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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



■^Txat and ^ovo. 



ANSWERS BY 



James Heddon, Dowagiac, Mich. 



Questions by a Beginner. 



I bought a colony of bees in De- 

 cember ; moved tliem a mile in a 

 lumber wagon. February 19. shipped 

 them on an emigrant train, and then 

 hauled them .5 miles, on a load of 

 goods, over rough roads. They have 

 been out all winter, and are in fine 

 condition : also, are at work every 

 favorable day. They are in a Langs- 

 troth liive. 



1. When is the time to put on sec- 

 tions ? 



2. About what time, generally, do 

 bees swarm V 



3. Can I do without a smoker V 



4. How long after a swarm is hived, 

 do you put on sections, if at all V 



J. N. Cast. 

 Lincoln, Xeb., March 6, 1884. 



Answers. — 1. When the bees begin 

 to build bits of comb about the tops 

 of the frames. 



2. Bees usually swarm from 1 to 3 

 weeks after the building of new bits 

 of comb. 



3. If you have plenty of tact, you 

 can do without a smoker ; but it will 

 pay you better to purchase one, even 

 with one colony. 



4. If tlie swarm is hived on full 

 sheets of foundation in the brood- 

 chamber, and is a large one, you can 

 put the sections on at the time of hiv- 

 ing ; otherwise from .5 to 10 days after- 

 ward. 



Italianizing. 



Will Mr. Heddon, in '• What and 

 How," please answer the following: 

 What would be his method of getting 

 Italian queens in colonies in box hives 

 which are to be transferred in fruit 

 bloom, so as to get all the benefit pos- 

 sible from the Italian colony this sea- 

 son ? I practice transferring without 

 drumming out. W. d. Fish. 



Ithaca, X, Y. 



Answer.— My method would be to 

 purchase untested queens, and place 

 one at the liead of each colony, after 

 destroying the black queen, at the 

 time Idid tlie transferring. 



Losses of Bees in Winter. 



The past winter has been very hurt- 

 ful to the bee interests in this section. 

 As far as I can learn every person in 

 this vicinity has lost all, or nearly all 

 of their bees. Those wintering in 

 bee houses faring alike with those 

 wintering on the summer stands. Out 

 of 100 colonies on the summer stands, 

 I have only 9 remaining; 80 colonies 

 were in the Fisher chaff -hive, which 

 contained the remnant left alive; 20 

 colonies in the Heddon hive, all died. 

 As I cannot use all of my old hives 

 and combs, this summer, can I keep 

 them free from moths until another 

 year, the comb all being built since 



1880 V Bees did very poorly here last 

 year; storing very little surplus honey. 

 They did not pay expenses, the season 

 being so wet and cold. Cold and dys- 

 entery, I think, caused our losses. 

 We miss our little pets very much, 

 and shall try and retrieve our losses. 

 Wm. Shier. 

 Marlette, Mich.. April 10^ 1884. 



Answer. — You can keep your 

 comb over another year by boxing 

 them absolutely moth-tight, provided 

 they have been exposed to a tempera- 

 ture as low as 14° above zero : if not, I 

 would fumigate them with sulphur, 

 and hang them in a cool, airy room, 

 so as not to touch each other." I once 

 kept a lot in the cellar, hung between 

 the joists overhead, about an inch 

 apart, and leaving the cellar windows 

 out (screening the same) ; thus allow- 

 ing a circulation of air which is most 

 detrimental to the development of the 

 moth larvie. Protection in winter 

 acts as a preventive to diarrhoea. Had 

 you protected your hives, the death 

 rate would have been the same as 

 with the chaff hives. We have tried 

 the experiment several times. 



Moving Bees. 



Please answer through the Bee 

 Journal the following questions : 



1. I have my hives on a bench very 

 close together, and wish to put them 

 in better position; say, scatter them 

 over a flat of ground 1-5 yards square, 

 how can I remove them without los- 

 ing bees '? They have been wintered 

 on the summer stands, and need trans- 

 ferring also. 



2. How can they be removed half a 

 mile without lossof beesV 



Please do not refer tO' any back 

 numbers in your answers, for I have 

 not got them. A. J. Brown. 



Cockeysville, Md., April 9, 1884. 



Answer.— At the first period, 

 when they will be most likely to be 

 shut in for a few days by cool weather. 

 When you move them,'or just when 

 they are about to fly from the new 

 stands, smoke and jar the hives, and 

 put boards before the entrances, so 

 that they will bump noses, or have to 

 fly out sidewise around it, and re- 

 move any fixtures from the old quar- 

 ters that may make them " look like 

 home." 



Convention Notices. 



1^ A bee-keepers' association is to 

 be organized in Western New York 

 on Tuesday, May 6, 1884, at Randolph, 

 Cattaraugus County. In this south- 

 ern-tier district there are a large num- 

 ber engaged in bee-keeping, and an 

 association of this kind has long been 

 needed. A general invitation is ex- 

 tended to all interested in bee-keeping. 

