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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Sept. 1, 1904, 



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Tells all about Bees in California. The yields 

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QFOR THE FALL TRADE! 

 liPPtl ^ You will need them in or- 

 "^^■'•^ der to have strong, vigor- 

 ous colonies next spring. We want to sell them 

 to you. Tested, $1: 6 for fs. Untested, 7Sc; S 

 for $3.25; 10for»6; 15 for $8 25; 25 for $12.50; SO 

 for $23.50; 100 for $45. Give us your order. We 

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New Century Queen-Rearing Co. 



John W. Pharr, Prop. 

 35ASt BERCLAIR, TEXAS. 



honey, which lead them to believe it. 

 I have no fault to find with fancy 

 honey, but people should be informed 

 as to how we are able to get the bees 

 to store it. J. E. Johnson. 



Knox Co., 111., Aug. 13. 



Don't Like Honey-Dew. 



We have taken oflf some honey, and 

 have had nearly 100 pounds of black, 

 nasty-looking "stuff" that some "old- 

 timers " call " honey-dew " honey. We 

 have sold it all, but we don't like it. 

 Mrs. H. H. Hunt. 



Hardin Co., Iowa, Aug. 11. 



Bees Winter-Killed— A New Start. 



I had poor luck with my bees last 

 winter, but this summer I have taken 

 a new start, and hope to do better. I 

 had 30 colonies last summer, and they 

 all winter-killed but 4. I now have 

 about 10 colonies. 



I find a great deal of valuable infor- 

 mation in the American Bee Journal. 

 The song, "The Hum of the Bees in 

 the Apple-Tree Bloom," is very beau- 

 tiful. It is new here, and takes well. 

 J. L. Simpson. 



Rock Island Co., 111., July 8. 



Poor Season. 



This has been a poor season for me 

 so far. I put 60 colonies into winter 

 quarters, and only took out 13 in the 

 spring. They have not swarmed any 

 this year, nor have they stored over 25 

 pounds of honey. I wintered them on 

 the summer stands. Edwin Ward. 



Chautauqua Co., N. Y., Aug. 18. 



King-Birds and Other Birds that are 

 Enemies to the Bee. 



I have kept bees for 25 years or more. 

 I keep them because I like the bees, 

 and also the honey. I believe my fam- 

 ily consumes as much honey as the 

 majority of families of six, and as for 

 myself I very seldom eat a meal with- 

 out it. 



I do not understand that statement, 

 page 541, in regard to finding no 

 bees in the stomachs of king-birds. 

 They do not eat the bees, but they do 

 kill hundreds of them. I have often 

 watched them catch as many as 20 or 

 more. Then I would shoot the bird. 

 But I couldn't find a piece of a bee in 

 the stomach. If you will watch the 

 birds closely you will notice that they 

 drop the bee after tearing it in two 

 and getting the honey-sac. I kill every 

 king-bird that comes on the place. 

 Now, don't take it from this that I 

 don't love birds, for I do. I put up 

 boxes for bluebirds and wrens to build 

 in, and we always have plenty of them. 

 In the winter time we always feed the 

 redbirds, and they come for the food 

 as regularly as chickens. 



On a cold, wet day last spring, when 

 scarcely any bees were flying, a red- 

 bird alighted on one of the hives. I 

 watched it, and at first thought that it 

 was picking up dead bees, but upon 

 making a closer examination, I found 

 that it was catching live ones. I chased 

 it away, but it came back every time. 

 It stood on the alighting-board, catch- 

 ing the bees as they came out, then 

 flying up on a hive and eating them — 

 or at least, I thought it was eating 

 them. It caught so many that I finally 



QUEENS ! 



We now have a good supply, ready to mail, 

 stock is hardy, all our outyards wintered on 

 their summer stands, right near bleak Lake 

 Erie; our present strain is e.\tra prolific and 

 fine workers. Hurry in your orders as we shall 

 soon unite for winier. Prices of Golden or 3- 

 band: 



1 6 12 



Select $.75 $4.00 $7 00 



Tested 1.00 5.00 9.00 



Select Tested l.SO 8.00 15.00 



Breeders 3.00 15.0U 



Straights Band Breeders.. 5.00 



Quirin-the-Queen-Breeder 



35Atf BELLLEVUE, OHIO. 



This 

 Lightning 



Lice Killing Machine 



smallest chick to larpest pobbler. 



A CHANCE to get 



FINE ITALIAN QUEENS. 



Beauty and utility. None better. 



J.F.MICHAEL R.I.Winchester, Ind. 



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Diseases of Bees. 



I have a positive cure for black brood, pickled 

 brood and bee-paralysis, and have no doubt 

 same treatment will cure foul bruod. 



Send for particulars to 



HENRY ALLEY, 



31Dtf WEN HAM, MASS. 



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Bee-Supplies "^ Winter-Cases 



NOW, while we can serve yru PROMPTLY, 

 and get them at BOTTOM PRICES. 



R. H. SCHMIDT CO., Sheboygan, Wis. 

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QUEENS! 



For the Rest of the Season. 



3 and 5 banders, each, tjO ceats; 6, $3.50; doz., 

 $6.80. Having caught up with orders I am now 

 able to send queens by return mail. This ad. 

 will not appear again. Remit by money order to 



DANIEL WURTH, 



3SAlt Karnes City, Karnes Co., Tex. 



TENNESSEE 

 QUEENS -^ 



Daoghters of Select Im- 

 ported Italian, Select 

 Long-Tongue (Moore's), 

 and Select Goldk^n, bred 

 2% miles apart, and mated 

 to Select Drones. No im- 

 pure bees within 3 miles, 

 and but few within 5 

 miles. No disease; 31 

 years* experience. All 

 mismated queens replaced 

 free. Safe arrival guar- 

 anteed. 



Price before July 1st. After July 1st. 

 t 6 12 1 6 12 



Untested $ .75 $4.00 $7.50 $ .60 $3.25 $ 6.00 



Select 1.00 5.U0 9.00 .75 4.25 8.00 



Tested l.SO 8.00 15.00 1.25 6.50 12.00 



Select Tested . . 2.00 10.00 18.00 1.50 8.00 15.00 



Select Breeders $3.00 each 



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JOHN M. DAVIS, Spring Hill, Tenn. 



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