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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



August 



are equally useful for other surface 

 bites and stings. 



While discussing this subject it is 

 well to mention the need, generally 

 understood, for instant removal of 

 the sting by pushing it out sidewise 

 with the finger nail, avoiding press- 

 ing the poison sac, which would 

 force the poison into the tissues. 

 S. A. JONES, 



Washington. 



CARDBOARD CASES 



By A. F. Bonney 



There is certain to be a great short- 

 age of cases for square cans, for 

 mailing honey this fall, but fortu- 

 nately, they may be made, and at a 

 cost much less than the regular arti- 

 cle. 



There are thousands of tons of ma- 

 terial to be had at actually no cost, 

 in the boxes used to ship goods of 

 all kinds, and the writer has planned 

 as follows : 



Make forms to mark by, one to cut 

 a piece which will cover the four 

 sides of the can, the other to cover 

 the two sides and ends. Cut notches 

 where the cardboard is to be bent, 

 and guided by these cut partly 

 through the material with a sharp 

 knife and bend the resulting case 

 around the can. It is hardly neces- 

 sary to fasten the joints, but if it is 

 desired, a strip of tough brown paper 

 may be applied, using liqtiid glass 

 for a paste, as it dries almost in- 

 stantly. A stout cord tied around the 

 two pieces of the case will hold it se- 

 curely. I have used such a case with 

 satisfaction. 



In using liquid glass, pour some 

 into a dish and use a small, one-inch 

 sash tool to apply it. If it becomes 

 too thick, it may be thinned in the 

 dish with water. 



I have found a pair of tinner's 

 "snips " or shears the best thing 

 with which to cut the cardboard, as 

 some of it is very thick and hard. 



I have mailed friction-top pails 

 safely by putting about three thick- 

 nesses of the cardboard around the 

 can and a round piece over each end, 

 then wrap in paper and tie; but the 

 top of the can must be soldered, and 

 four lumps of solder equidistant on 

 the joint is enough. A little powdered 

 rosin is all that is needed to make 

 the solder hold on new tin. 



OHIO STATE FAIR 



From the premium list of the Ohio 

 State Fair, to be held at Columbus, 

 from August 30 to September 4, we 

 extract the following information: 



"At the annual meeting of the Ohio 

 State Beekeepers' Association, held 

 January 26-31, 1920, a co-operative 

 organization was entered into be- 

 tween the members of that organiza- 

 tion and the management of the Ohio 

 State Fair under which the bee- 

 keepers agree to furnish the honey 

 for the 1920 State Fair, while the 

 Fair management accepted the re- 

 sponsibility for staging and caring 

 for the exhibit. No premiums to be 

 offered or awarded. Under this ar- 

 rangement the beekeepers agree to 

 furnish the honey, putting it up in 



A Noted Beeman 



Crepieux Jamin, M. D. The first 

 French civilian rewarded by the 

 King of Belgium with the Order of 

 Leopold, for services rendered to 

 3,000 wounded soldiers. 



containers supplied by the Fair man- 

 agement. 



"The Fair management supplies the 

 containers, paying transportation 

 both ways, furnishes labels, which 

 shall bear the naine of the Ohio Bee- 

 keepers' Association and an identi- 

 fication number; furnishes a num- 

 bered list of all exhibitors, numbers 

 to correspond with exhibitor's num- 

 ber on label; installs exhibit, cares 

 for it during the fair, disposing of 

 same at end of exhibition period, re- 

 mitting to each exhibitor his pro- 

 rata share of the proceeds after de- 

 ducting cost of containers used." 



This is certainly a novel arrange- 

 ment and beekeepers of other States 

 will watch with interest the success 

 of the plan. To stage an exhibit 

 worth while, with no premiums of- 

 fered, will certainly indicate a live 

 bunch of beekeepers in Ohio. 



Co-operation 



By A. F. B'onney 

 For Sale — Nonthera grown [■iocky 

 Mountain extracted (strained) 

 honey, the purest and mosti whole- 

 some sweet; two S-gallon cans 

 (120 pounds net weight) only $24 

 f. o. b. here. Single can $12. ."^O. 

 Satisfaction and delivery guaran- 

 teed. Send payment with order. 



Honey — White clover, guaranteed 

 from our own apiary; 60-lb. can 



$15. 



If anything were needed to fortify 

 the argument tha' honey producers 

 need to get together on prices the 

 two ads above would furnish it, for 

 there is a difference Qf $2.50 on a 60- 

 pound can. 



The ads are a good lesson on ad- 

 vertisement writing. The low price 

 man uses seven lines, fifty words, at 

 seven cents a word, a't total of $3.50 

 per insertion, to advertise a low 

 price, while the other advertiser uses 

 but seventeen words, at a cost of 

 $1.19. The dashes after the ads are 

 put in in place of the names and ad- 

 dresses of the parties paying for 

 them. 



Cannot something be done to equal- 

 ize the price of honey? Personally 

 I believe we need National, State 

 and County organization. 



Twelve dollars a 60-pound can is 20 

 cents a pound, less the cost of the 

 can, now about $1 ; advertising, which 

 will not be less than a cent a pound 

 for the honey sold; drayage and inci- 

 dentals. Deducting from the $12 the 

 above items, which will amounit to 

 about $1.90, it leaves but a trifle less 

 than 17 cents a pound for the honey. 

 When it is noted that the price for 

 honey ranges from 22c for dark am- 

 ber to 24c for light amber, and up to 

 38-45c in New York, the need of co- 

 operation is made the more apparent. 

 Chicago quoted Cuban light amber at 

 14-14KC. 



A party in Cuba reports that 

 "Honey is worth today $1.15 a gal- 

 lon." That is 9J/2 c a pound. If we 

 keep on cutting each other's throats 

 we shall soon be in the Cuban class. 



Buck Grove, la. 



A Cheap Feeder 



By M. W. Greer 



In the May issue of the Journal, on 

 page 168, your correspondent, Mr. 

 Ezra Wiggins, gave his method of 

 feeding his bees and closed by saying 

 that if any one knew of a cheaper, 

 simpler or handier way, to pass it 

 along. I tried his plan some years 

 ago, but I did not like it very well, as 

 I found i't difficult to get the syrup to 

 run into the cells unless it was made 

 very thin; but I have devised a meth- 

 od that suits me the best of any- 

 thing I have ever tried. It is not only 

 cheap and convenient, but works to 

 perfection. First, I get one of those 

 tin containers in which coffee comes, 

 liolding one pound. They are about 

 three and one-half inches in height 

 and five inches in width, and hold 

 three pints. Then I take a sharp 

 instrument of some kind and punch 

 a row of small holes just below the 

 rim, punching from the inside; then 

 get a saucer or tin pan, or wha't is 

 still better, one of those earthen sau- 

 cers that the women put under their 

 flower pots, as they are a little rough, 

 so that the bees can crawl over i't. 

 Now I fill the can or cup with syrup, 

 and put the saucer or pan on top. I 

 hold firmly, and with a quick motion 

 invert all together. I remove the 

 cover from the hive, place the feeder 

 on top of the frames, put on a super, 

 'tlien put something around under the 

 outer edge of the saucer for the bees 

 to crawl up over to get at the syrup — 

 a roll of paper or som old cloth, a 

 piece of old rope, or perhaps some 



