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marks of a brown German queen ? 



4. Can a queen-cell be safely in- 

 troduced to a colony rendered (jueen- 

 less, and how shoidd it be done V 



ROBEKT L. FltBDEItlCK. 



Riverton, Va., March 26, IHU'i. 



[1. After the bees are above in the 

 drum-box, Ijefore you put them with 

 the first drive, shake them down on a 

 flat board or sheet, and while tliey are 

 running into the box, or a decoy hive 

 fixed for the purpose, lools tliem over, 

 find and pick out the queen and kill 

 her. There is no easier method of 

 finding queens than this. 



'2. We do our transferring during 

 a honey flow, and have never yet 

 fed the new colony. Were we com- 

 pelled to do it at other times, we 

 should feed, of course. 



3. The brown bee differs from the 

 smaller black bee physically, to the 

 observation, as follows : She is larger 

 every way, lighter-colored, and more 

 hairy or downy, than her smaller 

 black cousins. In qualities, her points 

 of superiority are vastly more marked 

 and numerous. Queens differ from 

 each other in appearance mucii the 

 same as the workers, though not to as 

 great a degree. 



4. About six hours after making 

 the colony queenless, insert the cell, 

 by cutting a V-shaped hole in one of 

 the central combs, in which insert the 

 cell, which is held in place by the V- 

 shaped piece of comb attached to it, 

 if you cut it out properly. 1 have 

 stuck the butt of cells to a piece of 

 section honey box, and hung them 

 down between the top bars with suc- 

 cess, but the first named plan is the 

 safest.— James Heddon.] 



About a Location. 



1. Allow me to ask about the right 

 kind of a location to keep bees. 

 Would a prairie place do, say 1 mile 

 from timber, with no running creek 

 or branch in IV^ miles, but weak 

 springs of water nearer, with well on 

 the premises V 



2. Do bees require an abundance of 

 water, and do the winds blowing, on 

 the prairies, disturb their working or 

 destroy them ? 



3. Will bees do well with land in 

 cultivation, a mile in each direction V 



4. Everything else being desirable, 

 or even suflicient as a location, would 

 1.5 miles from market or railroad be 

 too far to succeed well, where one 

 wants to make the business profitable y 



Bear in mind this is Texas, with 

 sometimes long, dry summers, and 

 high winds in the spring, especially. 



Salado, Texas. W. P. Hancock. 



[1. Yes; many succeed with far 

 greater disadvantages. 



2. Bees use considerable water, but 

 will find plenty in your locality. High 



winds are unfavorable, but not 

 enough so, as to prevent success in 

 windy locations. 



3. Yes. 



4. No ; honey is a commodity that 

 possesses much value in small com- 

 pass, and weight. 



Tiering up Sections, Etc. 



1. I am a beginner, and would like 

 to know how to put on sections ; hori- 

 zontal or " flat " as quoted in price 

 lists of Bee-Keepers' Supplies V I use 

 4 lb. boxes, 5x6x2 in cases ; 18 sections 

 in 8 frame, or 21 in 10 frame Langs- 

 trotli hive. 



2. What is the best way of using 

 more than one high, or tiering up V 



3. Is there more than one method, 

 horizontal and perpendicular ; how 

 are tlie sections held, and how many 

 tiers high ? 



4. xVre wood separators better than 

 tin ones ? J. Shortt. 



Oak Centre, Wis. 



[1 and 2. I would first advise the use 

 of one-pound sections, in cases similar 

 to the one illustrated on page 6-59 of 

 the Bee Journal for 1882. The tier- 

 ing up process is then very simple and 

 practical. There are other methods, 

 but the one referred to is my choice, 

 which is the reason why I now use it ; 

 .5x6 sections could be adjusted in the 

 same manner. 



4. A majority seem to think they 

 are minorities, and very small ones at 

 that, have so often been found to be 

 correct, that I shall test the matter of 

 tin vs. wood separators thoroughly 

 the coming season. — James Heddon.] 



Shipping Crates. 



What is the best size for shipping 

 crates for the large markets ? , 



Meritt Blanchard. 

 Sherwood, Wis. 



[In answering the above question, 

 I shall differ from many. I use, and 

 prefer, a small crate, which holds 12 

 sections, 4)4x4|^x2 ; 14 sections, 4I4X- 

 iUxl9i ; 21 sections, 43-4x2 IS-iexl?^ ; 24 

 sections, 41^x2 13-16x1 J^. The last two 

 being half-pound sections, to be used 

 with and without separators, respect- 

 ively. I have found the advantages 

 of a small crate to be these : The 

 honey is not as liable to be broken in 

 transit ; they take in a large proportion 

 of retail trade, and in a wholesale 

 way.— James Heddon.] 



