1870.] 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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" 2d. A food that costs nothing and is always 

 at hand, by the use of which the hxrgest swarm 

 of bees can be well wintered and not consume Jive 

 founds of lioney. 



"od. A costless substitute for bee-bread, for 

 want of which whole swarms frequently perish, 

 while the hive is full of honey. 



"4th. A prevention of drone bees, which eat 

 not less than 25 lbs. per swarm, each season, and 

 is, therefore, so much thrown away. 



"5th. A place or situati-on for bees, both sum- 

 mer and winter, by which bee cholera and other 

 destructive diseases are generally avoided. 



"6th. A bait for millers, also costless, which 

 atfi-acts aiid destroys this pest of the apiary. 



"This discovery is the result of the one hun- 

 dredth experiment of Mr. Twinino-, and is worth 

 more than iioice the price of the Right.'"' 



Now we will give you the great secrets, in the 

 order as above : 



1st. " Smoke the bees well ; close the hive and 

 drum on it a few minutes. Then rub urine on 

 your hands and face ; open the hive ; put your 

 hands over your face, and your face down close 

 to the bees, and blow on the bees through your 

 fingers. 



2d. " Urine evaporated in the sun about two 

 weeks in an oak trough. 



od. " Ground chess. 



4th. " Cut out the drone-comb. 



5th. "Keep your bees on the north side of 

 buildings, out of the hot sun in the summer, and 

 where there is no foul air. 



Gth. " Whey off thick milk cheese." 



Now this charlatan of a beemau will soon in- 

 fest other sections of the country. For a com- 

 plete remedy, apply to Prof. Jared P. Kirtland, 

 Cleveland, Ohio, or to the undersigned. 



Noah CAiiERON. 



Lawrence, Kansas, Oct. 28, 1870. 



[For the American Bee Journal.] 



Something on Hives. 



Last year I made and used four Price's hives, 

 as described in the Journal Vol. IV., page 87, and 

 I like them so well that I have increased the 

 number to twenty-four. Many persons have 

 been at my apiary to see this Price hive, and 

 after seeing me handle the bees and the hive, 

 and I ask them — "Well how do you like the 

 hive? the answer invariably is — "tip-top! That 

 beats anything I ever saw. That can't be beat !" 



I sold a swarm to a man, and in selecting it 

 we handled over four stocks, and he remarked — 

 "I have been looking for miller-worms, and have 

 not seen one yet." With a half pitch to the 

 bottom board, tight joists, and rosin and tallow 

 melted together and poured hot into all the 

 corners of the hive, we may say good-by to the 

 miller worms. 



To winter bees on their summer stands, this 

 hive cannot be beat. I take off one of the 

 honey-boards and place an old bag or a piece of 

 old carpet over the frames, letting it rest right 

 on the frames, and then fill in all around with 

 dry chaff or cut straw. The bees will not fly 

 out and perish on the snow, nor freeze in the 



hive. When I opened my hives last spring 

 there was not a particle of mould on the combs, 

 and I never had my bees winter so well before. 



There is no crushing of bees with me, sucli as 

 ]\Ir. Duffeler complains of. I plane the division 

 board to a sharp edge, and by being a little care- 

 ful, can set them down while the bottom board 

 is covered with bees, without ever crushing one. 

 Mr. Dufteler also complains, that his combs are 

 uneven and all gone astray. I have a lot of as 

 straight combs as you will find in any apiary in 

 that size of frames. I think Mr. D. went astray 

 when he broke up the whole concern. If he had 

 followed, the directions of Mr. Price, he would 

 have had no difficulty in getting straight combs. 

 Perhaps he does not understand Mr. Price's 

 directions. He says, also, that he does not know 

 what Novice means by being well rooted in strong 

 stocks. There is a thirteen year old boy in our 

 town, who reads the Bee Journal, owns three 

 swarms of bees, and hived and sold humble bees 

 to the boys last summer. I asked him if he was 

 going to pick a good strong stock or swarm of 

 bees from my apiary, what one he would take. 

 He replied — "one that had plenty of honey and 

 lots of bees." 



Some may think, that I have an axe to grind, 

 and want some one to turn up with plenty of 

 greenbacks. To such I say, I have no hives for 

 sale, and no interest in bee-hive territory. ]Mr. 

 Price is a .stranger to me, excepting wdiat little I 

 have learned of him through the Bee Journal. 



I think 3Ir. O E. Wolcott, (who lives about 

 seven miles from me,) would not have loht his 

 apiary of over sixty stocks, if he had used a hive 

 that was deep up and down. The bees would 

 have kept warm, and the honey would have 

 sunyiorted them. 



There are but few here that are Italianizing 

 their stocks, most of the bee-keepers being afraid, 

 apparently, that the Italian bee is a humbug. I 

 have four swarms of Italians, and am going to 

 Italianize the rest of my colonies as soon as I 

 can. I think I ought to be on the sleeping car, 

 for it is bed-time. 



Argentine, {Mich.) Oct. 15, 1870. 



* The writer of the fore-'oin;? forgot to give 11s his namf, 

 though remitting for his subscriptioa. Whum nhall loa credit ? 



[For the American Bee Journal.] 



A few Inquiries. 



Mr. Editor : — I wish to ask through the 

 Journal for a description of Mr. Galluji's hive, 

 or the one he prefers or has in use, if he will give 

 it. I am using what we call a Quinby hive, or 

 Langstroth Quinbyfied ; but would like one with 

 side arrangement of boxes. 



I would also ask some of your correspondents 

 what is the difference between cross and side 

 frames, or frames running from front to rear or 

 from side to side. 



I see a great deal written in the Journal in re- 

 gard to cheap Italian bees, .seeming to touch Mr. 

 Alley somewhat. I bought some from him this 

 season. Tlie first was the finest queen I ever 

 saw, and I have seen a few before. I think he is 

 in every respect a gentleman to deal with. 



