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That cannot but help liave an uplift- 

 ing etf'ect upon prices there. How 

 much better this is than to ship to 

 Chicago, pay transportation charges, 

 throw in the shipping cases and get 

 13 to 15 cts. per lb. I believe we 

 have not reached the end yet. The 

 production and consumption alike of 

 honey are going to increase and prices 

 rule steadier than they have in the 

 past. 



Judging by the I'eports I get, the 

 prices we receive here vvill be thought 

 low in some places; but from the 

 market reports should say that not 

 many who ship their honey otf to com- 

 mission merchants ever realize that 

 much even though the consumer has 

 to pay more. I get a little better 

 price, by the wajs for the considera- 

 ble quantity which I retail myself. 



"Where to keep honey fumigating. 



The Dec. Api is a splendid issue, 

 but among its good things I was sur- 

 prised to see one advised (p. 180) 

 to keep his honey in a cool place, 

 joined with the statement that the 

 fumes of sulphur will not kill moth 

 worms. If I do not liabitually de- 

 stroy moth worms by brimstoning. it 

 is very strange what does it. I have 

 my honey packed in boxes in the hon- 

 ey house. I do not fill them so full 

 but what I can put a block or two 

 on top the sections and set a ftying 

 pan or similar vessel with a layer of 

 ashes and some coals of fire on them, 

 and far enough below the lid not to 

 burn the wood. I put small brim- 

 stone lumps on the coals, and shut 

 down the lid. I have sometimes de- 

 layed until worms three-foui'ths of an 

 inch long had made their appearance 

 before fumigating, and on examination 

 afterwards found them blackened and 

 shrivelled. I do not generally wait 

 that long however. Moths usuall}' be- 

 gin to hatch in from ten to fourteen 

 days after honey is taken off. To 

 fumigate them and repeat the opera- 

 tion about ten days later always tixed 

 them for me. I keep my honey house 



fairly roasting in hot weather and I 

 attribute the popularity of lU}^ honey 

 near home to that fact. Honey ripens 

 better in such a room than anywhere 

 else. 



Mechcmicsville, III., Jan. 1, 1890. 



Bees locating on a tree— the honey 

 season— a good qvieen, etc., etc. 



D. n. Scott. 



I have just been reading your ex- 

 perience in transferring a swarm of 

 bees from a tree with combs attached. 

 It reminds me of some years ago my 

 father found a swarm on a cherry tree 

 that had been there long enough to 

 ])uild combs ; the centre one was about 

 a foot long. There was brood in all 

 stages, some honey and lots of bees. 

 I transferred them to a frame-hive and 

 they worked finely for two or three 

 weeks, and by that ti me there were more 

 worms than bees. The miller had a 

 fair chance to fill the combs with eggs 

 during the cool nights as the bees 

 contracted to keep themselves warm. 

 A neighbor of mine found a large lot 

 of combs on the corner of a fence in 

 the woods in cold weather, but the 

 bees were gone. 



The honey season was very ()oor 

 with us, making four poor seasons in 

 succession, but our bees are in splen- 

 did condition for winter. 



A good queen. 



The queen you sent me is a dandy, 

 and I take pride in showing her to all 

 beekeepers that come here as I can 

 handle them without smoke or veil. 

 I have raised several queens from her 

 and all but two have become purely 

 mated and it is hard to tell which is 

 the old one. 



Your shipping-and-introducing cage 

 works like a charm as I have used it 

 in several instances without a failure. 



Ovid Centre, N. Y, 



