THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



733 



imixat iiml aioxu. 



ANSWERS BY 



James Heddon. Dowagiac, Mich. 



Riilps Tor tills Department. 



1. Give your name and post-office address. 



2. Be brief, and to the point. 



3. Send no simple iiuestions, sucli as are 

 answered in tlie bee-tiooks. 



4. Asl< only sucli questions as are of 

 general interest. 



5. This department is not intended for 

 advertising- any one's wares — therefore 

 questions concerning the manufacture of 

 goods for sale are not appropriate. 



6. Dii-ect all questions to the editor— 



THOS. G. NEWMAN, 



925 West Madison St., CHICAGO. ILL. 



Placing Separators. 



Will Mr. Heddon please explain the 

 best and most economical way to 

 place separators in his super ? also, 

 liow best to do away with the cross- 

 supports and take up the room at the 

 ends of the supers, if cross-supports 

 are abandoned andseparators adoptedV 

 Charles Mitchell. 



ilolesworth, Ont. 



Answer.— 1 have never been able, 

 nor has any one else so far as heard 

 from, to do away with the cross-par- 

 titions of my case or super, and yet 

 have a good practical case left. With 

 these cross-partitions we have a very 

 strong yet light super or case free 

 from complication or great expense, 

 yet very solid and durable. I think I 

 have now found a practical separator 

 for the case just as we use it, who do 

 not use separators. It will consist of 

 a thin wooden separator the size of 

 the section used, and not much 

 thicker than tin ; we will scant the 

 sections just a trifle to take the sep- 

 arator, and make the bottoms and 

 tops of the sections fully % of an inch 

 naiTOwer than the ends, so that when 

 the separators extend flush to the top 

 and bottom of the section, there will 

 be free passage room for the workers. 

 There will never be any trouble with 

 extended cells above or below the 

 separators. Those who may wish can 

 hollow the separators a little, but I 

 prefer them square. I think these 

 separators can be purchased at less 

 than one-fourth the price of tin ones. 

 A friend has kindly sent me the 

 material, as he uses it, and it has 

 proven a success with him, and looks 

 practical to me. 



Was It Foul Brood? 



W^ill Mr. Heddon please explain and 

 answer the following questions : I had 

 a colony of bees, this fall, which I 

 think had the foul brood. When I 

 examined them for winter, to see how 

 much food they had, I did not dis- 

 cover it ; but about four days later 

 when I had fed them about six pounds 

 of sugar syrup, I smelled an awful 

 stench from the hive, both at the top 

 and at the entrance. I opened the 

 hive and found every indication of 

 the disease from what I can learn 



from bee- books and from the Bee 

 JouKNAL. I was very careful with it, 

 shut up the hive, and when there were 

 no bees flying from the other hives, 

 I removed the honey board and placed 

 a pan of sulphur in the hive and killed 

 the bees. I then buried the bees and 

 combs, put the hive out of the reach 

 of other bees, and disinfected it with 

 carbolic acid. First, Is it necessary 

 for the acid to come in actual contact 

 with every part of the hive in order 

 to disinfect itV Second, Do you 

 think that if 4 ounces of sulphur were 

 burned in a closed hive, after remov- 

 ing the bees, it would disinfect it ? 

 H. W.Roop.5 

 Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 30, 1884. 



Answers.— Having never seen a 

 colony affected with this dread dis- 

 ease, which seems so common of late, 

 you will, no doubt, be as good a judge 

 whether your colonies have it or not, 

 as I would be. If they have it, it 

 seems strange that it could develop 

 so fast in " four days." There must 

 be some mistake here, if it is foul 

 brood. 



1. Yes. 



2. I think there would be danger in 

 depending on the sulphur. Hot water 

 (boiling hot) brouglit for a few 

 moments in contact with every part 

 of the hive and fixtures, will surely 

 disinfect it, and is what I advise you 

 to use. 



Moving An Apiary. 



' I winter my bees in a cellar. Can I 

 slightly change the location of the 

 hives when I set them out next spring? 

 I would like to change them from 

 their present location, say .30 to 40 

 feet ; how shall I manage the matter ? 

 I practice Ileddon's method of pre- 

 venting increase. One first-swarm 

 cast a swarm, however, but I saw my 

 mistake after it was too late to rem- 

 edy the evil : viz. want of surplus 

 room in which to store honey. I had 

 not removed the honey-board. They 

 were only 8 days old, but they had 

 filled 10 frames full. I had failed to 

 appreciate their industry, but frames 

 will not catch me napping again. 



T. F. KiNSELi 

 Shiloh, O., Oct. 31, 1884. 



Answer. — Certainly you can ; and 

 you will find an answer as to the 

 " How " wliich we advise to arrange 

 conditions, in an answer to the same 

 question, by another, on page 701 in 

 No. 44. 



Preventing Granulation in Honey. 



In Alley's (^ueen-Rearing he says 

 Mr. L. C. Root has a method of pre- 

 venting extracted honey from granu- 

 lation, and advises a trial ; but he 

 does not give the method. Will Mr. 

 Heddon kindly give the method in 

 the Bee Journal V 



W. Johnson & Co. 



Kingston, Ont.. Oct. 38, 1884. 



