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around and never touch the glass at all, void, and fro 
right hack. I believe Mr. Bidwcll tells the exact truth 
about it. I thought I could -glean” a knowledge ol' 
the fact that, that plan could be made a success, from 
what I saw during my experiment. I think it M ill 
become practical only when a voiding room is “kind- 
Hm” attached to the wintering house. A glass over the 
.(hives is incomparably better than one in front, as a 
■window for instance. 
Jambs IIkddon, Dowagiac, Mich. Oct. 6th, 1874. 
We think enough 1ms been done to make it 
pretty certain that dysentery can be arrested, 
if not entirely cured by this means. Mr. Burch 
has given all needful directions for making the 
pits unless it be that they must be most thor- 
oughly drained ; if not naturally then artific- 
ial iy. The sash 3x6 feet can be purchased in 
Cleveland of B. II. Stair & Co. for $1.25 each 
in quantities, perhaps a little more singly. 
The glass can be purchased of B. L. Fallen- 
stock, who advertises in this No., for $3.50 per 
box of 00 lights, net ; a little less for large : 
quantities. This is second quality glass but 
we presume it is just as good for this purpose. 
Each sash will require 28 lights and the ex- 
pense of material will therefore be not far from 
$2.50 per sash, or $10.00 for a (5x12 bed such as 
were used by Mr. Bidwell. Will Mr. Burch 
please accept thanks for the information given. 
REPORT FROM ADAM GRIMM. 
IUTOIt Gleanings Yesterday I shipped the 
J*fJj| second car load of honey from my this year’s 
— t* crop with some few small lots from other bee- 
vaisers. This cleans me all out and since I get a little 
more time now, I comply with your request to report 
my tins year's bee business. 
1 had after the spring’s sale, and a loss of 48 during 
winter and spring, Too colonies left 
From them I got of box honey lbs. - - 14887 
And of extracted, net weight 10882 
In all « 25219 
Add to this amount in unfinished boxes “ 600 
Previously sold and given away “ 100 
Making a sum total of “ 25919 
<>r an average of about 21 lbs. box honey, and 16 ex- 
tracted. The extracted honey however was all from 
<o lnvcs making It about 147 lbs. as an average from 
each ot these. 
It M ill lie natural for your readers to inquire, to 
whom I sold all my honeyi and what price I got. Well, 
i contracted the whole amount to Mrs. S. E. Spaids, 
->ew York, who bought all my honey last year and 
paid me for it, ns agreed. The price I am promised is 
r. )C P er ';>• net weight, for white and yellow lionev In 
tne ct mh, 15c for buckwheat honey, and 12c lor ex- 
tracted. This is a low price, but I am satisfied, since I 
\, ri , 01 M’ ,a t large lot of honey at once. 
iUy ljc.es, which increased to 1158 colonies, are in 
\ cry good condition to go into winter quarters and if 
hum Humid go through the winter and spring in good 
condition 1 will have 800 or 400 to spare or can stock 
M>mc more apiaries. Bees are considered very good 
iv?v.?i le P£?P ei *ty here and sold at full prices If offered 
i f “ ave g°ne into banking, but cannot think 
( tln ^ m >’ l, ees. 1 have not been at the bank 
'°5 tila " one week’s time in live months. Bee busi- 
M) much more profitable that 1 cannot get a 
notion vet to leave it. 
Adam Grimm, Jefferson, Wis. Oct. 21st, 1874. 
Shall we not have to acknowledge Mend 
Onmm with his 1158 colonies, the largest bee- 
keeper in the world V and judging from his 
} early reports, is he not also as a rule the most 
successful V 
11 «».KV 4 0 U MX. 
1 ■ ^ 1 - BOOT:— What Is your best figures for 
Honey in, say from 2 to 5000 lb. lots? Give us 
Main St. Cincinnati, O. 
j. . !T '°i! r elosest'urlee for cash. 
oAttnu! S Stout, No's 32 a :il 
We are happy to say that Messrs. Barber & 
Stout are both prompt and reliable. 
Mu. BOOT, Dear Sir Through the assistance ol' 
your and other Bee Journals, anrl inv old acquaint- 
ances, I have already procured 73000 IDs. of honey and 
hope to be able to handle 50000 lbs. more this season. 
S. E. Spaids, N. Y. City. 
As an item of interest, I will say that I have just 
rce'd trom a St. Louis Dealer the generous offer .if 
12X<. for Pure Linden Honey, ext’d. for which I have 
a home market at 25c. and a demand for more than I 
can furnish, from my hives. 
E. M. Hayhubst, St. Clair, Mo. 
Could I buy Honey Jars cheaper of the manufactu- 
rers than of dealers here? If I can could von send 
me the address of a manufacturer? 
I have 4 barrels of Linn honey, I would like to get 
15c for it. Kobeet Bieley, Colfax, Iowa. 
You can buy cheaper of the manufacturers 
usually, but you will have to take a whole 
case. B. L. Falieustock whose advertisement 
appears this month is a manufacturer. Send 
to him for a circular. 
To your readers please say that I do not buy lionev 
at all, but if they will send me a sample (say 2 or '3 
ounce vial) I will sell it for them where tliev will ..et 
their money on the delivery of their lionev here. 
There is no demand here at present, or at least veri- 
little and I now advise holding lov a short time. My 
object has been to keep up the price of ext’d lionev. 
Good nice comb in good shape will bring 30c very 
readily here now. 
\Y. G. Smith, 119 Main St. St. Louis. 
DEAR NOVICE:— I have about 1500 lbs. white clo- 
ver ext’d honey, put up in I t gallon casks, well waxed, 
a choice article of honey. W hat shall 1 do with it ? 1 
can get 16e in Milwaukee, but freight and commission 
out (Sc) leaves. me only. 13c, a poor price. I will get 
about 500 IDs. golden rod and buckwheat enough to 
stock tlic local market here, with what is raised bl- 
ethers. Box honey sells readily at 25c, and 1 would 
like to realize 17 or 18c clear, or 1 am afraid 1 will get 
crowed over. Some of mv neighbors already proph- 
esy sour honey and no sale'. The honey weighs 12 lbs. 
per gal., so there’s no danger of souring, i will tell 
you how 1 got It some time. 
it. L. Joinek, Wyoming, Wis. 
At present the market price for light honey 
seems to be only about ID or Hie. As this 
price is for delivery in the principal cities it is 
generally best to sell near home. The figures 
you mention for comb honey are probably re- 
tail. Does not extracted honey sell at retail 
for nearly as much ? In ’71 we sold our whole 
crop for 12c, in ’72, 13c, and last season we sold 
4 barrels for 15, l(i, 18 and 20c respectively, and 
could have sold all for 20 had we kept it until 
Feb., as we did the last barrel. Although we 
are not justified in thinking it will bring any 
more in Feb. than it does now, yet we should 
be in no hurry about selling at less than 16 
unless we needed the money badly. If the 
bees (‘jest wouldn’t die” we should be quite 
content to raise honey for 12 or 13c. 
Huns bugs stud Swiiulles 
Pertaining to Bee Culture. 
[We respectfully solicit the aid of our friends in 
conducting this department, and Mould consider it 
a favor to have them send us all circulars that have 
a deceptive appearance. The greatest care will be at 
all times maintained to prevent injustice being done 
any one.] 
A LTHOUG11 we might prefer to dispense, 
for all time to come with this department, 
we fear public safety ns well as our own, de- 
mands that we should mention the names of a 
few who are hindering the cause of bee-culture. 
