Prize Honey Boxes and Crates. 



For the convenience of those who 

 wish to have their honey in " the most 

 marketable shape," we have had a lot 

 of these " Prize Boxes" and "Crates" 

 made up, and can send a crate contain- 

 ing 12 honey boxes ready to put on the 

 hives, to any one who intends to make 

 their own, and desire' a correct pattern 

 to work from. Price 75 cents, deliver- 

 ed at any Express office in this city. 



Glass, 5x6 inches, is put on after the 

 boxes are filled with honey, and before 

 packing in the Crate. As " glass " 

 greatly increases the express charges, 

 we do not put it in, unless expressly 

 ordered. Glass 10x12 cut four, and can 

 be procured anywhere at small cost. 



We can also supply these Prize Boxes, 

 ready to nail together, for $10 per 1,000 

 boxes, delivered at any freight depot 

 in the city. Crates, ready to nail to- 

 gether, at $10 per hundred. 



Those who intend to make their 

 honey boxes should get a Barnes saw. 

 It is the handiest thing you can im- 

 agine. Just as we are writing this, the 

 following letter came to hand: 



" Rockton, 111. Dec. 24, 1877. 



One can do anything with a Barnes 

 saw. Every bee-man ought to have 

 one. I would not take $100 for mine if 

 I could not get another. I had 20 colo- 

 nies in the spring, having sold down to 

 that number. I have received from 

 them over a ton of honey, mostly in 

 boxes. I am well pleased with the 

 comb foundation, and send you a frame 

 to show how I fasten it in. 



H. W. CONKLIN." 



We can supply these Saws at manu- 

 facturer's prices. 



Paris Exhibition.— The following 

 letter will explain itself : 



Depaktment ok Agricultuke, \ 

 Washington, Dec. lath, J877. i 

 Bee-Keepers' Association: Gentlemen.— It will 

 give me great pleasure to be of service to your Asso- 

 ciation in malting a proper exhibit in Paris. It is my 

 desire to have such an exhibition of our agricultural 

 productions as will be worthy of the interest and of 

 the country which it will represent. I shall be glad 

 to have the assistance of those engaged in Bee Cul- 

 ture in malting a proper exhibit of that industry. 

 WM. a. LeDue, Goinmissianer. 



1^ An accident to one of the forms 

 of type after it was sent to the press, 

 broke off several letters and mixed up 

 some others. Hereafter The Journal 

 will be printed in our own office, and 

 such " accidents " and " blunders " will 

 be avoided. 



Oldt's Hiving Apparatus. 



Friend Newman,— You say you have a 

 model of Oldt's Hiving Apparatus. Will 

 you please describe it in The Journal?— 

 I, as well as many others, wish to know 

 what it is like. H. K. W. Fabius. 



This apparatus consists ot a pivoted case, 

 containing two inclined planes that run 

 downward from slots in the top of the 

 casing, over which the hives are placed. — 

 One of the inclined planes is pivoted, and is 

 capable of moving upward when the bees, 

 having moved from the hive to the queen 

 yard, changes the centre of gravity of the 

 casing, so that it turns on its pivots. A 

 mica trap-door allows bees to escape from 

 the swarming hive, but does not permit 

 them to re-enter. 



The hive containing the bees about to 

 swarm is placed over one slot, and an 

 empty hive over the other. At that time 

 the casing is balanced by the full hive, 

 leaving the entrance open from it to the 

 queen-yard below. When the bees leave 

 the hive they pass down into the queen- 

 yard, as soon as the swarms leave the 

 casing tops, and the entrance to the empty 

 hive is opened and the other closed. As 

 the queen-yard has projecting glass sides, 

 the queen does not go with the swarm. On 

 the return of the swarm, they will enter the 

 empty hive— from the queen yard — and find- 

 ing the queen there, will go to work. Of 

 course, the bees must be allowed to work 

 through the slots only. 



Friend Oldt has gotten up a very ingenious 

 contrivance that may work well in some 

 cases. Whether it will always do so, and 

 whether it will pay to have enough for a 

 large apiary are problems that time and 

 experience will solve. 



Later.- Friend Oldt informs us that he 

 has dispensed with the lever, — and now the 

 bees may return by the same inclined step 

 that they used when departing. 



i^In reply to G. C. Soden's letter, 

 on page 420 of Dec. N'o., T. J^". Hollett 

 has sent us a long reply, which we have 

 no room to publish in full, stating that 

 the queens he sent Mr. S. were un- 

 warranted 80c queens, and not tested ! 

 He says any one can get prompt 

 redress, by %\Titing him personally, if 

 not satisfied with his dealings. The 

 particulars of a personal controversy 

 are uninteresting to our readers, and in 

 future we shall not publish complaints. 

 When we have positive p7-oo/o/ i«i/air 

 dealing, we shall, of course, state the 

 fact, but we know our readers have no 

 relish for personal controversies. 



