April 20, 1905. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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(Dpinions -> of 

 Some (Sxpcrts 



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Amount of Comb Surface to Be Capped for Distant 

 Market 



Qoes. 23 — What portion of the surface of a section comb shonht be 

 capped when packing fur distant marketsf 



S. T. Pettit (Ont.)— All, or very nearly so. 



Eugene Secob (Iowa)— At least 95 percent. 



Rev. M. Mahin (Ind.)— All of it, it possible. 



C. P. Dadant (111.)— All of it, in my judgment. 



Jas. a. Stone (111.) — All capped for any market. 



Arthub C. Millek (R. I.) — I do not ship honey. 



L. Stachelhausen (Tex.) — The whole, if possible. 



N. E. France (Wis.) — The more capped the better. 



Mrs. .1. M. Ntol (Mo.)— Practically the whole of it. 



Dr. J. P. H. Brown (Ga.)— I should want it all capped. 



P. H. Elwood (N. T.) — Practically all. If not all, put in lower 

 grade. 



G. M. DoowTTLE (N. T.) — All but the cells bordering on the 

 section. 



Wm. McEvot (Ont.)— All. Ship the very best, every time, to any 

 market. 



Morgan Bros. (S. Dak.)— 99 percent; second grade honey, 85 

 percent. 



3. A. Green (Colo.) — All of it, except possibly the row of cells 

 next the wood. 



C. H. DiBBEBN (111.) — It should be all capped, unless it is a few 

 cells next the wood. 



J. M. Hambauoh (Calif.) — The more capped over the better. The 

 less uncapped the better. 



E. D. TowNSEND (Mich.) — All in Fancy and No. 1, from three- 

 fourths to nearly all in No. 3. Anything less is extracted. 



E. S. L0VE8T (Utah) — The entire surface. It can hardly be 

 classed as first-class unless it is well filled and nicely capped. 



Adrian Getaz (Tenn.) — All but the next row or two of cells 

 adjacent to the wood. If all could be capped it would be still better. 



E. Whitcomb (Nebr.) — All of it. Every cell, if we expect to get 

 a fair price, and not have the combs mussed with leaking when they 

 arrive. 



G. W. Dkmaree (Ky.) — The entire surface of the section should 

 be sealed, though a few open cells at the outer edges may be tolerated 

 without loss. 



0. O. Poppleton (Fla.) — I have supposed that section combs 

 should always be all sealed when packed for any market, either near 

 by or distant. 



Prof. A. J. Cook (Calif.) — If I understand this aright, I should 

 answer, all of it. I would not ship section honey or comb honey that 

 was not wholly capped. 



R. L. Taylor (Mich.) — Practically all of it. An occasional comb 

 might have to the amount of a square inch not capped if it has other 

 excellencies to counterbalance. 



C. Davenport (Minn.) — The more the better. But if comb honey 

 is ripened as it should be before it is shipped, there will be no leakage 

 from any cells that may be unsealed. 



R. C. AiKiN (Colo.) — In general, all but the outside row, but the 

 rule should not be ironclad. Other points being good, a few other 

 cells open in a comb otherwise ^ne should not exclude it. 



E. E. Hasty (Ohio)— All except the outer tier of cells; and better 

 have them filled, and capped, too. A very few empty or uncapped 

 cells need not disqualify except for the highest grade or grades. 



Dr. C. C. Miller (111.) — It may be that no unsealed cells at all 

 should be allowed, if that's the agreement; and an agreement might 

 be made for sections with one-fourth of the cells unsealed. Of course 

 the price should vary accordingly. 



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The Bees Against Spraying Fruit-Trees 

 While in Bloom 



BY GRANT STANLEY. 



A PETITION. 



To Solicit the Sympathy of all Fruit-Growers and Rural 

 People Everywhere, We, the Bees, Make this Our Most 

 Humble Petition : 



We believe we know you much better than you think we 

 do— we know you much better than you know us. We play 

 a very important part in Nature's laws. Yes, we are afraid 

 much more than you care to take time to think. We have a 

 great mission in the poUenizing of fruit-bloom alone. 



There is scarcely a fruit-grower or rural citizen that 

 does not understand the poUenization of fruit-bloom ; they 

 also know that the wind is a great agency in pollenizing 

 fruit, but, do you know, dear people, that if no wind is blow- 

 ing at all while the trees are in full bloom, the wind could 

 not be counted upon to do much distribution of pollen, 

 while the less wind there is the more we come forth to com- 

 plete this poUenization, not only making it thoroughly 

 effective, but at the same time gathering this otherwise 

 wasted sweetness for our little ones ? 



The people who are acquainted with us most are our 

 best friends. A great many large fruit-growers keep many 

 colonies of us on their lands to pollenize their fruit. A 

 great many people do not like us on account of our sting. 

 Now you know that all living creatures are provided with 

 some weapon of defense, and if we were not provided with 

 the sting we would have become extinct centuries ago. 



It is also our mission during our short stay here (and it 

 is short, only about 38 or 40 days during the honey season) 

 to gather this wasted sweetness for the benefit of mankind. 

 You know the Bible says, " Eat thou honey because it is 

 good." Where is the child that does not like honey, or, in 

 fact, the grown-up ? And well they may like it ; it is the 

 greatest sweet known to man, much superior to the best 

 sugar, from the fact that honey is a pre-digested food and 

 requires no work of the digestive organs before it can be 

 taken up by the body. , , , . ,j 



In this age of adulteration the woman of the household, 

 if she be prudent, will see that our product graces her table. 

 Honey is used in large quantities for the compounding of 

 medicines ; it also has many other uses, and if honey were 

 used in pastry instead of so much sugar, we would hear less 

 cry about indigestion. . 



We have a very sad tale to tell you, and a tale that is ot 

 great importance to you as well as to us. Thoughtless and 

 indifferent people are spraying their trees while in full 

 bloom, and few of you indeed know the injury inflicied 

 upon us as a result. Do you know that about the time of 

 fruit-bloom is a time when we can ill afford to lose any of 

 our family ? We have been quietly reposing in our homes 

 all winter, many having passed away, and now during 

 fruit-bloom we rush forth with our ambitions keyed to the 

 highest pitch in an effort to provide food for our babies and 

 replenish our stores consumed by our long repose. This 

 food is about all used to feed our little ones, which are com- 

 ing into this world of action by the thousands daily, and 

 consequently the food we get from fruit-bloom is of vital 

 importance in order to bring our colony up to a degree that 

 we can secure a surplus for you. 



Fruit-growers and men who have investigated this 

 question thoroughly, now claim that it is very wrong to 

 spray fruit-trees while in full bloom, claiming that equally 

 as good if not better results can be obtained by spraying 

 the trees /«i/ be/ore the buds open and again when the petals 

 of the blossoms begin to drop, as by this time other flowers 

 have sprung forth and we have gone to visit them. Spray- 

 ing at this time will also be found most effective against 

 that greatest enemy of the apple — the codling-moth. 



Some States have laws prohibiting the spraying of 

 fruit-trees while in full bloom, and the object of this letter, 



