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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Sept. 28, 



our LzrrtRWox^ 



Bemoring Bees fr Combs. I have 



found thai a tine, light-brush br n 



is superior t" anything else for re- 

 moving bees rrom ibs. It does no) 



aggravate them, as does a wing of any 

 kind. It is easily washed when be- 

 Bmeared with honey, and will last 

 many years. '1'" use tin- broom, do 

 not sweep tin- bees "ii with tin- end of 

 the brush, bul use tin- side ami corner 

 with a quiet, short stroke. This has 

 i disappointments, for 

 bad and good results with me for the 

 bees. The basswood and clover (on ac- 

 count "i too much tain i, werefalmost a 

 failure. < ttber long rain Bpells have 

 cut cut] the storing of large quantities 

 of honey, being daily brought in. Vet 

 I think that I shall he- able to report a 

 surplus nt 7"> lbs. to the hive, of comb 

 honej . I have already taken 90 pounds 

 wme hives. I am keeping this 

 si uson, in 2 apiaries, l T"> colonies of 

 bees. John Bird. 



Bradford, [owa, Bept. l", 1881. 



Inother Way of Swindling. Some 



ni ni\ neighbors haw paid a profes- 

 sional bee-man, who has been giving 



is for about $150.00 through this 

 locality, Insuring thai amount to be 

 i le out of the business In a stipula- 

 ted time. Of course the purchaser 

 had to give his note with interest. 

 When the notes became due, they 

 were found in the nearest bank for 

 collection, and our professional bee- 

 man. W. II . McLaine, is among the 

 missing. We have had the must exten- 



ii.uith this county ever wit nessed. 

 Bees have done well early in the sea- 

 son, but Since July 15, they have hern 



consuming their stores, consequently . 

 there will be no surplus, in tins part. 

 The weather is still very hot, and the 

 ground is parched and has cracked 

 open. In in\ opinion, bees in this lo- 

 calitj b ill have to be fed. How much 

 hone] does a colonj of bees require to 

 winter on? Ami what is the best 

 it feeding 'i Should bees be pnl 

 into winter quarters while the weather 

 is so hot ? S. I. I). 



Goldsmith, Iml.. Sept. B, 1881. 



| If in the cellar, 20 to -"> pounds will 

 answer ; more will be required forout- 



d wintering. Bees should not be 



housed or cellared until the weather 

 has become too cool I'm- qnite frequenl 

 dights.— Ed.] 



Three fears' Experience. I have 

 had bees for 8 years ; the first year I 

 hail 20 colonies, ami sulil $28 worth of 

 hone) . The 2nd year I had I" colo- 

 iml sulil $125 worth of honey. 

 Now I have t:; colonies, ami tins tall 

 been bo dry that I ha\ e sold but 

 -7u wort h. Mj bees are at t he i""t "i 



a IdnlT on the Mississippi bottom 

 lamls. ami are Italians. 'The I'.kk 



.iiu us m. has been a great help to me. 

 .1 vmi- Corbit. 

 Palmyra, Mo., Bept. 19, 1881. 



Changing BlanketB. Wonld it be 

 better to take off the old waxed cloths 

 when packing in chaff in the fall, and 



put mi new niies f I'lease answer 

 through tin- Bi r JomtN al. 



I; S||i. I. KIT. 



Robinson, out.. Sept. 18, 1881. 



|Ves. if absorbents are used above, 

 as the propolis wonld make absorp- 

 tion as well BS upward ventilation next 

 tn impossible.— Ed.] 



Vindication <>r ll. .v. Buret) \ Co. 

 Through Ha- American Bee .i"i r 

 ual and Gleanings tn BeeOulturt I see 

 that II. A. Bnrch & Co. have been 

 placed in an embarrassing position, 



ami t'i make it las it seems to me more 



embarrassing to Mr. Burch,our worthy 



bee papers are spreading the news. 

 poshing, as it Were, the man user the 



precipice. They have, seemingly, for- 

 gotten tin- uliI adage, "Never push a 

 man when he is going down the hill." 



