. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 454 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. July 22. " It does seem as if good honey ought to bring more, but the fact Is I had to come down on the price to meet my com- petitor across the way. I bought a lot at 12 cents, and was selling it out at 15, but my customers would come in and say they could buy the same thing across the way for 12, so there was nothing to do but for me to come ; So the bee-keeper who has workt hard for his crop, suffer- ing a failure for the two previous years, is practically de- frauded out of one-sixth of his recompense b
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 454 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. July 22. " It does seem as if good honey ought to bring more, but the fact Is I had to come down on the price to meet my com- petitor across the way. I bought a lot at 12 cents, and was selling it out at 15, but my customers would come in and say they could buy the same thing across the way for 12, so there was nothing to do but for me to come ; So the bee-keeper who has workt hard for his crop, suffer- ing a failure for the two previous years, is practically de- frauded out of one-sixth of his recompense by the man who sells for the first offer that is made—because bees work for Lothing and board themselves! See that your honey is put up in good shape to go on the market, find out something as to its real value, then insist on getting what it is worth.—Iowa CONDUCTED BY O. O. S£, AfyUtEAtJO, ILL. [Questions may be mailed to the Bee Journal, or to Dr. Miller Reqiicenin^—Qucen§ from tlic South and North. 1. I have some hives in my apiary in which the combs are built so crooked that I cannot remove the frames. As I wish to requeen the whole apiary, I would like to know the best way to find the queens in such hives. I have been told to open the top of hive and smoke at the entrance and drive the bees on top of the frames so that I could find the queen run- ning on top of the bees. Is this plan practicable ? 2. Would it be advisable to requeen in July after bass- wood flow is over ? 3. Would Italian queens shipt from the South do well in this climate? Central New York. Answers.— 1. The plan you suggest may work. Perhaps you may succeed better if you leave the hivecovered and smoke at the entrance and pound on the hive. Then when you lift off the cover you may find the queen among the bees on it. If you fall otherwise, you can drum the bees entirely out of the hive. 2. Yes, you can requeen almost any time, but it will be done more easily befo
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