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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Aug. 11, 1904. 



Special Notice to Bee-Keepers 



BOSTON 



Money in Bees for you. 

 Catalog price on 



ROOT'S SUPPLIES. 



Catalog for the asking. 



F. H. FA.R,li,a:EK,, 

 182 Friend St., Boston, Mass. 



Up First Flight. 



VIRGINIA QUEENS. 



Italian Queens secured bv a cross and years 

 of careful selection from Red Clover Queens 

 and Superior Stock obtained of W. Z. Hutchin- 

 son. I can furnish large, vigorous Untested 

 Queens at 75 cents; after June 15, 60c. Tested 

 Queens, $1.00; after June 15, 7Sc. Write for dis- 

 count on large orders. 



CHAS. KOEPPEN, 



22Atf FREDERICKSBURG, VA. 



If you want the Bee-Book 



■that covers the whole Apirultural Field more 



completely than anv mher published, 



Send $1.20 to 



Prof. A. J. Cook, Clarcmont, Cal., 



FOR HIS 



" Bee=Keeper's Guide." 



Liberal Discounts to the Trade. 



T^l/r> M/\+ir0 That the New Century 

 Tak6N0llC6 Queen. Rearing Co will 

 ^m^—^^^^—— have 1000 Queens ready for 

 the mail by April 20. Tested, $1.00; Untested, 

 75c; 5 for $3.25; 10 for $6.00. Prices on larger 



John W. Pharr, Prop., Berclair, Tex. 



ISAtf Please mention the Bee Journal. 



We Sell Root's Goods in Michigan 



Let us quote you prices on Sections, Hives, 

 Foundation, etc., as we can save you time and 

 freight. Beeswax Wanted for Cash. 



B 



INGHAM'S PATEN1 



Smokers 



X p RlNnHAM.Parwell. Mich. 



National Encampment, G. A. R. 



The Nickel Plate Road will sell tick- 

 ets, August 12th, 13th and 14th, at 

 $17.75 for the round-trip from Chicago, 

 via direct lines, with stopover at 

 Niagara Falls and Chautauqua Lake, 

 if desired, within final limit. Also, if 

 preferred, rate of $20.70 between same 

 points for the round-trip via New York 

 City and Boat, with liberal stopover 

 returning at that point. Tickets good 

 on any train on above dates and also 

 on special train from Chicago at 8 

 a.m., August 13th. Final return limit 

 September 30th. Meals served in 

 Nickel Plate dining-cars, on American 

 Club Meal Plan, ranging in price from 

 35 cents to $1.00 ; also a la carte. City 

 Ticket office, Chicago, 111 Adams St. 

 Chicago depot, La Salle St. Station, 

 cor. Van Buren and La Salle Sts., on 

 the Elevated Loop. Write John Y. 

 Calahan, General Agent, 113 Adams 

 St., room 298, Chicago, for reservation 

 of berths in through standard and 

 tourist sleeping-cars, and other de- 

 tailed information. 20— 30A3t 



very dry summer. From Decoration 

 Day to about the middle of July we had 

 only one good, soaking rain and 3 or 4 

 sprinklings. Last Saturday we had a 

 very fine rain which lasted from about 

 5 o'clock in the evening until early 

 Sunday morning. One thunder shower 

 after another came up from the south- 

 west and everything was well drenched. 

 Chari,ks B. Achard. 

 Dupage Co., 111., Aug. 1. 



Bees Doing Extra Well. 



I keep only a few colonies of bees 

 and they are doing extra well. I have 

 taken the American Bee Journal for 

 only one year, but I would rather go 

 without my daily paper than without 

 the Bee Journal. H. J. Anderson. 



Cass Co., 111., July 20. 



Good Incpease— Honey-Flow Not 

 Extra. 



I lost 1(1 colonies of bees last winter, 

 and this left me with only 5 in the 

 spring. I have increased to 11. 



The honey-flow is not very good. 



E. E. KennicoTT. 



Cook Co., 111., July 1. 



Swarming— Small Crop. 



On page 499, it is asked, " Is there 

 ever really a case in which the bees 

 swarm inside of 8 days after the first 

 egg is laid in a queen-cell ?" I an- 

 swer yes, many times, with me. I 

 think fully 20 percent of my swarms 

 this year swarmed with eggs only or 

 very young larv;i; in the queen-cells. 