 W. A. Shewslan. 



i^" The Progressive Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will meet for their spring 

 meeting May 3, 1884, at the apiary and 

 residence of J. B. Ilaines, Bedford, 

 Cuyahoga County, O. All interested 

 are invited. ' J. E. Reed, Sec. 



1^ The Northwestern Illinois and 



Southwestern AVisconsin Bee-Keepers' 



Association, will be held at Rockton, 



Winnebago Co., Ills., on May 20, 1884. 



Jonathan Stewart, Sec. 



1^" The Bee-Keepers of Tippecanoe 

 and adjoining Counties, will hold their 

 regular quarterly meeting at room No. 

 3, in Purdue College, in the city of 

 Lafayette, Ind.. on May 6, 1884. All 

 lovers of the honey bees are respect- 

 fully invited to be present and take 

 part in the discussions. 



Mrs. .J as. L. Havens, Sec. 



Dr. L. Snyder, Pres. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



Office of The American Bee Journal, / 

 Monday, lu a. m., .'Vpril "Jl, 1884. ( 



The following are the latest quota- 

 tions for honey and beeswax received 

 up to this hour : 



CINCINNATI. 

 HONEY— Tbereis no life in the market. Ex- 

 tracted honey sells in its regular way and to its 

 wonted channels, without any speculative feeling 

 about it, and biings 7(S lOc on arrival. Comb honey 

 sells slow at I5al6c a lb. from store for choice. 



BEE3WAX--I8 in good demand; choice yellow 

 brings 35c a lb. on arrival. 



CHAS. F. Moth. 



NEW YORK. 

 HONE Y— While clover and basswood in 1 and 2 

 lb. sections, 17{»lt<c. Dark and second quality. 

 15c.; extracted white clover in kegs and bar- 

 rels. 9®inc. 

 BEBSWAX-Prime yellow. :i4<935c. 



H.K. &F.BTHtrRBBR*CO. 



CHICAGO. 



HONEY— Of late receipts of comb noney has 

 been scattered amongst many Arms, and as all are 

 desirous of realizine on their receipts at as early 

 a day as possible, prices have been irregular and 

 low, some tots being offered from 5c to 7c per lb., 

 less than 3ij days ago. I quote white comb 13@16c; 

 fancy 18c. Extracted honey— demand light. 7@9c. 



BEES VVAX-30(3, 37c. 



R. A. Burnett. 161 South Water St. 



KANSAS CITY. 



HONEY— Demand for comb honey good, with ' 

 lower prices: I5(gil0c for choice 1 andi2 lb. sections. 

 D«rk and broken or irregular comb, slow at 10® 

 I'JHc. The liberal receipts of comb honey from 

 New York State have cast much Western honey in 

 the shade, and our Western producers will have to 

 look to their laurels. There have been thousands 

 cpt pounds of Eastern honey marketed here this 

 season, and almost every comb has been perfect in 

 every respect. It is hard to sell the unsightly stuff 

 that I am receiving daily from other sources, by 

 the side of this handsome honey from the East. 

 Extracted in fair demand, at 8(git>c. according to 

 quality and color. 



BEESWAX- None in this market. 



JEROME TwicHELL. 514 Walnut Street, 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY- We again advise our shippers not to 

 put their extracted lioney in old or second-hand 

 tins and cases. The wood of old oil cases is satur- 

 ated with oil, the nails will not hold, and the cases 

 often arrive in a broken and dilapidated condition. 

 They smell of coal oil. look rouuh, and are not as 

 sal.'ible as good, clean, new packages. 



White to extra white comb, I5i*l8ci dark to good, 

 I0t§J13c: extracted, choice to extra white, 7@8c; 

 dark and candied. 5S)— 



BEESWAX-Wholesale. ■27H®30c. 



8TBARNS & SMITH. 423 Front street. 



ST. LOUIS. 

 HONEY — Steady; demand and supply both 

 small. Comb, 12@16c per lb., and strained and ex- 

 tracted Baswc. 

 BEESWAX— Firm at ■32'i32yic. for choice. 



W. T. ANDERSON & CO.. i(M N. 3d Street. 



CLEVELAND. 



HONEY— The honey market is unchanged with 

 us. There is a continued steady demand forchoice 

 white 1 lb. sections at l^^c; i^ lbs. move more slowly 

 at li;'al7c: but f"r second quality there seems to 

 be no demand. Our supplies of 1 lb. are kept well 

 down. Extracted does not sell at all at any price. 



BEESWAX- Wanted at .35c. 



A. C. KENDEL. 115 Ontario Street. 



BOSTON. 



HONEY.— Demand light. 1 lb. sections comb 

 honev. 18£a20c.; 2 lb. lt>@18c. Extracted, 9@llc. 

 BEESWAX-35C. 



Blake & Ripley, 57 Chatham Street. 



