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THE AMERICAN BEE KEEPER. 



June 



Culled, Clipped and Condensed. 



F.F.Bingham: "Wood for smoker 

 fuel should always be kept under an 

 old window or other glass covering in 

 the sun." 



A Tennessee bee keeper has in 

 practical oiperation an electrical de- 

 vice which gives an alarm when a 

 swarm issues. 



W. L. Cogsshall of New York 

 State, produced last year 78,000 

 pounds of honey. His favorite 

 smoker fuel is old burlap or "gunny 

 sack." 



Section grooves may be neatl}' and 

 rapidly moistened by using a new, 

 ordinary machine oiler, with warm 

 or hot water. 



Novice, New Zealand: "The spec- 

 ial food (royal jelly) which developes 

 an ordinary worker egg into a queen, 

 is a secretion from a gland in the 

 head of young bees only." 



Mr. Kinyon at the 0. B. K con- 

 vention, stated that native bee keep- 

 ers of Cuba are in the business solely 

 for the wax. Honey, he says, is so 

 cheap that they do not ev'en save it. 

 The wax brings 22 cents per pound. 



The editor of the Canadian Bee 

 Journal has observed that when honey 

 is coming in freely and the bees are 

 crowded for room, a strong colony 

 will slight the work of thinning and 

 drawing out foundation. Better 

 w'ork is done, he says, by weaker 

 stocks or when the wax workers are 

 not hurried. 



G. F. Merrian, an extensive grape 

 grower and honey producer of Cali- 

 fornia, in Gleanings, says: "My 

 experience tallies exactly with that 

 of the Dadants and others who own 



large vineyards — that bees never 

 touch a fresh grape until the skin is 

 broken by the birds or some other 

 means." 



Prices of Sections. 



Prices of sections for the season of 



1897 will remain as follows: 



No. 1. No. 2. No. 1. No. 2. 



PerlOO— S .50. S .40. Per 1000 @ $3,00 S2.50. 



" 250— .85. .75. " 2000 @ 2.85 2.35. 



'• 500— 1.50. 1.25. " 3000 @ 2.75 2.25 



5000 @ $2.50 per M. 



Large quantities will be quoted on 

 application. 



The above prices are the same as 

 will be charged by all manufacturers 

 of and dealers in first class sections. 

 Further changes of prices of supplies 

 will be found in our 1897 catalog 

 which is now ready, and will be mail- 

 ed free to anyone asking for it. 



TO MAKE A GOOD WHITEWASH. 



For a good whitewash for your bedroom 

 ceiUng put a piece of lime weighing about 

 live pounds in a granite pan or bucket; pour 

 on it a gallon of water, allow it to boil and 

 slack until the steaming is over; take from 

 this two quarts of the liquid lime, put it in 

 a wooden or granite bucket, and add suf- 

 ficient water to make it rathar thin. Add 

 a small amount of pure indigo, sufficient to 

 give it the proper color; add a teaspoonfnl 

 of salt and half a teaspoonful of lampblack, 

 stir well. This will give you a perfectly 

 white ceiling; if you wish it colored add 

 one of the colorings which you may pur- 

 chase at any druggist's, stating that it is to 

 be used with lime. — .Tune Ladies' Home 

 Journal. 



Clubbing List. 



We will send the American Bee-Kkkpkr with 



the— PUB. PRCE. BOTH. 



American Bee Journ.il, (81 00) 81 35 



Bee-Keeper's Review. (1 00) 1 35 



Canadian Bee Journal, (1 00) 1 35 



Gleanings in Bee Culture, (1 00) 1 35 



