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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



one word in favor of tlie modern way of 

 transferrins bees, l)rouglit abont by Mr. 

 Heddon, and seeniiiiyly berated by Sir. O. 

 Clute and others. I liave practiced it 

 ever since I saw it in the Bee Journal. 

 I transferred some 47 colonies this season, 

 and last season abont as many, and 1 

 never liad suoli a case as mentioned by 

 Mr. Clute ami others. I would transfer no 

 other way. It may be that as Mr. Clute 

 is nearer the Arctic regions than this lati- 

 tude, it may have something to do with it ; 

 though there is not such a great difference. 



Bees Doing Well.— Geo. E. Hilton, 

 T'remont,*© Mich., on July 7, lSS-5, 

 writes : 



Bees are doing remarkably well consid- 

 ering the cool weatlier. On Slonday. June 

 29. from 4 colonies I extracted 03," .5ti, .57 

 and 4(j pounds respectively, and .50, .58, 43 

 and 4(i pounds yesterday, one week later. 

 1 have one colony that has stored 100 

 pounds of comb honey. I attribute their 

 strength to tlie good double-walled hive 

 which I use, and which protects them 

 from the cold changes in spring. 



Making Comb Foiuulation.— A cor- 

 respondent asks the following ques- 

 tion : 



Will Mr. Heddon please tell how to 

 make a dipping-board for making wax 

 sheets for comb foundation? Also the best 

 way to dip them so as to have the sheets 

 all of one thickness ? 



[I use the Given press, and make sheets 

 L. size. I made a dipping-boiler as long as 

 my h. sheets, i. e., IdH, with handy room 

 to spare, say 20 inches long. Tlie tank is 

 about 15 inches deep, and 8 inches wide, 

 with a strainer-division, on one side of 

 which the wax runs in, and the other we 

 dip. My dipping-board is made of "clear 

 stuff," carefully smoothed, about % thick, 

 16J^ wide, and 30 inches long— pine pre- 

 ferred. I bring both edges, and one end 

 of the board to an edge. Be careful to 

 keep it reasonably sharp, and not strike it 

 against anything. I soak the board in 

 water over night before using. 1 dip it 

 into the wax, sharp end down, holding the 

 other end. I dip down about 3 inches 

 fm-ther than I wish the width of the sheet; 

 and, if dii)iiing for brood foundation, I 

 make a double motion, giving the upper 

 part a double <lip. Before these sheets go 

 to the Given press, 3 inches of the thinner 

 edge is cut off, and returned to the boiler. 

 The edges on the board causes the sheets to 

 separate, and without leaving any surjilus 

 strip. I have tried revolving boards and 

 other devices, but the one above described 

 works quickly and cleanly, and my sheets 

 are so even that none can tell which is up- 

 side or downside of them.— J as. Heddon.] 



Donble-Walled Hives, Bee-Stings, 

 etc. — E. M. Coombs, iSIemphis,9Ind., 

 on July 9, 18.S5, writes : 



The Bee Joirnal is much improved 

 by the addition of the"(iuery Depart- 

 ment," as the answers by Messrs. Heddon, 

 Doolittle, Miller, Tinker and others are so 

 nearly alike that a novice in bee-keeping 

 can safely rely on their decisions. This 

 is the poorest for the past four years for 

 surplus honey. Last winter I lost 14 col- 

 onies out of 32, by starvation with plenty 

 of honey in the liives. I came to the con- 

 clusion that packing in double-walled 



hives was not essential, thus the loss. To 

 those who get stings, I would say, squeeze 

 the skin and get out a drop of blood and 

 water ; this will lessen the swelling very 

 much, as 1 thus take out about % of the 

 poison. I resort to this method every time 

 that I get stung, and I have done .so for 3 

 or 4 years, and never fail when 1 get a 

 drop of blood or water from the pujicture. 



Bees and White Clover.— Elias Fox, 

 ]lillsboiough,*o Wis., on July 8, 1885, 

 says: 



I have read the statements in the Bee 

 Journal about the litigation now pending 

 to procure damage done to a flock of sheep 

 by bees, while the latter were harmlessly 

 gathering nature's i)roduct from the bloom 

 of white clover, and at the same time fer- 

 tilizing the flowers. I have also read the 

 suggestions in regard to the organization 

 of a protective association, which 1 eer- 

 taiuly favor. My opinion is, that by the 

 time this man proves that Mr. Freeborn's 

 or any other man's bees did his sheep 

 damage, he will be far short of what he 

 calls tor, and he surely ought to be. Malice 

 is a great ruler. 



Insurance.- Chas. Follett, Osage, 5 

 Iowa, makes this motion : 



As we are now forming a Protective 

 Union, 1 would move to make it also an 

 "Insurance Mutual Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation," on the assessment plan ; that 

 each member be assessed on the number 

 of colonies on hand on the first of June of 

 each year ; that each one reports his honey 

 crop in September, in orilerto take advan- 

 tage of that knowledge for marketing our 

 crops. I want to hear from all on this 

 suggestion. It can just as well be added 

 to the defense organization, and be all 

 under one management. 



[This is a wide field. We were ap- 

 pointed a committee (by the North Ameri- 

 can Bee-Keepers' Society), .5 years ago, to 

 report on the advisability of forming an 

 Insurance .Society for bee-kee])ers. We 

 formulated a code of by-laws, but fearing 

 it might be too much of an organization, 

 we never dared to report on it. However, 

 as we are now at the society-making work 

 it might be well to discuss it. Then, if 

 it should be deemed desirable to add such 

 a Department to the Bee-Keepers' Union, 

 the Advisory Board can act on the sugges- 

 tion advisedly.— Ed.] 



