1896. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



335 



Question;) -Box^ 



In the multitude of counsellors there is 

 safety.— Prov. 11-14. 



Spacing 



Brood-Frames — The 

 Bee-Space. 



Query 14.— 1. Isl?i inches preferable to 

 IH for brood-frames ? 



2. Has H inch for bee-space superseded the 

 old Idea of 'a ?— AM.\TEnR. 



E. Frauce — 1. No. 2. Not as I know 

 of. 

 Chas. Dadant <fc Son — 1. We prefer 



C. H. Dibbern— 1. Yes. 2. I prefer 

 5/16 inch. 



G. M. Doolittle— 1. I prefer IJ^. 2. 

 I use 5/16. 



H. D. Cutting— 1. Yes. 2. 5/16 is a 

 good " bee-space." 



W. G. Larrabee — 1 I prefer \% from 

 center to center. 2. No. 



James A. Stone — 1. I prefer 13-^. 2. 

 No, not for me (in all cases). 



Mrs. L. Harrison — 1. No. 2. Not 

 with me. I prefer % scant. Say 5/16. 



Emerson T. Abbott — 1. I make my 

 frames 1}4 inches wide. 2. It has with 

 me. 



Prof. A. J. Cook— 1. I think not. 2. 

 It should be between the two to be just 

 right. 



Dr. C. C. Miller— 1. It is generally, 

 but I don't feel entirely sure about it. 

 2. Yes. 



J. M. Hambaugh — 1. For all purposes 

 1}4 inches from center to center. 2. I 

 don't know. 



Allen Pringle— 1. No. 2. I don't 

 know what others use, but anywhere 

 from ^ to 3^ will do. 



Dr. J. P. H. Brown — 1. I make mine 

 1 7/16 inches. 2. I don't think it has. 

 From hi to ?g is right. 



W. R. Graham— 1. I prefer scant l}4 

 inches from center to center. 2. a inch 

 bee-space is all I want. 



R. L. Taylor— 1. Yes. 2. I think not. 

 It has ben known all along that 14 inch 

 is the better, if it could be certainly kept 

 at that size. 



B. Taylor— 1. I use 1%, but I am not 

 sure but l}i would be better, as it would 

 give room for larger clusters of bees be- 

 tween the combs in winter. 2. It has 

 with me. 



J. E. Pond — 1. I do not care to use 

 brood-frames over one inch in width. 2. 

 Space the frames "bee-space" apart; 

 that is, so that a bee can just work easily 

 between the frames. 



P. H. Elwood— 1. The majority of 

 bee-keepers favor the 1 ?^ inch. I do not 

 know. 2. I have never had an older 

 idea than 5^ inch. I think the 9^-inch 

 idea is the newer and (in one sense) shal- 

 lower idea. 



Eugene Secor—1. 1% to IJ-i inches 

 from center to center is near enough for 

 practical purposes. 2. A bee-space is 

 slightly less than }4, but the latter will 

 do well enough, and unless they are 

 crowded for room, bees will seldom build 

 comb in a ?a space. 



Rev. M. Mahin— 1. The difference is 

 so small as to be practically unimportant. 



I find that when bees build comb in box- 

 hives that they do not space them as 

 accurately. Some are IK inches apart, 

 some a little less, and some a little more. 

 2. I aim to have the bee-space M inch. 

 I do not know what others do. 



G. W. Demaree — 1. I infer you ask 

 about proper spacing of brood-frames. I 

 have worked a good many hives with 

 the frames spaced 1>2 from center to 

 center, and a great many more 1% 

 from center to center of the frames. I 

 prefer the 1?^ spacing. 2. I prefer 5/ 

 16 for the "bee-space." 



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Turkeys tor Market and Profit 25c 



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Preparation of Honey for the Market. .. lOo 



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Hive I Use, by Doolittle 5c 



Foul Brood, by Dr. Howard 25c 



Foul Brood, by Kohnke 25o 



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15. Poultry for Market and Profit 1.10 



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17. Capons and Caponizing l.io 



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20. Green's Sl.v Books on Frult-Oulture.. 1.15 



21. Garden and Orchard 1.15 



23. Rural Lite 1.10 



24. Emerson Binder torthe Bee Journal. 1.60 



25. Commercial Calculator. No. 1 1.25 



26. Comme-clal Calculator, No. 2 1.40 



27. Kendall's Horse-Book l.io 



29. Strawberry Culture 1.20 



30. Potato Culture .. 1.20 



31. Carp Culture 1.20 



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33. Dictionary of Apiculture 1.35 



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35. SUo and Silage 1.10 



36. Winter Problem in Bee-Keeplng 1.30 



37. Apiary Register (lor 50 colonies) 1.75 



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39. Bee-Keepers' Directory 1.30 



Honey & Beeswai Market Quotations. 



