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I'llE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



REPLIES by Prominent Apiarists. 



Prevention of After-Swarms. 



Query, No. 67 Briefly stated, what is 



the best method of preventing at ter-swiirms? 

 —J. L. A. 



G. W. Demakee remarks thus : 

 " Put the hive containing the new 

 swarm on the old stand ; move tlie old 

 hive to a new location, and supply the 

 exhausted colony with a virgin queen 

 at least one day old. If the young 

 queen is a lively, smart one, she will 

 take care to destroy all queen-cells." 



Dadant & Son answer as follows : 

 " Tlie best prevention of after-swarms 

 is to prevent swarming." 



Trof. a. J. Cook answers thus: 

 " Cutting out all queen-cells br.t one 

 answers well. Mr. Heddon's plan is 

 also good." 



W. Z. HuTCnrasON remarks thus : 

 " I prefer the Heddon method." 



G. M. DooLiTTLE answers : "Wait 

 8 davs after the prime swarm, has is- 

 sued, at which time (as a rule) the 

 first young queen will be hatched. 

 Now cut off all queen-cells and you 

 have a sure thing of it. In linding a 

 queen-cell open at the end, you have 

 the assurance that one queen is at 

 liberty." 



James Heddon remarks thus: "My 

 plan, as given on page 4-58 of the Bee 

 Journal for 1884, is as follows : Let 

 us suppose that colony No. 14 swarms 

 June 14. With a non-erasive crayon 

 we mark upon the hive, O, June 14, 

 and on the hive in which we put the 

 swarm, S, June 14. Thus, we dis- 

 tinguish the old colony from the 

 swarm at a glance, as we make these 

 marks in large figures. When we hive 

 the swarm (always on full sheets ot 

 wired foundation), we place it close 

 on the north side (our hives front the 

 east) of the old colony, with the en- 

 trance turned northward, away from 

 the old colony, about 4-5'-. As soon as 

 the swarm is well at work, having 

 their location well marked (say two 

 days) we turn the hive around par- 

 allel with the old colony. Now both 

 hives face east, setting side by side, 

 and close together. Sometimes, how- 

 ever, being governed according to the 

 size of the swarm, as compared to the 

 number of bees left in the parent col- 

 ony, we place the newly-hived swarm 

 on the old stand, putting the old col- 

 ony through the process above de- 

 scribed. In fact, we do this most of 

 the time. Now, you will remember, 

 that while each colony recognizes its 

 individual house, they are, at the same 

 time as regards all other colonies in 

 the yard, practically in one location, 

 or on one stand. Now, the dates on 

 the back ends of the hives plainly in- 

 dicate that second swarming will take 

 place in about 8 days. In about 6 or 7 

 days (according to the season or 



weather) after this date on the hives, 

 we remove the old colony to a new lo- 

 cation. As we do this at such time of 

 day as most bees are in the field, this 

 depopulates the old colony, giving the 

 force to the new, leaving too few bees 

 for the young misses to divide, and as 

 they at once recognize this fact, they 

 fight it out on the'line of the 'survival 

 of the fittest.' It may be proper, just 

 here, to say a few words regarding 

 how we manipulate the surplus de- 

 partments of these two hives, as it 

 may have something to do with the 

 object in view. Let us suppose that, 

 at the time of swarming, that the old 

 colony was working in three 28 one- 

 pound section-cases. Suppose the up- 

 per one to be i?^ completed, the middle 

 one about }4, the lower one just start- 

 ed. We will put two (which two, only 

 the minor circumstances in the case 

 can decide) on the swarm when first 

 hived, leaving one, and, sometimes, 

 we get another to put with it, on the 

 old hive. Perhaps this surplus room 

 on the old colony also has a tendency 

 to prevent swarming." 



Convention Notices. 



^^The Bee- Keepers' Association of Cen- 

 tral Illinois will meet at Bloomington, Ills., 

 on July 1.3, 188."3, at 10 a. ra. 



Wm. B. Lawrence, Sec. 



Bees Moving in the Cluster. 



Query, No. 68.— Do bees ever move from 

 the outsiilc to the inside of the cluster, and 

 vice versa, to get food, after they have once 

 clustered for winter? — W. M. 



]Messrs. Dadant & Son reply : 

 " They do not move, but they give 

 honey to one another; i.e., the bees 

 which are near the honey give to 

 those under them, and they pass 

 honey this way to the last bees of the 

 cluster." 



G. W. Demareb says : " I have 

 never at any time examined bees with- 

 out seeing evidence of change of posi- 

 tion of individual bees in the cluster ; 

 but I do not think that this is necessary 

 to obtain food. The food is evidently 

 ' handed around ' by the bees." 



Prof. A. J. Cook answers thus : 

 •' They are constantly on the move." 



G. M. DooLiTTLE replies : " Some 

 seem to suppose they do, but from 

 careful watching I have failed to find 

 anything which would warrant my 

 coming to such a conclusion." 



James Heddon remarks as follows : 

 " 1 am not positive about that, as I 

 have never iLvestigated the matter, 

 but it is claimed that they do, and the 

 claim is a reasonable one. They must 

 either do this or feed one another." 



