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after asking him where the labels were, or 

 why there were no labels on it. The agent 

 did send something he called a "label," 

 but my brother says it looks more like a 

 sign, which reads, " Pure extracted honey," 

 and Hunt's name below ; but this sign is 

 hung up a little way off from where they 

 keep the honey, and was sent to them a 

 few days after the honey, as I understand it. 



Another brother of mine has been out 

 visiting the one that clerks at the store, 

 and tells me that the honey looks now very 

 much like jelly made of pig's feet, and that 

 the firm will have trouble to dispose of it. 

 If people buy of the stuff once, they will 

 not come back again, and the grocery men 

 see that they were cheated, and did not get 

 pure honey. My brother wants to send me 

 some of the honey as soon as I say so, but I 

 would like to know what would be the best 

 to do with it. Shall I send some of it to 

 have it tried by some experts in testing, or 

 shall I let it drop and not bother with it ? 

 To whom should I send a sample, if I re- 

 ceive the honey ? I would be willing to 

 take a little trouble, and have such mean 

 adulteration stopped, if possible. 



Math. Radek. 



Raven Stream, Minn., Feb. 26. 



[You might send a sample of the stuff to 

 Ernest R. Root, Medina, Ohio, who says he 

 can detect glucosed honey by just tasting 

 it. He no doubt would be pleased to get it. 

 -Ed.] 



Directions for Moving Bees. 



On page 249, Mr. Coleman, of Tennessee, 

 asked for suggestions about moving his 

 bees a distance of 30 miles. I will give the 

 method recommended to a friend here, who 

 had 40 colonies to move about 35 miles, 

 which was done with success. 



First, secure the frames so they will not 

 jostle together or drop on the bottom-board 

 on account of weak bearings. Put on an 

 empty chamber above the brood-nest, with 

 little or no obstruction between them ; ven- 

 tilate both well, and toe-nail all loose parts 

 together. 



For conveyance, put on J^ load or more 

 of straw, on a hay-rack, placing the hives 

 in single tiers on this, so they will be level, 

 and either packed solid together, or, if 

 spaces are left between, stuff snugly with 

 straw. Secure all in place with ropes. I 

 generally use a wagon with side-boards 

 well-filled with hay or straw for hauling 

 bees, and sometimes honey, which I con- 

 sider much better than a spring wagon 

 when the road is rough. 



Jas. a. Poindexter. 



Bloomington, 111. 



"Wintering Nicely — White Clover. 



The ground is covered with about 3 

 inches of snow, and the mercury 8 degrees 

 below zero this morning. The cold weather 

 seems to hold on, considering the mild win- 



ter that we have liad. I think that we can 

 look for a bad March. 



I examined my 80 colonies of bees in the 

 cave at home, on Feb. 7th, and they seemed 

 to be wintering nicely. We (mother and 

 I) sold our farm at Murphy last fall, and 

 we are now occupying one of my brother's 

 houses about 2 miles north of Lynnville, 

 not yet having bought another place. My 

 friends will please address me at Lynnville. 



Since coming down here I have purchased 

 the bees and fixtures belonging to the es- 

 tate of the late T. L. Byers, of Monroe, con- 

 sisting of 109 colonies in 10-frame Lang- 

 stroth hives, together with the fixtures. 

 Mr. Byers was quite an extensive bee- 

 keeper, having at one time between 300 and 

 400 colonies. Many of the readers of the 

 Bee Journal no doubt knew him well. He 

 died two years ago last May. I will retain 

 his old location if possible, as there are 

 splendid accommodations, and it is near 

 the river, with plenty of basswood. I have 

 at present 189 colonies, if all are living, so I 

 am interested in having a good season. I 

 have been looking after the white clover ; I 

 think that it is alive, but 1 am afraid it is a 

 little thin on the ground. My 1893 crop of 

 honey was about 1.300 pounds, sold mostly 

 at 10 cents in quantity at the honey-house, 

 as I was busy moving. I have almost al- 

 ways peddled out my honey at home. 



W. C. NUTT. 



Lynnville, Iowa, Feb. 21. 



Southern Queens vs. the Northern. 



I notice your request for reports from 

 those who have had experience with queens 

 reared in both the North and South. As I 

 have purchased 55 queens, my experience 

 may be of some value ; 40 of the queens 

 were purchased in the South, and 15 in the 

 North. 



Of the 15 queens, only one proved to be 

 an extra good queen, and I paid a New 

 York breeder .$3.00 for her ; 13 more, bought 

 of the same breeder, were unsatisfactory, 

 with one exception. One queen from an 

 Iowa breeder was no good. 



Of the 40 queens from the South, three- 

 fourths were good, and one-fourth from 

 fair to worthless. The experience I have 

 had with bees and queens convinces me 

 that our long, cold winters so uses up the 

 vitality of our bees and queens, that we of 

 the North will never be able to compete 

 with the South in the production of hardy, 

 prolific bees and queens, unless we send 

 South in the early spring for our breeding 

 queens. G. A. Wright. 



Glenwood, Pa. 



Experience in Bee-Keeping, Etc. 



I had a poor honey crop here the season 

 of 1893, but of very good quality. I started 

 in the spring last year with 25 colonies in 

 poor condition ; 1 lost 70 colonies during 

 the previous winter — a heavy loss. I in- 

 creased to 38 colonies, that seem to be win- 

 tering nicely in the new cellar. I had only 

 one natural swarm, the others artificial. I 