In past years. 1 believe, n"t a word of 

 reproach nor a hint of crookedness has 

 been brought against II. A. Burch. 

 We have been told in Gleanings that 

 Mr. Burch lust nearly all his bees (no 

 crookedness in this) during the past 



winter. Now, it is mi more than fair 



to presume that Mr. Burch's locality 



is not unlike our own ami lots ot others 

 that we have heard of during tin- past 



summer, where, through ignorance 01 



superstition, the hees that were left 

 could not be bought nor had lor love 

 or money, Now, perhaps Mr. Hindi 



(unwisely though] depended upon 



re-stocking his apiary with the hees 

 owned hy farmers in his vicinity and 



in this failed, ami having a great many 



orders to till with hees and queens, 

 we can see very easily where it would 

 place Mr. Burch. We know that Mr. 

 Burch is behind with his orders, hut 



we also know that he is Idling his or- 

 ders. I sent to him for a queen on the 

 last of July. 1881, and received her on 

 the first of September. I have wailed 



longeron other queen-breeders. Let 



us he sure that I'.urch is a humbug he- 

 fore we say he is; if he is. let the 

 people know it. If he is not, then let 



us help hi in up again. Charity for all. 



.1. A. BUCKLEW. 



('larks, ().. Sept. 17, 1881. 



[We are exceedingly pleased to re. 

 cord the above instance of promptness 



on the part of Mr. I'.urch in filling "/» 

 order. Perhaps Mr. I'.ucklew is right 

 in suggesting charily, lor. after receiv- 

 ing scores of letters within the last 



two years complaining of Mr. Burch's 



irregularities, our charity for him was 

 nearly absorbed in the desire to dojtw- 



iir, to our readers.— Ed.] 



i I Bone] ( nip. — M> bees did well 



I ha\ e now ahout .'..lion 

 lbs. Of as nice honey for the market as 

 can he purchased, in cans, hoxes. gee- 

 etC. I think prices are looking 

 up. and as I am not in need. 1 propose 

 leaving my bone] in tin- cellar for 



i i time yet, I wish the Bee Jodb- 



n vi. much success. .1, Amu BSON. 

 Tiverton, Ont., Sept. in. 1881. 



The Dronth Ended. The gnat drouth 



of 1881, has. at the advanced age of 



tin days, found a •■watery grave." 



There an no mourners, though the de- 

 ceased was much respected lure. 



W. II. ANDREA -. 

 Mi Kililiev. TeX., Sept. 18, 1801. 



Milkweed. -I inclose a specimen ot 

 plant the name of which 1 would like 

 to know. It blossoms l"i ahout 7~> 

 days, and has a small red Mower. The 



in es seem t" prefei it to almost any- 

 thing else, and workonit continually. 



II. V vkm:i;. 

 .Ionian. Minn.. Sept. 1L.'. 1881. 



[This milkweed is one of the most 

 common species of Asclepias. All the 

 milkweeds are good honey-producers. 



True, the pollen masses sometimes 

 entrap hees. and more frequently still 

 worrj themb] adhering to their mouth 

 parts and legs ; yet, from the abund- 

 ant nectar which they yield. I think 



them desirable as forage plants for 

 bees.-- a. .1. Cook.] 



Is it Foul Brood I Please let 



i lirough the Bee Journ \n. it' 



mi. ni in\ colonies lias what is ten I 



foul brood ? It is that has put Out 



two heavy Bwarma this season— one 



natural and ouch- Mr. I. The mother 



colon] has dead brood iii the combs In 

 all Btages of growth, ami some batch- 

 ing out. Iml the] have no hOW 



do not think I will put them awaj for 

 winter. This has been a poorer season 



with ns than the last was. I will get 



jome comb hone) yet . pei hap- 7-. lbs. 



froi "Ionics. I. ul no extracted. 



Thou \- P ikke. 

 State Centre, Iowa. Sept. 22, 1881. 



