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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Oct. 25, 1900. 



this sprinff had the sweet water put in with the remnant of 

 last year's salable vincffar. Next spring the vinepar in 

 thcni will 1)0 drawn dIT and put into clean barrels to keep 

 uiilll sold. WMuMi we ^,'ct an order for a barrel of vincfjar, 

 we draw oil affain and put into a clean barrel. Ity this time 

 thera is but little " mother" forming?, as the vinegar is rl])e 

 anil will keep indelinitely. 



We have a liouso specially for our vinegar. It is a 

 double-wall frame, with a 10-incli space between walls, 

 packl with sawdust. The ceiling is covered with several 

 inches of sawdust, and the vinegar keeps nicely all winter. 

 We put the barrels into the house in November, aiul take 

 them out in April. They stand in the sun all sunnner. 



When we take them out we find which barrel has the 

 best vinegar. The vinegar is drawn ofT and put into a 

 clean barrel. The head is then taken out of the one just 

 eni])tied, and it is well scriibbe<l with wat(?r and a stilT 

 broom. When clean it is reheaded, and the contents of the 

 next best barrel drawn off and put into it. Thus the bar- 

 rels are cleaned and the vinegar put in shape for market. 

 We have a long low l)enchor platform for the barrels, where 

 they stand in two rows. The first barrel drawn oil is placed 

 at the east end of the south row. That is No. 1, as it is the 

 first to be ready to sell from. The next barrel drawn olT 

 being next best, is placed next to No. 1 on the row, and is 

 No. 2. So we go on till we get to No. 12. When we .sell a 

 few gallons from No. 1 we draw from No. 2 and replenish 

 it ; draw from No. .? and lill up No. 2 ; from No. 4 and fill 

 No. 3, until we have gone thru and left th^ empty place in 

 No. 12. When No. 12 is empty, or nearly so, we fill it with 

 sweetened water again, and it makes No. 1 for next year. 

 Nothing helps so uhkIi to make vinegar clear and si)ark- 

 ling and sharp as the working from one barrel to another. 

 It .seems to act like kneading on dough. It sounds, to tell 

 of it, like a lot of work ; but, really, when one has good 

 faucets in all the barrels it doesn't take long to run a few 

 pailfuls from one to another of the whole lot. I try to get 

 at mine once a month, and oftener when we sell a large 

 quantity. 



Our neighbors come to get honey-vinegar in preference 

 to the cider-vinegar at the stores. We have kept some in 

 the stores, but have never had enough to sup|)ly them yet. 

 We u.se all kinds of refu.se or waste honey, such as broken 

 combs and dark, unlinisht sections, and this year we had 

 about ,V)0 pounds of dark, strong honey that came from 

 weeds before alfalfa bloom. That will go into the vinegar 

 next year if I don't need it to feed my bees in the spring. 



I believe the secret of success in the bee-business lies in 

 looking- after every part of the business, and saving every- 

 thing produced ; and what can not be marketed as first- 

 class honey should be turned into first-class vinegar. 



I have been askt if honey-vinegar will keep pickles, j 

 have put up quantities of them in the last three years, and 

 havi' never lost any. but have sold a great nuiny, both of 

 whole and mixt pickles. We are using mixt pickles now 

 that were put up last August, and they are as firm ami 

 brittle as they ever were. If the vinegar is oldenough, and 

 has been properly handled, it is of the very best ([uality for 

 pickling, or anything else that vinegar is used for. Clean- 

 ings in Ilee-Cuiture. 



Monte/.uuni Co., Colo., August, l')llO. 



Printed Paper Sacks Not Poisonous. The editor of 

 (ileanings in liee-Culture commends the plan of feeding 

 given in this journal by Mr. Kernan (by means of paper 

 sacks), but thinks him mistaken in supposing that the 

 printing on the sacks killed bees, as printing-ink is not 

 poi.sonous to human beings. He says: 



Mr. Kernan thinks that some of his bees were poisoned 

 by the printing-ink on the side of the sack. I can not think 

 that that had .inytliing to do with it that the <lead bees, if 

 any, were robbers that had stolen their way thru the en- 

 trance, and, on being discovered, were killed by the in- 

 mates of the hive. During robbing time robbers are (juite 

 apt to work themselves thru the entrances of fed colonies, 

 and be found in and about any kind of feeder, dead, whether 

 there is printing-ink about it or not ; but the idea of using 

 I)aper sacks is ipiite ingenious, aiul I .see no reason why it 

 would not work very nicely. 



