THE AMERICAN APIGULTURIST. 



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A stroiiii colony when operaU'd on in this 

 \v;iy will spread out. :ill ovi-r the sides of 

 the case and one fcids th:it he has \i,ot a 

 muss of no ordinary niagnilude on his 

 hands. Sneii an ananiieinent exposes a 

 colony to rol)l)er bees when nnini[)uhiting 

 ir, in away that no otiier sort of hive can 

 imitate. When yon remove one sectional 

 part of tlie hive yon Inive three full open- 

 ings exposed to tlu; rol)l)ers against one 

 wlien liMiidliny,- the single l)food-chand)er 

 hive. When I have a p<)piih)us colony in 

 one of these doul)le bi-ood-chamber hives 

 I feel that the least risk is just to let it 

 severely alone as 1 would an old-styled 

 l)ox-hive; for if yon go to pulling it apart 

 it will remind you of the old woman's 

 clock wheels; there will l)e enouj^h toees 

 to lill two or three hives before you are 

 done with it. 



The claim that the close-fltting end-bars 

 of the frames are never {I'lied i)y the bees 

 is a statement only betittin<>: a patent bee- 

 gum man. The bees will "squirt" propolis 

 between the joints till the sticky frames 

 are unendurable when handling them in 

 the hot sun. J5iU after all the complica- 

 tions are sutlered ami endured the practi- 

 cal part pans out liaclly and you gain noth- 

 ing in way of suri)lus honey to pay for the 

 extra fuss. 



Introducing queens. 



My advice to beginners in bee culture is 

 not to be carrietl away by the direct meth- 

 od of introducing queens. The idea that 

 one queen can be removed and another 

 slip|)ed into her place without the bees 

 recognizing tiie chanue is visionary in the 

 extreme. Tlie safest way is to cajie the 

 queen and depend on your own judgment 

 and own intelligence. This is simply 

 business. 



Christiansbnrg, Kij. 



A Grand Food Exhibition. 



J. II. Martin. 



I wish to call attention to a food exhi- 

 bition to be hekl in Albany, New York, 

 Sept. 10-1"). This exhibition is held under 

 the auspices of the " Retail Merchants 

 Association " of the state of N. Y., and kvas 

 originally to i)e confined to producers of 

 food ill our own state ; but the fact of sucli 

 an exhibition becoming widely known to 

 the country, it has excited the interest of 

 producers, packers, dealers in canned, 

 preserved, and bottled goods in all parts 

 of the country, and it will be an exliil)i- 

 tion of national importance. Tlie salmon 

 packers and mine producers of California 

 will have large exhibits. There will also 



be interesting exhibits from Maine and 

 from various |)ortions of tlie South. 



It is intended as a grand educating and 

 advertising nu'diuin. Thousands of retail 

 grocers and merchants from every portion 

 of our own state, as well as from other 

 states, will atteiicl; not from idle curiosity 

 but lor tlie purpose of enhancing their own 

 interests. 



In view of tlie extensive and interesting 

 features of the exhibition, it seems to the 

 writer of this that producers of honey 

 would be greatly benefited by nudciiig a 

 line display. 



We frequently look over the yearly 

 statistics of honey production, and feel 

 that our industry will compare favorably 

 with many other substantial industries. 

 But while other products are pushed npon 

 the markets by every conceival)le adver- 

 tising device, the products of the hive are 

 in many instances set back on the obscure 

 shelves of a grocery store, and are only 

 occasionally called for. 



At our state and county fairs, bread and 

 butter, cheese and potatoes, have a more 

 prominent exhibit than honey. Is it be- 

 cause there is less enterprise among honey 

 producers than in any other industry? Or 

 is it because there is less demand for his 

 products? If there is less demand, would 

 not more enterprise in putting it before 

 the public create a demand? And what 

 place could be more fitting to instruct and 

 create such demand than in a gathering 

 where the producer, retailer and con- 

 sumer meet to consider the value and learn 

 the methods of preparing the food they 

 consume? 



The lirst real enterprising move made 

 by honey producers was inaugurated in 

 January at Utica, N. Y., in the organiza- 

 tion of the '•Honey Producers' Exchange." 

 This should now be supplemented by a 

 grand educational exliibit in Albany. 

 An extensive exhibit of food, with honey 

 left out, would certainly demonstrate that 

 beekeepers have but little enterprise. 

 Persons desiring more information will 

 receive a bulletin ii[)on application to the 

 writer, who vvonld be pleased to corres- 

 pond with all interested. 



Hartford, N. Y., May 28, 1S88. 



Cellar Wintering. 



H. S. Evans. 



TiiK writer has been handling bees more 

 or less since the year 1871, and has been 

 a subscriber to tlie "Am. Hee .lounial" for 

 fifteen years. First bought five stocks in 

 box-hives, then used the Thomas Patent 



