. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. THE AMERICAN BEE The hives 1 use are made 21 inches long by 14 inches wide, (outside meas- ure,) 10 inches deep. 1 use eight frames in each hive and use full sheets of light brood foundation in each frame, The past season was not an extra good one here. For a while white clover gave a very fair harvest; the basswood was far behind and in fact was almost a failure. My honey is stored in one pound sections and the sections are removed before they become travel stained. I have no trouble in markeimg them. Several other bee keepers here put t
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. THE AMERICAN BEE The hives 1 use are made 21 inches long by 14 inches wide, (outside meas- ure,) 10 inches deep. 1 use eight frames in each hive and use full sheets of light brood foundation in each frame, The past season was not an extra good one here. For a while white clover gave a very fair harvest; the basswood was far behind and in fact was almost a failure. My honey is stored in one pound sections and the sections are removed before they become travel stained. I have no trouble in markeimg them. Several other bee keepers here put their honey up in 2 lb boxes made of red pine and let them remain on the hive until they are dark colored and then sell them with the glass, weigh- ing the glass and all, to the customer, but people do not like to pay 12 1-2 cts. per lb for glass that they cannot use, so such bee keepers find very little sale for their goods. I believe if all bee keepers would put their honey in good attractive shape and then try their home market first, looking up new customers who would take their wearly supply from them , it would in a great measure help prices in the city market. As long as 1 can have good success in sellihg honey at 12 1-2 cts. per lb. as I have had in the past year I will not trouble the commission men in the city' I have had no experience in queen rearing, transferring, etc., and so cannot write intelligently obout them but would like to hear from others on this subject. Yours truly, C. H. Peterson, Crary Mills, N. Y. Dec, 15th. I From New York Tribune) PROGRESS IN BEE CULTURE. What Fifty Years Have Done For Apicul ture BY A. I. ROOT. A little more than fifty ^^ears a2;o man employed by ray father to brim stone some skeps of bees in orde r to g€ the honey. I was then three or fou years old, but 1 was so carious abou bees and honey that I stayed out dooi on a cold autumn day until I caugli such a cold that it came very nea spoiling this chapter. I was alway an eager ques
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