1894. 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



Ill 



We have had a great many words 

 of praise Cor our New Process Foun- 

 dation. Owing to its peculiarities of 

 construction it is the most economical 

 to use. It may not be generally 

 known that bees never touch the 

 bases of the cells in comb foundation, 

 but they draw out the side walls until 

 very thin so if your foundation has 

 a very thin base and deep, thick side 

 walls the bees will draw it out more 

 rapidly and the comb will be thin and 

 without "fishbone." Another thing, 

 where only two or three inches of 

 foundation is used in brood-frames it 

 will be observed that worker cells are 

 invariably bulit only on the foun- 

 dation, the comb below being all drone 

 cells, thus ensuring a surplus of 

 drones. It will be seen from this 

 that it is much better to use full or 

 nearly full sheets of foundation, and 

 while a little more expensive to begin 

 with it is economy in the end. 



We have always used every means 

 possible to protect our readers from 

 being swindled or cheated b} r irre- 

 sponsible and dishonest queen breed- 

 ers and supply dealers. We have 

 succeeded fairly well, but in one or 

 two instances, in spite of all possible 

 precautions, we have been led into in- 

 serting advertisements for parties who 

 would not or could not fulfill their 

 offers and obligations. The latest 

 complaints are against W. Root, Ral- 

 eigh, N. C, whose ad. appeared in 

 last issue, and Mrs. Fannie B. Dewitt. 

 We received the Root ad. accompan- 

 ied with cash only a day or two 

 before the date of issuing the Bee- 

 Keeper, and consequently we had no 



opportunity to investigate Mr. Root's 

 integrity. Of Mrs. Dewitt we have 

 had numerous complaints and while 

 we have been very reluctant to believe 

 them and have deferred exposing the 

 matter several weeks, we have after 

 a thorough investigation become con- 

 vinced that she is entirely unreliable 

 and is working in conjunction with 

 M. H. Dewitt, of Sang Run, who has 

 swindled so many that he dare not 

 attempt to do business in his own 

 name. They are husband and wife, 

 and while she disclaims any business 

 relations with him, his letters prove 

 such claims on her part to be entirely 

 untruthful. Those of our readers 

 who have been swindled or defrauded 

 by any of these parties have our 

 sympathy as the Dewitts have ' 'touch- 

 ed " us to the tune of $50. 



We warn our readers not to send 

 them any orders. They are thorough- 

 ly unreliable. 



Some bee-keepers always winter 

 their bees in the cellar, others leave^ 1 

 them on their summer stands. The 

 former method is good but entails a 

 great deal of labor. If the latter 

 method is followed some suitable 

 protection should be afforded the 

 hives. The best and cheapest way 

 to do this is by using our thin out- 

 side winter case for dovetailed or 

 thin walled hives. 



We are surprised at the unusually 

 good trade we have had on supplies 

 during the past three weeks. Bees 

 seem to be doing very nicely every- 

 where and some bee-keepers are hav- 

 ing trouble in securing supplies 

 promptly. We are all caught up with 



