1898. 



TME AMERICAN BEE-KEEPEB. 



ty sufficient to glut or lower prices in 

 any market 



The great cause of low prices is com- 

 petition, and the law of supply and de- 

 mand. If any person cannot compete 

 with his brother bee-keeper, farmer or 

 otherwise, as to quality, quantity and 

 marketing in the most attractive pack- 

 ages; so the eye is pleased as well as 

 the taste, he had better engage in some 

 other pursuits and keep from grum- 

 bling about the price of honey. 



Sharon Springs, N. Y. 



[We are inclined to believe that a misunrler- 

 standing has resulted from Mr. Shepherd's some- 

 what ambiguous style in training his sareastie 

 guns upon the large dealers. We take it that por- 

 tions of" his article are to be read by contrary. 

 How is it, M. W.?— Ed.] 



A JOI,I,EY CARBER. 



Shade for Hives. 



Wrllteii fur Ike Aiiitricaii Bee-Keeper, 



BY ELVARINO ROSENFIELD. 



§AM a boy fourteen years of age. I 

 have one colony of bees which my 

 father gave me last July. I packed 

 them last fall and they are wintering 

 all right. T have seen them out flying 

 this spring. I will write an article to 

 your paper about shade for bees. Bees 

 need shade, but some do not shade 

 them. But shading is necessary to pre- 

 vent the comb from melting down. 

 Some shade bees by placing a board 

 over the hive but I am not in favor of 

 this because they blow off unless stones 

 are placed upon them, and it makes it 

 look shabby; besides, it is a lot of un- 

 necessary work and trouble to take 

 them off and put them on. They should 

 be shaded by trees. Catalpa trees an- 

 swer the purpose very well. They do 

 not get leaves before late in the spring 

 and drop them after the first frost in 

 the fall. In this way the bees can have 

 sunshine in the fall, winter and spring, 

 when they need it. 

 West Point, Neb. 



Under no circumstances should 

 smoke be used in handling swarms. 

 Careful handling and a sprinkling of 

 water are all that is needed. 



Sketch of Another Contributor's 

 I,ife. 



Written for the American Bee- Keeper. 



BY ED. JOLLEY. 



^jVfT^HEN you asked me to tell some 

 ^'yJAll of the events of my life, and how 

 (£) Gfs J became a bee-keeper, for the 

 American Bee-Keeper, you little knew 

 how difficult a task you had assigned 

 me, for my life has been an uneventful 

 one. The events that have gone to 

 make lasting names, and shed the lus- 



KD. .fOLi.KV. 



ter of fame over the names and lives 

 of others, have never been mine. I 

 have never been good enough to rank 

 as top-notcher for benevolence, nor 

 bad enough to win the name of a 

 criminal. I believe the only thing I 

 deliberately stole was my grand- 

 mother's jackknife, and my father made 

 me take that back. I never was ar- 

 rested, and never had anybody arrested. 

 I never was sued, nor never sued any- 

 body. I was never subpoenaed as a 

 witness for any trial. I never was 



