Oct. 22, 1903. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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vessels cost a ;rooi3 deal to hold it. I have a home market for all I can 

 get at these prices. 



3. Which would pay the best to sell, comb at 10 cents here, or 

 ship it to St. Louis and get 12 to 13 cents! Tbe freight would be -^l.Sa 

 per 100 pounds, and then the breakage and commission are to come 

 out. Arkansas. 



Answers. — 1. Better wait till swarming-time, but in putting the 

 brood over wire-elotb, be sure to have at least a small entrance to the 

 upper story, so the bees shall not be imprisoned there. 



2. It is hardly wise for an outsider to attempt to answer questions 

 of this kind. You see it isn't merely a matter of dollars and cents. 

 Location has something to do with it, and the man has much to do 

 with it. Taking the flgurcs alone as you give them, it's a toss-up 

 which is best. 



3. \ery likely there is more net money in the home market. 



Sulphuric Acid for Cleansing Beeswax. 



What kind of acid is used to clean beeswax { I had about 20 

 pounds ot nice waxT, for which I have a local trade here, and I put it 

 into a wash-boiler with clean water to clean it still further. After it 

 was melted I put it into a porcelain-lined kettle and cooked the water 

 out, and now it is too dark for my trade. What can I do with it* 

 From the comb to the present state|lt has been in new vessels only, 

 and no chance for coloring from vessels. Pennsvlvania. 



Answer.— The acid used is sulphuric, one part in 100 or 200 — in 

 severe cases one part in .50— being added to the heated mass. If that 

 doesn't clear it probably nolbitig will. It is said by some that using 

 well-water instead of rain-water accounts for the darkness of wax, 

 there being iron in so much of the well-water. 



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My honey crop is nearly all sold. Iihad l.'> 

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 good as this. _. James Grover. 



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Ffqiti an Old Bee-Keeper. 



I have taken the American Bee Journal 

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 for over 00 years, but I have been in the bee- 

 business 40 years. I am just past T2 years old, 

 and this year I have taken 13 tons of honey 

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I have had bees near Lake Michigan, at 

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Santa Barbara Co., Calif., Oct. 7. 



Amount of Water Absorbed by 

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In " Editorial Comments,'' page 03?. I find 

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 ture-laden atmosphere it may attract to itself 

 so much moisture as to be nearly half water.'' 



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My 40 colonies of bees stored ITT gallons ot 

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Schuyler Co., 111., Got. 13. 



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 10 were transferred and gave no surplus. 

 There are 2'2o colonies of bees in our city — too 

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v\ a look for a good season next year, if it is 

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Grant Co., Wis., Oct. 10. L. G. Blair. 



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