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EDITOR. 



VoiniY. June 20, 1888, No. 25. 



Vor every Kvil under the sun 

 There is a Temedy or there is none. 

 If there is one, try and find it ; 

 If there is none— well, never mind It. 



Xlie Xi-ial of Mr. Z. A. Clark, of Arka- 

 delphia. Ark., is to comeoff about July 16, 

 and the National Bee-Keepers' Union has 

 engaged considerable legal talent, and we 

 go to the trial in full confidence of gaining 

 a substantial victory. 



;Vlr. Jouatlian Periaiu is again at 

 the helm of the Prairie Farmer, for the 

 past 3 or 4 years held by Orange Judd. The 

 American Bee Journal extends a wel- 

 come, and wishes Mr. Periam and the 

 Farmer abundant success. 



Xieriiig: lip.— Concerning its advan- 

 tages and the metliods to be employed, Mr. 

 W. J. CuUinan, of Kansas City, Mo., writes 

 this in the Farmer's Review : 



Tiering up.— Now we come to one of the 

 nicest thing's connected with modern api-, 

 culture. By this plan we are enabled to 

 secure 4 pounds of honey where 1 pound 

 was obtained by the old method. The plan 

 is briefly this : Wherfthe first case of sec- 

 tions is one-half or two-thirds filled, lift up 

 and slip under it a case of empty sections ; 

 now watch close, and when the upper one 

 is nearly completed, which can be ascer- 

 tained by blowing a little smoke on the 

 bees, and then looking down between the 

 sections, lift up these two and slip another 

 empty case beneath. 



By the time the bees need more room, 

 should the honey-flow continue abundant, 

 the top case will be completed, and should 

 be taken from the hive, when the others 

 may be lifted and another case placed be- 

 low. Be careful not to add too many at the 

 close of the season, as you will get too many 

 unfinished sections, and be sure to remove 

 as fast as completpd, that your honey may 

 retain its snowy whiteness. 



When removed store in a warm place and 

 sulphur occasionally to kill any moth- 

 worms that may hatch out upon the combs. 

 The reason for raising the first case and 

 placing tlie empty ones below, is that by 

 this plan a vacant space is left between the 

 brood and stores which the bees will take 

 possession of more readily, and work all the 

 harder to fill it up. 



Another advantage is, that the finished 

 sections being on top they are not so liable 

 to be stained or soiled by the travel of the 

 bees, and are more easily removed when 

 finished. Those running for extracted 

 honey can tier up in a similar manner, but 

 the advantages are not so great as in the 

 production of comb honey. 



Crateiii or surplus cases for holding the 

 section-boxes should be made neat in form, 

 so that they may be used as shipping-crates 

 or retailing crates. Sections of honey well 

 completed and nicely arranged in such 

 crates will bear very rough handling, and 

 will remain well preserved if the sections 

 have not been removed after taken off.— Ex. 



Xhe Season is about a month late this 

 year, and consequently everything seems 

 "out of time." Still the prospects for a 

 honey crop in some localities is considered 

 to be excellent. Just as we go to press, the 

 following expression comes in from Mr. M. 

 O. Tuttle, of Osage, Iowa, showing that 

 there, at least, the apiarists are buoyant 

 and hopeful. He says : 



The prospects are very encouraging here 

 for a good honey flow. Last week I doubled 

 up my colonies in order to lessen the num- 

 ber, and to get them exceedingly strong 

 early in the season. Our season is 3 or 4 

 weeks late. 



After-Swariii!* are prevented (says 

 Mrs. L. Harrison, in the Prairie Farmer), 

 in this way : " When they hive a swarm, 

 they place it where the parent colony stood, 

 having removed it to one side, and facing 

 differently. All of the bees flying in the 

 fields, will, as they return, enter and re- 

 main with the new colony. After a few 

 days, commence gradually to turn the old 

 colony around, until about the time of the 

 young queens, when the entrances will be 

 side and side. Then remove the old colony 

 to a new stand, and all the bees old enough 

 to work in the fields will remain with the 

 new one, making a very strong working 

 force. When the first queen comes out of 

 the cell, she will destroy all the others, and 

 swarming will be prevented. By thus mass- 

 ing all the working force together in one 

 hive during a flow, much more surplus will 

 be secured, then if divided into several 

 hives." 