Errata.— On page 156, in my answer 

 to Mr. ScoQeld's questions, 3d reply, 

 make a full stop at •' disease," and thus 

 change the meaning. It is a double 

 reply. In 5th answer, between " for " 

 and " advertising," put the little word 

 not, and thus reverse the meaning. 



Dowagiac, Mich. J. H. 



[The errors were in ttefi copy.— Ed.] 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



OFFICE OF AMEHICAN BEK JOCHNAL, i 



Monday, 10 a. m., April 2, 1882. i 



The following are the latest quota- 

 tions for honey and beeswax received 

 up to this hour : 



Qnotatlohs of Cash Buyers. 



CHICAGO. 

 HONEY— The nominal price of extracted is 7c. 

 for dark and 9c. for light— here. The supply is 

 abundant and sales are slow. 

 BEESWAX— None in the market. 



Al. H. Nkvv.iiak. a23 W. Madison St. 



CINCINNATI. 



HONEY— There is noe-xcitement in the honev 

 market, but sales are fair to our regular trade. 

 Offerings are plentiful of extracted and comb 

 honey. Extracted brings 7(y.lic. on arrival. The 

 sales of comb honey are very slow, although there 

 is a large supply of flrst-class quality on the mar- 

 ket. It brings rj(^ijl.sc. on arrival. 



BEESWAX— Comes in slowly and brings 2O@30c 

 per lb., according to quality. Chas. F. Muth. 



Qnotfttlons of CommlsBlon Merchants. 



CHICAGO. 



HONEY— The past month has not reduced the 

 stock of comb or extracted honey, the receipts 

 having been larger than the amounts taken for 

 consumption. Prices are weak and irregular, 

 ranging from Ii;c. to fSc. for white comb in the 

 smaller frames; dark, very little selling, offered 

 al IL'MiC. to 14c. Extracted, 8c. to lOc. according 

 to col<)r. 



BEESWAx-None in the market. 



R. A. Bdknett, lui South Water St. 



SAN KRANCISCO. 



HONE Y— All stocks of choice honey in this mar- 

 ket, either comb or exract-'d, have been closed out. 

 Present offerings are confined to second and third 

 grades, and are not large. Were there any desir- 

 able qualities now here, they would doubtless 

 meet witli ready sale. 



White cipmb, 14(<<jl7c.; dark to good, ll(g;l3c.; ex- 

 tracted, choice to extra white, SJ^(gi9Hc.: dark and 

 candied, 5<&~}4c. 



BEESWAX- We quote 30O330. 



Stear.ns & SMITH, 43.3 Front Street, 



ST. LODIS. 



HONEY-Very quiet; dull. Comb at 14®I6.— 

 some inferior sold at loc. : strained at Rl.^(*7c., ex- 

 tracted at 7H(§.HV5C., lots in small packages more. 



BEESWAX- Scarce and wanted at 33®34c. 

 W. T. ANDEKSON & CO.. 1 17 N. Main Street. 



CLEVEIjAND. 



HONE Y— Is a little lower, and at the lower price 

 it has moved off a little better of late, I -lb. sections 

 of best white sold at 18H@19c. ;, second grades. 

 1-lb., I7c.; 2-lb. sections a little slow at 17®18c. 

 Extracted very dull atii(«']]c. 



BEESWAX-None in market. 



A. c. Kenuel. 1 1.5 Ontario Street. 



BOSTON. 



HONEY- Our market is fairly active. We quote: 



^ lb. sections at 3UC.; 1 lb. sections, 22&25C.; 2 1b. 



sections, 2(.)<§*22c. Extracted. luc. per lb. Good 



lots ot extracted are wanted in kegs or barrels. 



BEESWAX— Our supply is gone; we have none 

 to quote. 



Crocker & Blake, s; Chatham street. 



Special lOloticcs. 



1^" Attention is called to the adver- 

 tisement of D. C. Talbot & Co.'s 

 Comb Foundation Eastener, on page 

 iSi.— Adv. 



i^" I desire to say to those who 

 liave ordered my book, that we are 

 now sending out 50 copies each day, 

 and will continue to do so until every 

 order is filled. H. Alley. 



Wenham, Mass., March 30, 1883. 



Ribbon Badges, for bee-keepers, on 

 which are printed a large bee in gold, 

 we send for 10 cts each, or $8 per 100. 



