1873.] 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



89 



after we calculated the swarming was done for 

 the season, and consequently we were attending 

 to our farming and letting the bees take care 

 of themselves. We examined several of our 

 small hives and found they were not filling up 

 with honey, and we supposed of course the 

 large ones were not doing much better, so did 

 not examine them until after they commenced 

 swarming for the want of room. We are fully 

 and firmly convinced that we want no more 

 small cheap hives, so much so that we have 

 sold nearly all our small stocks to be delivered 

 in the spring, and thus get rid of our small 

 hives to parties that are afraid of our large ones. 

 It is quite a task to convince visitors that one 

 queen and consequently one swarm fully occu- 

 pies those large hives. By sale we are reducing 

 our stock lower than we like, but we did not 

 want to throw awav our small hives. 



E. Gallup. 



Orchard, Iowa, Feb. 1873. 



[For the American Bee Journal.] 



Headings. 



JAMES HEDDON. 



Mr. Editor : — I keep the back numbers of 

 my Journal for reference, and have eleven un- 

 bound ones, at a time ; now if it would not in- 

 convenience you or your correspondents, I 

 would like to see the writers name just below 

 the " heading " as above. 



When I look over the Journals, and find an 

 article upon the subject which I wish to prac- 

 tice upon I would like to see the writer's name 

 without having to turn over one or more leaves. 



I would say to "B," on page 63 Sept. No. of 

 Journal, that I agree with him as regards 

 residence and date of correspondents, and 

 would also like signature in full. Please give 

 us small change for that " B," as we might 

 want to write to you for some explanations. 



We wrote to W. I. Davis, of Youngsville, Pa., 

 for farther explanation concerning his winter- 

 ing house, and got a pe^ectly satisfactory an- 

 swer: together with a price list of Italian 

 Queens. Now don't you believe we bit at the 

 bait and was caught to the tune of seventy-five 

 dollars ; and like some soldiers we have heard 

 of bettered our condition by being captured ; 

 for we found Mr. Davis the squarest dealer we 

 ever dealt with, and his Ijees the best we ever 

 bad the good luck to purchase, and we have 

 bought six Queens before of as many different 

 noted breeders. We do not owe Mr. Davis any 

 cash but we owe him a debt of gratitude that 

 cannot be paid with lucre. 



"little things." 



Yes ; most of the experience you kindly re- 

 late, is not at all practical in our locality. 

 Here is our advice according to our experience : 

 Supers. — Aim to get all the honey stored in 

 sapers and barrels possible, then work hard at 



extracting from the brood chamber to give the 

 queen room to deposit eggs. 



Extracting. — Never wait for the bees to seal 

 up the combs, as it is needless labor to uncap 

 them and wax thrown away.in capping besides 

 loosing half your crop. 



Robbing. — When every thing else (wet grass 

 and all) would fail, I have checked robbing 

 promptly with camphor gum used as directed 

 in back No. of Journal. But then localities 

 differ. 



King Birds. — We live in a village, and there 

 is a fine for shooting within the corporation, 

 how shall we kill our king birds? again, local- 

 ities are not alike. 



Worms. — Don't use blocks with slots in them 

 for catching worms, as you will be very apt to 

 neglect them when they become worm nurseries. 

 Keep strong stocks of Italian Bees and forget 

 all about worms. 



Combs. — Full coml>s will preserve them- 

 selves, if not put in a damp place like a cellar, 

 if they are the honey will become thin. 

 Empty ones can be preserved by hanging one 

 inch apart in cellar or wintering house having 

 a circulation of air between them. 



Water. — Our bees won't drink at home and 

 never would. 



Spiders and Ants. — The bee-keeper's friends, 

 " Will you walk into my parlor, said the Spider 

 to the" Miller. 



" Do you know where there are any Miller's 

 eggs " ? says Ant Black to Ant Bed. 



The above is simply our experience. 



By the way Mr Editor we would not like to 

 have you discourage the efforts of our witty 

 friend Simeon Plicity. His articles, though 

 they may not be particularly nutritious, are 

 excellent seasoning to the general dish. 



My Apicultural efforts for this season have 

 met with success beyond my most sanguine 

 expectations. Will send you report at the 

 close of season. 



Dowagiac, Mich., Sept. 6th, 1873. 



♦_♦ 



[For the American Bee Journal.] 



Extracted Honey, and the Proper Maimer to Put it 

 Up for Sale. 



I have been advising my fellow bee-keepers 

 as you may remember, to put up their best honey 

 in one and two pound jars, a dozen jars in a 

 (neat) box, and to sell it by the gross as the 

 best means of introducing machine extracted 

 honey, and in order to dispose of their product 

 readily. I can sell in my own store three times the 

 quantity of honey I produce to better advantage 

 therefore don't care to wholesale it. However, 

 in order to do my share in the introduction of 

 machine extracted honey. I gave Aug. 25 (last) 

 to I. T. Warren «& Co., of this city, half a gross 

 (six boxes) one pound jars honey to sell. Sept. 

 1 Wanen sent me an order for one gross one 

 pound honey and one gross two pound honey 