Best Honey Season for 12 Years. — 



Henry Alley, Wenham, 6 Mass., on 

 July 9, 1880, writes : 



Our bees usually cease work about July 

 1st ; it is now July !)th, and they continue 

 to gather honey from white clover, which 

 is kejjt in bloom by frequent showers. 

 This is the best honey season that we 

 have had for over 13 years. 



Bees Benefit Farmers.- 0. M. Hol- 

 lingsworth, Winnebago, 5 His., on 

 July 8, 1885, writes : 



Let bee-keepers not make the mistake 

 of condemning those who complain of 

 bees as trespassers, on the ground of 

 selfishness. If bees really do more harm 

 than good to the orchards, pasture fields, 

 etc., that they visit, such per-sons are in 

 the right. But there is abundant evidence 

 that the benefits which bees confer in 

 fertilizing and cross-fertilizing plants far 

 out-weighs any damage they ordinarily 

 do. And it is on this ground that the law 

 ought to sustain, and, I think, will sustain 

 the apiari.st ; except where bees are so 

 kept as to make them a nuisance in other 

 ways. 



Local Convention Directory. 



1885. Time andvUiceof MeeU/ng. 



July IS.— Marshall Co., at MarBhalltown, Iowa. 



J. W. Sanders, Sec. 



July 25.— Union, at Stewart. Iowa. 



M. E. Darby, Sec, Dexter, Iowa. 



Dec. 8-10.— Mlchifran State, at Detroit. Mich. 



H. D. Cutting, Sec, (Clinton, Mich. 



t^^ In order to have this table complete. Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward full particulars of 

 time and place of future meetinffs.- El). 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



Oflace of the American Bee Journal, i 

 Monday, 10 a. m., July i:i, 1885. f 



The following are the latest quota- 

 tions for honey and beeswax received 

 up to this hour : 



CHICAGO. 



HONEY.—Demand is light and receipts are also 

 light. Prices rantre from ]<i(_'^l5c.for bestpradesoif 

 comb honey, and for e.vtracted, 5{fj)7c. 



BBESWAX-2;;®25c 



R. A. BORNKTT. 161 South Water St. 



BOSTON. 



HONEY.— We quote the followinK prices : Fancy 

 white comb in l-lb. sections, Ib'(jjjl8c. : the same in 

 2-Ib. sections, ITiCJlfic; fancy white California 2-lb8., 

 12@14c. Extracted wealt, 6<(jisc. Sales very slow. 



BEESWAX. -a2 cts. per lb. 



Blaee a Kiplet, 57 Chatham Street. 



NEW YORK. 



HONEY^— Wequote: Fancy white clover in 1-lh 

 sections, 14@15c: fair to good white clover in l-lb. 

 sections. 12@iac; fancy white clover in 2-lb. sec- 

 tions, 13(g;14c: fair to good white clover in 2-lb. 

 sections, II® 12c; fancy buckwheat in 1-Ib. sections, 

 y@IOc; fancy bucliwheat in 2-lb. sections. 7®8c. 

 Ordinary grades, no sale. Extracted white clover, 

 7(§(8c: extracted buckwheat, tJ(A(.!^sc. 



BEESWAX — l*rime yellow. 26fe2Stc. 



MCCAITL & HiLDltETH BKOS., 34 HudSOD St. 



CINCINNATI. 



HONEY— There is no change whatever in the 

 market, which has been without life for some 

 time. We have a good class of regular customers 

 who use considerable honey, while outsiders can 

 hardly be induced to purchase. We quote extrac- 

 ted at 4^0iHc.and comb honey at i)®H'c. on arrival. 



BEES WAX- Demand is good and it brings 23@28 

 on arrival, for good yellow. 



C. F. MUTH. Freeman & Central Ave. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY— The market is quiet, there being no 

 shipping demand and not much local trade. There 

 are receipts of both old and new. One lot of 20o 

 cases of old extracted arrived from San Jose. 

 White to extra white comb, 7(S(tic: dark to good, 

 4@6c: extracted, choice to extra white, 43i®5Ji ; 

 amber colored, 4(r;.44;. 



BEESWA,X-yu<.tKble at 24(a25c— wholesale. 

 O. B. S.-mTH & Co., 423 Front Street. 



Cl.BIVEl.AND. 



HONEY— Is very dull just now during strawberry 

 time, and although we hold at I4®ir,c per lb. beat 

 white l-lb. sections, it Is merely nominal, as there 

 are no transactions. As soon as our people have 

 satistled their craving for acid fruits, they take 

 very kindly to nice wtiite honey, and we may look 

 with contldencc to a good demand in July, August 

 and September. 



BKBSWAX.-Scarce at 28@30. 



A. C. KBNDEL. 115 Ontario Street. 



KANSAS CITY. 



HONE Y— Small lots of new honey are beginning 

 to come in. and fancy new comb brings a slight 

 advance in tlio following prices : ('hoice JiJ-lb. 

 sections. ir)(ii(U>c: l-lb.. 13((014c: 2-lb.. lof.tirjc. Ex- 

 tracted, new Southern, 5H&6C: California, 7c: new 

 white clover, 8C. 



BEBSWAX-Weak at 25@30c. 



CLKMON8.CLOON & CO., cor. 4th & Walnut. 



IS^ The Marshall Tounty Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will meet at the Court House in 

 Marshalltown, Iowa, on July 18, 188,j, at 

 10.:!(i a. in. Subjects : " Care of Honey." 

 '• Fall Management." All are invited. 



J. W. Sanders, Sec. 



