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drone trap. But with the Lacy swarmer 

 there is no outlet for the drones. Those 

 who hare used the metal " drone stopper " 

 (if I may call it by that name) know how 

 much the drones bother and hinder the 

 worker-bees in their work, and stop the 

 "ventilation (in a hot day) to the hive con- 

 taining a large colony of bees. 



I should say that the Lacy device is a 

 better non-swarmer than a swarmhiver. 

 By such an arrangement the bees will be 

 more likely to be crowded into the vacant 

 hive during hot weather, than they are to 

 swarm. But, then, if such a claim is worth 

 anything, why not use a much better and 

 simpler device, and one that can be oper- 

 ated without any perforated metal * Place 

 an empty hive under a full colony, and the 

 bees will gradually work down into it, and 

 no swarm is likely to issue. Increase, how- 

 ever, is not what most bee-keepers desire. 

 Honey is the thing that we are all after. 

 My swarm-hiver is intended to catch a 

 swarm, in case one issues. It is not neces- 

 sary to place a hive to catch the bees — al- 

 most any kind of a box will do. 



Henry Alley. 



Promptness— Wintering Well. 



Doolittle's "Scientific Queen-Rearing" 

 came in just four daj's from the time the 

 money left here. Bees are wintering very 

 well from all appearances, and from what 

 I have seen and heard others say. The 

 ■weather is very warm, and bees are flying 

 almost every day. Wm. Heywood. 



Staflford, N. Y., March 13, 1890. 



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 they are received, as well as to answer all 

 business letters immediately upon their re- 

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starvation, while the rest had from 2 to 20 

 pounds of honey in the hive. My experi- 

 ence the past three winters has been similar 

 to this — the Italians and hybrids died while 

 the blacks wintered all right. I should call 

 my case an exceptional one, were it not for 

 the fact that other bee-keepers in this 

 vicinitj' are having the same experience. 

 The temperature has not been below 30 de- 

 grees in my cellar, and has generally been 

 at 38 or 40 degrees. Can any one give 

 the cause of the trouble ? 



Aked D. EllinctWood. 

 Milan, N. H., March 13, 1890. 



HONEY AND BEESWAX MAEKET. 



Xliat Wide Top-Bar. 



Such an article as Smith & Smith's, on 

 page 186, really needs some comments in 

 order not to lead its readers astray. They 

 have a plain box with about my new style 

 of bottom-board under it, and that is not so 

 bad; they have a T case, with about my 

 old-style of cover on it, and that is not so 

 bad; but their top-bar would make the most 

 unprofitable condition in a brood-chamber, 

 possible. The width of the top-bar is just 

 about the same as the distance combs 

 should be apart from center to center. 

 Now as these top bars do not, and could 

 not, touch each other, and must be sep- 

 arated, they will have the worst lot of 

 drone-comb and brace-combs plugged in 

 between the edges of the top-bars; and I 

 know that here, they would have plenty of 

 brace-combs between the tops of the top- 

 bars and the sruplus receptacles. The only 

 reason I call attention to it, is because I 

 think that it is really too bad for any one 

 to mislead 3'oung and inexperienced bee- 

 keepers. James Heddox. 



Dowagiac, Mich., March 14, 1890. 



'IVIiat Aile«l the Uees ? 



Last fall I put 80 colonies of bees in my 

 bee-house cellar — iO of them were blacks, 

 and the remainder Italians and hybrids. 

 The black bees were in rather better condi- 

 tion to winter, but the Italians had had as 

 good a chance to prepare for winter quar- 

 ters as the blacks. About two mouths ago 

 the hybrids began to die — several colonies 

 died during January, 8 in February, and 

 to-day there are only 4 or 5 of them left — I 

 think that they will go to. Not one of the 

 black colonies is dead. 



I have carefully examined the hives, and 

 find that aViout one halt of them died of 



MILWAUKEE, March 13.— The demand for 

 honey is very ^ood, and the supply is f;iir. We 

 quote: White l-lbs.,12@.13c— an. 1 if alisi.lutely 

 perfect, sometimes 14c.: choicr. \\'iiite '2-lbs., 

 12@12'/iC.; dark 1-lbs., 10@llc.; old 1-lbs., 

 8®9c. Extracted, white, in barrels and half- 

 barrels, 7!.2@8c.; in pails and tin, 8@8i4c. ; 

 dark, in barrels and half-barrels, 8(i56!4c. 

