1910 



GLEANINGS IX BEE CULTURE 



423 



If the bill is charged, the original copy is 

 given to the buyer as his invoice, and he 

 signs the duplicate copy in the book. The 

 duplicate sheets should all be left in the 

 book, as they can be kept track of better 

 when fastened together. Afterward the 

 " Paid " bills may be torn from the order- 

 book, leaving only the charge accounts. 



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These duplicate sheets show a complete his- 

 tory of the transaction as far as it has gone. 

 By going over the book or books — if there 

 are several — one can find when payments 

 are due, and send statements of the accounts. 

 A check-mark should be made on each du- 

 plicate or charge sheet so it will show that a 

 statement has been rendered. If a second 

 statement is sent, two check-marks are 

 made. As remittances are received for the 

 goods, the duplicate charge-sheets must be 

 marked " Paid," then torn out and put with 

 the other bills that were paid on delivery. 

 It is well to keep these old bills, for by ref- 

 erence to them one can know what kind of 

 honey the customers are handling. 



The advantage of this system is that on 

 one sheet of paper the buyer's name and ad- 

 dress are preserved as well as the date of sale, 

 the date of delivery, the terms of payment, 

 and the signature of the buyer showing he 

 received the goods. If he paid on delivery 

 the seller marks "Paid" in place of the 

 buyer signing for the goods. 



This is a simple method, and will work 

 with quite a large list of customers. The 

 order-books that have the carbon paper fas- 

 tened are best; for if the carbon paper is 

 loose it will get lost some day and the orders 

 will have to be copied twice. The order- 



books are just as valuable if the honey is 

 sold right from the wagon for cash, or charg- 

 ed. Make out the order, give the buyer the 

 original, marked "Paid" or "Charged," as 

 the case may be. If " Paid," the buyer has 

 a receipt; and if "Charged " the buyer's sig- 

 nature is on the duplicate sheet in the book. 



There are some faults with this system, 

 but it is better than trusting to memory or 

 just memoranda i)ut down in a note or ac- 

 count book. If you have no system in 

 handling your honey sales, try this one a 

 while. It will save a lot of worry. 



Boulder, Col. 



ANOTHER WHO PREFERS THE BLACKS. 



BY T. B. MOWRY. 



Black bees are hardy, and adapted to our 

 northern climate. 



The queens are not over-prolific, which is 

 a favorable point in regard to swarming, 

 and, consequently, of storing comb honey. 



They will enter supers readily, and stick 

 to them until filled solid with comb honey 

 of the best shape and style, and the most of 

 it of any race that I have tried. 



They are much easier manipulated as re- 

 gards swarming of any excepting Banats, 

 and my blacks outdistanced my Banats last 

 season at least a half in comb honey. 



They are the least liable to sting of any 

 that I have ever had. 



I have never tried Caucasians nor Carni- 

 olans, but have tried Banats, various strains 

 of Italians, and crosses of different kinds; 

 and for real comfort and comb honey I have 

 never found any that came up to the blacks; 

 and, as I wrote you not long ago, by cutting 

 out drone brood and queen-cells once in a 

 season they stored over 100 lbs. of comb hon- 

 ey, and no swarming, while my others gave 

 not over half that amount of honey, and 

 some less than that. The blacks have al- 

 ways come in far ahead of all others that I 

 have ever tried. 



COMB HONEY PRODUCED AT THE SIDE OF 

 THE BROOD-NEST. 



In regard to larger hives and shallower 

 frames, page 307 and 313, May 15, 1910, allow 

 me to say amen. I am using eleven frames, 

 <6% in. deep, in a regular ten-frame hive, with 

 an entrance at the side. A colony of blacks 

 stored over 100 lbs. of comb honey last sea- 

 son, and I have never handled a hive that 

 l^leased me as that does. 



In regard to Italians that are apt to crowd 

 the brood-nest, why not get at least a part 

 of the comb honey at the sides, and widen 

 out the nest to hold more frames? I have 

 practiced it a good while, and can get some 

 comb honey in very poor seasons when I 

 could not get any in the supers; and I catch 

 fruit-bloom in that way when I could not 

 expect any in the supers. 



Now as to swarming, did you ever get the 

 idea that it could be largely prevented by 

 cutting out the drones and not allowing any 

 to hatch? I have been experimenting on 



