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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



April 23, 



Question;) " Box^ 



In the multitude of counsellors there is 

 safety.— Prov. 11-14. 



Sections, Supers and Separators. 



Query 10.— 1. What width sections do you 

 prefer ? 



2. Two or four slots ? 



3. How do you fix sections in supers— by use 

 of "section holders." T rests, or how ? 



4. Would you use "7-to-the-foot" sections 

 without separators ?— Africa. 



Chas. Dadant&SoD— 1. 1%. 2. Three 

 slots. 3. Pattern slats or T tins. 



G. M. Doolittle— 1. X% inches. 2. 

 Two. 3. Wide frames. 4. No, nor any 

 other. 



Dr. J. P. H. Brown— 1. 1%. 2. Two 

 slots. 3. By a support similar to the T. 

 4. I would. 



W. R. Graham--!. 1%. 2. Two slots. 

 3. In crates or section-holders. 4. I 

 don't use separators. 



C. H. Dibbern— 1. 1% inches wide. 2. 

 Two slots. 3. On the principle of sec- 

 tion-holders. 4. No. 



E. France— 1. Two inch. 2. Two 

 slots. 3. I use a super with slat bot- 

 toms. 4. I always use separators. 



Allen Pringle— I. About Hi or IJ^ at 

 corners. 2. Four. 3. Section "hol- 

 ders." 4. I use separators mostly. 



Dr. C. C. Miller— 1. I don't know. Cer- 

 tainly not more than 1%, and less might 

 be better. 2. Two. 3. T rests. 4. No. 



Emerson T. Abbott— 1. 1% inches. 2. 

 Four. 3. By use of pattern-slats and 

 follower-boards. 4. I would not use 

 separators with any sections. 



Prof. A. J. Cook— 1. I have generally 

 used 7-to-the-foot. 3. Wide frames and 

 T supers. 4. Yes, unless I always used 

 separators, which I think is wise. 



B. Taylor— 1. 13^ inches. 2. I never 

 tried 4 slots. 3. T rests. 4. I do with 

 flat separators. A T-to-the foot section 

 filled will weigh but % of a pound. 



R. L. Taylor— 1. T-to-the-foot. 2. I 

 am satisfied with two. 3. Single-tier 

 wide-frames with separators, or in the 

 Heddon-case withoutseparators. 4. Yes. 



Jas. A. Stone— 1. 2 inches, or very 

 little less, say 1 13/16. 2. Four slots. 

 3. By use of section-holders. 4. No. I 

 would have separators between alternate 

 sections. 



H. D. Cutting— 1. 1% and 1%. 2. 

 Two, yet four works nicely with thick 

 separators. 3. T rests, and I want them 

 loose. 4. I never use sections without 

 separators. 



P. H. Elwood— 1. 1%. 2. Two. 3. 

 Mostly " how" — which means resting on 

 slats in bottom of supers. 4. No, nor 

 any other number to the foot without 

 separators. 



J. E. Pond— 1. \% to ]% inches. 2. 

 Two slots. 3. Section-holders or so- 

 called broad-frames. 4. Yes. I think 

 they would work fairly well, if care was 

 taken in putting in the foundation. 



6. W. Demaree — 1. I prefer sections 

 1% inches In width. 2. Two, all the 

 time and decidedly. 3. Adjust them in 

 T section-cases. 4. No need of just 7- 

 to-the-foot. There cannot be any such 

 thing practically, as 7-to-the-foot of soft 



wood sections that swell and shrink as the 

 weather affects them. I produce comb 

 honey with and without separators, and 

 I have hardly decided — I prefer both 

 ways. 



Eugene Secor — 1. 7-to-the-foot and 2 

 inch, with separators. 2. Two — top and 

 bottom. 3. T rests, section-holders and 

 wide frames. 4. I prefer not to, if I 

 want cratable honey. 



J. M. Hambaugh— 1. 1% or 1%. 2. 

 I have never used four slots. 3. I pre- 

 fer the Miller T super. 4. The use of 

 separators is preferable, when producing 

 honey for the market. 



W. G. Larrabee — 1% inches. 2. Two. 



3. I use a slatted-bottom super with 

 separators that amounts to about the 

 same as "section-holders," but I con- 

 sider them handier. 4. No, I would al- 

 ways use separators. 



Mrs. L. Harrison — 1. I am using 1% 

 inch at present, and rather prefer it. 2. 

 Four slots. 3. I use the Heddon-case. 



4. I used 7-to-the-foot sections, in the 

 Heddon-case formerly without separa- 

 tors, and they gave very good satisfac- 

 tion. 



Rev. M. Mahin — 1. If separators are 

 used, 2 inches; withoutseparators, IJa. 

 2. Two. 3. The bottom of my section- 

 case is made of slats 1)4 inches wide, 

 with slots similar to those in the sec- 

 tions. The ends of the sections rest on 

 strips resting on the bottom of the case. 

 I have no trouble with burr-combs. 



M. FULLERTON, 



18 Gansevoort St., New York, N. V., 



Wholesale dealer Id 



Honey, Beeswax, Maple Sugar & Syrnp 



strictly Fresh Eggs a Specialty. 



My Trade being direct and only with the re- 

 tail Grocers and Hotels, gives me a regular 

 outlet at the very best prices obtainable. 



Mention tiva A.meHcan Bee Jonxm/Vj 



Promptness Is What Counts ! 



Honey-Jars. Shipping-Cases, and every- 

 thing that bee-keepers use. Root's 

 Goods at Root's Prices, and the 



best shipping point in the country. 

 Dealer in Honey and Beeswax. Cata- 



iTrJa's^Ave. Walter S. Ponder 



INDIANAPOLIS. IND. 

