380 THE BEE-KEEPERS- REVIEW 



The New Tariff. 



Under the new tariff, just passed, the following ma}', or may 

 not affect our business: Honey that used to be protected by 20c 

 per gallon, now has but 10c per gallon tariff. Bees, and we under- 

 stand beeswax, go on the free list. The removal ot the duty on 

 honey will have no effect on the price of table honey, but may have 

 a tendency to lower the price on baker stock, and this not anywhere 

 near 10c per gallon, as one would be led to believe on first thought. 

 The price of beeswax may be some easier, but no material falling 

 off in price may be looked for. Foreign wax is not as good as our 

 domestic, and foundation makers are a little "shy" about using it, 

 only to blend in a little with our own production. On account of 

 distance, necessitating heavy transportation charges, bees on the 

 free list will make no difference in price, except in case of breeding 

 stock, and this is usually acquired by buying queens, instead of bees. 



We take this opportunity to thank our many friends for their 

 encouraging and friendly letters that we have received during the 

 four months that we have been managing editor of tlie ReviI';w. 

 We also feel that there is an apology due tne friends for the short 

 and seemingly uninteresting answers we were compelled to write 

 on account of an enormous amount of work ^t this office. When 

 it is known that this office receives from ^0 to 50 letters daily, and 

 that they ^ all are handled by myself without a stenographer, you 

 can imagine there is not much time to write long answers to those 

 friendly letters, which we regret very much. 



If you have neglected feeding your bees the necessary stores to 

 last them over winter, you can still do it if you act at once. There 

 is likely no better feeder for this late feeding than the one described 

 a year ago in the Review by J\Ir. David Running, Filion, Mich., and 

 illustrated on another page. At this date in the north the weather 

 is so cold it will be better to feed from the bottom, rather than 

 place the feeder on top as usual. Enough excelsior should be placed 

 in the feeder to reach from the bottom of the feeder and crowd up 

 against the bottom-bars of the hive being fed. Arranged this way 

 the bees will form a cluster from the hive down to the syrup, and 

 will take feed when it is so cold thcy would not touch feed in the 

 feeder if it were placed on top the frames as usually practiced. 



For feeding after this date the syrup should be made rather 

 heavy body; two sugars to one water is about right. When we 

 used to "fuss" with feeders, we used to weigh both sugar and water. 