 They were left to themselves, no cells 

 having been removed before swarm- 

 ing. It would be from 12 to 16 days 

 before a cell hatched, after the prime 

 swarm issued. 



In "Treatment of After-Swarms," 

 page 500, it is said : " Hive the swarm 

 and return it to the mother colony 24 

 hours afterwards." I find it better 

 practice to remove all queen-cells and 

 return the swarm at once. It will end 

 all swarming from that colony. 



The white honey crop here is small. 

 It was too dry for clover, but basswood 

 yielded well for a few days. My sur- 

 plus is about 25 pounds per colony. 



b. I. Wagar. 



Wayne Co., Mich., July 22. 



Good Prospects for Fall Crop. 



The prospects are fine for fall, as it 

 is raining all around us. The Gila 

 River is rising. Plenty of rain in the 

 mountains means plenty of water with 

 which to irrigate. 



W. F. McDonald. 



Yuma Co., Ariz., July 28. 



Bees Not Doing Much. 



I bought 2 colonies of bees in the fall 

 of 1902, and increased to d colonies last 

 season, but lost 3 during the winter, 

 although they had plenty of stores. 



My bees are not doing much this 

 season. They seem to have the swarm- 

 ing fever. I have 7 colonies now, and 

 1 decamped to parts unknown. My 

 first swarm was on June 20; I hived 

 them, and opened the hive today, cut- 

 ting out all queen-cells but one. 



There will be considerable buck- 

 wheat for the bees to work on, but I 

 am sorry to say that the sweet clover 



ITALIAN QUEENS! 



Either Golden or Honey-Queens After July 1. 



Our GOLDENS will come up with any other 

 Golden strain. Our HONEY-QUEENS are 

 what some breeders call " Red Clover Queens." 



1 6 12 



$ 4 00 $ 7.00 

 7.00 13.00 



Untested t .75 



Tested 1.2S 



Breeders 5.00 



2 frame Nuclei (no queen).. 2. CO 



11.00 



22 00 



When Queens are wanted with Nuclei add 

 price of any Queen wanted. We guarantee 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 rotation. 



Mr. Gus. Picaman, of Litchfield, III., in a 

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

 tested honeyqueeus. The one I bought of you 

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



Mr. Frank D. (iunderson, of Ocononiowoc, 

 Wis., savs in a letter dated August 1, 1'103: " I 

 like your queens the best of any that I have 

 ever had." This man placed an order last 

 August for 2t Nuclei to be delivered thi j spring. 



Address all orders to 



D. J. BLOCHER, Pearl City, III. 



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will appear every other duraber 

 Please mention the Bee Journal. 



FENCE! 



STRONGEST 

 MADE. Buu 



Strong, Chicken- 

 Tipht. Sold to the Farmer at Wholesale 

 Prlcps. Fnlly Warranted. Catalog Free. 



COILED SPRINQ FENCE CO. 

 Box .S*4 Winchester, Indiana, C. S. A. 



>lease mentiuo the Kee Journal 



HENRY ALLEY 



will be readj to ship 



Fine Adei Queens! 



By Return Mail on July 20. 



S. F. Sampson, of Ronceverte, W. Va., says: 

 "Your queens are good, and I can depend on 

 them every time." 



Robt. Forbes, East Milton, Mass: " Vour 

 Adel bees are away ahead of anything else I 



hav 



and I 



E.itra Tested Breeding Queens 

 book on "Queen-Rearing," 11 5li. Catalog and 

 a small bojklet on queen-rearinif sent free. 



32Etf WENHAM. MASS. 



LICE SAP LIFE 



they live and thrive. 



lave liealthy, jirolitiible 



BtocU and have lice too. Let 



Lambert's Death to Lice 



he verminandyou will 

 ii.re uuciy taking care of the pro- 

 mo. MakeB sitting hens comfortable. 

 Sample in cents; 100 oz.. 81.00 by ex- 

 press. "Pocket Book Pointers" free. 



J. Lambsrt. Boi 707. Apponaug, ^ '. 



Provicl6nG6 AUEENS 

 rovetHeiryualities 



THE, HIGHEST. 



Now is the time to requeeii 

 your colonies for next seasons 

 service. 



A circular on request. 



LAWRENCE C. MILLER. 



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