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as well adapted lo feeding back as it is 

 to producing comb honey when gathered 

 from the fields. " 



"Then you consider that a hive that 

 is well suited to the i)rodnclion of condj 

 honey is just as well suited to feeding 

 back?" 



"Yes, that is my e.Kpcrionce exactly. 

 Mr. Doolillk- fed his bees 50 pounds of 

 honey, and thoy only just got lo building 

 comb nicely, and then they struck and 

 refused to do anything, alter wdiich he 

 gave up the whole business in disgust, 

 as almost every one else docs who tries 

 it." 



"What do you tliink became of that 

 50 pounds of honey ?" 



"Well, I vvill tell you what I think 

 became of it. You vvill notice he says 

 he fed them about 15 pounds each, which 

 they carried olT during the day. At 

 that rate it would take only a little 

 over three days to carry off the 50 

 pounds. They were not building any 

 comb ; and as it takes three or four 

 days of feeding to start comb-building 

 there could be no place to store the 

 feed except in the brood-chamber; and 

 as his frame is ll]4 inches deep, there 

 was plenty of room for it, or the queen 

 might have been a poor one, and the 

 bees simply crowded her out and filled 

 un the brood-chamber. I have often 

 found this the cause of a failure in 

 feeding back. A good queen will com- 

 pel the bees to move the honey out 

 and e-ive her room, while a poor one will 

 be crowded out completely, and the 

 brood-chamber crammed full of honey, 

 after which tne bees will work about 

 as Mr. Doolittle says his did." 



"Do your bees ever refuse to work in 

 the feeders?" 



"Well, not so bad as that ; but there is 

 a great difference in the working qual- 

 ities of bees. Some will build comb fas- 

 ter, and cap their honey whiter. I keep 

 a nedigree of these bees, and use them 

 for feeding back. They are also likelv 

 to do better field-work. I had three 

 colonies this year out of 50 that I could 

 not make do satisfactory work. Two of 

 them were poor comb-builders, and the 

 other capped the honey so badly that it 

 was not fit to sell. Those queens will 

 lose their heads next spring." 



"How much do you find it profttabU- 

 to feed at a time?" 



"I give them all thev will take up in 

 12 hours if they are building comb: if 

 not, I feed about a quart per day until 

 comb-building is started nicely' Mv 

 best colonies would take about 2 quarts 

 even- 12 hours." 



"How long would they keep this up?" 



"They kept it up this year from Aug. 

 I to Sept. 25, when the weather became 

 too cr-iol for comb-building," 



"What kind of hive do vou consider 

 the best suited to feeding back?" 



"There is only one kind of hive tbnt 

 I know anything about that is at all 

 suited to feeding back. It must have a 

 very shallow frame, and must be capable 

 of contraction horizontally so that the 

 brood will lie spread out' evenly under 

 the super. The Heddon is the only one 

 that will do it." 



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Wisconsin -The WiRconsia Stale Hcc-Keep- 

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MARKET QUOTATIONS. 



Chicago, Ijcc. 21, -Tin: lujuey market is of a 

 Hlow nature with Utile clianife in price of any 

 <jl the jrradeH. Choice ifraden of white comb 

 honey, HHtoISc; i;ood to No. 1, !3!^<i«14c: liifhl 

 amberH, U"4'al,1c; dark i;radei, includini; buck- 

 wheat, liW'i'Uc. Kxtracted, while, 5;4'*7c; am- 

 ber, iM(qiS,'/iC\ dark, il" S%c; the scale of pricet 

 var>'in(r according; to flavor, body and packatfe. 

 Beeswax steady at 2Hc. R. A. Boknett Si Co. 



Cincinnati, Jan.21.— The demand for honey 

 is fair. Kxiracted honey is offered freely. Dark 

 brint's Sc; liirhter, 5>4'^6c: fanty. (j'4''!)''Ac. 

 Comb, fancy, 15c; lower (grades, Ut^tois^c. 



C. H. W. Wbbbk. 



Albany, N. T., Jan. 22.— Honey market quiet 

 and Hrm for all tirades of comb houey.of which 

 very li^fht stock is on hand. White, fancy, 15c; 

 No. 1, white, 14c; mixed, 13c; buckwheat, 13c. 

 Kxiracted, while (frades slow sale, and price 

 uncertain. Straif^hl buckwheat extracted scarce 

 at Ijc. Beeswax, 2>ilii'3i)c. H. R. Wrioht. 



Boston, Jan. 20.— Strictly /aucy comb honey 

 in cartons, ISS^c: A No. 1, ISc; No. 1. I*i4c\ very 

 little No. 2 to offer; stock nominally runniuf^ 

 No. 1 and A No. 1. Extracted, lijjht amber, 

 "He: amber, 7c; Florida honey. 6^fh'7c. 



Our market continues somewhat dull in the 

 demand for honey, while stocks are ample for 

 the balance of the season, unless there should 

 be a much larger demand than we at this mo- 

 ment anticipate. Blake, Scott & I,bb. 



New York. Jan. 0.— Comb honey continues in 

 g-ood demand with supplies pretty well ex- 

 hausted, and we quote: Fancy white, 15c: No. 

 1, 14c; No. 2, white, 13c; araber.Uc; dark, lufaillc. 

 Extracted dull with large supplies and quota- 

 tions on large lots generally shaded in order 

 to effect sales. We quote: White, 0H(a,7c; am- 

 ber, S^'alic; dark, frns^c. Beeswax firm and 

 rather scarce at 2^((i2Siiic. 



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Detroit, Dec. 20.— Fancy white comb honey, 

 14@lSc; No. 1, 13@14c; no dark to quote. Ex- 

 tracted, white, 6^^7c. Beeswax, 25^>26c. 



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San Francisco, Jan. 15.— White comb, 11® 

 12>^ cents; amber, 8@10c; dark, 6(&7 cents. Ex- 

 tracted, white, 55^@6c; light amber, 4K(^5c; 

 amber, 4@ — . Beeswax, good to choice, light, 

 201" 2Sc; dark, 24@'25c. 



There are no changes to record in quotations, 

 but outside figures are more in accord with iob. 

 bing prices than with the views of wholesale 

 buyers. The inquiry is light. Offerings are 

 not heavy, however, either at this center or at 

 interior producing points, and in consequence 

 of dry weather the tendency of values is to more 

 firmness. 



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