THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



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having^ to deal with foul brood will find in 

 it much of intere<^L Ttit y/.^c is 15 cts, 

 and it can be obtained of the Superinten- 

 dent of Documents, Government Printing 

 Oflfice, Washington. D. C. Stamps are 

 net accepted in payment. 



The capture of a run-away swarm is 

 always attended with more or less elation. 

 The more difificult the capture the greater 

 the elation. For instance, I was called by 

 telephone the other day to get a swarm 

 down out of a maple where it had clus- 

 tered around the trunk 25 feet from the 

 ground. I went up to the limbs en a long 

 ladder, then scrambled on up, carrying 

 with me a hive that I t'sd fast to a limb 

 adjoining the cluster. Some bees were 

 scooped up and poked in at the entrance 

 to get them started, then the rest driven 

 in with a smoker, and t.'ie whole thing 

 lowered to the ground by means of a 

 clothes line. 



The crowd that gathered to see the 

 "fun", soon dispersed — it proved too tame 

 — was not up to their expectations. 



Mr. Fred. W. Muth has gotten out a bee 

 veil that will certainly prevent bees from 

 getting at the head, lace and neck. No- 

 tice the cut of it in the advertising col- 

 umns, also v/hat is said about it, by Mr. 

 Frank Rauchfuss. With the ordinary veil, 

 tucked in the collar, the bees seem to de- 

 light in getting at the neck where it is 

 touched by the veil. With the Ideal that 

 trouble is overcome. And while we are 

 talking about Mr. Muth and his doings, it 

 is with pleasure I can say that he is one 

 of the large dealers in honey who always 

 pays "cash on arrival of goods." 



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The Price of Honey This Year. 



What with the loss of bees last winter 

 and spring, and the almost total failure of 

 the white clover, together with the short- 

 age in California, the prospect:? are that 



the price of honey will go as high as it is 

 possible to i,\ui.;ce people lo pay for it. I 

 notice that two dea'-^rs are already quot- 

 ing white extracted honey at 9 cts. We 

 shall have some raspberry honey to sell, 

 but no clover. We are now (July 12th) 

 right in the midst of the raspberry flow, 

 and it promises to be at least a fair crop. 

 It may be two or three weeks before we 

 extract any, as we leave the honey on 

 until it is fully capped. When we do ex- 

 tract, the honey will be stored in bright, 

 new, shiny, 60-lb. tin cans (no old. rusty, 

 battered, second hand affairs will be used) 

 and we shall offer it at ten cents a pound. 

 The price may go higher than this, but all 

 orders accepted at that figure will be 

 filled at that price. 



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Ml. Muth-Rasmussen. of California, pro- 

 tests against my showing the Bingham 

 uncapping knife with such a blunt bevel 

 as it had in the little diagram that I gave 

 in the Review last month. Those little 

 cuts showing what were intended to be 

 cross-sections of the Bingham and Jones 

 knives were made by taking two pieces 

 of brass rule and filing off the corners. 

 There was no attempt to get the bevels of 

 either one exactly correct. Probably both 

 knives are shown with too blunt a bevel. 

 They were given simply to illustrate the 

 difference between having the bevel ex- 

 tend back only a short distance, as with 

 the Bingham, or cle?r to center of the 

 knife, as in the case of the Jones knife. Mr. 

 Muth-Rasmussen says tliatthe illustration 

 and my remarks would lead one to think 

 that the Bingham knife was of no account, 

 and he is loud in its praise. I did not in- 

 tend to give such an impression. The 

 Bingham knife is the best I have ever 

 used, but 1 have never used the Jones 

 knife, and ,vould like to know if it is any 

 better or worse. 



Apiarian Premium Lists. 



Michigan will hold two fairs this fall at 

 which quite liberal premiums will be given 



