1881 



GLEA2{INGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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nlight on them and sip np all of the sugar. I will 

 have to quit feeding- at the entrance, and feed inside 

 of the hi%-e. I would send you a couple of the in- 

 sects if I did not think you sent them. I wish, while 

 you were making me a present, that you had sent 

 me a nice Italian queen. I would have liked it 

 much better. You may think this is a big- tale to 

 tell: but, sir, I never saw the like in all my life, nor 

 anybody else in my neighborhood. 



Can you tell me how to make sugar out of cane? 

 George Thorn. 



Willmoths, Barbour Co., W. Va., Aug. 15, 1881. 



I have seen the huminiii8;-birds too, friend 

 T., but not in such numbers as you men- 

 tion. In the night time we also have great 

 moths that greedily suck up the precious 

 nectar. Where these honey-plants are raised 

 on a large scale, these bird and insect ene- 

 mies might get to be quite a drawback. 

 Probably the humming-birds were attracted 

 from quite a distance, and that is why you 

 found so many of them. Can you not trap 

 them, and sell them as curiosities, and make 

 a speculation out' of them? 



In our book list, you will tind a book that 

 tells all about making sugar from Early 

 Amber and other canes. 



EXTRACTED HONEY SOURING. 



I have two barrels of honey that were gathered dur- 

 ing a rainy spell, that, as soon as disturbed, com- 

 mence to ferment. 1 am afraid to ship them, as I 

 fear they will burst. What would you advise me to 

 do with them? Is there nothing that I can put into 

 them to stop fermentation, that will not injure the 

 honey? W. S. Hart. 



New Smyrna, Volusia Co., Fla , Aug. 16, 1881. 



If the honey has not got so as to taste bad, 

 which I think likely it has not, you can ripen 

 it by putting it in open vessels co\'ered with 

 cheese cloth. It is very likely that the fer- 

 mentation is only in the thin honey that has 

 risen to the top. ^>ry often it will be found 

 all right, after dipping off the surface. The 

 honey that tastes a little bad, or slightly 

 sour, can be improved, and the fermenta- 

 tion stopped, by slightly scalding ; but it is 

 seldom of as fine a color or flavor after scald- 

 ing. I would by no meaits put anything in- 

 to it. It is because of just stichwork as you 

 have now on hand, that I have in the ^V 13 C 

 cautioned so much about extracting the 

 honey before it was nearly all capped over. 



HUNGARIAN BEES, ETC. 



Y ou ask where I got the Hungarian bees. I im- 

 ported them 3 years ago. I do not think much of 

 them as a race, but their good qualities consist in 

 the crossing. As a race they will swarm themselves 

 to death. I have no such trouble when they are 

 crossed with other races. I am now testing the 

 Holy-Land queens for laying. I have some that are 

 very prolfic, very handsome, and as large as any 

 Italians I ever saw. Generally, queens of this race 

 are small and not verj' handsome. I have selected, 

 for breeding queens, some very fine Hungarian 

 queens, and'I expect to raise some very bright ones, 

 thus breeding up a race of bees that will go ahead 

 of all others. H. Alley. 



Wenham, Mass., Aug. 19, 1881. 



$d^^ and ^iiwkh 



G. W. MARSHALL, DAVENPORT, lOAVA. 



I DREW on (1. W. Marshall for the pay for his ad- 

 vertisement, and he repudiated it, and we drop 

 his card; and if any one has lost money by 

 reason of Itis (t<l. in our .journal, we arc ready to 

 make it good. E. M. Harrison. 



Lebanon, Laclede Co., Mo., Aug. 16, 1881. 

 [That is business, friend Harrison, and here is our 

 hand on it. Let us suffer long, and be kind : but 

 when a man repudiates his honest debts, ho should 

 be held up at once, as a warning.] 



Some of the old veterans had. better look out for 

 their laurels in the queen business this year; and 

 honey too. L. W. Vankirk. 



Washington, Pa.*, Aug. 1, 1881. 



I put 54 swarms in cellar; took out about 30, 

 which died to about 1~, worth, may be, 5 good 

 swarms. H. B. Alger. 



Edgewood, Clayton Co., la., July 5, 1881. 



I had 130 stands of bees when last winter set in, 

 and saved only 13. I have had 3 swarms this season. 

 Total, 16. H. W. White. 



Broad Hun Sta., Fauquier Co., Va. 



I have had a splendid How of honey. I extracted 

 1700 lbs. from )iQ colonies from July 4th to the 30th. 

 I never saw basswood so full. W. S. Saltford. 



Po'keepsie, N. Y., July 29, 1881. 



I have taken 1460 lbs. of honey from 49 hives, one- 

 third sections, two-lhirds extracted, all very light- 

 colored, and fine flavored. Stacy Pettit. 



Ft. Smith, Ark., Aug. 1, 1881. 



This neighborhood will have to report another 

 poor crop of clover honey. I received more locust 

 honey in 5 days than clover honey in as many weeks. 



Cincinnati, ()., July 11, 1881. Chas. F. Muth. 



Prospects of honey are good. Extracted so far 

 3000 lbs., and taken off 300 lbs. comb honey. Have 

 now 250 colonies. O, W. Blanton. 



Greenville, Wash. Co., Miss., June 3, 1881. 



I went Into winter-quarters with 15 colonies; all 

 came through right. I now have 37 colonies, all do- 

 ing well. I wintered on summer stands. 



Thomas H. Jansen. 



Breesport, Chemung Co., N. Y., Aug. 17, 1881. 



"Her Majesty" arrived yesterday in good condi- 

 tion, and coronal services were at once performed; 

 and, there being nf) Nihilists, a quiet and peaceful 

 reign is expected. A. W. Hempleman. 



Richmond, Ind., Aug. 18, 1881. 



honey in august. 



I never knew, for the last fifteen years, the bees to 

 gather any honey in this month till this year, not- 

 withstanding the protracted drought. The early 

 blossoming of smartweed may perhaps account for 

 the same. A. X. Illinski. 



East St. Louis, St. Clair Co., 111., Aug. 18, 1881. 



AN apiary of 325 colonies in box hives. 



I am in the bee business, and have been for the 

 last 8 years. I have an apiary at Blakeley, Baldwin 

 Co., Ala., which is, I think, the best place for honey 

 in the State. From 335 gums, I have, in a good hon- 

 ey season, turned out 6000 lbs. of capped honey; but 

 the last three years the bees have failed and done 

 but little. I have been using the old-fashioned box 

 gum, but intend to try the frames. 



Bromley, Ala., Aug. 6, 1881. C. F. Williams. 



