THE BKE-KEEERS' REVIEW. 



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;in(l they speak in siuii a way as to con- 

 vey the idea that it is a very undesirable 

 thinytoilo. Our capital in bee-ktepiui; 

 is not in the queens. (Jueens cost us 

 practically nothin.i;. Our capital is in 

 our hives and combs. We want our cap- 

 ital fully occupied. Better that a (lueen 

 be cramped for room tlian that c<.)nil)s re- 

 main idle. Suppose that we have an 

 eight-frame hive for a brood nest. When 

 the queen has the combs well filled with j 

 brood, some recommend the jnitlinsj; on ; 

 of another story. This second slory cer- 

 tainly will not be so well filled wilh 

 brood as it would be if it had another 

 (|ueen to do the layinj^. I would use a 

 brood chamber of such a size that an or- 

 dinary queen can easily fill it with brood. 

 With me, that is an eight-frame, Langs- 

 troth hive. I do not mean to say that 

 many of my queens could not use more 

 space than that, but what if they could ? 

 What do I lose by nut letting them 

 fill more combs? Some of you may 

 say that I lose the bees that the 

 eggs that they could lay would produce. 

 Not so. I have those eggs laid by another 

 (luecn. 



Swarming? Yes, I know it is asserted 

 that swarming can be more easily con- 

 tn^lled when large hives are used. I do 

 not advocate small /?/r'<vi. I would give 

 ample surplus room , and room enough in 

 the brood nest for an ordinarily prolific 

 (jueen. Having done this, I doubt if 

 tliere is any great dilTerence between the 

 ordinary and the large brood nest, as re- 

 gards the disposition to swarm Swarm- 

 ing may come later with the large brood 

 nest, but it is bound to come if the condi- 

 tions are right In producing extracted 

 honey it is easy to control swarming on ac- 

 count of the ease in giving an abundance 

 of empty comb in which to store the sur- 

 plus. 



Now, friends, if I am wrong in any of 

 mv conclusions, tell me so. I am not one 

 of those who feel hurt if they are shown 

 to be in error. I courl criticism. If I am 

 wrong, no one is more anxious than my- 

 self that I be set right. 



Honey Quotations. 



TliK fullnwirit,' rulos fi>r nia(tin« honey were 

 H<l<>|>'f»il hvtlie Niirtli AmcricHn Hee Keepers' 

 Assiiciatioii, at iIn WaHliintrfon moetinf;, anil, so 

 far as iii)8Hii)l(', i(iinia;i'>nn are made according 

 to t licHo rnle.s. 



K.VNCV.— \ll M'ctiDiis to he well tilled ; combs 

 8tr.iii;ht, of even tliickiiess. ,inil firmly attached 

 to all foiirsidoH: butli w.nid and comb iiuf-oiled 

 l>y travel-stain, or otherwise; all the cells seuJed 

 except the row of ci-llts next the wood. 



No. 1.— .Ml sections well tilled, hnt combs un- 

 even or crooked, iletachrMl at the bottom, or 

 with tint few cells nnseah'd : both wood and 

 coiiil) iiiisoiled liy travel-stain or otherwise. 



In addition to this the honey is to be classified 

 accordiitf; fo color, iisint; the terms white, amber 

 and dark. That is, lln-rH «ili he " fancy white," 

 \". 1 , ijark." otc. 



CIvEVELAND, O— Demand for white Honey is 

 very good, and market firm. We quote as "fol- 

 ows: Fancy white, i.s to 14: Xo. i. wliile, 12 to \y, 

 Fancy amber, lo to 11; No. i. amber, 9 to 10; Fancy- 

 dark, 8 to 9; White, extracted, 7; Amber, 6; Dark, 



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A. B. WILI^IAM.S & CO. 

 Nov. 29. 80 & .S2 Broadway, Cleveland, Ohio. 



BUFFALO, N. Y. — Ab.solutely fancy i-lb. 

 combs are selling well at 12 and i;, cents; and 

 other grades dragging at 10 lo 7 cents. Holiday 

 trade lakes all attention from honey. Very lit- 

 tle extracted honey selling Fancy beeswax 

 wanted at from 28 to :-.o cents: if absolutely pure. 

 BATTERSON & CO. 



Dec. 20. 167 & 169 Scott .St., Buffalo, N. Y. 



CII1C-\('.C), IL,L — -We quote as follows; fancy 

 white. 13; No. I white, 11 lo 12; fancy amber, 9 lo 

 to; No. I amber, « to 10; fancy dark, 8; to 10; No. i 

 dark, ^; white extracted, 6 lo 7; amber,' ,s lo 6; 

 daik, 5; beeswax, 27. 



K. A. BURNETT S: Co.. 



Dec. 21. 16,^ .So. Water St., Chicago, 111. 



CHICAGO, 111.— We are having good trade and 

 otir .stocks are light. ShipmeiUscan be encouraged 

 and we quote as tollows: fancy while, 14; No. i 

 white, w. fancv amber. 12; No. i amber it; fancy 

 dark, 10'; white', extracted, 7; ami cr, 6; dark, 5 to 

 siA; beeswax, 27. 



,S. T. FISH & CO.. 



Dec. 22. \><) So. Water St., Chicago, Ills. 



NF;W YORK.— Plenlv of comb honey on the 

 ma: kei, and dark grades are moving off slowly. 

 Extracted oi all kinds is in good demand. We 

 quote as lollows ; Fancy white, 12 lo 13; No. i 

 white, II to 12: fancv amber, 10 to 11; No. i 

 amber, 9 to to; fancv" dark, «; No. i dark, 7; 

 while extracted, 6'/2 to 7; amber, 5^2 to 6; 

 dark, 5; beeswax, 26 10 27. 



HII.DRETH BROS. & SEOELKEN, 



Ut-c. 2v '20 West Broadway, New York. 



