. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Aug. 27, 1903. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 557 nal about sumac being a good The kind of sumac that grows on the dry hills of this section yields a little honey in July, and it is of a dark color. It is quite diflferent from that which grows in the lowlands of Minnesota. My father sells honey at one of the city markets at half a cent higher than that quoted by the California National Honey-Producers' Association. Of course, only merchants buy- ing a few cases will buy. He also retails ex- tracted honey. No doubt the California National Hon
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Aug. 27, 1903. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 557 nal about sumac being a good The kind of sumac that grows on the dry hills of this section yields a little honey in July, and it is of a dark color. It is quite diflferent from that which grows in the lowlands of Minnesota. My father sells honey at one of the city markets at half a cent higher than that quoted by the California National Honey-Producers' Association. Of course, only merchants buy- ing a few cases will buy. He also retails ex- tracted honey. No doubt the California National Honey- Producers' Association is all right for Eastern buyers, but honey may come up a little after the 15th of this month. E. Archibald. Los Xngeles Co., Calif., Aug. 7. A SboFt Report. I have 38 colonies of bees, and doing well. I have taken off SOO pounds of honey, and have 1500 more in sight. John DeGroff. Peoria Co., 111., Aug. 10. c Beedom Boiled Down D Translated from the French. IXTRODiciSG Bees.—Jlr. Fitzhoff, (Jour- nal de P Abeille rhenane), says he put the caged queen in the hive. Next day, he takes the cage (queen included) puts it in a cup of cold water and then turns the wet queens loose. He says he has never lost a queen, even when introducing to colonies with lay- ing workers. Though he does not say so, I suppose that the queen is alone in the cage, without candy or attendants. Super-Clearer.—In a quart of boiling water put one ounce of carbolic acid (crystals) and one ounce of glycerine. When Deeded, wet a cloth with the mixture and put on the supers to be cleared. A few minutes will empty them of all the bees. Do Bees Move Egos?—Mr. (iailet (Api- <!ulteur) says yes. In July, lsS9, he intro- duced a queen in a wire-cloth cage without attendants and without food (the usual pro- cess in Europe) to a colony having no un- sealed brood. Some accident prevented him from releasing the queen until four days later. To his surprise, he found eggs in sever
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