1892 



15I.EANINGS IN HEE CULTURE. 



863 



iniiuts, IIS tin- Di-iiors :iri' i-diuiiiK- in freely fi-oiii lliein. 

 Notliiii>r would please us hettiT tliim to iilace a 

 seetioii of t his bcaiilit'nl honey on t he 1 able of each 

 of our readers, if I hat wi'ie [lossihle. Some of the 

 S€H'tions aie snow-white, and tilled i-leaf out to the 

 wo»h1 on both sides, top and bottom, witho\it a sin- 

 vlo pop-eel 1 next the wood, but a |>f rfect sheet of 

 white ■•appin^'. Tliey are also filled so full thaf 

 there is a net weiyht of ~."> to 2.S lbs. of hoiu>y in 

 many of the eases. thou>rh they eontaiii only 24 

 sections 1"» inehos \\U\r. 



If you haven't enoufrh honey for your home mar- 

 ket, ami are not too fat- away, oi'der a crate of this 

 and you will have no trouble in sellin^r it alanood 

 priee. A single ease or two are not so likely to ship 

 safely as four or more, whieh we ean Orate ioj^'ether 

 in sueh a way as to earry without breakage. The 

 priees at whieh we sell are: 



In lots of 1, 2, or 3 cases. 18c per lb. 



In lots of 4 to 8 cases, IT'jC per lb. 



In full crates of 9 cases each, I7c per lb. 



Five full crates, or 4.5 cases, 16>ic per lb, 



orn NEW OUTSIDE WINTER-CASE. 



The reports of this year and our own experiments 

 lust winter justified us in the belief thaf a sealed 

 cover for outdoor winterinjj-, with packing material 

 above and around the brood-nest, was the correct 

 method. In accordance with this idea we modified 

 our winter-case for Dovetailed hive by giving- it a 

 telescope cover (see cut). This permits of using the 



OUR NE\V W1NTE1{-(ASE. 



old cover on the hive without disturbing- the sealing 

 and at the same time affords better access for pour- 

 ing your packing material around and on top of 

 the hive. The bottom inside edge of tlie case is 

 stopped up with padded sticks as before, so that the 

 space between the hive and the case is closed up. 

 We do not think it necessary to go to the extra ex- 

 pen.se of an e.xtra bottom foi- the winter-case. It is 

 not the bottom that is to bo kept warm, but the top, 

 and that should be sealed and protected. Our ex- 

 tensive experiments last season prov-e this. 



PRICES FOR 8-FltAME D()^^;TAIL.EU HIVE. 



New dovetailed winter ease, including cover and 

 padded sticks, .50c each; 10 lor ■'f4..50; or 100 for $40.00. 

 Winter ca.se, nailed and i)ainted, 75c each; 10 for. 

 ?6.50. For those who want winter-cases for their 

 Simplicity 10-frame Dovetailed hives, the price will 

 be 10c each more than above prices. 



GARDENING FOR NOVEMBER 15. 



We take it for granted that crops are prettj' mucli 

 all gathered. In our locality we sometimes let 

 cabbage and turnips stand until Thanksgiving. It 

 is rather risky for cabljage, however, and sometimes 

 risky for turniiis. At other times, however, t uriiips 

 make quite a growth during this mouth and the 

 first of next. On this account we almost always 

 have a late sowing that may or may not amount to 

 any tiling. Parsnips and vegetable oysters, of 

 course, will stand any weather. All you need to 

 look out for is that they are not frozen fast in the 

 ground when tlie market offers a big price for them. 

 The real gardening, then, must be under glass. 

 Cloth will answer at this season of the year for 

 protecting plants that are already up and grf)wing; 

 and, under favorable circumstances, in might do to 

 start some seeds. But these must be moved into 

 the greenhouse later, or els*; glass must take the 

 place of cloth. 



