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THE AMERICAJSl BEE JOURNAL. 



were tlie maple trees which have been 

 seen Ipaileil with hoiiey-dew and 

 apliidte. 

 Hamilton, 111. 



Kor ibe American Bee Jourril 



St. Joseph, Mo., Bee and Honey Show. 



APIARIST. 



work indicated that she was " up to 

 the times " in hee-culture. 



In conclusion we would remark that 

 the officers of the Exposition deserve 

 much praise for the encouragement 

 and space which they gave to this 

 department. It is to be hoped that 

 the action and interest of apiarists 

 will be such in the future as not to 

 cause them to regret it. 



St. Joseph, Mo., Sept. 6, 18S4. 



The sixth annual e.Khibition of the 

 St. Joseph, Mo., Exposition closed 

 today. The weather was fine, the 

 attendance large, and the displays in 

 all departments were good. 



The amount of honey displayed in 

 the apiarian department was not so 

 large as last year, but the puemium 

 list was much larger and more com- 

 prehensive, and there was a greater 

 variety of articles on exhibition. In- 

 creased space was given to the depart- 

 ment ; and at the suggestion of the 

 Superintendent, the Board had a 

 space enclosed with wire-cloth for the 

 special display of the internal work- 

 ings of a colony of bees. 



The Superintendent of the depart- 

 ment, Mr. E. T. Abbott, of St. Joseph, 

 got out a very neat eight-page paper, 

 cut and pasted, in the interest of bee- 

 culture, and distributed 2,000 copies 

 of them during the week. It attracted 

 considerable attention, and will, no 

 doubt, aid the cause of advanced bee- 

 culture in the future. 



There were three very fine displays 

 of apicultural literature, which repre- 

 sented about all of the bee-books and 

 bee-periodicals published in this 

 country, besides a number of foreign 

 publications. 



Mr. E. Armstrong, of Jerseyville, 

 111., had a fine display of hives, honey, 

 bees. etc. The neat "and tasty way in 

 which his honey was put " up and 

 arranged, attracted much attention 

 and had a great deal to do in securing 

 him a numt)er of the first premiums. 

 Vi'e hope that another year others 

 may profit by h's example. 



One of the things which called forth 

 many inquiries from the curious, was 

 an Excelsior Extractor on exhibition 

 by Mr. A. H. Newman, of Chicago. 

 As Mr. N. was not present, the Super- 

 intendent was kept busy explaining 

 that it was not a " churn," an " ice- 

 cream freezer," or a " washing-ma- 

 chine "—all of whicli the ladies per- 

 sisted in calling it, notwithstanding 

 the fact that the name was plainly 

 written upon it. 



Mr. Alley's drone excluder, which, 

 by the way, reached here too late for 

 entry, was carefully examined by 

 many bee-men, and received much 

 favorable commendation. 



The event which attracted the most 

 attention was the transferring, by the 

 Superintendent and Mr. Armstrong, 

 in the manipulating-room, of a colony 

 of bees from an old box-hive to one 

 of modern make with movable frames. 

 The transter was quickly made, and 

 excited the wonder and astonishment 

 of many present who had never seen 

 any thing of the kind performed. 



It may be worthy of mention that 

 among the exhibitors was a young 

 lady who had a very fine display of 

 comb and extracted honey, and whose 



For the American Bee Journal. 



Marketing Honey in Small Sections. 



B. E. FASTS. 



After five years of toil and care I 

 have learned a little about bees, and 

 this year I had about 1,000 pounds of 

 honey in one and two-pound sections. 

 So, after I had it ready to market, I 

 started out to see how much I could 

 sell ; but before I started, I looked the 

 Bee Journal over to see how the 

 honey markets were, and I concluded 

 to charge about 17 cents per pound for 

 the two-pound sections, and 20 cents 

 for one-pounds. This was on Satur- 

 day, and I sold nearly all of the two- 

 pounds. I did not take any of the 

 one-pounds with me, for I thought 

 that if I did. the people would want 

 both at the same price. 



On the next Wednesday I delivered 

 my orders, and at the first store they 

 told me that I had charged them too 

 much, for some other fellow bee-man 

 had been around with his honey at 16 

 cents per pound ; but I told them that 

 my honey was all in good shape, and 

 that I did not want to take any less 

 for it, so some paid 17 cents and some 

 16 cents. 



