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OCTORKR lO-JO 



FROM THE FIELD OF EXPERIENCE 



try will prevail, and these seem to be about 

 the same as ruled last year. 



At the annual field meeting of the New 

 York Association of Beekeepers ' Societies 

 the crop committee recommemled minimum 

 prices as follows:' 



(50-lb. cans $\r).75 each, 13 or more $15.00 each ; 

 10-lb. pails ;k25 each, L' oi- more ?)6.00 doz; 



5-lb. pails 1.7oeach, IS.OOdoz; 



1-qt. jars 1.25 each 12.00 doz; 



1-pt. jars .70 each, 0.60 do/,; 



Idb. jar .50 each, 4.60 doz; 



8-oz. jar .32 each, 3.00 doz; 



fancy comb .50 each, 9.50 case; 



No. 1 comb .45 each, 8.75 case; 



dark honey 5e a pound less. 



A discount of 15% to be given where a 

 job lot is taken. 



The prices recommended by the Western 

 New York Honey Producers ' Associatiou 

 are the same except the discount on job 

 lots. 



Beekeepers are coming more and more to 

 comparing the price of honey with that 

 of other foods and commodities and en- 

 deavoring to maintain prices that bear a 

 just and reasonable comparison, which 

 shows that beekeeping is on a sound found- 

 ation; 



Keninore, N. Y. 0. L. ?Tershiser. 



a rto ^ Qc=: t o 



NOT A LOSS IN SEVEN YEARS 



In Colonies Packed with Shavings in Single Cases 



fjast year my 150 colonies were packed 

 witii sha\ings in (|uadruple, double, and 

 single cases. The single cases hold their 

 seven veai's" record of nex'er n failui-e. 



The double eases were apparently a little 

 ahead of the quadruple last year. A %- 

 inch case covered on all sides with asphalt 

 roofing does not seem as good as those not 

 so covered. Bees in the quadruple cases 

 facing east and west drifted badly. The 

 snow was of no benefit, as shown by the 

 fact that some of the weakest colonies 

 were entirely buried, while some that had 

 no snow around them came thru in first- 

 class condition. Cases are all clear of the 

 ground and have three inches of packing 

 underneath, but I never saw so much mould 

 and dead bees on the bottom as I found 

 this last spring, even where no snow block- 

 ed the entrances. 



Natural stores were apparently all granu- 

 lated; sugar syrup was not. Four-fifths of 

 the stores being sugar syrup accounts for 

 my having 145 colonies alive in the spring, 

 while those who allowed their bees to 

 winter on last year's honey are heavy 

 losers because of the granulation of the 

 honey. 



For good wintering I prefer young 

 queens. I have no cjueens over tw^o years 

 old and T find that the majority of the 

 weak colonies have two-year-old queens. 



Wanstead, Out. Thomas Martin. 



BLAKER ANSWERS CRITICISM 



Why Mr. Cox Failed in Applying the Deadman 

 Plan of Cleaning Sections 



Two years ago I tried on a small scale 

 a plan similar to the Deadman plan, de- 

 scribed in August Gleanings, for getting 

 unfinished sections cleaned up. 



I selected a strong colony. ])ut on a super 



