Dec. 25, 1902. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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must bo Blurted, which nieaiisuijrealtxpeiisc, 

 ami calls for lUiiiost ceaseless attention. 



In iettintc bees out on shares, one is then 

 free to turn liis attention to other nnittcrs, 

 and all that is nuide is clear k'ain. Whiles cmc 

 has the wliole production of an out-a|jiury, 

 after the cxpcTises are taken out, tlie prollt is 

 more than apt to fall helow what it would 

 have lieen it the bees had l)oen out on shares 

 of halt. 



I have kept bees on shares, and have let 

 them out on shares; in tact, I still have s 

 colonies that I am keepint; in this way, and 

 have over -'()() colonics outon shares, scattered 

 about amoni; «. nuinbcr of farmers, and cover- 

 ins a rantre of 'M) miles, in two States. Yet I 

 have never had the slightest misunderstand- 

 iDK with any with whom I had dealings in 

 this respect. 



It was necessity which forced me to adopt 

 this method of disposing of my surplus colo- 

 nies at first; but I am now free to place my 

 bees in out-apiaries and tend them myself, 

 and I do not care to. 



In order to avoid any misunderstanding, the 

 whole agreement is put in writing, and pro- 

 vision made for every detail, however trifling. 

 Then, as soon as the honey season is over, a 

 division of stock is usually made, and each 

 party takes his chances of wintering. The 

 old colonies, of course, are not divided, but 

 remain the property of the one who let thera 

 out in the spring for a share of what they may 

 produce in swarms and honey. 



The man who has nothing to do but attend 

 his out-apiaries can sometimes make these 

 quite profitable ; but for one who has other 

 matters to claim a good share of his attention, 

 it may be best to let his surplus colonies out 

 on shaVes. L. E. Kerk. 



Saline Co., Ark. 



Sweetening Soup Honey. 



On page 763 is a query in regard to sweet- 

 ening sour honey. I have had some exper- 

 ience along that line, and will give my method 

 of treatment. Last fall I had four tons of 

 sour honey, it was thoroughly candied before 

 it commenced to sour, and some of it was fer- 

 mented so badly that the cans bulged and had 

 to be replaced with others. I procured a 

 galvanized-iron tank capable of holding ten 

 60-pound cans. I sawed strips of board, plac- 

 ing them on the bottom of the tank. I then 

 tilled the tank with water, until ;'.i of the can 

 was submerged, built a fire under the tank, 

 and in about 5 hours the first lot was thor- 

 oughly heated and ready to be taken out and 

 poured into a large honey-tank. I continued 

 to treat each lot the same until it was all fin- 

 ished, then let it stand 4 or 5 days, and when 

 thoroughly cool skimmed off what foam had 

 risen, and I had as good a grade of honey as 

 before it soured, and I think the color had 

 improved. In heating, the honey had a ten- 

 dency to run out of the can ; to oblate that it 

 will be necessary to draw a little from each as 

 it melts. An old pop or squirt gun answers 

 for that purpose. Whatever is drawn oft 

 must be thoroughly heated before beingadded 

 to the tank. I had a separate vessel to heat 

 that in. W. W. Vakner. 



Ventura Co., Calif. 



A Broken Silence— Rearing-Queens. 



Except for Dr. Gallup's startling discovery, 

 as told on page 40S, I should not think of dis- 

 closing the remarkable facts which are to fol- 

 low. But when the '• cat is out of the bag" 

 why seek to keep secret longer that which so 

 mightily concerns the rearing of queens full 

 of years ? 



It was early in my bee-keeping career that I 

 first noticed the umbilical cord (scientific 

 name, pupaskinna castolBca) of the queen- 

 bee. I attached great importance to that at- 

 tachment, and immediately placed an attach- 

 ment on my discovery. What I recovered 

 and discovered is as follows : 



I reasoned that the royal jelly is so thick 

 and tough that the poor queen, in the short 

 time at her disposal, could only get a little 

 benefit from the food through the umbilical 

 cord— pupaskinna castoftica. If I conld sub- 

 stitute a thin and vitalizing fluid I could, per 



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