 Beeswax, 22®2.^c. 



A. V. BISHOP, 142 W. Water St. 



DENVER, March 8.— 1-lb. sections, 1.3@15c. ; 

 Extracted, 7@8c. There is sulticient comb 

 honey to supply the market till the new crop 

 arrives. Beeswax. 20@2.5c. 



J. M. CLARK COM. CO., 1517 Blake St. 



BETROIT, March 7.— Comb honey is quoted 

 atll@13c. Supply not large, but sales slow. 

 Extracted, 7@8c. Beeswax, firm at 24fr/t2oc. 

 M. H. HUNT, Bell Branch, lilich. 



KANSAS CITY, March 6.-The demand for 

 houe.v is improviuf? a little, but it is uo better 

 in prices. White 1-lbs., ll@12c. ; white 2-lbs. ; 

 10® lie. ; fall 1-lbs., n@10c. ; 2-lbs., ScaOc. E.\- 

 tracted, white, 7c. : dark, 5@6c. Beeswax, 22c. 

 CLEMONS, CLOON & CO., 



Cor. 4th and Walnut Sts. 



CHICAGO, Mar. 13.— We quote: White clo- 

 ver in active demand and quick sales, on arri- 

 val ; 1-lbs., 13@14c.; 2-lbs., 12@12 1/20. Bass- 

 wood 1-lbs., 12@13c. Buckwheat 1-lbs., 8® 

 Oc. Extracted, 6!.4®7'/4o. Beeswax — bright, 

 25®2ec. ; dark, 23@24c. 



S. T. FISH & CO.. 189 S. Water St. 



CHICAGO, March 6.— Honey is sellins: quite 

 well in a small way, at 12®il3c. for white 1- 

 Ibs., and 10c. for 3-lbs.; dark is slow at s®10c. 

 Receipts are heavier than usual for this sea- 

 son of the year, but all is called for as fast as 

 it arrives. Extracted is dull at 6@8c. Bees- 

 wax, 25c. 



B. A. BURNETT, 161 S. Water St. 



BOSTON. March 23.— Fancy 1-Ibs.. 16c. Any- 

 thing off-grade sells consideral)ly below 16c. 

 The market is bare of fancy, l-lli. white honey. 

 Extracted. 7'/2@8'/4c. No beeswa.x on hand. 

 BLAKE & RIPLEY. 57 Chatham St. 



CINCINNATI. March 7.— Good demand for 

 extracted honey, especially from manufactu- 

 rers at 5@8c. Comb honey. 12®15c. for best. 

 Demand fair. 



Beeswax is "in good demand at 20®25c. for 

 good to choice yellow. C. F. MUTH & SON, 

 Corner Freeman & Central Arcs. 



NEW YORK, March 22.— The market is well 

 stocked with extracted honey. We quote: 

 White clover, basswood and California, 7®7'4 

 per lb. ; Southern, 70®75 cts. per gallon. No 

 demand for comb honey. excc|)t for fancy 

 stock, at from 12(5 l,'!c per lb. Beeswax, 27c. 

 HILDBETH BltOS. & SEGELKEN. 



28-30 Broadway, near Duane St. 





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business Notices* 



llaiKlIin;; Uees. — This is the title of 

 a nice pamphlet containing 28 pages and a 

 cover, just issued by Chas. Dadant & Son. 

 It is a chapter from their book, Langstroth 

 Revised, and is an excellent thing for be- 

 ginners. Price, 8 cents. For sale at this 

 office. 



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13'" Send us one i^EW subscriber, with 

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1^" Red Labels are nice for Pails which 

 hold from 1 to 10 lbs. of honey. Price $1.00 

 per hundred, with name and address printed. 

 Sample free. 



tt^" Calvert's No. 1 Phenol, mentioned in 

 Cheshire's Pamphlet on pages 16 and 17, as 

 a cure for foul lirood, can be procured at 

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I^° Systematic work in the Apiary will 

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For 50 colonics (120 p;iges) $100 



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