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40th YEAR, 



CHICAGO, ILL,, NOVEMBER 15, 1900, 



No, 46, 



I * Editorial. * p 



Where the Honey was Produced. — 



Eclitdr Kdot siiys in lilcaninffs in Bee-Culture 

 tliat •■ tlie K^reat bulk of the honey this year 

 was proilueed in Colorado and Miehijiran. A 

 eonsideraljle amount was produced in Texas 

 and in some parts of Florida." So far as we 

 are able to learn it seems that the crop Is 

 already pretty well cleaned up thruout the 

 country. It is a good thing to have a bare 

 market for the new crop, as prices can then be 

 maintained more easily. 



The Pan-American Honey-K.\hi))lt. 



— As probably most of oiu- readers know, 

 there is to be held a Pan-American Exposition 

 next year, at Buffalo, N. Y. Judging from 

 the way its managers, and those interested, 

 are taking hold, it will comiiare very favor- 

 ably with the World's Fair held in Chicago in 

 1893. 



Mr, 0, L, Hershiser has been appointed 

 superintendent of the apiarian exhibit to be 

 made liy the State of New York at the Pan- 

 American. It will 1)6 to the interest of all 

 bee-keepers living in that State, who have 

 been so fortunate as to secure any honey the 

 past season suitable for exhibit at the Pan- 

 American, to corresjiond with Mr, Hershiser 

 in order to get the full particulars, so that 

 those who furnish honey will obtain the 

 award their products merit, without expense 

 or loss of any kind to them, Mr, Hershiser's 

 Buffalo address is 11 U6 D. S. Morgan Bldg, 



Mr. Hershiser intends the New York ex- 

 hibit to be iust as fine as he and the bee-keep- 

 ers of that State can make it. This will not 

 be alone tor New York's glory, but for the 

 Ijenefit of apiculture generally. 



It is hoped that other States will also make 

 tine apiarian exhibits at the Pan-American, 

 as such displays promote the interests of bee- 

 keejjers by increasing the uses and consumj)- 

 tion of honey generally, and especially its use 

 as a table food. 



We hope that other States will take up the 

 matter so that the industry of bee-keeping 

 will be represented to the extent which its 

 importance merits. 



It is just possible that the ne.xt meet- 

 ing of the National Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will be held in Buffalo during the time of the 

 Expositi(m, This will be practically certain 

 ]irovided the (irand Army does not hold its 

 meeting next year: this latter, we believe, 

 being contingent upon the railroad companies 

 making satisfaet<»ry rates to Denver. We have 



heard it hinted that if Such rates were not 

 allowed there would be no meeting next year 

 of the U. A, R, Personally, we prefer Denver 

 for holding the National convention, as it 

 never has been held so far west as that point, 

 and it is no more than fair that the Pacific Coast 

 bee-keepers, at least once in a lifetime, should 

 have the convention held as near as 1,000 

 miles. It has often been held in the East, 

 and only recently at Buffalo ; but, of course, 

 if our National convention can not accompany 

 the G, A. R,, the next best thing is to meet 

 where there is a great exposition, which has 

 as a part of it a large apiarian exhibit. 



In all probability it will not be possible to 

 secure as low a rate to Buffalo as the Grand 

 Army usually succeeds in getting for its an- 

 nual encampments. It is likely, however, 

 that if the G, A. R, does not meet next year, a 

 fairly favorable rate will be secured for the 

 National convention sometime during August 

 or September for Buffalo. In the meantime, 

 bee-keepers can only wait until something defi- 

 nite is known as to what the Grand Army will 

 do about its meeting next year. 



The Case of litter vs. Utter, in New- 

 York State, is thus referred to in Gleanings in 

 Bee-Culture for Nov, 1st; 



General Manager Secor is still at work on 

 the ease of Utter vs. Utter. Tlie attorneys in 

 the case. are Messrs. Baker it Merritt. of Go- 

 shen, N, Y., who have been retained to de- 

 fend the bee-keeijer Utter, 



In this connection I am pleased to state that 

 the Rural New-Yorker, one of the very best, 

 cleanest, and most reliable agricultural jjapers 

 publisht in the world, is greatly interested in 

 this case, I have seen a personal letter from 

 the editor of that journal, expressing the hope 

 that bee-kcei)ers would leave no stone un- 

 turned in reversing the absurd decision of the 

 justice of the peace before whom the case was 

 originally tried. 