From Ne>v Zealand comes this 

 paragraph in our Australasian cotemporary 

 for May, which shows how the Ajierican 

 Bee Journal is valued in the Southern 

 Hemisphere : 



I must compliment Mr. Newman, the edi- 

 tor of the American Bee Journal, on the 

 improved appearance of the new volume of 

 that periodical, the first numbers of which 

 have just reached me. It is printed on good 

 paper, its articles are well written, and it 

 decidedly ranks as one of the first bee- 

 papers in the world. 



Carl»uIixe«I Slieet.— A correspondent 

 in the BrlUxh Bee Journal says : " The 

 recipe given by Rev. G. Raynor for quieting 

 bees in preference to smoke is : 



IJi oz. Calvert's No. 5 carbolic acid. 



IJa oz. of glycerine. 



1 quart of warm water. 



The acid and glycerine to be well mixed 

 before adding the water, and the bottle to 

 be well shaken before using. A piece of 

 calico, or preferably cheese-cloth, suffi- 

 ciently large to cover the top of the hive 

 should be steeped in this solution, wrung 

 out dry, and spread over the hive on the re- 

 moval of the quilt, when every bee will 

 quicklv disappear below, and manipulation 

 may be slowly and quietly performed with- 

 out annoyance from the bees. The same 

 plan is effectual in driving the bees out of 

 section-cases. From unsealed sections they 

 often refuse to budge, but a little blowing 

 through the strainer will always dislodge 

 tlieni. All of our sections are thus re- 

 moved, and we have never experienced the 

 slightest scent or flavor of the carbolic acid 

 attaching to the comb or honey. This un- 

 pleasant result occurs only to bunglers, 

 who either use too strong a solution, or do 

 not wring out the carbolized sheet sufli- 

 eiently dry, and so besprinkle the comb 

 honey with the solution, and charge the 

 evil result of their own stupidity on those 

 who recommend the process. The strength 

 of the solution quickly passes away, as the 

 acid evaporates when exposed to the air. 



Ilees Xake Possession of a 



House.— It frequently occurs in southern 

 California that a swarm of bees take pos- 

 session of a liouse, and fill the space be- 

 tween the lathing and rustic with honey, 

 resisting all mild attempts to drive them 

 out. The following is from the Tustin 

 City correspondent of the Santa Ana Blade: 



Sam Tustin has been having a war with 

 bees. A half-dozen swarms had taken pos- 

 session of his store building, occupied by 

 J. W. Ballard, and threatened to hold it to 

 the exclusion of its owners. And as the 

 bees were very enthusiastic in their busi- 

 ness, it looked as though they might stay, 

 even though Sam had the first claim. Tus- 

 tin, with an able assistant,firstclothed them- 

 selves in complete armor of mosquito-cloth 

 and heavy gloves, and, armed with an as- 

 sortment'of carpenter tools to tear off the 

 rustic, etc., then, by the liberal use of brim- 

 stone and fire, made it warm for the i)ests. 

 About two days finished one " houseful," 

 and the boys had so much fight left in them, 

 or wanted' revenge, that they attacked a 

 large colony in possession of the Presby- 

 terian church, won the fight, and confiscated 

 several barrels of honey. 



Xlie IN'is'l't* have been so cool until 

 last week, in this latitude, that work in the 

 hives has been out of the question. As the 

 season will be short, strong colonies will, 

 in all probability, be the only ones to get 

 much surplus, and but few are strong. 



Xlte Cineinnati Centennial Exposi- 

 tion opens on July 4, and closes Oct. 27, 

 giving 100 exhibiting days. There will be 

 reduced rates on all railroads. As to what 

 the honey exhibits will be we are as yet un- 

 informed. We hope it will be creditable to 

 the pursuit. Of course our friend C. F. 

 Muth will see that it is made such, for he 

 never does things by halves. 



