Sept. 1. 1904. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



605 



Providence AUEENS 

 rov6tti6iryualili6S 



THE. HIGHEST. 



Xow is the time to requeen 

 your colonies for next season's 

 service. 



A circular on request. 



LAYVRENCE C. MILLER, 



P.O. Box 1113. Providence, R. I. 



QIEENS 



Either 3 or 5 banded 

 ITALIANS 



Warranted Queens, SI. 00 each ; 

 4 or more at the rate of S9.00 per doz. 

 Quality, purity of mating, safe arrival 

 and reasonable satisfaction guaran- 

 teed. No disease. Your patronage 

 solicited. 



CHA5. n. DARROW, 

 Route No. I, nilo, flo. 



33A4t Please mention the Bee Journal. 



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INGHAIH'S PATEN1 



Smokers 



2SAtf T. P. BINQHAM. Porwell. Mich 



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That are 

 HUSTLERS. 



Italian Queens 



Mj crop last season was about 40,0C0 pounds 

 of hone^- (nearly half comb) from 210 colonies, 

 spring- count, and increased to 280 colonies, 

 which shows my bees are bustlers. Queens 

 from this stock by prompt mail: Untested, 75c 

 each; Tested, $1.00. 



33A3t N. STAININGER. Tipton. Iowa. 



Hease mentlozi Bee Joamal when writma 



ITALIAN QUEERS, 

 BEES AND NUCLEI. 



Choice home-bred and 



Select Imported Stock. 



All Queens reared in full 



colonies. 



One Untested Queen $. 65 



•• Tested Queen 90 



■ Selected " 1.10 



'• Breeder " 1.65 



*' Comb Nucleus (no 



Queen) 1.00 



Imported Queens from $3 to $5 

 All grades ready now. Safe 



arrival guaranteed. 

 For prices on quantities and description of 

 each grade of Queens, send for free Pnce-List. 



d. L. STRONG. 

 204 East Logan Street, CLARINDA, IOWA. 



Wb Sell Root's Goods in Michiqan 



Let us quote you prices on Sections, Hives, 

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

 freight. Beeswax Wanted for Cash. 



M. H. HUNT & SON. 



Bell Br.\nch, Waynb Co., Iuich 



BEE-KEEPERS! 



We manufacture SECTIONS. NO-DRIP 

 SHIPPING-CASES, and are dealers in 



Bee-Keepers' Supplies. 



Write for low prices and catalog". 



AUG. LOTZ & SON, 



24A17t CADOTT, WIS. 



VIRGINIA QUEENS. 



Italian Queens secured by a cross and years 

 of careful selection from Red Clover Queens 

 and Superior Stock obtained of W. Z. Hutchin- 

 son. I can furnish large, vig-orous Untested 

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

 Queens, $1.00; after June 15, 75c. Write for dis- 

 count on large orders. 



CHAS. KOEPPEN, 



22Atf FREDERICKSBURG, VA. 



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 when wrUlng advertisers. 



riarshfield Manufacturing Co. 



Our specialty is making- SECTIONS, and they are 

 the best in the market. Wisconsin Basswood is the 

 rig-ht kind for them. We have a full line of BEE- 

 SUPPLIES. Write for FREE Illustrated Catalog and 

 Price-List. 



THE MARSHFIELD MANUFACTURING CO., Marshfield, Wis, 



DITTMEB'S FOUNDATION 



RETAIL AND WHOLESALE, 



Has an established reputation, because made by a process that produces the Cleanest and 

 Purest, Richest in Color and Odor, Host Xraii^^parent and Xongli- 



est — in fact, the best and most beautiful Foundation made. If ynu have never seen it, don't 

 fail to send for samples. Working wax into Foundation for Cash a specialty. Beeswax al- 

 ways wanted at highest price. A full line of SUPPliIES, retail and wholesale. Catalog 

 and prices with samples free on application. 



E. Grainger & Co., Toronto, Ont., Sole Agents in Canada for Dittmer's Foundation. 



QUS. DITTMER, Augusta, Wis. 



Prompt ShipmeDts Our Specialty. 



If you want your orders filled within 24 hours, send them to us. W 



have the largest stock in Michigan, and can ship at once. 

 Beeswax wanted at highest market prices. 



LEWIS C. & A. G. WOODMAN, Grand Rapids. Mich. 



shot it. I couldn't find a bee in its 

 crop, but found 85 dead bees on the 

 hive. It was after the honey. I be- 

 lieve an expert entomologist would 

 have said that that bird had eaten no 

 bees. 



My father used to shoot king-birds 

 when I was a boy. After he shot the 

 older ones we caught the young ones 

 for pets, but found they would eat 

 nothing but bees. 



As to king-birds keeping hawks and 

 crows away, I'll admit they fight them 

 a good deal, but don't keep them away. 

 I always shoot the hawks and crows, 

 and destroy their nests. I think any 

 one is foolish who does not kill the 

 birds that eat bees, especially if he is 

 rearing queens. 



I don't believe chickens eat bees, for 

 my bees are close to the chicken-yard. 

 I have often seen the bees carry one 

 that couldn't fly and drop it down 

 among the chickens, but I never saw 

 them eat one yet. H. B. Tbrrii,. 



Aug. 15. 



A Little Mixed-Up Bee-Talk. 



Whel, I have took the Amerikan bee 

 paper a long time, and I've been see- 

 en a good many bee-keepers have been 

 riting up about ther bees, so I thought 

 as my bees are doen all rite I'd rite 

 some to. 



My Ant Martha learnt me somewhat 

 about riten and spelen long ago. I do 

 remember that was a long time ago. I 

 will never forgit poor Ant Marth. 

 Things come to a feller for good some 

 time. 



I dont just read all thats in the bee- 

 paper, as I am a little slow at readen, 

 and some things I dont understand 

 very wel, but mayby you see mayby it 

 will all come to me some time. 



About the big letters some places Ive 

 forgot where to put them and perids 

 and comos if Mr. York or else Editor 

 (now if I dont spel it rit its that way in 

 the Bee Journal) what I was goen to 

 say mayby one of you would fix that 

 all rit. 



I notis Mr. Davenport rites good 

 about bees. Hes in my same state. 

 Wonder if he is any relasion to that 

 Davenport in N. Y. , who says he haches 

 chicken eggs in bee-hives. Now I want 

 to say to every body when you want to 

 hach chicken eggs or turky eggs dont 

 try to let the bees have a hand in it. It 

 will do everybody good to remember 

 that. Now, when I try to take honey 

 to extract some times I find the queen, 

 or king some say, up there and then its 

 lots of young bees comen, so I've got a 

 job on hands in place of taken honey. 

 Thev got queen-excluders to keep the 

 queen down, and I've got that, but 

 sometims I getcareles, and sometims I 

 don't know it is, but I've notised they 

 always take ther eggs where the queen 

 is. Its f un ny, but of course its natural, 

 that is wliat shes ther for to see about 

 that. The good way to do is be very 

 careful to not let it hapen, but when it 

 does hapeu don't git mad. 



Whel, I must close, but if I had more 

 time I would tel about my nabor. He 

 has some bees to. A few days ago he 

 wanted me to help him out about how 

 he lost a queen. He said when he 

 looked one time they had queen eels, 

 and he .saw they had eggs (some times 

 I say nits, but I gues thats rong) that 

 they had eggs and larks. And another 

 time when he looked the eels was purty 