I The brood was starved or chilled, 



caused by being robbed too closely of 



held workers. If there is much dead 



brood in the hive it may cause disease. 

 -Ed.] 



Beetles for Name.- Inclosed liml I 

 hugs that seem to feast on the peaches. 

 I'lease give its name, hahits ami na- 

 ture. It punctures the apples in the 



orchard as well as the peaches, ami 



many orchardisls have laid the dam- 

 ages of this bug to the honey bee. 

 Joseph m. wisher. 



.Ionian Station, t Mitario. 



| These hectics umt hugs) are the 



Euryomia inda, I. inn.: Cetonia inda, 



Hair. Kxcept the habit "I least mg 



on our nicest peaohesandsuoh luscious 



apples as the fall pippin, they do little 

 harm. Their flight is heavy . and when 

 On the wing the] might easily he mis- 

 taken for bumble bees. a. J. Cook.] 



Brape Juice for Bees. My beeB are 



almost si a i \ in g ; there is mil lung for 

 I h. in In gat her. I have hecil feeding 



sugar for some t imo. I m ashed 

 p i apes to reed m\ bees, and t hey liked 

 them ; will thev Injure t be bees i 

 i'lease answer In I fie Bej Joi rnai 



B LHUEL M. 1. II. 1. 1 V . 



Montgomery Bta., Pa., Sept. 20, 1881. 

 a . rape juice will probabl] do do 



harm so long as lifes are Constantly 

 living, hut they cannot winter on it. 



When I buy a queen I like to know 



what stock she is from. When the 



Bee Journal c< -s to hand on Wed- 

 nesday mornings, 1 know I have some- 

 thing reliable. Abe Hoke. 

 Union City. Iml.. Sept. 1 1. 1881. 



Light (nip.- -Hees doing well as far 

 ■n see. There has been a rather 



light yield of honey this year, so tar. 



I hope for Letter next year. 



.1. ELD1 k. 



Huntingdon, Iml.. Sept. 23, 1881. 



A Ton of Honey from .">.'> Colonies. — I 



had .v, colonies left last spring, out of 



147 last fall. They increased this sum- 

 mer by natural swarming to 95, and 



produced ahout 1200 lbs. of comb 

 honey in sections, and about 800 lbs. of 



extracted, mostly baSSWOOd. Pall 

 honey is verj promising, hut the con- 

 tinual hc;t\ \ rains lor the past :; weeks. 



has stopped their work entirely. The 

 whole country is in a perfect mire 



now. ('. TlIKII.MANN. 



Theilnianton, Minn.. Sept. 17, 1881. 



Tim Michigan Bee Men.— This week's 

 Bee Journal contains notices of is 



conventions, of which Michigan has 

 K, or one-third of the entire iiiiinlii i . 



ami :: more than any other state in the 



Union. I will admit that Illinois has 



the best bee paper, but she cannot 



come up to glorious old Michigan for 



go-ahead bee Keepers. 



Geo. Pbbk.1 . 



Lansing, Mich.. Sept. 17. 1881, 



Extract rrom the Sections. Bees 



have done excellently well here this 



season. I cannot make my report yet, 

 for the bees arc still booming. I will 

 have to report later in the season. 

 When the bees quit work for the sea- 

 son, lea\ ing boxes and seclions partly 



filled with honey, some being nearly 



ready to cap. w hat had I bet In do « ith 

 such seclions and hoxes ? Will ll pa] 



to squeeze I be hone] out and melt the 

 comb into wax ? J. K. Baker. 



Keithshurg, III., Sept. 21, 1881. 



I Extract the bone] from the incom- 

 plete sections and hoxes. ami earefnllj 



save the COmbS for another season. 

 Thev will be a great assistance m se 



curing n good > [eld.— Ed.] 



(■noil increase, i bought 6 colonies 

 ol bees w inch I iu\ e increased to 28. 