The most important \-egetal)le to push just now I 

 know of is (ir.-ind Kapids lettuce. The intensive 

 gardener should ha\-e lettm-e in all stages of 

 growth every month in the year, Seeds sown under 

 glass, right oil now, will comi- up and make consid- 

 eiable gi-owth,even though you have no heat from 

 manure or steam. Sei'dling plants may also be 

 ti-ansplanled. 1 wo\dd put them 7 inclies apart 

 each way. making the rows so that the i)lants form 

 an e()uil.-iteral triangle, one plant at each corner, as 

 explained on page l:.'l of the tomato book. At this 

 season of the year 1 would lathei- have lettuce in 

 the cold-frame th,-in iti the greenhouse, because you 

 can remove the glass whenever theie is a warm 

 rain. If the jdaiits are i)ut the distance apart I 

 have recommendeil in the above, there will be no 

 danger of rotiior disi^ase, pi-oviding you air them 

 and give them i-ain wheiievi^- the weather will pei^ 

 mit. There is not much danger from the sun so far 

 south as it is now. of the plants getting too hot, 

 even if the glass is left on. Better h)ok out in the 

 middle of the day, however, if the sky is very clear. 

 If, when yoii tilt one of the sa.shes, hot air and 

 steam come out, your i)lants are in-otty near the 

 dangei--i)oiiit, and need air. We have some very 

 nicetirand K.-ipi<ls seed, received of Eugene Davis, 

 the originatoi-, that we can furnish as follows: 

 >i oz., 5c; ouiure, 1.5c; pound, $1,75; 5 lbs., $7 50. 



The plant that would come next to lettuce, in 

 our opinion, would be spinacli. Ounce, 5c; pound, 

 25c; 5 lbs,, $1.00. This is even more hardy than let- 

 tuce, iind will grow all winter long under glass, 

 providing the sash are put a little apart to give air; 

 or, better still, have the sash made of glass slats, 

 which I have lieretofot-e descril)ed. Corn salad will 

 also do well if ti-eated like tlic spinach. 



You can sow Ei-lipse beets now under glass. As it 

 takes beets a long while to grow, they will be just 

 right for greens in February. We got 15c per lb. 

 for beet greens for a long while last sea.son. Eclipse 

 beets, oz., 5c; pound, .50c; 5 lbs , $2.00. 



If you have neglected pnniding cabbage-plants 

 for the cold-frame, you can sow the seeds now un- 

 der gla.ss. They will bear almost as much exposure 

 as spinach. We can furnish March's best strain of 

 Jersey Wakefield stock seed; ounce, 20c; pound, 

 $2. .50. Cauliflower is a little more delicate than cab- 

 bage, but you can manage it if you take a little 

 more pains. 



Cress, or pepper-grass, is about as hardy as let- 

 tuce. Ounce, 8c; pound, 50. 



Egyptian, or winter onion-sets, will do nicely 

 managed as spinach under glass. If the sets are 

 put out now f hey will be fit for bunch onions in 

 January and February. Per quart, 10c; peck, 75c; 

 10c per quart extra if ordered by mail. 



I think Ameiican Wonder peas can also be raised 

 profitably under gla.ss. We are going to make a 

 trial of it this season, and report. 



Ivadishes are even easier to raise under glass than 

 lettuce. Scarlet Globe will give the earliest; but 

 Wood's Early Frame furnishes nicer radishes a lit- 

 tle later. Prices, ounce, 10c; pound, 75. If any of 

 the above seeds are wanted by mail, add to the 

 usual price 9c per lb. for postage and packing. 



DADANT SHALLOW EXTRACTINOSUPEiiS. 



In rai.siiig comb honey it is generally considered 

 best to give the bees only as much room as they can 

 occupy at once, usuall.v one supei-. Considerable 

 ln-at is re(piired in comb-building and the work of 

 the hive; and if given onl.v the amount ot room they 

 can easil\ occupy they will work with better effect 

 than if gi\ en I wii-i- as nuich room as they need. The 

 same aigumenf will aijply in securing extracted 

 honey: but as the full-sized frames are generally 

 used for this purpose, it was not so easy to contract 

 the amount of space to the capacity of'an ordinary 

 supei-. For- this reason there seems to be a demand 

 for shallow exlracting-supei-s; and this Is no new 

 idea, for many, especially the Dadants, have been 

 using it a number of years. To meet this demand 

 with the i-i-gular Dovetailed hive, we are making 

 shallow t(xtracting-fi-ames, 414 inches deep, outside 

 mc^asure. ju.st like the old-style all-wood frames, 

 without a comlvguide, and giving about 4 inches in 

 depth of comb surface. By putting 8 of these in an 

 ordinary super (the same super used to hold 4if 

 sections) without follower, and spaced 1^4 inches 

 from center to center, you will have an extracting- 

 super. True, you will have more frames to handle; 

 but the uncapi)ing-knife will easily reach clear 

 across the frame, and you can pare off the capplngs 



