1897. 



TEE AMERICAN BEE KEEPER. 



325 



of drone comb. If any person expects 

 to realize a large income from their 

 bees and never look after their con- 

 dition (simply hive the swarms as 

 they issue and put on the sections,) 

 they will find themselves greatly mis- 

 taken. How many who read this ar 

 tide know the exact condition of their 

 bees at all times. If you do not, you 

 are not caring for them the same as 

 you would for your pig or cow, neither 

 can you expect any more profit from 

 them than you would from a cow or 

 pig if you never looked after those. 

 Bee-keeping only pays when our pets 

 are properly cared'for, and with this, 

 as with all else, success can only be 

 achieved by untiring energy. 

 Borodino, N. Y. 



Prices of Sections. 



Prices of sections for the season of 

 1898 will remain as follows: 



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



PerlOO— $ ..50. S .40. Per 1000 @ S3,00 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 

 are charged by all manufacturers 

 of and dealers in first class sections. 

 Further changes of prices of supplies 

 will be found in our 1898 catalog 

 which will be ready Feb. 1st, and will 

 be mailed free to anyone asking for it. 



Clubbing List. 



We will send the American Bee-Keeper with 



the— PUB. PRCE. BOTH. 



American Bee Journal, (81 00) 81 35 



Bee-Keeper'8 Review, (1 00) 1 35 



Canadian Bee Journal, (100) i .35 



Gleanings in Bee Culture. (1 00) 1 36 



Ed. Aim. Bee Keeper, Dear hir. — 

 Please find enclosed 50 cents in stamps, 

 subscrption to American Bee Keep- 

 er, commencing with current number. 



Thank you also for the little pamph- 

 let "Successful Beekeeping," inclosed 

 with catalogue just received. But I 

 wish you would get someone of your 

 writers to give in detail a description 

 of the handling of Bee-s, say in ex- 

 tracting honey — that is in the style of 

 a clinical lecture, not omitting all the 

 details. Now I want to do .>-ome of 

 that work but not having seen anyone 

 else at the work, I can only guess, and 

 perhaps my guess may be all wrong. 

 Experts write, but as they take it for 

 granted that because the Jiitle points 

 are familiar to themselves, all others 

 must know them also. Let me name a 

 few points that I do not know, and have 

 failed to find treated on in the books : 



I want to extract from an eight- 

 frame hive: 



How many frames, supposing them 

 all in the same condition, shall I emp- 

 ty ? Four, six or all ? 



After extracting shall I replace the 

 same frames in the hive, oris it better 

 to put in t'resli wired foundation ? 



VVill the manipulatidu injure the 

 brood that may he ia the comb, and 

 how may that iujury be avoided? 



Is it not advisable or neces.-iary af- ■ 

 ter extracting to at once commeuce 

 feeding, or is it better to let them 

 shift for themselves until the gather- 

 ing season is over ? 



These are a few of the points I hope 

 to find answered in your journal, but 

 indeed there is so much that I do not 

 know about beekeeping that 1 fear to 

 tire you. Respectfully. G. W. L. 



New Jersey. 



[VVill some of our readers comply 

 with the request of our correspondent. 

 We shall be glad to haye an article 



