March : 



1902. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



203 



buiUl Iho combs In the sections whilii tlmy aru 

 drawing out th« fouiidiitioii Inflow, ami tliiiH 

 a savin^r '« madn. Hut, as a r-iiUi, unless w<* 

 are very sliort in tlie family, i pi-efer- In (111 

 the sei'tioiis witli foundation, tlnit I uuiy Inive 

 handsome, Halat)Ui sections of Intney, jiiid use 

 only slartci'H of fourulntion in ttu^ franu^s Ix;- 

 low, luivinj; the starters in tlie frtimes, say 

 from one to otui and one-lialf iiudms wide;. Hy 

 contracting^ tlie Ijrood-cliarnlier to so few 

 frames tliat a part of tlie swarm is forced at 

 onee into tlie sections, the l>ees j^o to work 

 there storin;^ honey and drawinj^ out the 

 foundation, while during the same time they 

 build all strai^^hl worker-comh in tin; frames, 

 £0 that by the time the frames below an^ lllled 

 with comb and brood the sections will be 

 nearl,v completed also. In tliis way tliere is 

 ■no detraction from tlie amount of si^'t.ion 

 honey, so far as I can see; and we have 

 worker-eoinbs built that are nearly or ijU'te 

 as perfect as those frtnu foundation. 



Influence of Nurse-Bees. 



C. A. Olmstead says in the Bee-keepers' 

 Review that he thinks the longevity and use- 

 fulness of a bee is greatly intluenced by the 

 nurse-bees, hut not its color, temper and 

 other general characteristics. He gives the 

 following interesting experiment: 



t'(jlony No. 2 consisted of yellow Italians, 

 and were the meanest, ugliest bees I ever saw. 



No. 14 was one of my old black stock, some 

 I have had for 15 years, and is hard to equal 

 for industry and gentleness; I never used a 

 veil nor hat, and only a little smoke. 



I changed places with these queens, putting 

 the one from No. 2 in No. 14, and that from 

 No. 14 in No. 3. From that time the brood 

 from the cross queen was nursed by the gentle 

 bees of No. 14 ; and as soon as there were 

 enough of those yellow ones to set up shop 

 they were ready to defend it against man or 

 beast; and, as time rolled on, the once gentle 

 blacks were found following their example, 

 and often stung me. 



Colony No. 2 was the cross Italian to which 

 had been given the gentle black queen. As 

 her bees began to hatch and mingle with the 

 yellow ones, they were inclined to fly up, and 

 often stung when handled; and some might 

 think it due to being nursed by the cross bees, 

 as they were stirred up nearly every day while 

 caring for the brood, but, hold on now, I took 

 out a frame of this brood just before it 

 hatched, and put it in a colony of Albinos, 

 the gentlest bees I ever saw, and when (Iml 

 brood hatched, the bees were very gentle and 

 showed all the old-time trails of their strain. 

 Being nursed by those cross bees did not affect 

 them in tlif h'a>i1. 



Liquefying Candied honey. 



S. E. Miller gives his plan in the Progres- 

 sive Bee-Keeperas follows: 



I have purchased two lard-cans, such as are 

 usually kept for sale in.a general store; the 

 smaller one holds about six gallons and the 

 larger one about ten gallons. By placing the 

 smaller one inside of the larger one, it leaves 

 a space of about 4I4 inches all around. I 

 took these to the blacksmith, who can also 

 handle a soldering-iron, and had him join the 

 cans together by means of braces in such a 

 way that the bottom of the smaller can was 

 about li._, inches above the bottom of the 

 larger one, and a space between the two as 

 mentioned above. I was unable to find a 

 honey or molasses gate in the town, so I had 

 the blacksmith use a steam valve with two 

 sections of pipe attached, thus forming an 

 elbow. One section of the pipe was passed 

 through the outer can into the inner one, very 

 close to the bottom, and securely soldered to 

 both. In short, it is a can within a can, with 

 a space all around the inner one to contain 

 water and a valve for drawing the honey from 

 the inner can. Fill the inside can with honey 

 and the space between with water, set it on 

 top the stove and let boil until readv to draw 

 off. 



According to those who have had experi- 

 ence in bottling honey, we should not heat it 

 to above 160 to 180 degrees F., therefore we 



Headquarters 



--POR- 



BeekeeDers 

 SuDDlies 



Root's 



Goods at 

 Root's 

 Factory 

 Prices 



Distributor of same for THE SOUTH, TEN- 

 NES.SEE, KICNTUCKY, WEST VIR- 

 GINIA, ILLINOIS and OHIO. 



Complete stock for 1902 now on hand. 



•The freights from Cincinnati are the 

 lowest. 



Prompt service is what I practice. Sat- 

 isfaction guaranteed. 



Catalog mailed free — send for same. 



The Standard Honey-Jars, Langstroth 

 Hives, etc., at lowest prices. 



You will save money by buying from me. 



Orders taken for Queens — Golden Italians, 

 Red Clover Oueens, and Cakniolans. 

 For prices I refer you to my catalog'. 



C. H. W. WEBER, 



2U6-214vS Central Ave., CINCINNATI, OHIO. 

 Successor to Chas. F.Muth & Son and A. Muth. 

 Please mention Bee Journal vrhen writing, 



CALIFORNIA RED WOOD 



Twelve ounce cold rolled copper 

 tankfi; hydro-safety lamps; climax 

 jsalety heater -.corni prated wafer reir* 

 iilator, and the best system of heat- 

 ing and ventilation is what makes 

 Sure llateli Iii<-iibatorn hnU-hbnre. 

