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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Wihnt and Boxv. 



ANSWERS BY 



Jamse Heddon, Bowagiac, Mich. 



^ I wish to say to W. C., of K. H., 

 that his questions regarding my hive, 

 etc., being relative to my own private 

 business, and not of general interest, 

 are out of place for this department. 

 Once more, I wish to impress it upon 

 your minds, that the questions are to 

 be sent to the editor, and not to me. 



J. H. 



Honey Granulation. 



Eeading an article on Granulated 

 Honey, in the Bee .Journal, giving 

 reasons why pure honey granulates, 

 I have a question to solve. We have 

 honey taken during the last honey 

 season, some in barrels and some in 

 5 gallon kegs. The honey has all been 

 kept in the same room ; that in the 

 barrels has granulated, and is as clear 

 and beautiful as any I ever saw, while 

 that in the kegs has not granulated a 

 particle, and seems as pure as can be. 

 Now why this difference ? 



Mrs. J. W. Knadler. 



Valley Sta., Ky., Jan. U, 1884. 



If the honey is all from the same 

 kind of blossoms, I can think of no 

 reason for the different action, unless 

 the wood of the kegs contained some 

 powerful acids. Honey from different 

 plants and trees differs much in its 

 tendency to granulate. 



temperature within is above that 

 without; but wlien below, dampness 

 will injure the honey at once. 



2. No, not after it had been exposed 

 to the air for a time. 



Feeding Bees. 



"Wtiatistlip best way to feed bees 

 in the fall and spring, so as to avoid 

 disturbance and drowning of bees ? 

 John Tye. 



Toronto, Out., Jan. 16, 1884. 



I use three different styles of feed- 

 ers, with which I feed liquid food, di- 

 luted honey or sugar syrup. One is 

 made for feeding small quantities; 

 another large quantities ; another for 

 feeding in cold weather when it is dif- 

 ficult for the bees to move about. 

 They all work on the same principle, 

 and are constructed so as to prevent 

 robbing, daubing or drowning, leak- 

 ing, loss of heat from the hive, or the 

 necessity of coming in contact with 

 the bees, when filling or re-filling the 

 feeder. 



changed ft-om no wires to wires. None 

 have reported a change the other way. 

 A girl or boy of 12 years will wire 100 

 frames in 3 or 4 hours. It will take a 

 little longer and an older hand to put 

 in the sheets of foundation by hand. 

 We bore our frames with a special 

 machine made for boring, and run by 

 steam power. The wire costs about }^ 

 cent per frame, and now you can esti- 

 mate the whole cost— much depending 

 upon local circumstances. 



Frost-Proof House. 



1. Will a house be frost-proof that 

 is covered inside and outside with 

 tarred paper, and boaded over on the 

 outside ? 



2. Would tarred paper have any 

 effect on the honey ? I want some 

 place to keep honey in, that will not 

 be too expensive. " G. Drew. 



Bunker Hill, 111., Jan.. 19, 1884. 



1. Certainly not, if there is no heat 

 produced within. If the walls were 10 

 feet thick, and alternated with saw- 

 dust, charcoal, chaff, and dead-air 

 space walls, and closed tight at a tem- 

 perature of "^100, and then the outer 

 temperature reduced to zero, and lield 

 there, it would be only a question of 

 time, when the temperature of the 

 inner-room would also stand at zero. 

 Xo wall can be made perfectly non- 

 conducting, and those that are made 

 partially so, are made to retard the 

 radiation of some heat continually 

 produced within. A cellar receives 

 its heat from the warmer earth which 

 surrounds it. It is a good place to 

 keep honey (if clean), as long as the 



Wax and Comb. 



1. In a given number of pounds of 

 empty comb, what amount of wax 

 could be obtained, the comb to be tree 

 from pollen V 



2. Will it pay to take straight combs 

 which are dark and heavy and melt 

 them to make foundation V 



3. By so doing how many sheets of 

 foundation, suitable for brood-cham- 

 ber, would comb of the same length 

 and width make V W. Fisher. 



Ilamler,0., Jan. 16, 1884. 



1. I could not say. I think that a 

 comb will make wax enougli to make 

 foundation enough to a little more 

 than equal the size of the comb. I 

 have not experimented with this 

 point. 



2. By no means ; if they are not ob- 

 jectionable on account of having too 

 much drone comb. 



3. Answered above. 



Locating an Apiary. 



Will iSIr. Heddon please give in the 

 Beb Journal an explanation, or 

 something approaching one, of the 

 paragraps on page 177 (front page) of 

 the Kansas Bee- Keeper for December, 

 1S83, relative to " How to locate and 

 control an apicultural field." Thanks 

 for reply as to Italianizing ; also, some 

 time, please make it a little more clear 

 how you do to teach bee-keepers near 

 you " that two persons cannot suc- 

 cessfully produce honey in the same 

 field." I always thought this de- 

 pended on the honey supply and 

 flowers in the locality. There are a 

 dozen in and near Austin. AVhen I 

 make bee-keeping my profession, and 

 go out from political life, of course I 

 shall move into the country. 



R. J. Kendall. 



Austin, Texas Jan. 15, 1884. 



This question suggests almost too 

 long an answer for this department, 

 but, as I think it is one of vital im- 

 portance to successful producers, I 

 will write an article on it for next 

 week's Bee Journal. 



Local Convention Directory. 



Wires or no Wires in Fotmdation. 



Which do you consider the most de- 

 sirable way to use comb foundation, 

 to get it wired, wire the frames or use 

 it without wire V I have never used 

 any wired ; have always had success 

 using it witliout wire, but if there is a 

 better way, I want it. How long would 

 it take to wire 100 frames and prepare 

 foundation into them V How would 

 you make the holes in the frames V 

 What is the comparative cost of dif- 

 ferent ways ? John Crawford. 



Pleasant, Ind. 



I consider it best to wire the frame, 

 and put the foundation on to the wires 

 afterward. The " success " of one 

 bee-keeper would not be considered so 

 by another, and so the term conveys 

 but little meaning. Many have 



1884. Time and place of Meeting. 



Jan. 28.— Bee-Keepers' meeting .it Mnnee, Ills. 



A. Wieherls. W.Cosscds, B. Heyen. Com. 



Feb. 2.— Marshall Co., Iowa, at Le Grand. 



J. W. Sanders, Sec. 



Feb. 14, 15.— Maine State, at Ivewlston, Me. 



Wm. Hoyt, Sec. 



March .S.— N. E. Michiean, at Lapeer, Mich. 



W. Z. Hutchinson. Sec Rogersville, Mich. 



Mar. 29.— Union Association, at Dexter, Iowa. 



M. E. Darby, Sec, Dexter, Iowa. 



April 18.— Iowa Central, at Wintersel, Iowa. 



J. E. Pryor. Sec. 



April 22.— Des Moines C<i., at Middleton, Iowa. 



John Nau. Sec. 



April 24, 25.— Texas Slate, at McKinney. 



W.R. Howard, Sec. 



Oct. 11, 12.— Northern Mich., at Alma, Mich. 



F. A. Palmer, Sec, McBride, Mich. 



Oct. 15, 16.— Northwestern. atChicaKO, III. 



W. Z. Hutchinson, Sec. 



Dec. 10, 11.— MlchiKan State, at Lansing. 



H. D. Cutting, Sec, Clinton, Mich. 



I3P" In order to have this table complete. Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward full particulars of 

 time and place of future meetings.— Ed. 



l^° Our friends will find this the 

 season for securing subscriptions. We 

 offer the premiums and they can easily 

 secure them. 



