1881 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



275 



teach my great ABC class? To induce 

 others to come to the rescue of the many 

 wantmg hees, I will give the names, free, of 

 responsible parties wIjo will furnish bees at 

 these, or less prices. There is little or no 

 trouble with queens, as these can be procured 

 cheaply in any quantities, while bees can be 

 shipped long "distances only at a considerable 

 expense. It will pay exceedingly well to 

 raise bees by the pound, even when we de- 

 pend on feeding during the seasons they get 

 little or no honey. 



CAGES FOIl SIIIPriNG BEES. 



Bees must of a necessity be sent by ex])ress; 

 none are allowed by mail except the dozen 

 or two that accompany the queen, and 

 freight is altogether too slow. 



CAGE FOR 1 LB. OF BEES. 



PRICE LIST. 



3 I J^ lb , single section, no candy 05 



6 I }^ lb, 2 sections, no candy 10 



9 I 1 lb , 3 sections, no candy 15 



If tilled with Vlallon'.s candy, add .3o to each section, and if 

 wanted by mail, 3c more to each section. 



2 1 Tin water-bottles, for long shipments 03 



AVe put in from one to three of these bot- 

 tles, according to distance and quantity of 

 bees. When distance is such that they will 

 likely be received in 3 or 4 days, no water is 

 needed ; and it may be we shall succeed in 

 getting them to stand a week without water. 



The smallest cage is an excellent one for 

 sending a valuable queen in by express. 



JUTERIALS IN THE FI..\T, PER IirNDRED. 



$1 .")0 I Sections, in-inted as per cut, in price li.st $ 75 



iiO I Wire-cloth caps forends 2 0(1 



100 1 " " bands to match them 3 00 



20 I Strips to hold candy, per 100 25 



10 I Handles of fancy-colored book-binder's cloth for 



3-lb. package SO 



2 00 I Water bottles 2.50 



45 I Tin ttiiinel, for shaking the bees into the above cages 50 

 2 I Yucca brushes 05 



With the above tunnel, an expert will put 

 up a pound of bees ready for shipment, in 

 ive minutes, after finding the queen. After 

 using the tunnel a dozen times or so, the 

 honey that shakes against the inside should 

 be washed off, and also the yucca brush that 

 is used to brush them down. "When the tun- 

 nel is dropped, it should be set with its 

 mouth on the ground, ai^d the small end 

 covered with the small cap, to keep robber 

 bees from sucking up the new honey. The 

 cages may hold more bees than the weight 

 named, especially in cool weather ; in fact, 

 we often put li lbs. in a 1-lb. cage ; but if 

 the weather is hot, it is not safe to put in 

 more than 1 lb. 



VlAIiliON'S CANDY. 



AND SOME OTHER MATTERS PERTAINING TO 

 SELLING BEES BY THE POUND. 



ITIIIN the past few days we have 

 fJl^j been sending to every one South 

 -'-' whom we thought might have 

 queens, to see if they could not help us sup- 

 ply the enormous demand. Here is a letter 

 from friend Viallon, in regard to this and 

 kindred matters. 



Yours at hand, and in reply would state that I have 

 too many orders to spare you any dollar queens at 

 once. I may in a few days if orders slack a little. I 

 am making some experiments on shipping bees by 

 the pound, and so far I think I shall succeed in send- 

 ing them to any part of the country without loss. I 

 had never given this matter any attention since 18T9, 

 when I sent you some; but as the demand is so 

 large, and as it is of mutual interest, I have under- 

 taken the experiments. So far as I have gone, I 

 would state to you that it requires a box or cage not 

 smaller than 6 inches square for 1 lb. of bees, and 

 that 1 lb of candy will hardly do for more than 5 

 days. Those I have in cages have consumed, on an 

 average, 4 ounces in 2t hours. These were taken 

 and put in the cages without all )wing them to fill 

 themselves with honey. Now, here is another ques- 

 tion: In sending bees by the pound, must we allow 

 them to fill up with honey before putting them in 

 the CHge, or must we put them in on an empt)/ stom- 

 ach? Do you know that it makes a big difftrence in 



