1907.] 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



203 



THE BEE-KEEPING WORLD 



Stall Contributors: F. Creiner, Adrian Ceiaz 

 Conlribulions'le this department are solicited Irom all quarters oi the earth 



GERMANY. 

 Fruit, Bloom, Honey, Etc. 



In a report, Rev. Graebener of Ba- 

 den, Germany, says that the fruit 

 furnished him quite a little honey 

 this year, some colonies gaining 8 1-2 

 lbs. per day. He pronounces this 

 honey of the best quality and flavor, 

 satisfying even the most exacting epi- 

 cure. He always has a hive of bees 

 on scales. One colony, having cast 

 a swarm the day previous, gained six 

 pounds and he concludes that swarm- 

 ing does not always lessen the honey- 

 crop. He does not favor dequeen- 

 ing or caging queens for the purpose 

 of increasing the honey crop. His 

 experience is that medium strong col- 

 onies in normal condition give the best 

 results. — Leipz. Bztg. 



but the sealingwax of the present day 

 was not thought of till after the above 

 named year when by accident (a fire) 

 the combination of shellac, resin and 

 Venetian red was discovered by F. 

 Rousseau, of Paris. Since then this 

 mixture has been used for seals and 

 sealing bottles, etc. — Allg. Ztg. f. 

 Bzcht. 



N. Ludwig, Biever, Germany, prac- 

 tices the following method to renew 

 queens: He cages the queen. At the 

 same time he inserts a ripe queen 

 cell. He says that the bees do not 

 become uneasy as in case of removing 

 the queen and do not destroy the cell 

 given. After a few days the caged 

 queen is removed. The young queen 

 mates very quickly. 



An international bee-keepers' con- 

 gress will not be a success, thinks P. 

 Neumann, on account of the great 

 cost to the individual bee-keeper who 

 would like to attend, and this is prob- 

 ably so. 



When extracting, the honey will 

 come out of the combs cleaner if the 

 extractor is turned in the opoosite 

 direction a few rounds, says the Leipz. 

 Bztg. 



A movement is on foot in Germany 

 to raise a fund for a Dzierzon monu- 

 ment. So far the contributions have 

 come in very sparingly. 



Up to the year 1625 besswax was 

 used for seals, although a substitute 

 had already worked its way into favor; 



Ferdmand Dickel is convinced that 

 "clipping" is the thing for him. It 

 has saved him (and it saves us) many 

 a swarm. He discovered that the 

 holding of the queens while clipping 

 had the efifect that they were balled 

 and killed some times; (Die Beine) 

 (to hold a queen while clipping is only 

 necessary with nervous acting bees). 



The white "scum" which forms on 

 the surface of extracted honey con- 

 sists of little air cells surrounded by a 

 thin covering of honey. — A. Kaiser 

 in Bztg. 



Honey may be considered ripe, says 

 Dickel, in Die Biene ,when it does not 

 run out of the comb when the latter is 

 held horizontally for two minutes; this 

 refers to combs which were not seal- 

 ed by the bees. Sealed honey must 

 be considered ripe but is not always 

 so. 



If extracted honey is exposed to the 

 rays of the sun (covered by netting) 

 for three days scum will not form af- 

 ter if said honey is then drawn off in- 

 to retail packages. — Dickel. 



A good, well served straw'hive, bell- 

 shaped, is oflfered by the dealers at 

 just one dollar. 



Rev. Burghardt holds, that it is a 

 great advantage to the bees to have 

 access to an artificial watering place 

 though there may be brooks or ponds 

 in the vicinity, for he says, many 

 bees will find an untimely death in 

 the water by being blown into it by 

 the winds. — Phaelz. Bztg. 



