1888 



GLEA:N1]MGS in i3EE CULTURE. 



833 



J. C.Frisbee, Suffolk. S. E. 10-i. 



a. 16. b 10. c. 35. d. Good. e. Fair, f. Better, g. Fed a 

 few colonies, h. 15 lbs. each to 20 i)er cent of stock. 



H. W. Bass, Front Royal. N. 10-3. 



a 12. b. None. c.60. d. Good, e Fair. f. About same. 

 g. No. 



.lames E. Duvalls, Bellefair Mills. E. 10-3. 



a. 12J^. c. 10. d. Fair. e. Poor, f Very poor. g. No. 

 WASHINOTON TKRRITORY. 



W. J. FraEier, Olympia. N. W. 9-8. 



a. 20. b. 10 to 12. clOO. d. Good. e. Average, f About 50 

 per cent better g. No. 



\V. W. Maltby, Port Angeles. N.W. 10-9. 



a. None. b. 1214. c. 10. d. Good. e. Poor, f . Soim- better. 

 g. No. 



John H. Goe. Mossy Rock. S. W. 10-12. 



a. 18 to 20. b. 8 to 10. c 50 per cent. d. Good. e. Vt-ry po.ir. 



f. Pe(;idedly poorer, g. No. 



WEST VIRGINIA. 

 J. A. Buchanan, Holliday's Cove. N. 10-4. 

 11.20. b. 1.5. c. 0. d. Poor, e Poor. f. Not as Mrood. g-. No 

 Will Thatcher, Martinsburg. W. C. 10-2. 



a. 15. b. 10. c. 50. d. 80 per cent is good. e. Average. 1.25 

 per cent better, g. No. 

 .1 C. Capehart, St. Albans. S. W. 10-1. 

 a. 20. b. 12K. e. Poor. g. Probably. 

 M. A. Kelley, Milton. S. W. 10-6. 

 a. 12M. b. Sis'; c. 75. d. Poor. e. Fair. f. Worse, g. No. 



WISCONSIN. 

 Frank McNay, Mauston. C. 10-3. 

 a. 20. b. 8. c. 100 per cent. d. Good. e. Average, f. Better. 



g. No. 



Joshua Bull. Seymour. E. 10-4. 



a. 15 to 18. b. 10. c. 50. d. Good. e. Poor. f. Not st> good. g. 

 Yes. h. About 15 pounds. 



S. 1. Freeborn, Ithaca. S. W. 10-1. 



a. 15. b. 8. c. Average, d Fine. e. Good. f. Much better, 

 g. In spring, h. About 3 lbs. 



George Grimm, Jefferson. S. E. 10-3. 



a 22. b. 12^. c. 15. d. Good. e. Poor. (.Better, g. Some, 

 h. 5. 



E. France, Platteville. S. W. 10-2. 



a. 20. b. 10. c. ii. d. Good. e. Poor. f. Some better, g. 

 No. 



WYOMING TKRRITORY. 



G. G. Mead, Ferris. S. 10-12. 



a. 2.5. b. 15. c. 40. d. Good. f. Some better, g. No. 



A summarized statement we find upon 

 calculation stands as follows : 



(a) The average price of comb honey 

 throughout the Unitetl States is a small 

 fraction over 19 cts. per pound. The aver- 

 age forJulylwas 16 cts. The market is 

 improving some as will be noticed. In some 

 cases it sells as high as 30 cts. In a large 

 number of localities it is sold for 25 cts. In 

 only three or four places does it sell for less 

 than 15 cts. 



(b) The average price of extracted honey 

 is a fraction over 12 cts. per pound. Statis- 

 tics for July 15 showed 11 cts. There seems 

 to be less tluctuation in the price of ex- 

 tracted than of comb. 



(c) A trifle over 48 per cent of honey was 

 secured throughout the United States by 

 the reporters, and probably this percentage 

 represents very nearly the proportionate 

 amount secured by bee-keepers as a whole 

 through the country. This is some better 

 than the report in July, by about 25 per 

 cent. 



(d) Of those who report in regard to the 

 quality of honey, 66 report good; 32 fair, 

 and only 8 poor. 



(e) Of the number who reply in regard 

 to the season, 13 report it to have been good ; 

 44 fair, and 53 poor. If we put those who 

 report good and those who report fair to- 

 gether, the ratio stands 57 to 53. In other 

 words, in about half the localities the sea- 

 son has been poor ; and in the other half, 

 from fair to good. 



(f) This season is decidedly better than 

 last; 66 report better; 12 about the same, 

 and 27 worse. At this rate we may expect 

 a tolerably good season next year, if the 



gradations from worse to better mean any 

 thing. 



(g) As to feeding, very little has been 

 done this fall ; of those who report, 80 will 

 will not be obliged to feed at all. The re- 

 mainder, 27, will feed some, but not much. 



Comparing this season with the last, we 

 have great reason to be encouraged ; and al- 

 though the reports given refer to individu- 

 als largely, yet in the majority of cases they 

 are representative of the locality. If one 

 man in a certain section of the State has 

 had a poor season, those about him will ex- 

 perience pretty much the same state of af- 

 fairs. There are occasionally exceptions to 

 this rule, but it generally holds true. 



WOODEN SEPARATORS. 



ONE MADE OP SLATS. 



fRlEND HOOT:— Allow me to present you witb 

 a sample of my new wood feparator, which, 

 while it is adapted to any section, is particu- 

 larly suited to the open-side section. I claim 

 for it the following advantHg-es: 



1. It furnishes free communication from side to 

 side. 



2. It will not bend nor wrinkle as tin does, nor 

 warp and split as ordinary wooden ones do. 



3. It serves as a support for the sections (where 

 the bee-space is used), doing away with the neces- 

 sity for T rests or other supports under or between 

 tho sections (except at ends of case). 



4. The lines of propolis resulting from the con- 

 tact of these supports are thus avoided. 



5. No trouble with sections catching on the edge 

 of tins, nor with getting in the last sections. 



6. The outside rows of sections can be easily turn- 

 ed to the central part of the case for completion. 



7. The cost, I think, will be less than that of any 

 perforated separator yet offered. 



1 think that, with proper machinery, the material 

 should not cost over half a cent each (wood only), 

 and they can be put up for half a cent or less. They 

 would be cheap, however, at two cents each. 



I will explain, that, in using this separator with 

 the adjustable case with a bee-space underneath, 

 there is a support for both separators and sections 

 at each end of the case. Then three of the five sep- 

 arators used have a tin button attached to the 

 lower end of the central standards, each of which 



supports four of the central sections. These cen- 

 tral supports would not usually be necessary, as 

 clamping the case holds the sections quite firmly, 

 and the spring of the separators themselves will 

 take up some shrinkage of sections, and still hold 

 them securely; but it is always best to be on the 

 safe side; and these three tin buttons are more 

 than ample. With a case not capable of being 

 clamped, three tin buttons could be used instead of 

 one. Oi.ivEK Foster. 



Mt. Vernon, Iowa. 



Friend F., substantially the same thing as 

 your wooden separator was given long ago. 

 In fact, father Langstroth used such an ar- 