 Mention the American Bee Juumal. 



BEES & QUEENS. 



Strong, full Colonies of Italian-Hybrid Bees, 

 in Langstroth 9-f rame blves, at $5,00 per col- 

 ony; 5 to 10 colonies, $4.75 each. Special low 

 price on larger orders. Bees are in good con- 

 dition, and are fine honey-gatherers 



Italian Queens- after May 15— Dntested, 

 $1.00 each; 6 tor $5.00; 12 tor $9.00. 

 Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. 

 Reference— George W. York & Co. Address, 

 F. GRABBE, 



LIBEETrVILLE. ILL., 

 32 ml. northwest of Chicago, on C. M. & St. P. 

 MentUm Oic A.inerican Hee Journal. 



Bee-Keepers' Pliotog^rapli. — We 



have now on band a limited number of ex- 

 cellent photographs of prominent bee-keep- 

 ers — a number of pictures on one card. The 

 likeness of 49 of them are shown on one of 

 the photographs, and 131 on the other. We 

 will send them, postpaid, for 50 cents each, 

 mailing from the 131 kind first; then after 

 they are all gone, we will send the 49 kind. 

 So those who order first will get the most 

 " faces'- for their money. Send orders to 

 the Bee Journal office. 



Honey & Beeswai Market Qnotatlons. 



CAICAGO, III.. Apr. 11.— We quote: Fancy 

 white comb, I5e. ; ordinary white, 12@13c. ; 

 fancy amber, lOOllc; amber and dark. 7@ 

 9c. Extracted, white. 5@7c. ; amber and dark, 

 4@5c. Beeswax, yellow. 30e. 



The season for sale of comb honey is now at 

 a close, and only a case or so will be taken for 

 colds, and by enthusiasts on honey as a food 

 (o£ whom there are too tew). K. A. B. & Co. 



CINCINNATL O.. Apr. 8.— Demand is good 

 for choice white comb honey, at 12@14c., 

 and slow for extracted, at 4@7c. on arrival. 



Beeswax is in good demand at 25@30c. for 

 good to choice yellow. C. F. M. & 8. 



KANSAS CITY, Mo., Apr. 9.— The demand 

 for comb and extracted is fair. We quote: 

 No. 1 white, l-lbs.. I3@14c.; No. 2. ll@12e.i 

 No. 1 amber, 10®12c.; No. 2. 8@10c. Ei- 

 traoted, white, 6@6i^c.; amber, 5®5^c. 



Beeswax, 22<a2.5c. C. C. C. & Co. 



PHILADELPHIA. PA., April 4.— The de- 

 mand is falling off very rapidly for comb 

 honey, and prices are decidedly lower. Ex- 

 tracted seems to be shipped in from all quar- 

 ters. We quote: Fancy comb, lie; fair to 

 good, 7J4@9c. Extracted, 4@5o. 



Beeswax. 30c. W. A. S. 



NEW YOKE, N. Y.. Mar. 23.— There is afalr 

 demand for white comb honey, and the mar- 

 ket is well cleaned up. We have another car 

 now in transit fiom California. We quote 

 same: 12@14c. Plenty of buckwheat comb 

 Is on the market, and same is moving off 

 slowly at 8c. Extracted, all grades, dull, at 

 unchanged prices. 



Beeswax firm at 30@31c. H. B. & S. 



List of Honey and Beeswax Dealers. 



Most of whom Quote in this Journal. 



Cblcago, Ills. 



R. A. BtiKNETT & Co.. 163 South Water Street. 

 New York, N. Y. 



HiiiDRETH Bros. & Seqelken. 



130 & 122 West Broadway, 

 Chas. Israel & Bros., 486 Canal St. 



Kansas Cltf, iUo. 



C. C. Clemomb & Co.. 423 Walnut St. 



Bafialo, N. Y. 

 BattersON & Co., 167 & 169 Scott St. 



Hamilton, Ills. 

 CHAS. Dadant & Son. 



Pblladelpbia, Pa. 

 Wm. a. Selser, 10 Vine St. 



Cincinnati, Olilo. 

 C. F, MuTH & SON. cor. Freeman & Central avi. 



4;oiiTeDtioii fVotices. 



Illinois.— The spring meeting of the Nor- 

 thern Illinois Bee-Keepers' Association will 

 be held at the home of Mr. O. J. Cummlngs, in 

 Guilford, on May 19, 1896. Come, and bring 

 your wives and friends interested in bees. 



New Mill'ord, Ills. B. Kennedy, Sec. 



CONNECTIC0T.— The annual meeting of the 

 Connecticut Bee-Keepers' Association will be 

 held at the Capitol in Hartford. Wednesday, 

 April 29. beginning at 10:30 a.m. Free to 

 all. Mrs. W. E. Riley, Sec. 



Waterbury, Conn. 



Catalog:!^ for 1896 We have re- 

 ceived the following Catalogs, Price-Lists, 

 etc., a copy of which may be obtained up- 

 on application, always being careful to say 

 you saw their advertisement in the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal: 



E. T. Flanagan, Belleville, HI.— Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Supplies, Bees and Queens. 



D. HUJ, Dundee, 111.— Evergreen Special- 

 ist. 



The Deming Co., Salem, Ohio.— Spray 

 Pumps and Nozzles. 



E. Kretchmer. Red Oak, Iowa. — Bee- 

 Keepers' Supplies, Italian Bees, etc. 



W. J. Stahmann, Weaver, Minn.— Bee- 

 Supplies, Bees, etc. 



W. J. Finch, Jr., Springfield, HI.- Bee- 

 Keepers' Supplies, Italian Bees and Queens. 



