1904 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



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think it has occurred. This experience 

 inclndes the handling of many car- 

 loads of comb honey, and in sections 

 of various types. The plan we use 

 may be of interest to some of our 

 readers : 



If the T-super is in use, have a wide 

 board (similar to a new, nucleated flat 

 hive lid) always at hand. Upon this 

 place smoothly a piece of carpet fully 

 as large as the top of the super. Slack- 

 en all wedges, stand the super on end, 

 stand the cloth-covered board against 

 the open top, incline the super towards 

 the l)oard and in direct contact con- 

 tinue the motion with both until the 

 super rests inverted upon the board 

 and lays flat upon the work table. The 

 super may now be readily lifted, and 

 the sections stand free. In case of 

 extreme propolizing, it may be neces- 

 sary to lift one end of the super and 

 let drop with slight force upon the 

 carpet, but no harm will come to the 

 honey as a result. 



If a super on the plan of the old 

 Heddon style is used, the super is in- 

 verted in the same way, and the sec- 

 tions forced down to the carpet by 

 means of a follower made of a piece of 

 4x4. 



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Elmira. N. Y., Feb. 21. 1004. 

 Gentlemen: I wish to ask a little fa- 

 vor of you in regard to hiving swarms. 

 Now we can hive one swarm all right, 

 but when two or more come out and 

 light on the same limb, at the same 

 time, we have a hard time of it, and in 

 a good many cases we lose some of the 

 swarms. If you can give a little advice 

 upon this question through the columns 

 of The Bee-Keeper we will be vei-y 

 thankful to you. Sincerely yours. 

 Chas. Koop. 



such unpleasant condition of afEairs, 

 where natural swarming is permitted, 

 it is Avell to have all queens clipped, 

 and promptly caged as they issue. 

 Such combinations usually all return 

 to one hive, that hive being the one 

 upon the alighting-board of which a 

 caged queen has been left exposed; 

 and when in the judgment of the op- 

 erator, a proper proportion of the clus- 

 ter has entered with the first queen, 

 the hive may be removed from the 

 stand, well covered with a sheet, and 

 another empty hive placed at once in 

 its place and another queen released 

 with the Ingoing bees. In this way 

 the process may be repeated as often 

 as the number of queens and swarms 

 may dictate, and no difficulty is in- 

 volved. If queens are not clipped, and 

 the apiarist is unable to find in the 

 festoon and cage the superfluous 

 queens, perhaps the better plan would 

 be to shake the swarm upon a sheet 

 several feet from the entrance to the 

 hive prepared for its reception, put 

 a few bees close enough to the entrance 

 to give the call and start in; then, with 

 cage in hand sharply scan the moving 

 mass as it proceeds to the entrance, 

 and cage the extra queen or queens. 

 If the eye is trained to such work, the 

 queens may usually be found in this 

 way, and the. swarms thus divided. 

 Our advice is, however: Have your 

 queens clipped, and thus insure the 

 safe and easy management of swarms. 

 With undipped queens at swarming 

 time, the apiarist must "trust to luck." 

 To the writer the plan is most unsat- 

 isfactory. — Editor. 



When two or more swarms in the 

 apiary are out at the same time, they 

 usually combine in the cluster. We 

 have seen 18 swarms thus clustered 

 together. If queens are not clipped, 

 the apiarist, under such circumstances 

 certainly has a most disagreeable job 

 upon his hands. To guard against any 



HONEY AND BEESWAX MARKET. 



Boston, Feb. 19, 1904.— There is a 

 little better demand in comb honey, 

 which is the beginning of the spring 

 demand. The stocks in hand are ample 

 to take care of all possible demands. 

 Our prices we quote as follows: Fancy 

 white, 16c.; A No. 1, 15 l-2c.; No. 1, 15 

 to 15 1-2. Extracted, fancy white, 8c.; 

 light amber 6 1-2 to 7c., according to 

 quality. — Blake, Scott & Lee. 



Toronto, Canada, Feb. 22.— We are 

 under the impression that a good many 

 bee-keepers who sold honey early in 

 the season are ahead, as the prices 

 and demand for honey at present are 

 not so good as earlier. The supply 

 is abundant, with rather slow demand. 



