June 2, 1904. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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8-FfamesVogv Hive for $1. 



This hive is rabbetted at corners: is the best 

 $1 hive made. No. 1 Sections, $4: No. 2, $3.50. 

 -Shipping-Cases, 12-lb., $S per 100; 24-lb., $13; 

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Arizona Honey vs. Eastern Honey. 



The Orange .luild Farmer says, in speaking 

 or Arinona honey, that the moisture content 

 is much less than that of Eastern honey, on 

 account of the dry .air. and that this also in- 

 creases the weight per gallon. Five gallons 

 of Arizona houey will weigh 60 to 63 pounds, 

 while the average of Eastern honey is about 

 .M) pounds. The publication also says, in 

 speaking of liquefying granulated honey, that 

 this process darkens and alters the flavor of 

 the honey, and materially injures it quality. 

 Il seems to the editor of the Modern Farmer 

 that the Orange .ludd Farmer had better hire 

 an intelligent bee-keeper to revise the bee- 

 talk which appears in that paper, and then 

 they would come something nearer telling the 

 truth when they undertake to write about 

 bees or honey. We venture the assertion that 

 no one ever saw a five-gallon can full of honey 

 that would not weigh more than 50 pounds, 

 whether it came from the East or the West, 

 The writer of this paragraph has liquefied and 

 reliquefied hundreds of pounds of extracted 

 honey, and he is absolutely sure that the best 

 expert in the laud could not tell the difference 

 in flavor or color after the honey has been 

 liquefied. Others have done the same thing. 

 Therefore we would like to know where the 

 Orange J udd Farmer got all of its informa- 

 tion about Arizona and Eastern honey. — Mod- 

 ern Farmer and Busy Bee. 



Deadly New Pest Amon^ Bees. 



A new and thus far unnamed species of 

 Itacilli is beginnitig to show itself among the 

 bees of San Bernardino County, and unless a 

 speedy means is found with which to extermi- 

 nate the pest, it threatens to destroy thou- 

 sands of dollars' worth of bees and honey. 

 County Bee-Inspector R. B. Herron recently 

 returned from Ontario, according to the San 

 Bernardino Sun, where he was called to in- 

 vestigate a serious outbreak of the disease, 

 and he brought with him a block of honey- 

 comb containing specimens of the germs. He 

 reports that in an apiary of 100 colonies, in 

 the vicinity of r|)land, -10 have been totally 

 destroyed by the mysterious bacilli. Mr. 

 Herron is doing his best to prevent the spread 

 of the pest, but, not knowing the species of 

 the germs, he is unable to go about the work 

 of fumigation in as thorough a manner as he 

 would desire. Mr. Herron states that he has 

 heard and read uf a bacillus which he thinks 

 is identical with the one found at Ontario, 

 but, having nevi-f seen it, is not certain. But 

 it is certain that no such germ of half such a 

 destructive nature has appeared in the county 

 for years. — Rural Californian. 



Drumming Better Than Brushing for 

 Forced Swarms. 



itne experience the past sum- 

 swarms, which may be of 



the best way to make them. 



t were made by drumming 

 s and the queen up into a 

 empty frames with starters, 

 I set upon a bottom-board on 

 )ut of all so treated, not one 

 cond; while the swarms that 

 ave so much trouble that we 

 altogether. — F. H. Harvey, 



We have had s^ 

 mer with forced 

 value in showing' 

 The greater pai 

 most of the bci-s 

 hive containing' t 

 which was then 

 the old stand, 

 attempted to ab 

 were brushed i 

 gave up that pi: 

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While the reading of a bee-journal may be 

 very enjoyalil'- lo a bee-keeper, it is in no 

 sense a luxury it is an absolute necessity, 

 almost as mu< li as hives, sections or coai'i 

 foundation. Wr used to hear bee-keepers 

 say they " couldn't afford " to buy founda- 

 tion, just as thi'ii^'h it were a luxury of some 

 kind. As weil might the merchant say he 

 couldn't afford ■ buy goods, the manufac- 

 turer that he I ir idn't afford to buy anything 



ITALIAN QUEENS! 



Either Oolden or Honey-Queens before July i . 



Our GOLUENS will come up with any other 

 Golden strain. Our HONE'^'-QUEENS are 

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Tested 1.25 



Breeders S.iiO 



2 frame Nuclei f no queen)., 2..?ii 14.00 25.00 



Nuclei will be ready to shio the latter part of 

 May or 1st of June. When Queens are wanted 

 with Nuclei add price of any Queen wanted. We 

 guarautee safe arrival of all Queens and Nuclei. 

 Our Breeders may be returned after 30 days if 

 satisfaction is not given. Cash must come with 

 all orders. Orders are booked and filled in ro- 

 tation. 



Mr. Cus. Picaman, of Litchfield, 111, in a 

 letter of Aug. 3, 1903, says: 'Send me two un- 

 tested honey (lueeus. The one I bought of you 

 two years ago is all right. There are no better." 



Mr. Frank D. ttunderson, of Oconoraowoc, 

 Wis., says in a letter dated August 1, 1W3: " 1 

 like your queens the best of any that I have 

 ever had." This man placed an order last 

 August for 21 Nuclei to be delivered thio spring. 



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D. J. BLOCKER, Pearl City, III. 



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J. L. STRONG. 

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