AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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We find this method most generally suc- 

 cessful. 



It is no use to try to keep bees pure, if 

 you have hybrids or black bees in your 

 vicinity, or anywhere within three miles 

 of your apiary. 



In hiving a new swarm of bees, always 

 put in a frame of brood containing larvas 

 in all stages, in your new hive. This will 

 insure the safety of the new swarm, and 

 keep it from leaving and going to the 

 woods. 



Moth-proof hives are such that will 

 exclude the bees entirely. Moths are 

 seldom seen in strong colonies, and, in 

 fact, the best moth-proof hive we ever 

 saw, is a good strong colony of Italian 

 or hybrid bees. If you do not believe 

 this, just keep all your colonies strong, 

 and then look and see how many moths 

 can be found. 



Just about as we expected. Some- 

 thing turned up that we did not get to 

 our Bee-Keepers' Convention, held at 

 Lincoln. As Lincoln is 50 miles west 

 of us, it is not so very handy to attend 

 as one would suppose. But we hope to 

 see the proceedings published in the 

 American Bee Journal, as the Secre- 

 tary, Mr. J. N. Heater, always has it 

 published sooner or later. 



Our apiary is located in a grove of 

 natural timber of small saplings, with 

 old mother earth sloping to the east. 

 Some of our new swarms settled, last 

 Summer, in the tops of these same sap- 

 lings, 30 feet from the ground. We be- 

 came an expert climber. In taking them 

 down, we used a small }i inch rope, 30 

 feet long, with a hook on one end. This 

 is hooked over the limb near where the 

 bees have settled ; then the limb is cut or 

 sawed off, and before the bees hardly 

 know it, they are drawn in front of the 

 hive. We use a 16 foot ladder to aid us 

 in reaching the nearest limbs. 



It is just about like friend Miller to 

 ask us that question about our sections 

 holding "just one pound." When we 

 said exactly one pound, we did not ex- ■ 

 actly mean a pound to a notch, but as 

 near as we could get at it. The -ij^x-ij^ 

 inch size will hold nearer a pound than 

 anything else we have tried. The width 

 that we usually use is 1%, and all in one 

 piece ; sometimes they go over a pound, 

 and sometimes less, but in crating them 

 we make them average a pound all 

 around. We have trained our grocery 

 keepers and customers to think that 

 they hold a pound ; they are usually sold 

 by the piece, and there is very seldom 



any dissatisfaction, for a customer often 

 gets more than a pound rather than less. 

 Plattsmouth, Nebr. 



Moving Bees a Short Distance. 



A. C. DOWNING. 



I see the question of moving bees is 

 being discussed quite freely. 



I have had much experience during the 

 last few years in moving bees in wagons, 

 over smooth and rough roads, and I have 

 never had to fasten the frames, either at 

 the top or bottom. 



If I move them in a spring-wagon, I 

 place the frames crosswise to the road- 

 bed, but if the wagon is without springs, 

 I place them the other way. I have had 

 good results every time, in moving them 

 in this way. 



As to the time to move bees, I prefer 

 the Spring, just before they commence 

 brood-rearing, as it is certain to start 

 them to breeding. If moved at the right 

 time, they will do better than those 

 which are not moved at all. 



My report for 1890 is better than 

 most of those I have seen. My 62 colo- 

 nies. Spring count, gave 4,000 pounds 

 of honey, 1,000 pounds of which was in 

 one-pound sections. What I have sold, 

 brought 15 to 20 cents per pound for 

 comb-honey, and 10 cents per pound for 

 extracted. I have still about 2,000 

 pounds on hand. 



The white clover is looking fine, and I 

 think the prospects for next season are 

 good. White clover is the only thing we 

 get a surplus from, in Kentucky. The 

 greater part of my clover honey is still 

 liquid. 



Lexington, Ky., Jan. 22, 1891. 



Ten-Frame Hiyes for Prollt. 



W. C. WOLCOTT. 



In the answers to the question, 

 " Which is the best size of hive for 

 comb-honey ?" I see that the majority 

 prefer the 8-frame hive. My experience 

 is in favor of the ' 10-frame. I have a 

 cousin living }{ a mile from me, and 

 much nearer the basswood than I am. 

 His bees and mine range on the same 

 fields, and he gives more attention to his 

 bees than I do to mine, and also has 

 more Italians than I have. He uses the 

 8-frame Langstroth hive, and I use the 

 10-frame Langstroth. Here is the re- 

 sult for 1890: He had 82 ^colonies 



