Feb. 2, 190S. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



91 



pound, even if it does not weigh it, is not 

 right, and I will always say so. I think it 

 does injustice to all bee-keepers. 



I sold 23 pounds of extracted honey to a 

 family formerly living at Milwaukee. They 

 had to pay 14 cents per pound there. I think 

 some dealers take too large a profit. 



I read Mr. Bartz' article on honest weight 

 with great interest, but when I read Mr. 

 Hasty's '• Afterthought "—about Mr. Bartz 

 with his n ounces — it made me so angry I 

 thought I would never read Hasty's " After- 

 thought " again. 



A question arose in the Wisconsin State As- 

 sociation, "Shall we encourage farmers to 

 keep bees?" It was answered, 'No, they 

 spoil the honey market", and every bee- 

 keeper ought to keep less bees so as to in- 

 crease the price of honey. When one kind of 

 grain or one kind of cattle, etc., becomes too 

 cheap, the farmers sow or raise less of that 

 kind. 



I always got 10 cents per pound for my ex- 

 tracted honey, but for the last year-and-a-hal£ 

 I sell it at 8 cents because a farmer sold his 

 extracted for that price. I sold 1,000 pounds 

 or more last year and most of this to farmers, 

 but if all farmers kept bees, should we sell 

 this honey to dealers for 6 cents per pound ? 



I got about 85 pounds of comb honey per 

 colony, spring count, last season. I have all 

 my bees in 10-frame hives. 



Wm. Duescher. 



Brown Co., Wis., Jan. 11. 



Winter Confinement of Bees. 



I have 33 colonies of bees, and have worked 

 to prevent swarming, succeeding pretty well. 

 I work for both comb and extracted honey. 



I have wintered bees in the cellar for the 

 past 25 years, and they always come through 

 good and strong. I do not believe taking 

 them out early does them any good, and I 



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