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California Honey. 



N. Levering writes to the Los An- 

 geles Star that parties who are report- 

 ing enormous yields of honey there, 

 this season, are doing so for the pur- 

 pose of running down the price of 

 honey. He adds : 



" The honey crop this season in 

 Southern California will doubtless be a 

 little over the average. The amount of 

 honey that will be thrown upon the 

 market will not exceed that of two 

 years ago, as the great mortality among 

 the bees last season has greatly dimin- 

 ished their nmnbers. ' The harvest is 

 great and the laborers are few.' We 

 would advise bee-keepers to hold for 

 more remunerative prices, where cir- 

 cumstances will permit. The ship- 

 ments that will be made to Europe this 

 season, and the new uses that are 

 being made of honey must certainly 

 increase the demand! It is no longer 

 a doubt that a good quality of sugar 

 can be made from honey, and it will 

 not be long until the demand in this 

 direction will add much to the pecuni- 

 ary interest of the apiary. Apiarists 

 have no reason to be discouraged, but 

 keep up a cheerful Inmi like their little 

 pets, and labor for a higher and broad- 

 er development of this pleasing and 

 interesting science, when a dawning 

 future will amply reward their toils." 



Scovell's Queen Cage. 



In our last issue we mentioned friend 

 Scovell's all-wood queen shipping cage. 

 We now present an engraving, and 

 will more fully describe it. 



It is Ifxll inches, outside, and stands 

 1| inches high. D, represents the 

 sliding cover ; C, the sugar provision ; 

 A, exhibits saw cuts, similar ones being 

 on the opposite side, serving for obser- 

 vation as well as ventilation ; B, shows 

 a saw cut across the bottom, but we 



notice that Mr. Scovell has omitted it 

 in those subsequently sent to this 

 ofHce ; the dotted lines on the bottom 

 indicates the relative size of the augur 

 hole inside, which comes to within i of 

 an inch of the bottom, and forms the 

 cage. 



It is exceedingly neat and strong, 

 and makes a desirable Queen Shipping 

 Cage. They can be obtained at this 

 office in any quantities. 



novice's queen cage. 

 As several have requested us^to give 

 a cut of this queen cage, we have pleas- 



ure in giving it, in this connection. It 

 is also a very neat and convenient 

 cage. It stands one inch high and is 

 about 2 inches square. It is provi- 

 sioned with candy before the wire- 

 cloth top is fastened on. This we also 

 keep for sale. See price list on third 

 page of tliis Journal. 



Coating for Honey Barrels :— M. 

 E. McMaster has sent us a sample of 

 this compound for coating honey bar- 

 rels, &c. He says he has used it in 

 putting up about 5,000 lbs. of honey 

 last season, with the best results, and 

 considers it far superior to beeswax, 

 and in every way equal to paraffine for 

 the purpose mentioned ; wliile it costs 

 9 cts. per lb. less than either of the 

 above. It being of an elastic nature, 

 it will not crack or peel off, and it im- 

 parts no taste or smell to the honey. — 

 He has not been able to discover any 

 objectionable feature in it, and thinks 

 it as wholesome as beeswax or i>ar- 

 afflne. See liis advertisement in the 

 Journal. 



