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KKOVICEV 1 <iLKA.Ni.Sus IN iiEE CULTt/BE, 



PBOBLEMK. 



l O. 0. Can no way be devised to get 

 the bees from a strong colony away 

 from their combs without shaking and 

 brushing them off with a bundle of aspar- 

 agus tops, etc. For instance Ave have ac- 

 complished something this way : 



Take a strong colony in the dollar hive 

 and raise it from the bottom board enough 

 to allow a similar hive full of combs just 

 extracted to be placed under it, and the 

 greater part of the bees will be found in a 

 few minutes on the lowtr combs attracted 

 by the honey spread about on the uncap- 

 ped cells, and their desire to clean up 

 everything tidy. Now remove your upper 

 combs and you have but few bees in the 

 way, and these combs when extracted 

 can be used similarly for the next hive 

 and so on. Xow if by some stratagem 

 we could coax all the bees below quietly, 

 wouldn't it be jolly? 



No. 6. One of our subscribers raises 

 moth worms all he can, uses all his pieces 

 of comb and old broken hives for the 

 purpose, yet is troubled no more than 

 formerly with "Millers." (Which we 

 don't doubt at all). Who can guess why 

 be raises them ? ''Answer next month.' 

 P. S. He don't eat 'em as they do snails 

 in some countries, so don't guess that. 



No. 7. Sawdust around the hive to 

 keep down the weeds and to keep the bees 

 from crawling under the hive when we 

 extract, is liable to catch fire when we 

 are obliged to smoke them. Is there any 

 thing else as cheap and effective that 

 won't burn? "Scientific" makes the 

 query and we second it. 



HONEY (OLIMX. 



« m f HAVE 400 lbs. of the purest Linn 

 J*j honey to sell at 18c. wholesale. Thorn- 

 its Hare, Marion, Linnn Co,, Iowa. 



L. Beckwith, Berlin, Wis., says; "I am 

 not satisfied that it is best to run all in 

 extracted honey. I understand that it 

 has been slow of sale in Chicago at 8 to 

 10c, and hard to sell in Milwaukee at all — 

 can sell a few lbs. at home for 12 to 15c. 

 in trade, when good light comb honey is 

 wanted at good prices, therefore 1 want 

 the best way to average 100 lbs, of box 

 honey, in a good season, per swarm. 

 With sure and ready sale for extracted 

 honey at two-thirds price of box honey, 

 / should of course run entirely on ex- 

 tracted." 



We think Mr. B. quite modest in only 

 wanting 100 lbs. box honey per colony; 

 ice should not dare promise so much ex- 

 tracted ; and that reminds us of a promi- 

 nent bee keeper who writes, that it's no 

 trouble to make boxes, for he sells them 

 by the lb. for a good deal more than they 

 cost. Now in Medina they always wish 

 to return the box, and when we object 

 they reply: "Want us to pay 30c per 

 lb. for all that wood and j^lnss ? No sir 

 'ee I take back the box honey and give us 



the pure stuff in the glass jars for 20o." 

 We presume it will take a little longer for 

 people to get weaned from "beeswax 

 honey," than it did a few years ago from 

 "tallow candles." 



F. F. Nnnn, Peru, O., has 2 bblrf. nice 

 candied honey; wants 20c. for it. 

 . — m » * — — 



Somebody advertises rubber gloves fur 

 bee-keepers, for no other reason that we 

 know of unless it is because they "want 

 to sell 'em;" for any bee-keeper who has 

 tried them very well knows how much 



"worse than nothing" they are. 



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gisP Get Oats and Rye ground together 

 for feeding, soon as bees can fly. Have 

 it ground fine. 



ADVERTI8EMENTH. 



Advertisements will be received at 10 cents 

 per line each insertion, cash in advance; 

 and we require that every Advertiser satisfies 

 its of his responsibility and intention to do 

 all that he agrees, and that his goods are 

 really worth the price asked for them. 



ITALIAN Ol'EEN BEEN FOB 1S73- 

 Will be bred from Imported Mothers, one 

 of which is one of Charles Dadant's impor- 

 tation. Persons who purchase Queens of me 

 will get wh at they bargain for. Send for cir- 

 uclar. Wh. W. Gary. 



Coi.kr.ux, Franklin Co., Mass, 2 7 



PBICE LIST OF PURE ITALIAN 

 Queens and Bees from Shaw & Daniel's 

 Apiaries, for 1873; 



For last year's Queens, sent as early as the 

 weather is suitable, §5 each. 



Tested Queens, during the season, $4 each. 



Untested Queens in June and July, $:'< 

 each. After the 1st of August, $2.50. All 

 Queens sent by mail warranted pure and 

 fertile- Safe arrival guaranteed. 



Nucleus' Hives containing pure Queen, 

 with 6 frames each, $% by 9>£, $8 each. Cnn 

 be built up into strong swarms or used for 

 wintering surplus Queens. 



Full colonies in one story Langstroth Hives, 

 ten frames each, 113. Wide hives with mova- 

 ble partition board from 14 to 17 frames each, 

 £15, Two story hives containing 21 frames, 

 $13 each. 



American Hives, containing 9 frames with 

 space between top bars, $15 each. 



Each colony will contain a young Queen 



and 9 frames of comb, with extra frames. 



Sent by express and safe arrival guaranteed. 



Address ltf 



J. S EI AW & SON, Chatham Center, 



or J. E. DANIELS. Lodi, Medina, Co., O. 



ALSIKE CLOVER SEED.-A nice ar- 

 ticle; 50 cents per pound by mail or 35 

 cents by express. A.I- ROOT & CO., Me- 

 dina, Ohio. 



TTALIAN BEES.— Wo offer for sale about 

 J. 200 colonies of Italian Bees in the Ameri- 

 can Movable-Comb Hive. Also Queens 

 throughout the season. Purity and safe ar- 

 rival guaranteed. For further particulars, 

 prices, &c, send for circular- 



BALDWIN BROS., 

 2-9 Sandusky, N. l\ 



CHOICE ITALIAN OFEES for 1873. 

 —I have increased facilities for rearing 

 Italian Queens for the coming season. The 

 choicest Queen-Mothers to breed from, and no 

 black bees to interfere. Send stamp for cir- 

 cular to W. J. DAVIS, Youngstowu, Warren 

 Co., Pa. 



