Vol. XIV. 



JAN. 1, 1880. 



No. 1. 



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NOTES FBOM THE BANNER APIARY. 



NO. 73. 



OR, TO BE MORE EXACT ABOUT THE FACT, NOTES 

 , FROM THE DETROIT CONVENTION. 



SECTIONS. 



TN the east, glassed sections sell better than un- 

 M g-lassed; but Western people object to paying 

 ll 15 cts. a pound for useless glass. The market 

 -*- demands sections of different sizes; but the 

 one-pound leads the van. Spruce and poplar 

 should be substituted for basswood, as they are 

 harder, and it " saves the basswood." 



FOUNDATION VS. EMPTY FRAMES. 



Have small brood-nests, put only starters in the 

 brood-frames when you hive a swarm. Try it, ye 

 doubters. 



EXTRACTED HONEY LOSES ITS FLAVOR 



by being exposed to the air. 



KEEPING CO.MB HONEY. 



Comb honey can be licpt by having it in a dry 

 warm atmosphere. Have no pollen in it, and the 

 moth will not trouble it. The fumes of burning 

 sulphur settle. Have the honey at the bottom of 

 the room. Set fire to the sulphur by throwing into 

 it a hot iron. 



50 LBS. OF SUGAR SYRUP. 



Two parts sugar and one water, fed to a colony of 

 bees in the fall, will enable them to build combs in 

 empty frames, store the syrup, and winter v/ell 

 in a cellar. 



ALSIKE CLOVER 



can be grown at a profit, as a hon«y-plant, on land 

 worth $50 per acre. It has yielded more than $25 

 worth of seed per acre. Sow the seed of honey- 

 producing plants, those that produce honey alone, 

 upon waste places only. 



BEES BY THE POUND 



should not be gorged with honey, and, when shipped, 

 should be furnished with "Good" cand3^ and kept 

 out of the sun. To secure good results, the bees 

 should be young and the apiarist skillful. 



BEE-STINGS, GLOVES, CLOTHING. 



Cut off the ends of the fingers of rubber gloves; 

 it allows the sweat to escape. They are then more 

 comfortable, and last longer. Wear smooth cloth- 

 ing, singe the hairs from the hands and wrists, and 

 the number of stings received will be lessened. 



COMB FOUNDATION. 



If the wax is the same, the "make" of fdn. has 

 but little to do with its acceptance by the bees. 

 Com.b drawn from fdn. is tougher than natural 

 comb, hcuce the fdn. in surplus honey should be 

 very thin. Roller-mills can make thin fdn. if the 

 wax is not sheeted thin; presses can not. Fdn. 

 that has been closely boxed is hardened but little 

 by age. Soaking old fdn. in warm water will re- 

 move the bluish color that it has acquired, and 

 make it soft. 



BEE-KEEPING AS A BUSINESS. 



Whether bee-keeping " pays " as compared with 

 other business, depends upon the " other " business. 

 If one can make more at some other business, then 

 it doesn't "pay;" if not, then it does. Each one 

 must take every thimj into consideration, and decide 

 for himself. 



REVERSING COMBS. 



Besides the oft-repeated advantages of reversing 

 combs, there is now claimed the additional one of 

 its discouraging swarming by enlarging the brood 

 capacity of the hive, and sending the honey into 

 the surplus apartment. If inverted at the right 

 time, queen-cells will be destroyed. Mr. Heddon 

 has invented a reversible hive and section-case. 