The following rules lor grading honey were 

 adopted by the North American Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, and, so far as possible, quota- 

 tions, are made according to these rules: 



Fancy.— All sections to be well filled ; combs 

 straight, of even thickness, and firmly a.t- 

 tached to all four sides; both wood and comb 

 unsolled by travel-stain, or otherwise; all the 

 cells sealed except the row of cells next the 

 wood. 



No. 1.— All sections well filled, but combs 

 uneven or crooked, detached at the bottom, 

 or with but few cells unsealed; both wood 

 and comb unsolled by travel-stain or other- 

 wise. 



In addition to this the honey is to he classi- 

 fied according to color, using the terms white, 

 amber and dark. That Is. there will be "fancy 

 white," "No. 1 dark." etc. 



CHICAGO. III.. May 16.— We quote: Fancy 

 white, 15c.; No. 1 white. 12(S13c. ; fancy am- 

 ber. 9@J0c.; No. 1 amber. 7@8c. ; fancy dark, 

 8@i9c.; No. 1 dark. 7c. Extracted, white, 5® 

 7c.: amber, 4(S5c. : dark, 4(^4 i4c. Beeswax, 

 30c. The number of sales are tevf. and prices 

 are really nominal. The only activity shown 

 Is in a little fancy comb and beeswa.x. 



R. A. B. & Co. 



PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Apr. 22.— We quote: 

 No. 1 white, 9@10c. ; fancy amber, 8(390.; 

 fancy dark, 7@8c. Extracted, white clover, 

 10c. ; amber, 5(35S4c. ; dark, 4(S4(^c. Bees- 

 wax. 25(^26c. Comb honey is dull. E.xtracted 

 In fair demand. Beeswax lower. W. A. S. 



BUFFALO, N. Y.. Apr. 20.— We quote: 

 Fancy white, 15@16c.; No. 1 white, 13@14c.; 

 fancy dark, 8(39c.; No. 1 dark. 7@7!4c. Bees- 

 wa.x. 25@2Sc. Trade very dull and honey not 

 moving, except a few fancy lots; anything 

 dark Is hard to sell. B. & Co. 



CINCINNATI. C. Apr. 22.— There is no fan- 

 cy white comb honey on our market. Best 

 white sells at 12(ai4c. in a jobbing way. with 

 a lair demand. Demand Is good for extracted 

 at 4(^70., according to quality. 



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

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



KANSAS CITY. Mo., May 9.— We quote: 

 No. 1 white, 13c.; No. lamber, lie. ; No. 1 

 dark, 8c. Extracted, white, 6c.; amber, oc; 

 dark, 4c. Beeswax, 25c. C. C. C. & Co. 



NEW YORK, N. Y., May 9.— There is some 

 demand for white comb honey at unchanged 

 prices. No market for buckwheat. Extracted 

 remains quiet. New Southern is now arriv- 

 ing and selling at 5@6c. lor fine grades and 

 50@55c. a gallon for f al? to common. 



Beeswax easy at 28@29c. H. B. & S. 



List of Uoney and Beeswax Dealers. 



Most of whom Quote in this Journal. 



Cblcago. Ills. 



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

 New Vork, N. Y. 



HiIjDreth Bros. & Segelken, 



120 & 122 West Broadway. 

 Chas. Israel & Bros., 486 Canal St. 



Kansas City, Mo. 



C. C. Clemoms & Co.. 423 Walnut St. 



Buffalo, N. ¥. 

 BATTERSON & Co.. 167 & 169 Scott St. 



Hamilton, Ills. 

 Chas. dadant & Son. 



Plilladelplila, Pa. 

 Wm. a. Sei-ser, 10 Vine St. 



Cincinnati, Oblo. 

 C. F. MCTH & Son. cor. Freeman & Central aya. 



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