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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Comb Honey— Honey House. 



HiokniaiK Ky., Any. 12, 1877.— "W. J. An- 

 BKEWS, Esq.: Dear Sir— As you are ao 

 kind to fiivc iiifonnatioii to youtlu'in road- 

 ers of our dear old A. B. ■!.. 1 thouulit to ask 

 you for sonu' lij;lit about building a store- 

 house for liouey. My nutans are very small. 

 I have kept bees in a small way for pleas- 

 iire and profit, for 4 years successively, but 

 haviiifi lost my regular occupation as 

 cabinetnmker, by tire, bees are now my sole 

 support. I started this spring with 1<5. and 

 liave now 31 stands. I have up to this time 

 extracted my honey every year; but was 

 advised by Mr. Muth to raise comb honey 

 in small frames, etc. My trouble is to keep 

 it from insects, particularly the moth, 

 thoufih I never lost any bees by it. Will 

 you fiive me some advice? 1 do not intend 

 to keep more than about (M) stands. Which 

 is cheapest, a frame buil(lin<;- with weather- 

 beading, etc., or one of brick, the same laid 

 in the most economical way? Coui(rthe 

 former be made })erfectly moth proof ? In 

 answering the above questions you will 

 oblige." GusTAV Iliscii. 



[ We agree with friend Muth in his advice 

 to you to raise comb honey. We have paid 

 friend Muth several visits, and he has 

 thoroughly convinced us that Southern bee- 

 keepers must raise comb honey, in order to 

 receive proper compensation. We think 

 our poplar honey far superior in flavor to 

 the white clover, yet our market is north of 

 lis, and they want either comb or very light 

 honey. The* latter I am quite certain we 

 cannot get to compare with that gathered 

 North. 



"We are not able to give you much advice 

 in the construction of a honey house. A 

 frame one we think would certainly be the 

 cheapest. Ours is a frame building. Will 

 not some of the readers of the Journal, 

 who have some experience with honey 

 houses, give the information desired?— w^ 



J. A.] 



^^ We presented the Rev. M. Mahin, of 

 Logans])ort, Ind., with a queen, aiul in a 

 note to us he says: "I never saw purer Ital- 

 ian bees anywhere. I am delighted with 

 them." This queen was i)resented for the 

 best article in the Bee World. \\e will 

 make a similar jiresent for the best article 

 written for this department of The Ameri- 

 can Bee Journai,, between this and the 

 January number. The editor to make the 

 decision. w. j. A. 



Nixburg, Ala.. July '24, 1877.— "W. J. An- 

 prews: ]SIy bees have done remarkably 

 well this sea'son. Begun in the spring with 

 8 stands; increased by natural swarming to 

 17; have taken over 500 fts. of the nicest 

 box honey, leaving more than that in lower 

 part of hive for winter stores and rearing of 

 brood. If I only had an extractor 1 could 

 have taken at least Ij-OOO lbs. I fear that 



they are so crowded with honey that they 

 are'not rearing brood enougli. Without an 

 extractor what is to be done in such cases? 

 Please accept thanks for the queen; you are 

 very, very kind." Kate Graysen. 



[In the absence of an extractor, remove 

 some of your full frames of honey from the 

 brood chamber, and replace them with 

 empty frames, and compel them to build 

 comb.— w. .T. A.l 



^^W Miss Anna Saunders writes us, on 

 Aug. 12, 1877: 



"The golden-rod commenced blooming on 

 th(yls't inst. Hope it will yield some honey 



this season. It is very abundant here 



If there is anything in my letters you think 

 fit for the Journal, you can nuike use of 

 it. I will write especially for it when pos- 

 sible." 



Thanks, Miss Anna, for the permission. 

 We always find something useful in your 

 letters, and shall gladly avail ourselves of 

 your kind offer. w. j. A. 



^oreigtx ^otcs^ 



GLEANED BY FBANK BENTON. 



It is astonishing how many periodicals 

 and works treating on bee-culture have ap- 

 peared within the last 5 years, in the Italian 

 language. 



In France and Bavaria, the early part of 

 the season was very unfavorable for bees. 

 Cold winds and rains prevailed. The later 

 months have partially repaired the loss. 

 The yield of honey has not been great, but 

 there' have been many swarms. 



Russia.— Bee-culture is receiving much 

 more attention than formerly in Northern 

 Russia. Through tlie influence of an ex- 

 tensive real-estate owner in Wladimir- 

 Wolynsk, the plan of forming a stock com- 

 pany for the culture of bees, has received 

 such encouragement that it Avill, without 

 doubt, be carried into effect. 



A Centenarian.— i^'ylpicuZfeitr says: 

 "Toward the close of June there was held 

 at Nancy, the celebration of the centennial 

 birthday amiiversary of Mathieu Dombasle, 

 one of our famous agrieuitiirists. Certain 

 apiculturists i)rohtted by the occasion to 

 press the hand of this patriarch of French 

 observers." 



At the 31st exhibition and convention of 

 the Society for the Elevation of Bee-Culture 

 in Bohemia, held in Tetschen. Herr Edward 

 Cori, Director of Chancellory, Bruex, was 

 offered, on his Cyprian bees, the first pre- 

 mium consisting of a silver medal awarded 

 by the State. The gentleman declined the 

 medal, however, as he had previously re- 

 ceived the sanu^ honor. It was then award- 

 ed to llerrn P. Franz Goerner, of Politz, for 

 Cyprian bees. The first premium given by 

 the Society, a silver medal, was awarded to 

 Ilerrn Adolf llautl'e, of Tetschen; also for 

 Cyprian bees. 



