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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Mrs. Tupper's Trouble. 



The following telegram will answer in- 

 quiries concerning Mrs. T's whereabouts: 



Davenport, Iowa, Sept. 13.— Mrs. Ellen 

 S. Tupper, who, about a year ago, forged 

 notes to the amount of $13,000 on different 

 parties in Iowa, was brought to this city 

 last night, in charge of an officer, and 

 lodged in jail. She had sold two forged 

 notes to W. F. Ross, of this city, for which 

 she was indicted. 



From the Davenport Oazette, of the same 

 date, we clip the following: 



Last May the Grand Jury of Scott County 

 found two indictments against Mrs. Tupper 

 — one for forgery, and one for uttering a 

 false note. It was not until the middle of 

 August that Sheriff Leonard ascertained her 

 whereabouts — in Lincoln Co., Dakota. Her 

 home is a farm of 100 acres, with another 

 160 acres as a "timber claim." The officer 

 arrested her and she is now in the county 

 jail, awaiting trial. 



It is a strange, sad case. It doesn't seem 

 possible for her to escape conviction save 

 by the plea of insanity. There are tlie 

 notes, bearing the indorsement of men of 

 prominence and wealth, who make affidavit 

 that they never endorsed the notes. 



Questions and Answers. 



BY CH. DADANT. 



California Honey. — We received a call 

 from Mr. Chas. J. Fox, of San Diego, Cali- 

 fornia, who visits Chicago on business for 

 the San Diego Bee-Keepers' Association. 

 The honey interest in San Diego County is 

 a large and rapidly growing one; the esti- 

 mated crop this year being .500,000 pounds of 

 comb, and about an equal amount of ex- 

 tracted and strained honey. Mr. Fox has 

 samples of both, which we consider very 

 fine. The Association which was incorpor- 

 ated about three months ago under the laws 

 of California, is a co-operative one, in the 

 interest of the producers. They propose to 

 repack and grade all the honey shipped, af- 

 fixing certificates of quality to each case, in 

 the same manner as Government revenue 

 stamps. They have a store-house in San 

 Diego where this is done under personal 

 supervision of the officers of the Associa- 

 tion. Arrangements have been made for 

 careful handling on steamers and cars and 

 for through shipment from San Diego to 

 Chicago or other eastern cities, in car-loads, 

 where the honey will be placed in the 

 hands of commission merchants and agents 

 tor sale; the object being to sell direct from 

 producer to consumer. The oflicers of the 

 Association intend to establish a national 

 reputation for San Diego honey, which they 

 believe excells in color, body and flavor any 

 other in the world. There is a very large 

 area of honey-producing territory in South- 

 ei'ii California, embracing Santa Barbara, 

 Los Angeles and Siin Diego Counties, and 

 as it can be produced there for less than the 

 materials for making artificial lioney can be 

 bought for, the public may be sure that any 

 hoiU'y shipped from that reginii is perfectly 

 pure, and the San Diego Bcc-Kcciicrs' As- 

 sociation proi)()se to giiariuitec all txtractt'd 

 or comb lioney shipped by them. Mr. Fox 

 intends to canvass our market and go to 

 other eastern cities for the same purpose. 

 Such societies as he rei)resents are of great 

 benefit both to producers and consumers, 

 and we heartily wish them success. 



Does it change the size and color of an 

 Italian queen to mate her with a black 

 drone? Geo. A. Van Horn. 



No I 



I have three hives of Italian bees that 

 have sour honey throughout, mostly uncap- 

 ped, no brood and no eggs, but nice looking 

 queens. What is the cause, and what will 

 be the effect, and is there any remedy? 



Marion Co., Iowa. A. N. Crosby. 



I cannot tell the cause, I have never seen 

 sour honey in my hives. If the bees are 

 compelled to eat this honey, their death is 

 certain. Remove it carefully and if their 

 provisions are insufficient, replace it with 

 combs of sealed honey. This sour honey 

 can be used to make good vinegar. 



I have 45 swarms in Langstroth hives. 

 They commenced robbing this morning and 

 I can do nothing with them. They robbed 

 one another early in the spring. I had 

 several killed clean out. G. 



When robbing has just begun, j'ou can 

 stop it by contracting the entrance of the 

 hives, and by shutting up the robbed hives 

 at night, opening the entrance only when 

 the guardian bees are on the alighting 

 board, in the morning. If by such means 

 robbing is not stopped, ascertain if the rob- 

 bed colonies have a laying queen, and give 

 them brood, young and hatching brood, and 

 young, pure Italian bees. 



I have often stopped robbing by giving a 

 few young, pure Italian bees to the robbed 

 colony. If there are no queens nor young 

 brood, and if the stock is feeble, or if it is 

 late in the season, do not try to save it, but 

 break it up, giving, its bees to some other 

 colony. Before uniting the bees take care 

 to ascertain that there are no robbing bees 

 left in the hive. To that end, take out after 

 sundown, all the combs, one after another, 

 and shake the bees in front of the hive. 

 The robbers will return to their colony and 

 the robbed bees will remain alone. 



If all the means above indicated do not 

 succeed, ascertain which are the robber 

 colonies. These colonies are working while 

 the others sleep. Then exchange places, 

 putting the robbed colony in place of the 

 robbers. In every case it is indispensable 

 to contract the space in the robbed hives 

 till all the combs are covered with bees. 

 Sonu^times, when the robbed bees seem ac- 

 customed to the robbing, it is necessary to 

 carry the robbed hive in a dark cellar for 2 

 or ;^ days. TIic hive should be put into the 

 cellar at night, and i)ut back in the morn- 

 ing, using the necessary preventions as 

 stated above. Nine times out of ten the 

 bee-keeper is the cause of robbing by let- 

 ting his Dees find sweets in time of scarcity. 



