November, 1912. 



American Hee Journal 



TROIM'MAN'S FOINDATION CuTTER. 



A photographer's long knife, used for 

 trimming prints, is fastened to the 

 end of a board about 18 inches long, as 

 indicated. A narrow strip projects 

 just above the main board, against 

 which to lay the foundation in order 

 to hold it firm and straiglit. Then 

 there is a sliding gauge that can easily 

 be set for any width or length desired. 

 The picture shows the gauge extended 

 beyond tlie foundation to be cut, so as 

 to make it plainer. Of course, when in 

 operation the foundation comes against 

 the end-block of the sliding gauge. 

 The knife, being held very firmly, 

 makes a clean and straight cut through 

 the foundation. The cutter-board can 

 be screwed to a table if desired. 



F.VSTENING FOUNDATION IN SECTIONS. 



Where one does not have a machine 

 made specially for the purpose, such as 

 the Daisy foundation fastener, the plan 

 used by Mr. Troppman is very good, 

 though it may not be new to many. 



He fastens to a board 4 blocks of 

 wood just a trifle smaller than the in- 

 side of a folded section, and far enough 



irrigated districts. Irrigation is not 

 necessary up here in Bonner county. 



Blc; I'RICE FOR IDAHO HONEY— ENTIRE YIELD 

 OF THREE DISTRICTS IS SOLD. 



Boise. Idaho. Aug. 2o._All the honey of 

 the Boise. Payette and Weiser yalleys was 

 sold through a deal consummated here to- 

 day to the Gregory Fruit Company of Col- 

 ton. Calif., represented by R. R. Sutherland. 



It is estimated that the crop will amount 

 to no less than 20 cars, and the final delivery 

 is e.\pected to be madeby Oct. i. The price 

 paid was $2 50 and S2.75 a case, which is con- 

 sidered a very good price. 



The Bee-Keepers' Association of eastern 

 Oregon and western Idaho was largely in- 

 strumental in making the favorable terms 

 which were received. It is said that ttie 

 California honey crop has been almost an 

 entire failure because of the drouth. 



Sandpoint, Idaho. 



Shipping Carniolans from their 

 Native Land to Finland 



BY PAUL MICKW'ITZ. 



I promised, last spring, that I would 

 write a short description of my trip to 

 Carniola, and I feel obliged to do so 



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Fastening Focndation in Sections. 



apart so that when the sections are put 

 in a section-holder they can be laid 

 over the blocks. The blocks are just 

 half as thick as the sections are wide 

 or deep when lying on their sides. He 

 then slightly slants the board holding 

 the sections toward the lower side, and 

 with a teaspoon oours a little melted 

 beeswa.x along the edge of the founda- 

 tion for each section, which fastens it 

 securely to the section. 



Any size piece of foundation can be 

 used from a small starter to a full 

 sheet. Of course, another piece can 

 be fastened at the bottom of the sec- 

 tion if bottom starters are desired. Or, 

 if a full sheet, it can be fastened at both 

 top and bottom, and also on the sides 

 if cut so as to fill the section completely. 



Here is a clipping I took today from 

 the Daily Spokane Spokesman Review. 

 Oh, yes, Idaho produces some honey ! 

 But wait until Bonner county is heard 

 from in a few years I 



I believe all the honey referred to in 

 the enclosed clipping was produced in 



now, as most of my honey, which 

 those imported Carniolans stored, is 

 ready for market. 



June 1, I started for Carniola to take 

 back home with me 150 nuclei of 

 bees. Only 7.5 of these were for my- 

 self, the rest were ordered by 27 differ- 

 ent customers. The nuclei weighed 

 4 pounds net, and were shipped in boxes 

 including 5 empty combs for the bees 

 to stay on. " Naked swarms," /. c, such 

 as are shipped without any combs, 

 have not proven to go as well such 

 long distances as from Carniola to 

 Finland. 



Every nucleus was put into a wooden 

 bo.x provided with ventilation on sides 

 and bottom. Inside, under the top- 

 board, was put a bag containing the 

 food, a stiff mi.xture of honey and su- 

 gar — 2 pounds of food for about 10 

 days. "This amount was a little too 

 small, so I was obliged to feed sugar 

 at the end o; this period. The feeding 

 was done by putting lump sugar 

 through a hole in the board into the 



bag. The bees sucked the sugarthrough 

 the bag if they got plenty of water. 

 This was sprinkled every day against 

 the wire-netting, or whenever' the bees 

 seemed restless. 



The 150 nuclei were all loaded into 

 one big car, which went directly to 

 Stettin. At this point they were loaded 

 on the Finnish steamer for Helsingfors 

 I spent about 4 days in the car with my 

 "pets," but did not feel very easy about 

 them until they arrived in Stettin. The 

 weather was very warm, and when bees 

 are restless from heat on a journey 

 they are troublesome to the owner. 

 But water, water, nothing else could 

 put them in shape again ! 



I had a big crowd of people at every 

 station. They asked me the same 

 questions every time: " How much did 

 they cost ?" " How much honey do they 

 gather.'"' "Do they bite?" etc. A 

 graphophonecould have been used with 

 much comfort. 



.•\11 nuclei were in good condition 

 in Stettin, but on board the " Wellamo " 

 they were bothered by an intense heat. 

 They could not be watered before we 

 landed at Helsingfors, where they were 

 distributed. So far, I have not heard 

 any serious complaints from my custo- 

 mers. 



Of my own nuclei I reduced 50 to 

 25 by doubling, and the rest were 

 left single. The double colonies have 

 given me about 1000 pounds of ex- 

 tracted clover and basswood honey. 

 ■The single colonies have developed 

 so that they will only winter well. The 

 reason has been very poor in this part 

 of Finland, as we have had no rain for 

 six weeks. 



Salo, Finland. 



Observations of a Progressive 

 Bee-Keeper 



BY FREDERICK GRIFFITH. 



By the frontispiece illustration, and 

 on page 243 of the August American 

 Bee Journal, "Pioneer" Dr. Miller ex- 

 patiates upon a simple but very valua- 

 ble method of queen-rearing, for the 

 bee-keeper who wishes to improve his 

 stock and rear his own queens. Every 

 amateur bee-keeper ought to carefully 

 read and digest every word of Dr. 

 Miller's article, as well as the very 

 valuable essay of A. C. Allen, on 

 "How to Secure a Good Crop of 

 Honey." 



Those articles are replete with good 

 suggestions and ideas for the beginner 

 as well as for a great many experi- 

 enced bee-keepers of this country. 

 Those two articles, alone, are worth 

 many times over a year's subscription 

 to the American Bee Journal, and are 

 well worth framing and hanging in a 

 conspicuous place in any man's apiary. 

 While Dr. Miller's article on queen- 

 rearing does not indicate when one 

 should requeen an apiary, yet tlie 

 reader gathers from Mr. Allen's meaty 

 article that colonies should go into 

 winter quarters headed with a young 

 and prolific queen. Hence, about the 

 end of the honey season is evidently 

 the proper time to follow out Dr. 

 Miller's plan. 



Mr. Alien brings out an important 

 idea which is under-estimated by a 



