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THE AMERICA!^ BEE JOURNAL. 



October 20, 



am always careful to avoid having the 

 front combs distinctly superior to the 

 rest. I do not consider that it makes 

 any difference how or by whom the 

 honey Is sold. 



J. E. Pond — My rule would be to case 

 all honey as nearly alike as possible. Of 

 course, the best Is to be expected to 

 show, but, like apples, we don't want a 

 few good ones on top, and the rest all 

 small. Case honey honestly, and thus 

 get up a reputation. 



G. W. Demaree— I presume you mean 

 to ask how I case comb honey for mar- 

 ket. As a general thing some sections 

 will be a little plumper than others — in 

 casing I place them so that there will be 

 an air-space between the combs, and I 

 select sections with straight surface to 

 go next to the glass to insure air-space 

 between the combs and the glass, be- 

 cause it secures the combs from the 

 effects of possible moisture by being set 

 back from the glass, and makes the case 

 look at its best. The fronting sections 

 are no better in quality than the aver- 

 age, and often they are lighter in weight 

 than some of the rest. 



P. H. Elwood — Our honey is separated 

 into grades exactly as the Albany grad- 

 ing called for. Then the most attrac- 

 tive face Is usually put out. Where 

 there are yellow capplngs, occasionally 

 a yellow face Is put out. A thick, 

 smooth capping is best outside ; a thin, 

 rough capping looks darker than the 

 honey really is. When a buyer finds a 

 case of honey of exactly the grade he 

 bought, he has no reason for complaint, 

 even if the most attractive face is put 

 out, and as it is impossible to pack 

 honey so as to have the face show the 

 exact quality {the darkest buckwheat 

 often having a very white capping), the 

 buyer, unless acquainted with the brand, 

 usually opens up a few cases before 

 making his purchase. 



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Bees Did Well. 



My bees have done very well for this sea- 

 son. I think I will get over 1,000 pounds of 

 comb honey. I had S colonies, spring count, 

 and increast to 15. The last swarm issued 

 Aug. 16. I gave them lull sheets of foun- 

 dation, put them on the old stand, and gave 

 them two supers of 24 sections each ; they 

 have filled 72 sections. The old colony has 

 filled 24 sections, and they are both in good 

 condition for winter, so I think the experi- 

 ment workt all right. 1 have not taken all 

 the honey off yet. C. W. Harris. 



Pawnee Co., Nebr., Oct. 10. 



His First Summer's Experience. 



This is my first summer's experience with 

 bees, and I am greatly interested in them. 

 I started with four colonies in box-hives, 

 and had four swarms from them. 1 trans- 

 ferred two colonies to frame hives with 

 complete success. I harvested about 100 

 pounds of honey this summer. 1 intend to 

 get my bees all into up-to-date hives, and 

 next summer I want to run them on modern 

 methods. There are only a few bee-keepers 

 in this county, and nearly all are on the old 



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