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lows: 17}^ inches by 14J^, and 10 

 inches deep, and take 11 frames, 12%- 

 x8% inches. For experiment I have 

 two that are shallower that take frames 

 12%x6 inches. I find that the shallow 

 hive is the best for comb honey. The 

 bees go into the sections earlier than 

 they do in the deep hives. I have two 

 other hives with frames only 4% inches 

 deep, with only 11 frames, that are 

 giving more section honey than those 

 8% inches deep. I have other styles for 

 experimenting, and will give results 

 later in the season. 



W. M. Scruggs. 

 Tracy City, Tenn., Aug. 19, 1892. 



Stored a Lot of Surplus Honey. 



I have 5 colonies which are doing 

 well, as are all the bees in this locality. 

 They have stored quite a lot of surplus 

 white clover honey, and heart's-ease has 

 just commenced to bloom. I sowed 9 

 acres of buckwheat. All we need now 

 is a good rain ; then we will have a good 

 fall crop. Bees are stronger than they 

 were. John H. Rupp. 



Washington, Kans., Aug. 22, 1892. 



Report of the Season So Far. 



I lost 3 colonies of bees last winter, 

 and started in the spring with 24. They 

 have increased to 45, and have already 

 given me a surplus of 700 pounds of 

 honey, 200 of which is comb honey. I 

 expect to take BOO or 400 pounds of 

 comb honey yet, which is still on the 

 hives, and I think it will be capped by 

 the time frost comes. 



S. LlNDERSMITH. 



Faribault, Minn., Aug. 19, 1892. 



some surplus honey from those two 

 flowers. If not, John D. A. Fisher, 

 wife and babies will have no honey to 

 sweeten there buckwheat cakes next 

 winter. John D. A. Fisher. 



Woodside, N. C, Aug. 16, 1892. 



Crop Almost an Entire Failure. 



We have almost had an entire failure 

 in getting any honey this summer. It 

 has been the worst year for bees in this 

 part of the country that I ever experi- 

 enced. So far I have taken about 16 

 pounds of honey. There has been so 

 much rain, and it seems that my bees 

 could not get much honey when we had 

 fair weather. They gathered just about 

 honey enough to keep them going, so I 

 did not have to feed any to keep them 

 alive. They gathered just about enough 

 to keep the queens laying, and the bees 

 are in good condition to catch the 

 golden-rod bloom, which is beginuing to 

 bloom ; and the asters, which will be in 

 full bloom in a few weeks, I hope to get 



Nice Honey from Raspberry. 



I bought 16 colonies of black bees in 

 box-hives, and transferred them to 

 Quinby hives last spring. I put the 

 sections on when the raspberry began to 

 blossom, from which I got a nice lot of 

 comb honey. I took 46 one-pound sec- 

 tions from each of my 3 best colonies, 

 and it was nice. I will tally one for 

 that plant. I took off the first honey on 

 June 29, and have now taken off 466 

 pounds, with 644 sections still in the 

 hives, and nearly all full. I am putting 

 in frames to get some extra combs built 

 for next spring's early feeding, to fill 

 the hives with young bees for the rasp- 

 berry flow of honey. I have had no 

 swarms. From my best hive I have 

 taken 98 sections, with 28 on yet. 

 There are lots of bees around me, nearly 

 all in box-hives, and they have not 

 stored any honey, or swarmed much. 

 J. A. Delamarter. 

 East Meredith, N. Y., Aug. 13, 1892. 



Combed and Extracted. 



Honey Marketing and Prices. 



Many have advised to sell all our 

 honey at home, and have nothing at all 

 to do with those terrible "middlemen." 

 Well, it is all right to sell all the honey 

 we can at a fair price, to the neighbors, 

 or to grocers in the nearest towns, but 

 many of us are so situated that we can- 

 not dispose of a great deal in that way, 

 and it often happens that such parties 

 will want to buy at prices far below 

 market value. We have known people 

 to sell their product for about one-half 

 what it was worth, and then congratu- 

 late themselves that they had beaten 

 the middleman out of his commission. 



As to the time of marketing the sur- 

 plus, we will say, don't be in any hurry* 

 especially if you have fine goods to offer. 

 Of course, it is best to sell as soon as we 

 can, when we can get fair prices. In- 



