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CLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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little lirains of sand, make the mighty ocean 

 and tiie wide, wide land." So in bee-keep- 

 ing. Little wastes of honey, with water, 

 make mighty barrels of vinegar, and little 

 bits of wax. generally wasted, make great 

 big cakes. 



HONEY TRICES; TEXAS VS. THE NORTH. 



It seems somewhat strange that complaints 

 should arise against the honey-market ([no- 

 tations of the northern and eastern markets. 

 That there was a wide ditVerence in the 

 quoted prices of honey in the ditTerent mar- 

 kets was noticed; but why this? Is not the 

 local bee-keeper of the North, who is so far 

 in advance of us Southerners, in position 

 to straighten these matters out to one and 

 the same level in all these marKcts adjacent 

 to each other, allowing a slight dill'erence 

 for difference in freight, etc., at more dis- 

 tant points'.' Who makes the prices of hon- 

 ey, anyhow", and if the dealer tixes his quo- 

 tations, what does he go by'.' 



In this one thing I believe some of us here 

 are ahead. It is becoming more and more 

 customary for buyers and dealers here to 

 write us for "prices on your honey." For 



erased when necessary, and the surface used 

 over agnin. As this side is protected against 

 the wall of the hive it is not necessary to 

 write so it can not be erased. 



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THE "SCHOLL HIVE-NUMBER " IN USE. 



year.s I have quoted my own jtricc, and reg- 

 ular price lists are sent out. First, it is as- 

 certained what the prospects are, and how 

 large the crop will be. Then a price is set, 

 and in this way a cent or more a pound 

 above other prices has been obtained. 

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HIVE-NUMBERS. 



It is well to have each hive with its num- 

 ber so a record can be kept of it. Many 

 ways of applying such have been tried, but 

 nothing has given me more satisfaction than 

 the one pictured just above. They are 

 made of heavy tin, painted on both sides. 

 On the front is the number, while the back 

 is used for keeping records of the colony 

 with a leadpencil, so they can be easily 



SCHOLL HIVE-NUMBER— DETAILS. 



Notice that a bent crate-staple is used in- 

 stead of a straight one or a nail. It is done 

 for the reason that the latter would soon be 

 driven into the wall of the hive-bodies when 

 these are handled, and the "numbers" 

 could not be hung on them. With the bent 

 staple this is quite overcome, for it acts like 

 a spring, and will not go deeper into the 



wood. With 

 thisspring- 

 like pres- 

 sure the 

 tin num- 

 ber - plate 

 is held 

 tirmly aft- 

 er it has 

 been hook- 

 ed in place. 

 Such a sta- 

 ple is put 

 on each 

 end of all 

 hive - bod- 

 ies so that, 

 no matter 

 which end 

 is placed 

 forward , 

 there will 

 be such a 

 staple on 

 which to 

 hang the 

 numl^er. It is not necessary to unhook the 

 tin for making records on the back. Just 

 stoop down beside the hive; lift up the lower 

 end of the tin on its staple hinge, and exam- 

 ine the notes or add more. These will be up- 

 side down after the tin is turned up, and are 

 readily read from the top. Try some of 

 these, and report. Perhaps they can be im- 

 proved. 



WHAT SHALL VTE CALL THEM — 



"section," "stoi'y, " or "brood-chamber"? 

 For want of a better term, one of the por- 

 tions of a divisible-brood-chamber hive has 

 been called a "section," and I have often 

 used it without conflict here, because sec- 

 tions of the other kind are very little used 



