1907 



GLEANINGS IN BEp] CULTURE. 



959 



mission, storage, and insurance are all lump- 

 ed together. How is any one to know wheth- 

 er he has been overcharged on any one or 

 all three of these items? The commission it- 

 self should not exceed 10 per cent, $8.27; in- 

 surance for three and a half years ought not 

 to exceed $4.00; but here, again, if the goods 

 had been sold promptly, this would have 

 been an insignificant item. Putting insur- 

 ance and commission together we have $12.27. 

 making a net charge of $6.88, or nearly $7.00 

 for storage. This seems to us like a high 

 price, especially if it should develop that this 

 long storage of the honey was not necessary. 

 We are not disposed to enter into any se- 

 vere arraignment against this commission 

 house; but we desire to suggest this: That an 

 explanation should be rendered in case goods 

 are held longer than 90 days, stating why 

 sales are not made, giving the producer the 

 option of tvirning the goods over to some- 

 body else. Certainly in rendering a final ac- 

 count our commission house should have 



HOME APIARY OF T. H. WAALE, NAMPA, IDAHO. 



made such an explanation. In the absence 

 of any explanation their last sentence solicit- 

 ing further deals is almost adding insult to 

 injui'y. We desire to suggest that, when 

 thore is a charge for storage and interest, 

 these be itemized and not blanketed in one 

 general charge in connection with the com- 

 mission. 



We hope all our commission houses will 

 see the importance of giving fully itemized 

 statements as well as an explanation for any 

 unusual delay or low price. 



Finally, we ai'e not disposed to condemn 

 the fii'm whose name is omitted until we 

 can receive from them a full statement. We 

 are introducing the letter here as a sort of 

 object-lesson, and for general discussion; and 

 in this connection we desire to note that 

 some companies do not charge for insv;rance 

 and storage. Others add to commission 

 freight and drayage. In the charges above 

 enumerated, no account is made for freight 

 and drayage. But these items would be 

 small.— Ed.] 



BEE-KEEPING IN IDAHO. 



The Control of Swarminja; by the Use of an 

 Abundance of Room. 



BY K. F. ATWATER. 



The apiary illustrated in the cut is the 

 home yard of Mr. T. H. Waale, of Nampa, 

 Idaho, as it appeared during the season of 

 1905. Partly because of toads, the hives rest 

 on quadruple stands, about 18 high, two 

 hives facing east and two west. The hives 

 are of the eight-frame standard size, with 

 Hoffman frames, and short top-bar projec- 

 tions, end-spaced. 



Mr. Waale is remarkably successful in con- 

 trolling swarming, the queens being allowed 

 the freedom of the entire hive, be it 2, 3, 4, 

 or 5 stories high, with abundant ventilation. 

 After some experience with horizontal wii*- 

 ing of frames Mr. Waale now wires all his 

 frames vertically, and gets much better 



combs by so 

 doing. Being 

 a good m e- 

 chan ic , he 

 makes his own 

 hives and 

 foundation. 

 Many of the 

 hives i 1 1 u s- 

 trated are of 

 red cedar, 

 which does 

 not warp nor 

 check as does 

 pine in this 

 climate. It is 

 e s p ec i a 1 1 y 

 good for wide 

 single - piece 

 lids. 



One George 

 W. Whitcomb, 

 of Washing- 

 ton, has often 

 told in the Amei'ican Bee Journal how the 

 blacks were far superior to the Italians 

 for that climate. This assertion is vigor- 

 ously combatted by Mr. Waale, who was 

 for years a bee-keeping specialist at Sara, 

 Washington, only thirteen miles fx'om Port- 

 land. Mr. Waale is the efficient foul-brood 

 inspector for one of our districts. 

 Meridian, Idaho. 



RASPBERRY HONEY. 



A Report from the Largest Producer of it 

 in the United States. 



BY S. D. CHAPMAN. 



This photo of my home yard was taken 

 last August. Thei'e are 240 colonies in this 

 yard, and my out-yard contained about 150. 



For the past 17 years I have been located 

 in the very best of the raspberry belt. Dur- 

 ing this time I have produced many thou- 

 sands of pounds more of raspberry honey 



