The BEE-kEEPERS' REVIEW, 



311 



1(! no. Some poiuts iu the case are 

 liable to be overlooked. Bees that have used 

 up their vitality in untimely brood rearing 

 are of little value to the colony on Dec. 1st. 

 Had the colony been let alone those partic- 

 ular bees would have been worth much more. 

 Also young bees that have never llowu are 

 supposed to be rather doubtful winter prop- 

 erty for the colony. 



What is reasonably supposed to be sweet 

 corn honey is described by Mrs. E. J. Liv- 

 ingston A. B. .T. ;").')(). It is almost a pink in 

 color, free from acerbity, and with a slight 

 maple like flavor. 



A case is given in A. B. J. .'iKJ where a 

 man had two offers for his honey ( about a 

 ton of sections ) one of 10 cents at home, to 

 be taken right from the hives without cull- 

 ing or scraping, the other of 17 cents in 

 Chicago, with all the risks incidents and 

 parings down. He accepted the latter. 

 What do you suppose it panned out? After 

 three months of time, and some worry and 

 threats, the parings ! being all duly pared 

 off, the honey was 8 cents a pound. 



Mrs. Sallie Sherman liad a case where a 

 caged queen was nicely cared for several 

 days by just placing the cage at the en- 

 trance of a hive. The hive was not queenless 

 either. A. B. .J. .5G4. Mrs. Sherman's 

 ''Fifteen years " has at last expired, and 

 readers will miss it a little mayhap. 



.Jacob Dickman in Ohio Farmer ( quoted 

 A. B. J. .W4 ) brings out an idea about cel- 

 lars which never struck me before. Some 

 clay is like putty ; a particle of water would 

 take a day if not a week in progressing an 

 inch through it. In soft sand, water perco- 

 lation would be a foot, if not several feet, 

 per hour. As a result of this the air of a 

 cellar in clay may be quite dry. while sand 

 cellars are pretty apt to be damp. He 

 thinks the former much the better 

 for wintering. I am not so sure about it. 



The ancients were greatly taken by the 

 scheme of manufacturing swarms of bees by 

 pounding a young steer to death without 

 breaking his skin, and then letting him 

 putrefy and breed maggots. I was under 

 the impression that only one set of direc- 

 tions for doing the job had come down to'us, 

 that given by Virgil in the fourth Georgic. 

 Friend Abbott in A. B. .T. .V>r> publishes 

 another ancient set of directions, which 

 show some interesting variations from those 

 given by Virgil. 



RiOHAKDS, Ohio, Oct. 10. 189G. 



EXTR>q:CTEO. 



Putting up Honey for Market. 

 No part of our business is more important 

 than that of marketing and a large s!:are of 

 our success in marketing, depends upon the 

 manner iu which our honey is put up for 

 market. No class of men have greater 

 opportunities for learning the best manner 

 of putting up honey for market than do the 

 dealers in that product, and Gleanings not 

 long ago sent out a list of questions to the 

 the leading dealers, regarding the manner 

 of putting up honey for market. Below 

 will be found the list of questions and the 

 replies that were received. I regard them 

 as the most valuable and practical reading 

 that has appeared in the journals for some 

 time. 



"1. What style and size of shipping-case is 

 best suited for your market ? 



'2. What style of package for extracted 

 ho ey in bulk— that is, whether square cans 

 or barrels and kegs ? 



3. What weight of sections seems to sell 

 best ? 



4. What time in the year do you secure the 

 best prices ? 



.^>. What effect will the absence of Califor- 

 nia honey have on the price of Eastern hon- 

 ey ? 



(■). From your receipts so far of honey, how 

 does this season compare with that of last 

 year ? 



Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 10. 



l.Best white comb honey should be only 

 in 20-pound cases of 20 one-pound combs 

 each as nearly as can be, and to run under 

 20 pounds net rather that over, and the cases 

 with two glass fronts, but no glass on the 

 comb frames. 



2. Extracted should he in 1 or 2 pound tin 

 cans, same as canned goods, as they can 

 then be readily retailed to consumers. 



;>. One-pound combs, light weight, or not 

 to exceed one pound, sell best. 



4. Honey sells best usually, from Sept. to 

 Dec. and drags some at other times. 



.'). Buffalo has never been seriously affect- 

 ed by California honey, except in occasional 

 seasons. Its absence should favorably af- 

 fect our markets. 



(). Receipts somewhat earlier than usual, 

 and a surplus of fruit causes moderate de- 

 mand as yet, although perhaps slowly in- 

 creasing. B. & Co, 



Detroit, Mich., Aug. 8. 

 1. 12-pound, 3 row. 2. Square cans. 3. 

 One pound. 4. Fall. ."j. Can't tell. G. Much 

 better. M. H. H. 



Boston. Mass., Aug. 8. 



1. Neat new basswood, 20 combs, 18 to 20 

 ponnds net ; two-thirds cartons, one-third 

 glass fronts. 



2. Five-gallon square cans. 



