G T. K A N I N G S IN B K E CULT U R F. 



August, 1922 



HEADS OF GRAIN 1 I?PQM1Q |~^^ FIELDS 



How to Secure I liave seen the stato- 



Chaif for Packing, in Gleanings that it is 

 impossible to separate 

 the straw and chaff with a modern thresher 

 and blower, but this year I secured a nice 

 lot of chaff for packing the bees. We re- 

 moved a board in the bottom of the separa- 

 tor just in front of the blower of the wind 

 stacker. This allowed most of the chaff to 

 fall through, while the straw passed over 

 into the blower. A boy can rake it out from 

 under the machine as it accumulates. We 

 used a Frick separator, although I suppose 

 this can be done with other makes of ma- 

 chines. H. C. James. 

 Wooster, Ohio. 



Importance of Display In view of the 

 Signs for Comb Honey, movement on foot 

 at the present time 

 to educate the public to the proper names 

 and uses of honey, it is amazing to note 

 the atrocious methods still used by many re- 

 tailers in j)lacing honey before the public. 



For instance, the following sign was con- 

 spicuously displayed on some beautiful comb 

 honey in the window of one of our grocery 

 stores: 



SPECIAL! 



PURE HONEY, 



25c A CAED. 



This honey would have sold better on its 

 appearance alone, as a comb of honey con- 

 jures visions of a delightful toothsome deli- 

 cacy, but I am sure no one would get en- 

 thusiastic over the prospect of eating a 

 ' ' card of honey. ' ' Too reminiscent of paste 

 board. 



Another enterprising retailer tried to 

 boost his honev sales bv the following: 

 VERY FINE HONEY, 



28c PER CAKE. 



Immediately next to this in the window 

 was a display of soap at " 5c a cake, ' ' so we 

 can well imagine how many prospective cus- 

 tomers lost their appetite for honey through 

 seeing this display. 



In my opinion beekeepers, especially the 

 large producers of comb honey, Avould be 

 more than repaid for the slight cost of 

 printing if they would enclose an attractive- 

 ly gotten-up display sign with each shipping 

 case, to be used in presenting their goods to 

 the public. Practically all manufacturers 

 of standard products do this, and the re- 

 tailer will almost invariably use this pre- 

 pared advertising rather than go to the 

 trouble of making a sign himself. 



The above instances are just two casual 

 observances in this city. No doubt a care- 

 ful investigation would show that thou- 

 sands of sales are being lost through the 

 labeling of honey as "cards," "cakes," and 

 other misnomers. R. K. Rickard. 



Minneapolis, Minn. 



Bees Good Advertise- I believe that bee 

 ment for Honey and keeping makes as in- 

 Other Farm Products, teresting and profit- 

 able a hobby as one 

 can find in country life and, above all, the 

 best kind of advertisement for farm pro- 

 duce. People motoring along judge our prod- 

 ucts by their outward appearance. The paint 

 on the hives is money well spent, and the 

 orderly arrangement of the hives makes a 

 pretty sight. These are the first attractions 

 that bring customers to our door. A friend 

 who saw I was selling my own honey at 

 liome gave me a commission to sell some of 

 his, and I helped him move a large crop. In 

 all, I sold more than two tons of honey from 

 my door. If I were stationed along a good 

 highway with suitable surroundings, I would 

 certainly sell honey whether I kept bees or 

 not. ' George H. Foot. 



Grand Rapids, Ohio. 



Introducing Queens Tliose who have had 

 in Difficult Cases. jjoor success in intro- 

 ducing queens by the 

 regular method, especially with hybrid bees, 

 should try this method: 



Before introducing the queen nail a piece 

 of tin over the candy end of the cage, 

 which will prevent the bees from releasing 

 her. Remove the queen from the colony to 

 be requeened, insert the cage containing the 

 other queen in between or on top of the 

 frames. After five or six days remove the 

 tin from the candy end of the cage, allow- 

 ing the bees to release the queen in the 

 regular way, at the same time destroying 

 all queen-cells. The hive should not be ex- 

 amined until after five days have elapsed. 



Medina, Ohio. J. E. Thompson. 



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Breeding Bees Suited I believe that local- 

 to the Locality. ity plays a very im- 



portant part in the 

 results obtained with bees and their be- 

 havior. I also believe that greater success 

 may be attained b}^ selection and breeding 

 different strains of bees for different local- 

 ities—even the making of a new race by 

 combining the desirable traits of the differ- 

 ent races in one. It cannot be accomplished 

 in one year or in two, but it is, in my opin- 

 ion, well worth working for. I do not be- 

 lieve that the desired end can be reached by 

 buying queens from different sections of the 

 country, even though the best. The infusion 

 of ne\v blood may be a good thing, but it 

 may prove the opposite of what is expect- 

 ed. Nature's laws aim to build a race to 

 meet the conditions under which they must 

 exist and fulfill their destiny. 



Caribou, Maine. O. B. Griffin. 



