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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Nov. 24, 1904. 



ever either in trade or in ideas ; only a 

 cheap, handy, home-made, serviceable 

 arrangement for top-feeding-, adapted 

 from ideas already advanced by others. 

 J. G. BOUGHTBR. 

 Carbon Co., Pa. 



Bees in Box-Hives— Spraying Fruit- 

 Trees. 



My bees averaged 50 pounds, spring 

 count, last year, and only about 25 

 pounds this year, owing to serious loss 

 by high water. I have had bees for 

 several years, but kept them the old 

 way— in boxes— and got very little 

 honey until the last two years. I 

 chanced to get a bee-paper which gave 

 me many pointers, and while not yet 

 an expert, I have a small library of bee 

 books and papers which help me out. 



Bees in this vicinity are almost all 

 kept in boxes, and their owners say, 

 "Bee-keeping doesn't pay". I have 59 

 colonies, and find a home market that 

 I. can't nearly supply. I use small 

 frames, 4;4xl7'/i, instead of pound sec- 

 tions in the supers, and sell chunk 

 honey. 



I make my hives during winter days, 

 and use four colors of paint so as to 

 have no two alike in color in the same 



TENNESSEE 

 QUEENS 



Daughters of Select Im- 

 ported Italian, Select 

 Long-Tongue (Moore's), 

 and Select Golden, bred 

 3% 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. A 1 1 

 mismated queens replaced 

 free. Safe s-rival guar- 

 anteed. 



Price before Jnly 1st. After July 1st, 



1 6 12 1 6 12 



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



Select l.OO S.UO 9.00 .75 4.25 8.00 



Tested 1.50 8 00 15.00 1.25 6.50 12.00 



Select Tested . . 2.00 10.00 13.00 1.50 8 00 15.00 



Select Breeders $3.00 each 



Send for Circular. 



JOHN m. DAVIS, Spring Hill, Tenn. 



For Sale- Car of Alfa lfa Honey 



The California Bee-Keepers' Association has 

 now ready for sale at 5 cenis per pound, ONE 

 CARLOAD OF ALFALFA HONEY-to be delivered 

 J.o.b. at Selma, i'resnu Co., calif. 



O. L. ABBOTT. COR. Sec. 

 47Alt Selma, Calif. 



Please mention Bee J uuiua, wumi wmrans 



WANTED 



FANCY COMB HONEY 



In No-drip Shipping Cases. 



Also AMBER EXTRACTED 



In Barrels or Cans. 



Quote your lowest price delivered here. WE REMIT PROMPTLY. 

 THE FRED W. MUTH CO., 



-■ . 51 WALNUT ST., CINCINNATI, OHIO. 



Best Extracted Boney For Sale 



All in 60-lb. 

 Tin Cans*.** 



Basswood 

 Honey 



This is the well-known 

 light-colored honey gath; 

 ered from the rich, nec- 

 tar-laden Ijasswood blos- 

 soms. It has a stronger 

 flavor than Alfalfa, and 

 is preferred by those who 

 like a distinct flavor in 

 their honey. 



Alfalfa ^ 

 Honey ^ 



This is the famous 

 White Extracted Honey 

 gathered in the great Al- 

 falfa regions of the Cen- 

 tral West. It is a splen- 

 did honey, and nearly 

 everybody who cares to 

 eat honey at all can't get 

 enough of the Alfalfa ex- 

 tracted. 



Prices of Alfalfa or Basswood Honey: 



A sample of either, Ijy mail, 10 cents, to pay for package and postage. By freight— two 

 60-pound cans of Alfalfa, 8V^ cents per pound; 4 cans or more, 8 cents a pound. Basswood 

 Honey, half-cent more per pound than Alfalfa prices. Cash must accompany each order. 

 You "can order half of each kind of honey, if you so desire. The cans are two in a box, and 

 freight is not prepaid. ABSOLUTELiY PUKE BEES' HONEY. 



Order the Above Honey and then Sell It. 



We would suggest that those bee-keepers who did not produce enough honey for their 

 hotne demand, just order some of the above, and sell it. And others, who want to earn some 

 money, can get this honey and work up a demand for it alinust anywhere. 



THE VORK HONEV CO. Not mo 



Hekry M. Aknd, Manager. loi E. Kinzie Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



group. I have but little trouble with 

 queenless colonies. I have 20 acres of 

 trees and small fruits which I spray 

 heavily every year with arsenic, and 

 have no bees poisoned, by spraying 

 after the bloom falls. I regard the 

 work of the bees in fertilizing the 

 bloom of more value in the fruit crop 

 than the honey they obtain from the 

 bloom. I think there should be 5 colo- 

 nies to every acre of bearing fruit- 

 trees of average size, to secure thor- 

 ough pollenization of the young fruit. 



My box-hive neighbors are not ready 

 to subscribe for the Bee Journal, but 

 don't fail to send it to me. 



J. W. Tucker. 



Linn Co., Kans., Nov. 1. 



Poof Honey Year— Japanese Buck- 

 wheat. 



I commenced in the spring with IS 

 colonies, and increased to 25. I have 

 taken from 17 colonies 870 pounds of 

 No. 1 section honey, selling my entire 

 crop for 15 cents per pound, about 20 

 miles from my apiary. 



My best colony this year produced 

 88 pounds of section honey. This was 

 a poor honey year here, notwithstand- 

 ing there was an abundance of white 

 clover, but there was not much nectar 

 in it; too cold and too much rain. 



From I'/i acres of buckwheat I got 

 300 pounds of honey and 50 bushels of 

 seed, which is worth $1.25 a bushel. It's 

 the pure Japanese variety. 



I have been taking the American Bee 

 Journal one year, and it is grand. I 

 couldn't possibly do without it. 



A. E. Patton. 



Lawrence Co., Mo., Oct. 24. 



Honey Crop Below the Average— 

 Red-Clover Queens. 



The honey crop in this locality was 

 below the average, and in some places 

 it was poor. I harvested about 2000 

 pounds from 29 colonies, spring count, 

 1600 pounds of which was extracted 

 and 400 comb honey. It was all gath- 

 ered from white clover. Basswood 

 bloomed, but the bees could gather 

 nothing from it. The demand for 

 honey is larger than the supply. 



I haven't much faith in red-clover 

 queens. Each year, in this locality, 

 there are from 200 to 300 acres of red 

 clover within easy reach of the bees, 

 and I have tried a few red-clover 

 queens, but their bees gathered no 

 more honey than the others. Of course 

 they gather a little, but we can not 

 talk of a big red-clover crop. 



Hugo Maedkr. 



Washington Co., Wis., Nov. 16. 



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