THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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^'^h'd\ mul S^OAU. 



ANSWERS BY 



James Heddon, Dowagiac, Mich. 



Sections, Honey Board, Etc. 



Will Mr. Heddon please answer the 

 following questions through tlie Bee 

 Journal y And oblige a reader of 

 all your articles, and one that thinks 

 a great deal of them. 



1. In using one-pound sections, is it 

 best to use one or two tiers, in surplus- 

 chamber, same as in brood-chamber V 



2. What is the best time and way to 

 fasten brood comb from larger frames 

 into the Langstroth frame V 



3. Pleiise describe the lioney board 

 that you use between the brood and 

 surplus-chamber V A. H. Given. 



Elgin, 111., April 3, 1883. 



[1. Whether I used a case or brood 

 frame super, I should never use 

 either more than one tier high. 



2. In these days of comb perfection, 

 I should never transfer combs unless 

 they were all worker, perfectly 

 straight, and large enough to com- 

 pletely fill the frames, and then if you 

 have a flat top bar, nothing is neces- 

 sary if you cut and press in the comb 

 properly. Thorns put through bradded 

 holes, in the top bar, are good to se- 

 cure the combs till the bees make 

 them fast. 



8. My honey board is described on 

 page 201, Weekly Bee Journal, 

 1882.— James Heddon.] 



Preventing After-Svvarnis. 



I liked your article very much on 

 "Preventing After-Swarms." I un- 

 derstand from it that you did not give 

 the old colony a laying queen imme- 

 diately, forcing tliem. Is it not advis- 

 able to do so y DWIGHT FURNESS. 



Furnessville, Ind. 



[In back numbers of the periodicals 

 and in conventions, I have always 

 contended against the plan of rearing 

 and fertilizhig queens to be used for 

 the queenless part of a divide, or in 

 natural swarming. A cessation from 

 egg laying is just fitted to the condi- 

 tion of the mother colony at the time 

 when the natural division does, or ar- 

 tificial division should occur. There 

 is uo better place in which to hatch 

 cells than this old colony ; none any 

 where near as cheap. Do not let us 

 get ahead of the old farmer any faster 

 than will pay. Let our advancements 

 be real. Mr. Doolittle's article on 

 page 174 of last issue contains most 

 of the arguments that I have used. I 

 differ with him regarding the point of 

 the introduction of the new (jueen to 

 the old colony, producing further 



swarming. It will not, here, or any 

 where else, that I know of, for nothing 

 tends more to prevent the swarming 

 impulse than the introduction of a 

 young queen. The real objections 

 are that it is a useless expense, of 

 time, for the cessation of laying is 

 just to our advantage at that season 

 of the year. This is another point on 

 which the " advanced " ones used to 

 " churn" me upon —James Heddon.] 



Chocolate for Pollen. ' 



As a suggestion, what do you think 

 of sweet ciiocolate as a substitute for 

 pollen y My bees are highly pleased 

 with it. Wm. D. French. 



C4rand Rapids, Mich. 



» 



[I have never heard of chocolate as 

 a substitute for pollen before. You 

 must find out by experimenting. 

 Here in my location, and I believe 

 the same is true in yours, there is 

 nothing gained in early breeding. I 

 am satisfied that all the sacks of flour 

 I ever fed were worse than wasted. 

 —James Heddon.] 



Keeping Honey In Summer. 



How can I keep extracted honey 

 from souring in summer ; and also 

 comb honey from candying y 



N. S. Dean. 



Hooper's Valley, N. Y. 



[Do not extract your honey till it is 

 capped over, and there is no danger 

 of its souring. If you do extract it in 

 a thinner state, store it in 1 gallon 

 stone jars, piled 8 or 10 high, with 

 sticks between them, to allow a cir- 

 culation of air across the top surface 

 of the honey. It can thus be stored 

 in a very small compass, in proportion 

 to quantity. The room containing it 

 should Ije dry and airy. To keep 

 comb honey from candying, have all 

 capped before removing from the 

 hives, and keep it in an airy and 

 warm room. Keep warm in cool 

 weather.— James Heddon.] 



1^" On page 183, center of middle 

 column, answer 4, read : "A majority 

 seem to think so, though minorities," 

 etc. No matter where the error was 

 made, let us have it as near correct as 

 possible. I have to write on the run. 

 [It was not so written. — Ed.] I must 

 refuse to answer questions not pertain- 

 ing to business, except through the 

 Question Departments I have agreed 

 to. 1. Because I cannot get the time 

 to do it. 2. Answers in the Depart- 

 ments save an endless repetition of 

 the same questions. If they are re- 

 peated, I can refer to former an- 

 swers. — James Heddon. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



Office OP AMERICAN BKK JOtTRNAL, i 



Monday. 10 a. m., April ii, 1882. f 



The following are the latest quota- 

 tions for honey and beeswax received 

 up to this hour : 



Quotations of Cash Buyers. 



CHICAGO. 

 HONEY— The nominal price of extracted is 7c. 

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

 abundant and sales are slow. 

 BEESWAX -None in the market. 



AL. H. Newman. a23 W. Madison St. 



CINCINNATI. 



HONISY- There is noexcitement in the honey 

 market, but sales are fair to our rnKular trade. 

 OfferinKs are plentiful of extracted and comb 

 honey. Extracted brings 7@9c. on arrival. The 

 sales of comb honey are very slow, although there 

 is a larfje supply of tlrsl-class quality on the mar- 

 ket. It brinjis ii2(5j1hc. on arrival. 



BEESWAX— Comes in slowly and brings 20®30c 

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



Quotations of Commission Merchants. 



CHICAGO. 



HONEY— The demand is light and it is not now 

 probable that all of the comb honey can be sold 

 before a new crop comes. Prices are very irregular 

 and generally low: 15(al6e.for white, and dark un- 

 salable. Extracted, very little trade is being done 

 in it. 7@yc. is about the market. 



BEESWAX-3,3&:j«c. 



K. A. BURNETT. 161 South Water St. 



SAN EKANCISCO. 



HONE Y-Buyers are readily obtained for choice 

 comb or e.Ytracted at full figures, but ofl" qualities 

 meet with slow sale. 



White comb, 14<sil7c. : dark to good, 1 l@l3c.; ex- 

 tracted, choice to extra white, 8H@9^c. ; dark and 

 candied, ':t(&7^c. 



BEESWAX— We quote 30®33c. 



Stearns & Smith. 423 Front Street. 



ST. liODIS. 



HONBY— Very quiet : dull. Comb at 14®16.— 

 some inferior sold at luc. : strained at 6!*^7c., ex- 

 tracted at 7'.^(^lxH>c., lots in small packages more. 



BEES WAX— Scarce and wanted at 33(a34c. 

 W. T. ANDERSON & CO., 117 N. Main Street. 



CLEVELAND. 



HONEY— la a little lower, and at the lower price 

 it has moved off a little better of late. 1-lb. sections 

 of best white sold at ]8H<&i9c.: second grades, 

 1-lb., 17c.: 2-lb. sections a little slow at ]7@18c. 

 Extracted very dull at 9®llc. 



BKESWAX-None in market. 



A. C. Kendel. 11.5 Ontario Street. 



BOSTON. 



HONEY— Our market is fairly active. We quote; 



H lb. sections at 30c.: I lb. sections, 22(si25c.; 2 lb. 



sections, 2(»®22c. Extracted, 10c. per lb. Good 



lots ot extracted are wanted in kegs or barrels. 



BEESWAX— Our supply is gone; we have none 

 to quote. 



Crocker & Blake. 57 Chatham Street. 



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