Another bee-keeper had been around 

 with a load of one-pound sections, 

 and did not wish to take it home, so 

 he sold it at 16 cents. Now, where 

 am I, at 20 cents ? I did not sell any. 

 I think the last- mentioned bee-keeper 

 did not take any bee-paper or inquire 

 as to the price of honey, or he never 

 would have sold one-pounds for 16 

 cents. I am afraid this will be the 

 outcome of the one and the one-half- 

 pound sections, that we will have to 

 sell them for the same price as the 

 two-pounds. 



I, tor one, do think that every bee- 

 keeper should look at this one-half- 

 pound section question in the right 

 light. Some say that there will be 

 more of them used, but I do not be- 

 lieve it. I think that it will be just 

 the other way. Any one who will buy 

 one-half-pound sections will take one- 

 pounds. One- half-pounds do not 

 show as well as the one-pounds, and 

 do not pay as well, nor can any body 

 get the price to make it pay as well. 

 I think we all should drop out the 

 one-half-pounds, and never think of 

 such a thing again. The one-pounds 

 are small enough, and nobody will 

 make them pay as well as the two- 

 pounds. I think, perhaps, we shall 

 have to use them some, but let us cut 

 them down to as few as possible. 



Sections without glass, is another 

 thing which we ought to consider. I 

 found 3 or 4 merchants who told me 

 that they would not keep honey for 



sale ; for it runs all over every thing 

 and makes too much of a muss. 

 Every one knows ttiat honey without 

 glass is not as safe to handle as with 

 glass. The glass helps to keep the 

 honey in the sections, and by its use 

 nobody can stick their lingers into it, 

 and if it should fall over, it does not 

 break. Just so many stores as there 

 are that do not keep honey, just so 

 much less honey will there be sold. I 

 would rather give the glass away 

 than to let my honey go to market 

 without glass, and I think it will pay 

 us all better. 



I do not want any bee-keepers to 

 think that I am telling tliem some- 

 thing new, nor do I want to find fault 

 with anybody, but I do think that 

 honey should be sold before bringing 

 it to market. I am only a beginner in 

 the honey-business, but I am going to 

 try to keep up with the times. 



Utica, N. Y. 



For the American Bee JoumaL 



Will County, 111., Convention. 



The meeting of the Will County 

 Bee-Keepers' Association was held on 

 Sept. 1,1&S4, atthe house of Mr. W. 

 Cassens, in the village of Monee, 111. 



Mr. A. Wicherts, chairman, being 

 absent. Dr. Ruden, of Beecher, was 

 elected to act as temporary chairman. 

 After reading the minutes of the last 

 meeting, a motion was made by E. 

 P. Piiilipps,that the report be adopted, 

 which was unanimously carried. 



The topics proposed for discussion 

 were the following: 1. " How many 

 colonies of bees can be kept at one 

 place with profit V" 2. " Is wired 

 foundation a success in the brood- 

 chamber y" 3. " Are winter passages 

 in the combs necessary V" 4. " Why 

 is it that bees did not do as well this 

 year as last, in this neighborhood V" 



The first question was discussed at 

 some length, and almost every mem- 

 ber agreed that a locality could not be 

 overstocked ; and that there are 

 millions of honey-producing flowers 

 which are never visited by the honey- 

 bees. 



In regard to the second question : 

 It was decided that the wired frame 

 is the one, and the only one, that 

 should be used in the brood-chamber ; 

 although some of the members differ 

 as to how the wire should be placed 

 in the frame. W. Cassens prefers a 

 straight up-and-down wire in three 

 places of the frame, one in the cen- 

 tre, and one on each side, say about 

 2 inches from the end. G. Kettering 

 favors altogether a different wiring, 

 claiming that he can make a stiffer 

 frame, and secure just as straight a 

 comb with less wire and much less 

 work, by commencing in the centre 

 of the top-bar, just above where you 

 fasten the foundation, and punching 

 a small hole through it with an awl, 

 and two holes on the bottom-bar, say 

 about 2 inches from the end on each 

 side ; then run the wire through those 

 three holes and fasten it. This makes 

 a very good support for the founda- 

 tion, and it also makes a good brace 

 for the frame. 