I have also been informed that some evi- 

 dence, very valuable to the bee-keepers, was 

 sii])](rest by the aforesaid justice. He made 

 much of tile testimony of a certain bpe-kcepn' 

 who averred that bees could bore holes Ihru 

 boardx.amX would therefore puncture fruit! 

 The fruit-grower, .Mr. Utter, testified, as I un- 

 derstand, that the bees ntuiiij his trees and 

 killed them; that they ate up his fruit, etc. 

 Such rank nonsense should be corrected, and 

 I believe it will be by the higher court, where 

 we shall get full ju.stice. 



Our readers will remember that this is the 

 case of a peach-grower against a bee-keeper, 

 which we mentioned nearly two months ago, 

 Mr. Secor had written us also that he was 

 taking care of the case in the interest of the 

 members of the National Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 cialion. All will be interested in the out- 

 come, which can hardly be otherwise than in 

 favor of the bee-keeper. 



Getting Bees to Make Wa.\.— While 

 on this si<le of the globe we are urging the 



use of fotuiilalion so as to save bees the labor 

 and expense of manufacturing wax, in Aus- 

 tralia there is considerable talk about^the be.st 

 means to get bees to make as much wax'as 

 possible. The constant demand for beeswax 

 there, and the low price of honey (sometimes- 

 only 3 cents a pound) are strong factors in the 

 ease. While the same conditions do not pre- 

 vail here, still it may not be out of place to'be- 

 informed in the matter. The September num- 

 ber of the Au.stralasian Bee-Keeper is mainly 

 taken up with the subject. Loyalstone's jdan 

 for securing a large quantity of wax is as fol- 

 lows : 



Instead of using wire in frames I use a small 

 1,4 inch square stick, nailed diagonally, across 

 the middle of the frame. To the top-bar I 

 attach a ' .-inch slarterof foundation, nothing 

 to the iiiiclilh' bar. and find the bees build well 

 in these franicN, thoroly covering the middle 

 bar, which makes the frame very staunch. At 

 extracting-time, after extracting from these 

 frames. I have a large tub alongside me, I 

 cut the hjwer halt of the comb away length- 

 wise from the to])-bar and the middle bar; and 

 at the end of a big day's extracting I have a 

 fair tub full of comb to melt down. I have 

 taken 11 pounds of wax from one colony in a 

 good season by this system, thi> the average 

 rims from .t to 8 pounds per sea.son. The maiiK 

 thing is to give the bees plenty of clustering- 

 room, and my style of hive suits this, Y'ou'. 

 will always find your best honey-gatherers- 

 produce the most wax. You also want a pro- 

 lific breeder, as the more .young bees you have 

 the more wax. 



At the swarming period is the time to give 

 the bees plenty of comb to build. Take the 

 honey from them ripe or unripe (unripe honey 

 you can ripen in your honey-tanks), always 

 remove the sealed brood from the brood- 

 chamber, giving empty frames, or frames- 

 newly extracted, witli half the comb cut 

 away, in tlieir ]ilace. During the swarming- 

 period you should overliaul the hives every 

 five days, and take away all fresh comb, giving- 

 enipty in its place, as this is the time you will 

 get tlie most wax: and if you do not attendl 

 to them properly during this period, it is use- 

 less toi' you to try to rini yoiu- apiary for 

 wax-i)roduction. 



Editor Pender says on this same subject : 



Alternate a few- frames n-ith starters only in 

 every super rei>laced on the hives during a 

 honey-fiow, and cut out these combs after 

 extracting, except about one-quarter of an 

 inch along the top-bar, which is to be left to 

 form a starter, when the frame is replaced in 

 the ?.u])er. By so doing beautiful wax will be 

 secured from new combs. 



Another way, and the one I have adopted, 

 tho it could be combined with the former tc^ 

 greater advantage, and that is, use thick, 

 combs in the supers, and shave down the 

 combs to a reasonable depth w-heu uncapping. 

 This method puts rather more honey thru the 

 unca)iping-can than is desirable, but w-ith 

 large cans for the cap)iings no di.-advantage 

 is felt. All my extra<-ting-.^ui,er> liave fixt- 

 distance closed-end standing frames, and these 

 are spaced \% from center to center, the top 

 and bottom bars are each an inch wide and .5- 

 11) thick. When uncajiping, the comb is 

 sliced down to the edge of the frame, thus 

 ■ giving me a slice off the side-walls of ^^ inch 

 from each fran)e (allow-ing '4-iuch spa.ce be- 



