1895. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



659 



TOUR BEESWAX ! 



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 low Beeswax, delivered at our oilice— in ex- 

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AND LUNG DISEASES, 

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 Offices: IOI9, lOo State St., 

 CHICAGO. Hours 9 to 4. 



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"DEFOKE placing your orders tor SUP- 

 ■'-^ PLIES, write for prices on 1-Plece Bass- 

 wood Sections, Bee-Hives, Shipping -Crates, 

 Frames, Foundation, Smokers, etc. 



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Honey-Jars. Shipping'-Caees. aud every- 

 I thing- that bee-keepers use. Root's 

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Queens and Efnclei ! 



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 Tested, SI. 00; Select Tested, SI. 50. 

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SAVED BY A DREAM. 



Parmer Oak setting posts for Page fence Is 

 set upon by another agent, with a machine 

 to 'make it yourself, just as good," etc., etc., 

 who soon talks hira to sleep. He dreams he's 

 back at the World's Fair, almost famished 

 can't live without a good cup of cofFee,quick' 

 Meets stranger with machine, "You buy the 

 green berry, anything cheap, roast carefully 

 grind In this: p-e-r-f-e-c-t-1-y d-e-1-i-c- 

 i-o-u-s." "Oh, yes, of course, you must steep 

 it, and sugar and cream it. takes a little 

 time, but It's so cheap." Here the nightmare 

 kicks the agent off the field and brings farm 

 er O. to his senses, and he'll use the Page. 

 PAGE WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO., Adrian, Mich, 

 MentU/n, the Avierican Bee Jcvvntak, 



Questior)-Box> 



In the multitude of counsellors there is 

 safety.— Prov. 11-14. 



Color and Odor of Foundation. 



Query 991.— I have received samples of 

 foundation from different makers. Some of 

 these samples have the natural odor of bees- 

 wax. Other samples, lighter in color, ^ave 

 this odor conspicuously absent. 



1. What makes the difference in odor and 

 color ? 



2. Which kind would you prefer for your 

 own use ?— Colo, 



R. L. Taylor — 1. Bleaching, principal- 

 ly. 2. Tiie unbleached. 



1i. Taylor — 1. I do not know. 2. I 

 would choose tlie latter. 



G. M. Doolittle— 1. 1 don't know. 2. 

 I see little difference in favor of either. 



Mrs. L. Harrison — 1. It may be from 

 chemicals used in purifiying it. 2. Nat- 

 ural odor. 



Jas. A. Stone— 1. The bleaching. 2. 

 That having the natural odor, if not the 

 whitest. 



W. R. Graham — 1. Bleaching. 2. 

 The unbleached, with all the natural 

 odor of beeswax. 



Dr. J. P. H. Brown — Fresh yellow wax 

 is more odorous. The odor is gradually 

 lost in bleaching. 



Rev. E. T. Abbott— 1. Ask the men 

 who make it. 2. Foundation made out 

 of pure beeswax only. 



Prof. A. J.Cook— 1. I think age and care 

 in rendering wax. 2. I have liked the 

 former. It may be mere fancy. 



P. H. Elwood — 1. It is said that the 

 use of sulphuric acid destroys this odor. 

 2. I should prefer to retain the odor. 



J. A. Green — 1. Possibly the beeswax 

 has been refined by the use of acid, which 

 destroys the odor to a large extent. 2. 

 The former. 



C. H. Dibbern — 1. Difference in method 

 of rendering the wax or adulteration. 2. 

 I should take the foundation with natu- 

 ral odor and color. 



J. E. Pond— 1. I don't know. 2. I 

 think the natural odor, but if it came 

 from a reliable party, I should take one 

 as soon as the other. 



Dr. C. C. Miller— 1. The lighter may 

 be somewhat bleached. 2. I'd rather 

 see the two before deciding. I'd prob- 

 ably take the softest. 



J. M. Hambaugh — 1. I don't know. 

 Age may have something to do with it. 

 2. Light grades for surplus honey; the 

 darker grades for the brood chamber. 



W. G. Larrabee — 1. Perhaps southern 

 or western wax will not have the same 

 odor as northern or eastern. 2. I prefer 

 that with the natural odor. I want to 

 hear from Dadant & Son. 



H. D. Cutting — Sulphuric acid will re- 

 move impurities and I think some of the 

 odor as well, yet I have seen and used 

 large quantities of foundation that was 

 cleaned with acid with the best results. 



G. W. Demaree — 1. The difference in 

 the "odor " and "color" of the samples 

 you refer to, is the result of the different 

 processes employed in rendering and 

 purifying the wax. Beeswax when 

 bleached by any known process loses Its 



virgin odor. Lay a comb on a hive 

 cover, in the hot sun, and the wax that 

 runs from the comb will be yellow and 

 have a pleasant odor ; let it be exposed 

 to the sun and dews for a few days and 

 it will become lighter in color and loses 

 its ordor. 2. I prefer the unbleached 

 wax for foundation, because it is more 

 rapidly worked by the bees. 



Chas. Dadant & Son — We want that 

 which has the smell of beeswax, though 

 sometimes the absence of it is only due 

 to melting over several times. But the 

 use of acids destroys that fine smell en- 

 tirely. 



E. France — 1. Wax made from cap- 

 pings is lighter in color and has not as 

 much odor of bees as that made from 

 old combs. 2. White wax for sections. 

 For brood-combs there is not much 

 choice. 



Rev. M. Mahiii — 1. I presume that the 

 lighter colored and almost odorless is 

 made from cappings of combs. 2. I 

 would prefer the light for sections, and 

 the yellow for the brood-combs, because 

 I think it is stronger. 



J. M. Jenkins— 1. The first is good 

 wax, uninjured by acids or overheating ; 

 while the latter has been " cooked," or. 

 mayhap, purified (?) by use of too much 

 acid. 2. The first, as it is more pliant 

 and stronger — the more like wax — it is 

 more acceptable to the bees. 



Mrs. J. N. Heater — 1. Sometimes in- 

 gredients and methods used to bleach 

 the wax, and sometimes lye and other 

 stuff used to prevent the sheets of wax 

 from sticking to the rolls. 2. I prefer 

 that which has the natural color and 

 odor, and is all pure beeswax. 



Eugene Secor — 1. Bleaching makes a 

 difference in color, and perhaps in odor, 

 but I am not sure. 2. I use only pure 

 wax foundation made by such skillful 

 and honest manufacturers as Dadant, 

 VanDeusen, etc., and I have never de- 

 tected a lack of proper wax odor. 



Allen Pringle — 1. According to my ex- 

 perience the sun will take the color out 

 of the wax by bleaching it, while the 

 heat of the stove or furnace will take 

 the odor out to a certain extent. A high 

 temperature will do it. 2. I should pre- 

 fer the foundation with natural color 

 and odor of the wax. 



W. M. Barnum — 1. I think age will 

 affect considerably the odor of founda- 

 tion. There is certainly a difference in 

 foundation, but I am entirely unfamiliar 

 with the luethod used. 2. I prefer the 

 kind that "suits me best." This is the 

 best rule for all to follow, even if it costs 

 a little more. Get samples from differ- 

 ent dealers, and in your order specify 

 plainly that you want a fresh article. 

 This will generally bring it. 



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