THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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attend to it tlicuiselvos. The j'oung bees 

 will not tight each other, as we have used 

 Italians, hybveds and blaeks all mixed to- 

 gether. 



EEES AND GRAPES. 



Some of our hives stqad close to our 

 grape-vines, have had them under the vines 

 and none over 5 ft. away, and Ave never 

 yet saw bees touch them. It's all bos7i. 

 Eoll up the evidence, friends, and let's 

 '' squelcW the poisoners ia their infancy. 



BEE QUII.TS. 



To those who use or are going to use 

 quilts for their hives I would advise them 

 to not use cotton-cloth, but take woolen ; it 

 is more porus than cotton and will not take 

 tire from sparks when bees are smoked 

 with rotton wood, etc. If you use cotton 

 you maj' step out into your bee yard some 

 day and lind one of your stocks doing a 

 laud office business in the way of a bon- 

 11 re. 



Since June loth we have had no rain and 

 things arc getting pretty dry, but bees are 

 getting honey, for combs are nearly full 

 that were extracted on the first of this 

 month. W. M. Kellogg. 



Oneida, 111. 



For the American Eec Journal. 



Caution ! 



Believing it the duty of everyone to ex- 

 pose fraud wherever found, I harewith sub- 

 mit the following — my experience — to the 

 consideration of my brother bee-keepers : 

 Last season I obtained IO.jO fts box honey, 

 and wrote C. O. Perrine, for the purpose of 

 making arrangements for the sale of the 

 same. 



I gave a clear statement of the condition 

 of my honey. In the lot there were 12 

 Adairs sectional boxes — 14x20x5 of -^ inch 

 stutT, with glass on both ends. Most of it 

 was put up in boxes 5x5xG, glass on four 

 sides, with f inch stufl' for top and bottom; 

 ,' perhaps about 20 were of the same dimen- 

 ^ sion, with glass at two sides — the other 

 .'iides of I lumber. The honey was about 

 one-half Linden, the other half Buckwheat. 



I stated in my first correspondence with 

 him, that I wanted gross (that is, weight of 

 boxes included) weight for all my honey. 

 In answer to my letter he stated he would 

 pay 27c per B. ; and gross for small boxes. 

 * In my reply I stated that my large boxes 

 contained not as much lumber per pound 

 of honey as the small ones, and as they 

 were as convenient for retailing, if not more 

 so than the small ones. I wanted gross for 

 all. Ino reply was made touching this 

 point, and my honey Avas sent supposing 

 this understood. 



About tico weeks after shipment, I re- 

 ceived word that honey was received all 



"O. K." (he promised to pay Avithin a Aveek 

 at most, after receipt of honey) but busy 

 times made it impossible for him to get at 

 the tare. About tAvo Aveeks after this, and 

 after I had Avritten stating I needed money 

 bad, I received a check of .^100.00. Aboiit 

 four Aveeks after this, I received $('(0.0(1 

 through a draft, and four Aveeks later an- 

 other $50.00 bj' the same process. 



He finally Avrote asking if 25c JJ It) A\'ould 

 do me, the honey l)cing not as bright as he 

 supposed ; and as prices then were, lie 

 Avould be glad to sell the BuckwJient for 

 that price. I replied no, for lie had but 

 ottered a medium price— honey being then, 

 when the bargain Avas made — 25 to oOc per 

 lb. I stated further, he should have made 

 this request in tlie Ih-st place ; and that I 

 thought I had Avaited long enough for .my 

 money, without being compelled to lose 

 two cents per ih on it. He finally sent the 

 balance. On figuring uji, I found I Avas 

 about $25,00 behind; that he kept back in 

 deducting boxes to that amount. I wrote 

 him in regard to this, and threatened to ex- 

 pose him if he did not do the fair thing — I 

 received no satisfaction. 



I Avould advise bee-keepers to bcAvare. 

 Tardiness in payment is sufficiently annoy- 

 ing Avithout indulging in such trickery as 1 

 have enumerated above. 



If Perrine did not intend to pay me for 

 gross weight, he should have said so, seeing 

 I insisted upon it. "Be not deceived by 

 imitations !" he puts at the end of his ad- 

 A'ertisement. Yerily I say, beware of such 

 imitation ! Adam Grimm hit him a severe 

 blow and I hope this addition will either 

 make him a fair dealer or force him from 

 lack of patronage, to shift his business into 

 more prompt and reliable hands. 



Berlin, Wis., J. D. KursciiKE. 



P. S. Have just received a statement 

 from Mr. Dadant to the etTect that they are 

 always paid gross for honey in Adair's sec- 

 tional boxes. J. D. K. 



For the American Bee Journal. 



Things Seen and Unseen. 



AVIIAT I HAVE SEEN. 



I have seen in the bee journals a great 

 many reasons Avhy the bees die. Some are 

 all right, but nearly all Avrong ! I have 

 seen bee-ivcepers so anxious to obtain sur- 

 plus that they robbed bees in the fall, mid 

 the consequence Avas the bees died of star- 

 vation during the Avinter ! 



I have seen bee-keepers so anxious to mul- 

 tiply, they kept their stocks all the time in 

 a Aveak condition ; but the result Avas less 

 brood and little or no surplus ! 



I have seen an empty comb put in be- 

 tween the brood combs in order to hasten 

 matters; but I haA'e seen it act as a divis- 

 ion board; the queen remaining on one 



