removed when 

 thev are anxious to get out. Then if it is 

 replaced while they are having their 

 flight, most of them will be .shut out, and 

 soon join the bees of other hives. 



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The Pioneer Limited. 

 The Land of Bread and Butter. 

 The Fox Lake Country. 

 Fishing in the Great North 



The Lake Superior Country. 

 Cape Nome Gold Diggings. 

 Summer Days in the Lake 



Summer Homes, 1900. 

 The Game of Skat. 

 Milwaukee — The Convention 



A Farm in the Timber Coun- 



Stock Raising in the Sunshine 



Hunting and Fishing. 



Honey Quotations. 



Thp following rnlps for Kradinir houey were 

 adop*f>(i by the North American Bpe Keepers' 

 A.S8(jciation, at its Wiishingrton meeting, and, so 

 far as possible, quotations are made accor<]ing 

 to tliese rules. 



Fancy. — Ml sections to be well filled; combs 

 straiirht, of even thickness, and tirndy attached 

 to all fonr sides; bf>th wood and comb nnsoiled 

 by travel-stain, or otherwise : all the cells sealed 

 except the row of cells next the wood. 



No. 1. — All sections well tilled, bnt combs un- 

 even or crooked, detached at the bottom, or 

 with but few cells nnsea'ed ; both wood and 

 comb unsoiled by travel stain or otherwieo. 



In addition to this the honey is to be classified 

 accordiugto color, using the terms white, amber 

 and dark. That is, there will be " fancy white," 

 No. 1, dark,"' etc. 



The prices given in the following quotations 

 are those at which the dealers sell to the gro- 

 cers. From these prices must be deducted 

 freight, cartage and commission— the balance 

 being sent to the shipper. Conimi.'^sion is ten 

 percent.; except that a few dealers charge only 

 five per cent, when a shipment sells for as nuicli 

 as one hundred dollars. 



NEW YORK, N. Y.— There is a steady demand 

 for all grades of comb honey. The receipts are 

 not heavy. We quote as follows: Fancy white, 

 15 to 16; No. I white, 13H to 14'/^; amber, 11 to 12; 

 buckwheat, 9 to 11. Extracted honey is steady at 

 the following prices: California wliite, S'j to 9; 

 light amber, 8 to .SJi: white clover, 8'i; amber, y'/i; 

 We are asking, for extracted buckwheat, 6>4 to 

 7 cts. for kegs, and 7 to 7'2 for tins, according to 

 quality, but with very little trade. Florida ex- 

 tracted honey, 8 to 8L', light amber, 7!^ to 8; am- 

 ber, 7 to 7 Ji. Other grades of .Southern at from 

 75 to 80 cts. per gallon, according to quality. 

 Beeswax, a little more active at from 27 to 28 per 

 lb. 



FR.'VNCI.S H. I.EGGETT & CO. 

 Jan. II. W. Broadway, Franklin & Varick Sts 