tent according to a Stray Straw in Gleanings in Bee-Culture, 

 which reads : 



I've more faith than formerly in killing queen-cells to 

 prevent swarming. A number of colonies did not swarm 

 this summer after having queen-cells killed once, twice, or 

 three times. Some had swarming delayed two to four 

 weeks by the killing of queen-cells. liut generally only 

 eggs were in the cells where destroying them made any dif- 

 ference. If an egg was destroyed in a cell, and a week later 

 a queen-cell was found with a grub in it, it was not much 

 u.se to make any eiTort to thwart them. 



York's Honey Calendar for 1900 is a 16-page pamph- 

 let especially gotten up to create a demand for honey among 

 should-be consumers. The fore part was written by Dr. 

 C. C. Miller, and is devoted to general information concern- 

 ing honey. The latter part consists of recipes for use in 

 cooking and as a medicine. It will be found to be a very 

 elTective helper in working up a home market for honey. 

 We furnish them, post])aid, at these prices : A sample 

 free; 25 copies for 30 cents; SO for 50 cents; 100 for 90 

 cents; 250 for $2.00 ; 500 for *3.S0. For 25 cents extra we 

 will print your name and address on the front page, when 

 ordering 100 or more copies at these prices. 



Belj!;lan Hare Breedln;; is the title of a pamphlet just 

 publislit, containing 10 chapters on " Breeding the Belgian 

 Hare." Price, 2.S cents, postpaid. It covers the subjects of 

 Breeding, Feeding, Houses and Ilutclies, Diseases, Methods 

 of Serving for the Table, etc. It is a practical and helpful 

 treatise for the amateur breeder. (See Mr. Schmidt's article 

 on page ()80.) For sale at the ollice of the American Bee 

 Journal. For fl.lO we will .send the Bee Journal for a year 

 and the 32-pagc pamphlet on "Belgian Hare Breeding." 



" The Hum of the Bees in the Apple-Tree Bloom " is 

 the name of the finest bee-keeper's song -words by Hon. 

 Kugene Secor and music by Dr. C. C. Miller. This is 

 thought by some to be the best bee-song yet written by Mr. 

 Secor and Dr. Miller. It is, indeed, a " hummer." We can 

 furnish a single copy of it postpaid, for 10 cents, or 3 copies 

 for 25 cents. Or, we will mail a half-dozen copies of it for 

 .sending us onf new yearly sub.scription to the American 

 Bee Journal at 11.00. 



The Chicago Convention Picture is a fine one. It is 

 nearly .SxlO inches in size, mounted on lieavy cardboard 

 10x12 inches. It is, we believe, the largest group of bee- 

 keepers ever taken in one picture. It is sent, postpaid, for 

 75 cents ; or we can send the American Bee Journal one 

 year and the picture both forfl.()0. It would be a nice 

 plcttne to frame. We have not counted them, but think 

 there are nearly 200 bee-keepers shown. 



Destroying Queen-Cell.< to prevent swarming is by no 

 means reliable ; still it may be depended upon to some ex- 



Our Wood Binder (or Holder) is made to take all the 

 copies of the American Bee Journal for a year. It is sent 

 by mail for 20 cents. Full directions accompany. The Bee 

 Journals can be inserted as soon as they are received, and 

 thus preserved for future reference. Upon receipt of fl.(X) 

 for your Bee Journal subscription a lull year m advatuc, 

 wc will mail you a Wood Binder free — iif you will uiention it. 



Please send us Names of Bee-Keepers wlu) do not now 

 get the American Bee Journal, and we will send them sam- 

 ple copies. Then you can very likely afterward get their 

 subscriptions, for which work we otTer valuable premiums 

 in nearly every number of this journal. You can aid much 

 by .sending in the names and addres.ses when writing us on 



other matters. 



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Queenie Jeanette is the title of a pretty song in sheet 

 unisic size, written by J. C. Wallenmeyer, a uuisical bee- 

 keeper. The regular price is 40 cents, but to close out the 

 cojiies we have left, we will mail them at 20 cents each, as 

 long as they last. Better order at once, if you want a copy 



of this song. 



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The Premiums offered this week are well worth work- 

 ing for. Look at them. 