I had one colon] "I I Lilians Ihal made 

 s good colonics l.\ .lis. Iding, and had 1 

 natural swarm, which I united with 



anothei , I obtained nosui plus bone] , 

 ami am feeding 3 to give them stores 



lin w inter. My hees have reared no 



queens noi built combs ; I bought 



1 1 I had i lie p -st success in 



traducing queens that I ever had. I 

 bought two queens in September and 

 lost both,leaving one colony hopelesslj 



queenleSS, which I united with anoth- 

 er: the other is rearing a queen, but I 



B doubt whether she will get 



mated, as drones are getting scarce. 

 i .mi sorry soman] queen-breeders are 



rearing such a 'variety of queens. 



A Remarkable Queen. > In the Ith 



ult.. I rcceiv cd from friend -i . M. ('. 

 Taylor, of Lewistown, Md.. 2 queens, 

 one, ol which, is an Albino. Both 



were splendid speci ns of the Italian 



race. One of these I lost, but the Al- 

 bino excels in beauty, and istrat 



deiitly the umst prolific queen that I 

 have known, in all mj experience, 

 which extends through 10 years. 



Her progeny are ran- Leauties, and 



extraordinary active workers. I band- 

 ied Italian Bees from the lust impor- 

 tations, ami these Albino bees are as 

 amiable as any that I have known. 

 C. .1. Robinson. 

 Richford, N. /... Aug. 26, 1881. 



Appoint Delegates. The following 



circular has been sent t" all the Mich- 

 igan I listricl Associat 



Lansing. Mich. Sept. 20, 1881. 

 Dear Sir: As your Association is 



soon to meet, please Lear in in iml that 



the State Association will meet at Bat- 

 tle Creek, Mich.. Thursday, Dec. Nth. 



1881, and see that delegates are ap- 

 pointed thereto the more the better. 



We may well feel proud of the tact 



thai we now have more District Asso- 

 ciations in our State than does any 

 oihei state in the country, and it eacn 



one sends a strong delegation to the 

 State meeting, it will insure a BUCCeBS 



eclipsing that of an\ previous meet- 

 ing. That our State Society is apower, 



is Been in the two laws secured at Hie 

 last session ot the legislature— foul 



In 1 and adulteration which were' 



secured through its influence. Let 



ns all work eamestl] t" maintain all 

 we have, and to achieve indefinitely 

 more. Wishing \ou abundant bu 

 in your deliberations, we are very truly 

 yours. A. .1. t !ook. /'...-■. 



T. F.Bingham, Abronia, Mich.. 

 Sec. )/ 1. 8 B. K. .1. 



Kentnek] Bee Keepers' Association. 



- The second annual convention of 



the Kentucky state Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation, will he held ill the Imposi- 

 tion liuilil ing. i n Louisville, Ky., on 

 Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. u 

 and 18, 1881. 



A line displav ot hi. -keepeis sup- 

 plies, honey, etc. is expected, and 



someof the niosi prominent bee-keep- 

 ers in America, wno win be in attend- 

 ance at the National Bee Keepeis' 

 Convention, at Lexington, Oct. 5, 6, 



and 7, are expelled In attend. All 



an- iu\ Red. N. P. Allen, J 



K-," We have received from EU- 



vvanger A: Harry, proprietors of the 

 "Mount Hope Nurseries," Rochester, 



N. Y.. their descriptive catalogues of 

 " fruits." ami " select roses.'' These 



in- alegantaly illustrated pamphlets, 

 ami are sent fret upon application. 



The si. Joseph, Mo., <•■■ - "■ says : 

 'I'm-: Gazette proposes to keep 

 pace with ever) movement that tends 

 to the development ol anj great in- 

 dustry. It has had the pleasure of 

 placing mi its exchange list the the 

 .in /;.. Journal, which is in saj . 

 that henceforth the apiarist, as well as 



every body else, will liml honey to his 

 own liking in the great daily of the 

 Northwest hut never " t;i 



Badges. I tee keepers going to fairs 

 should wear a badge with a gold Lee 



on it. It will Ben e to introduce him 



to other bee men. We will send them 

 for in cents, [nist paid. 