Answer. — There are various ways 

 to keep liquid honey from granula- 

 ting. The addition of acids will do it. 

 Heating will tend to do it. To make 

 either of these processes effectual, 

 the honey will thereby be injured. So 



far as I know, there is no practical 

 way, and by " practical " I mean any 

 known method which is not more 

 trouble or damage than to let the 

 honey grain and then return it to the 

 liquid slate by the indirect heat pro- 

 cess. AVhen it is sold to a customer 

 the package should be labeled with a 

 label containing explicit directions 

 for returning granulated honey to the 

 liquid state. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



Office op The American Bee .Iodrnal, j 

 Monday, lu a. m., Nov. lu. 1884. ) 



The following are the latest quota- 

 tions for honey and beeswax received 

 up to this hour : 



CINCINNATI. 



HONE Y.— Nothlns stirrinK in the market for th& 

 last few weeks. The approach of cooler weather 

 is expected to impart mi 're life to the trade. Comb 

 honey sells at H!c. in the jobbing wa>,and brings 

 i-Ka.l.'Vc on itrrival for choice. OfTerinps exceed the 

 demand. Extracted honey has coniraenced to 

 accumulatH, but demand is fair for smHll packages 

 for table-uae, as well as for darker grades in bar- 

 rels. It briniis (iCayc. on arrival. 



BEESWAX Is dull at ie'»2Sc on arrival. 



C. F. MUTH. Freeman & Central Ave. 



NEW yORK. 



HONEY— As we have already commenced re- 

 ceiving consignments of this year's crop of honey, 

 we leel safe in making the following quotations : 

 Fancy white comb, I- lb. I8®20c.. 2-lb, liiCffrlHc. ; fair 

 to good. 1 and 2-n>, U^lfic. : fancy buckwheat. 1-lb, 

 I'Ji^faJiac., 2-1*, 1 l)j,'<cyli!c. : ordinary grades of dark, 

 land 2-tti, lIiailMc. Extracted white choice, in 

 kegs or small barrels, Ri.tfrt(9c., buckwheat. (jJ^^Tc. 



BEESWAX -I'rime yellow, aiimsic. 



McCaul Sl Hildketh, 34 Hudson St. 



CHICAGO. 



HONEY.— Comb honey has been taken with 

 freedom by the trade this week, but 15M16C. is the 

 best price obtainable for a fancy article of comb 

 honey in frames. Some lots bring from 14 to l.^c. 

 when in good order. Stock of comb honey is not 

 large at present. Extracted. 7®8c. for new. 



BEESWAX.— For fair to yellow, 28<s«30c. 



K. A. BURNETT. 161 South Water St. 



BAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY.— Good to choice qualities are selling 

 slowly, mostly in a jobbing way. Inferior grades 

 are neglected. The market is weak at the quota- 

 tions. A sale of liKicases extracted, mostly choice 

 white, was maoe at -l\ic. One hundred tons ex- 

 tracted, ba rrels and cases, are going aboard ship 

 for Liverpool. White to extra white comb. 9@10c; 

 dark to good, <)(s8c. ; extract' d, choice to extra. 

 white. 4^6'" 5c. ; dark and candied, 4c. 



BEBSWAX.-Wholesale, :;4i927c. 



STXAHNS & SMITH. 423 Front Street. 



ST. LOUIS. 

 HONEY — Steady; demand and supply both 

 small. Comb, rj<i!jl4c per lb., and strained and ex- 

 tracted 0>('<'(;Hc. 

 BEESWAX-Firm at32@32)ic. for choice. 



W. T. ANDERSON 4 CO.. 104 N. 3d Street. 



CLEVELAND. 



HONK Y.— Honey is in a little better demand at 

 a little lower price than our former quntaiions. 

 Whilst the market is still full, we are enabled to 

 place extra lots of strictly white one-lb. sections at 

 about l.'ic, with an occasional sale at lUc: I!^ and 

 2-lb. sections, be.^t white, 14c.; dark and second 

 quality, rather slow at 12 to 14c. For extracted, 

 there is no demand. 



BEESWAX.- 2.8C. 



A. C. Rendel. 115 Ontario Street. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 

 HONEY— We quote comb honey in 2 lb. sections, 

 13®14c: extracted, c^c. 



Geo. W. Meade & Co.. 213 Market. 



KANSAS CITY. 



HONEY.— The market is quiet and unchanged, 

 with good demand and liberal receipts. Comb, ^- 

 Ib. sections, none in the market. They would bring 

 18c.; 1-lbs.. 14(y.l.>c.; 2lbs., 13'" 14c. The above fig- 

 ures are for choice stock in regularsbipplngcrates. 

 Dark or large combs in rough crates sell slowly at 

 9 to lOc. Extracted, California, 6®7c.; white clo- 

 ver. 7(S;8c.; Southern, .s^'tt'C. 



BEESWAX.— None in the market. 



CI.KMONS, CLOON 4 CO. 



Successors to Jerome Twlchell. 

 BOSTON. 

 HONEY.— We quote best white in 1-lb. sections. 

 1SW20C.; 2-lb.. I6(ai8c. Extracted, 8@9c. Un- 

 giassed sections sell best. 

 BEE8WAX-3.5C. 



Blaee & RiPLET. 57 Chatham Street. 



