“novice's" 11 lean I nos in dee culture. 
PROBLEMS, 
O. 5. t'an no way bo deviaeU to got 
the bees from a strong colony away 
from their combs without shaking and 
brushing them off with a bundle of aspar- 
agus tops, etc. For instance we have ac- 
complished something this way : 
Take a strong colony in the dollar hive 
and raise it from the bottom board enough 
to allow a similar hive full of combs just 
extracted to be placed under it, and the 
greater part of the bees will be found in a 
few minutes on the lower combs attracted 
by the honey spread about on the uncap- 
ped cells, and their desire to clean up 
everything tidy. Now remove j our upper 
combs and you have but few bees in the. 
way, and these combs when extracted 
can be used similarly for the next hive 
and so on. Now if by some stratagem 
we could coax all the been below quietly, 
wouldn’t it be j oily ? 
No. 6. One of our subscribers raises 
moth u-orms all he can, uses all his pieces 
of comb and old broken hives for the 
purpose, yet is troubled no more than 
formerly with "Millers.” (Which we 
don't doubt at all). Who can guess why 
he raises them ? "Answer next month. ’ 
P. S. He don’t eat 'em as they do snails 
in some countries, so don’t guess that. 
No. 7. Sawdust around the hive to 
keep down the weeds and to keep the bees 
from crawling under the hive when we 
extract, is liable to catch (ire when we 
are obliged to smoke them. Is there any 
thins; else as cheap and effective that 
won’t burn ? "Scientific" makes the 
query and wc second it. 
HONEY COLUMN. 
as Hare, Marion, Linnn Co., Iowa. 
L. Beckwith, Berlin, Wis., says; "I am 
not satisfied that it is best to run all in 
extracted honey. I understand that it 
has been slow of sule in Chicago at 8 to 1 
10c., and hard to sell in Milwaukee at all — 
cgn sell a few lbs. at home for 12 to 13c. 
in trade, when good light Comb honey is 
wanted ut good prices, therefore 1 want i 
the best way to average 100 lbs. of box 
honey, in a good season, per swarm. 
With sure and ready sale for extracted j 
honey at two-thirds prico of box honey, 
I should of course run entirely on ex- '! 
traded.” 
We think Mr. B. quite modest in only 
wanting 100 lbs. box honey per colony; 
we should not dare promise so much ex- 
tracted ; and that reminds us of a promi- 
nent bee keeper who writes, that it’s no 
trouble to make boxes, for he sells them 
by the lb. for a good deal more than they , 
cost. Now in Medina they always wish j 
to return the box, uud when we object 
they reply: "Want us to pay 30c. per 
lb. for all that wood and glass? No sir 
ee I take back the box honey and give us 
the pure stuff in the glass jars for 20c.” 
We presume it will tnke a little longer for 
people to get weaned from "beeswax 
honey,” than it did a few years ago from 
"tallow candles.” 
F. F. Nunn, Peru, O., hn3 2 bbls. nice 
candied homy; wants 20c. for it. 
Somebody advertises rubber gloves for 
bee-keepers, for no other renson that wo 
know of unless it is because they "want 
to sell ’em for any bee-keeper who has 
tried them very well knows how much 
“worse than nothing" they are. 
“ Get Oats and Rye ground together 
for feeding, 'soon ns bees can fly. Have 
■it ground fine. 
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I TALIAN (H'EEN BEEN FOB 1S7»— 
Will bo bred from Imported Mothers, one 
of which is one of Charles Dadant's impor- 
tation. Persons who purchase Queens of mo 
trill get what they bargain for. Send for oir- 
iiclar. W.m. W. Cauv. 
Col. Kit a ix, Franklin Co., Mass. 2 7 
P RICE LINT OF FYKE ITALIAN 
Queens and Boes from Shaw & Daniel’s 
Apiaries, for 1873: 
For last year’s Qucons, sent as early as tho 
weather is suitable, 85 each. 
Tested Queons, during tho season, St each. 
Untested Queens in Juno and July, S3 
each. After I lie 1st of August, S2.50. All 
Queons sent by mail warranted puro ami 
fertile' Safe arrival guaranteed. 
Nucleus’ Hives containing pure Queen, 
with 6 frames each, 8'/i by V'/., S8 each. Can 
he built up into strong swarms or used for 
wintering surplus Queens. 
Full colonics in one story Langstroth Hives, 
ton frames each, $13. Wide hives with mova- 
ble partition bonrd from 11 to 17 frames each, 
■815, Two story hives containing 21 frames, 
$15 each. 
American Hives, containing 9 frames with 
space between top bars, $15 each. 
Each colony will contain a young Queen 
and 9 frames of comb, with extra frames. 
Sent by express and safe arrival guaranteed. 
Address ltf 
J. SHAW & SON, Chatham Confer, 
or J. E. DANIELS. Lodi, Medina, Co., 0. 
A ESI liE CLOVER SEED.—A nice ar- 
ticle; 50 cents per pound by mail or 35 
cents by express. A. I- HOOT & CO., Me- 
dina, Ohio. 
•ITALIAN BEEN.— Wo offer for sale about 
1 200 colonics of Italian Bees in the Ameri- 
can Movable-Comb llivo. Also Queens 
throughout tho season. Purity nnd safe ar- 
rival guaranteed. For further particulars, 
prices, Ac., send for circular- 
BALDWIN BROS., 
2-9 Sandusky, N. 
C hoice- Italian (hikes for i»7». 
—I have increased facilities for rearing 
Italian Queens for the coming season. The 
choicest Queen-Mothers to breed from, and no 
hlaek bees to interfere. Send stamp for cir- 
cular to W. J. DAVIS, Youngstown, Warren 
Co., Pa. 