 >niinon 8cnHe Kroodern take goo.i care 

 if liiliech'cUB. Our free cats! rueconUiinB hun- 

 ■dredsof actualpbotografilifi of the Sure (latch at 

 work and la fall of honest i«>iiUryinforiiialion Y' n oozhl to have 

 It. Let DB send it to you. Write at once, aHtlressiDg nearept bousa. 



Sure Hatch lacubatorCo.,ClayCeater,NebMorColiiinbas.O. 



flease mention Bee Journal -wtien writing, 



SYVEET CLOVER 



And Several Other CloveF Seeds. 



We have made arranfrements so that we can 

 furnish Seed of several of the Clovers by freight 

 or express, at the following prices, cash with 

 the order: 



Slls 10ft 2S11S SOB) 



Sweet Clover (white) $.75 $1.40 $3.25 J6 00 



Sweet Clover (yellow) 90 1.70 4.00 7.£0 



AlsikeClover 1 iX) 1.8) 4 25 800 



White Clover 1.00 1.90 4.50 8.50 



Alfalfa Clover 80 1.40 3.25 6.00 



Prices subject to market changes. 



Single pound 5 cents more than the 5-pound 

 rate, and 10 cents extra for postage and sack. 



Add 25 cents to your order, for cartage, if 

 wanted by freight, or 10 cents per pound if 

 wanted by mail. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO. 



144 & 146 Erie Street, - CHICAGO, ILL. 



nlioulU \m\i: a tlierinomcU^r for t«itlinK tliu 

 tiMnpi;riiiwri'. Mine Ih an ordinary tliftrtiioiiKj- 

 liT tcru'li-cl ij|i to U2I) <lc(?r(;(ts. 1 look lljc M!al«, 

 wlHi k'li'^'- iiilached, out of ttii' friitiii: anil raitc, 

 imncliiMl ii liole in tlie upper of tlic niHtiil ; 

 itttacli a Mrlnif lonfC enouifli so the bull) of the 

 lliiiriiioMjitir will ritach nearly to the liotlom 

 of can. til' tliu other end of the btrini; to a 

 y\'u-M tliHl will reach across the U>\t of the cans 

 iind drop thii thcrinoniel«r In the honey. 

 Homy will hi' perfcclly liijuld and flow freely 

 at I-'li de;rrii;B, but if to be lx)ttled and kept 

 lii|uid it is no doubt lx;8t to heat It to 180 de- 

 (irees. Here Is the cost of my apparatuii : 1 

 can Wi: ; I can 40e; paid blackMoith for valve 

 and work iWc; thcrmomotcr IHJc ; total ?1.!)0. 





Please mention Bee Journal ■wh.on ■writing, 



A Correction of an Old Matter. 



Editor York — I desire to direct your at- 

 tention to an error under which you are labor- 

 ing, in regard to the weight of the honey sent 

 by the Ontario Hce-Kecpers' Association to the 

 C. E. I. Exhibition held in South Kensington, 

 London, England, in 1886. 



On page 22^ of the American Bee Journal 

 for 1901. you give the amount as 40 tons; when 

 in fact the whole amount was less than 19 

 Canadian tons; or a little less than 17 English 

 tons, (the English ton is 2240 pounds, as 

 we all know). 



It will he remembered by some that a few 

 years ago it was stated in Gleanings that the 

 amount was 40 tons. Feeling that that error 

 should be corrected I took the liberty to do so 

 in that paper. Then at the Buffalo convention, 

 held in August, 1897, again the amount was 

 given out as 40 tons. These erroneous state- 

 ments may be responsible for your heavy fig- 

 ures. It may be that the correction I made in 

 Gleanings escaped the notice of some. 



Before the honey was staged, all the invoices 

 but one or two were in the hands of our secre- 

 tary, and I gave him the missing figures. Then 

 each exhibitor's exhibit was placed by itself, 

 and the packages were compared with and 

 checked off from the invoices. And as I had 

 sent in to the Government officials the amount 

 before I left home, as I had to do. we knew 

 that not one pound more was to follow. 



Now, Mr. York, to settle this matter of 

 amount of honey beyond all doubt, I refer you 

 to the British Bee Journal, page 604, Dec. 30, 

 1886. I also enclose a statement from Mr. W'm. 

 Couse, secretary Ontario Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion — proof enough, I hope, to convince you 

 that you are in error in quoting 40 tons. 



There was a difference of opinion as to 

 the amount of honey we should take; some 

 said so tons, and some 100 tons, but principally 

 through tlic poor crop taken that season the 

 amount settled down to about 19 tons; but, 

 after all, it was a very creditable exhibit indeed, 

 of which everv Canadian bee-keeper ought to 

 have felt proud. 



Ontario, Canada, March i. S. T. Pettit. 



[We wish to thank Mr. Pettit for calling our 

 attention to this matter, and only regret that 

 he did not do so long ago. We simply were 

 misled, else the 40-ton statement would not have 

 appeared in our columns. We can see no 

 reason for the wrong statement going out in 

 the first place; and then for us to aid in re- 

 peating it- — well, we would not have been guilty 

 of helping on the misrepresentation had we 

 remembered ever hearing the correct or itj-ton 

 amount. But we are always glad to aid in 

 setting matters in their true light, and always 

 desire to publish the exact truth concerning 

 everything we undertake to say anything about, 

 if it is possible to get at the real facts. — 

 Editor.] 



A Virginia Report. 



I began the season of 1901 witli 42 colonies, 

 spring count, and increased to 65. We had 

 a very poor season, generally speaking, the 

 weather being too wet the fore part of the sea- 

 son. The bees did well at the start, as we have 

 plenty of sugar maple for them to gather 

 pollen from, but when the locust bloomed 