{3g~ To create Honey Markets In every 

 village, town and city, wide-awake honey 

 producers should get the Leaflets " Why Eat 

 Honey" (only .)0 cents per 100), or else the 

 pamphletson "Honey as Food and Medicine," 

 and scatter them iilentifully, and the result 

 will be a demand for all of their crops at 

 remunerative prices. " Honey as Food and 

 Medicine " are sold at the following prices ; 



Single copy, 5 cts. ; per do/.., 40 cts. ; per 

 hundred, $2.50. Five hundred will be sent 

 postpaid for $10.00; or 1,000 for $15,00. 

 On orders of 100 'ir more, we will print, if 

 desired, on the cover-page, " Presented by," 

 etc. (giving the name and address of the bee- 

 keeper who scatters them). 



8^^ The Mahoning Valley Bee -Keepers' 

 Association, will hold its next meeting at 

 Newton Falls, Ohio, on Thursday, June 5, 

 188.5. E. W. Turner, Sec. 



tS~ The Willamette Valley Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will hold its second meeting at 

 La Fayette, Oregon, on the third Tuesday in 

 June, 1885. All who arc interested are in- 

 vited to attend. E. J. Hadley, Sec. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



OtBce of the American Bee Journal, i 

 Monday, 10 a. m.. May 'J.j, 1885. f 



The following are the latest quota- 

 tions for honey and beeswax received 

 up to this hour : 



CHICAGO. 

 HONR Y.~Demand is light and receipts are also 

 ligtit. Prices range from lo@i5c.forbe8tKradesof 

 comb honey, and for extracted. 5@7c. 

 BEESWAX.— Best grade weak at 28c. 



B. A. BURNITT, 161 South Water Bt. 



BOSTON. 



HONEY.— We quote the foIIowlDg prices : Fancy 



white comb in 1-Ib. sections, 16@18c. : the same in 



2-1 b. sections, 15(ajl«c; fancy white California 2-lb8., 



12{Sj]4c. Extracted weak, 6^«c. Sales very slow. 



BBBSWA.X.-32 cts. per lb. 



Blaee & RIPLEY, 57 Chatham Street. 



NEW YORK. 



HONE Y-Present sales of comb honey are very 

 alow, and owing to the lateness of the season, we 

 do not anticipate any change in prices until the 

 new crop commences to arrive. We quote, at 

 present as follows: Fancy white clover in 1-lb. 

 sections, 14@15c; fair to good white clover in 1-lb. 

 sections, l2®13c: fancy white clover in 2 lb. sec- 

 tions, l3@14c: fair to good white clover in 2-lb. 

 sections, ll@12c; fancy buckwheat in I-lb. sections, 

 9(gJ]()c: fancy buckwheat in 2-lb. sections, 7(a..Sc. 

 Ordinary grades, no sale. Extracted white clover, 

 7(§).'^c: extracted buckwheat. (i(o6Hc. 



BEESWAX-t*rime yellow. 32(&33c. 



McCAUL & Hildketh Bros., 34 Hudson St. 



CINCINNATI. 

 HONEY— There is no newfeature in themarket. 

 Our regular customers only are buyers at present. 

 There is almost no outside demand, and low tig- 

 ures are no inducement. We quote extracted 

 honey from 't%Hc on arrival, and comb at li@12c. 



BEESWAX— Good demand and arrivals plenti- 

 ful. We quote 24@2Hc for good yellow on arrival. 

 C. F. MUTH. Freeman & Central Ave. 



8AN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY— Market very quiet. Choice extracted 

 is the only kind which buyers at present care to 

 purchase in a wholesale way, and there Is little of 

 this sort otfering. No new crop honey has yet ar- 

 rived; none e.xpected for several weeks. While to 

 extra white comb, 8(5iic; dark to good. 4@7c; ex- 

 tracted, choice to extra white, 4J!(^514c; amber 

 colored, 4!4(gJ4?ic. 



BEESWAX— Quotable at 25S62C— wholesale. 



O. B. SMITH & Co., 423 Front Street. 



ST. LOUIS. 

 HONEY — Steady; demand and supply both 

 siuall. Comb, 12®14c per lb., and strained and ex- 

 tracted 5H@Hc. 

 BEESWAX-Flrm at 32®32Kc. for choice. 



W. T. ANDERSON & CO., 104 N. 3d Street 



CLEVELAND. 

 HONEY-Since our last report there has been a 

 little better demand for honey, and some sales 

 have been made at 13H<gil4c for best white honey 

 In 1-lb. sections. Second quality is still very dull 

 at 1 2(0) 1 3c. Extracted is not salable at any price in 

 our market. 

 BEESWAX.- Scarce at 2«@30. 



A. C. Kendel. 116 Ontario Street, 



KANSAS CITY. 

 HONEY— Demand for choice white combing, 

 1 and 2-lb. sections is good, and prices fairly main- 

 tained. Halt pound sections, laMltJC; l-lb, 13(3 

 14c; 2-lb.. KKa 1 Ic. Extnicted slow at r»@7c. \\ e 

 could sell some 1.^-lb. sections of comb honey and 

 a few more nice white l-lb. sections. 

 BBE9WAX-2.)I93UC.. according to quality. 

 CLKMONS.CLOON & Cu., cor. 4th & Walnut. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 

 UONE Y— We quote comb honey in 2 lb. sections 

 t)(9l4c; extracted, fiioc. ., , . 



Geo. w. MEADE 4 CO.. 213 Market. 



