March 14, 1901 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



173 



THE WHEEL OF THWE 



Metal Wheel. 



■idth of tire desired. 



heels are either direct or 



.r;,u'eersi».ko. Can FIT YOUK 



\VA«;ON r.rt..,-llv withr.„l cliance. 



BREAKING DOWN. 



IPC they endiir*-. ' Send for cala- 

 lojue and prices. Free upon re^nest. 



Electric Wheel Co. 

 Bo> 16 Qulncy, Ills. 



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^ ■« r J J I Two or three apiaries 



VV ft tl iPn I for cash, located in 

 YYCXllL^U i Colorado. Give full 



particulars in first letter, and lowest cash price; 



comb honev preferred. 

 lAtf Thos. C. Stanley & Son, Fairfield, 111. 



EVERGREENS 



land hedges. Prepaid, $1 

 I fireat Bargains to select 

 once for free Cataloeue 



It. LophI AgenU vrnntpd. 



»D. Hill,lp:ciSDundee,lll. 



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I BEE-SUPPLIES! | 



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;^ PouDER's Honey-Jars and every- ^^ 



^^5 thing used by bee-keepers. Prompt ^f^ 



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':^ .512 Mass. Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. ^^ 



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Prolrle State Incubator Co. 

 ' UomerOlty. Pa. 



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If you want the Bee-Book 



That covers the whole Apicullural Field more 



completely than any other publisht, 



send J1.25to 



Prof. A. J. Cook.Claremont, Cal., 



FOR HIS 



" Bee=Keeper's Guide." 



Liberal Discounts to the Trade. 



50VARIETIES. 



1 breed fine poultry on one of the best equipped poultry 



andegg.. B. H.CREIDER, Florin, Pa. 



POU-LTRy BOOK FHEB. fi4 paiiea. illustrated 

 with 3 mi)S. trial subporiiuion tii our paper, loc 

 INLAND POULTRY JOURNAL. Indianapolis. Ind 



MdUlC'S {35 nem things for t90{) 



Seed Catalogue - 



You should, by all mt-anw. have this moHt 

 modern catalosrue or modern tinieH. 



It is tjrimful and overttowing v\ itti tiood thint,'s in 

 vet^etable, farm and flower seeds. tluwerinE 

 plants, fruits, bulbs, etc I< eontalni. 35 

 noveElieM in veiretable** sind flowerit 

 never offered before, liiis i:56 large pages. 

 seven handsome colored phitfs and hundreds of 

 illustrations. It gives praoti'al, up-to-date cul- 

 tural directions and offers many cash prizes. 

 The first edition alone costs over f.to.000, so while 

 we send it free to all cusKiniiTs. we must ask 

 others to send 10 cents for it. which amount they 

 may derluct from their first order. You will 

 make a mistake if you do not write to-dav forthia 

 the Novelty Seed Book of tlie year. Address, 

 Wn. HENBT 9IA1JI.E. Ptailadelpbla. 



liijiss with 11 circular motion i\t will take soijic 

 lime to K-C't llic haiir of it), and as the wax 

 lldws tlini llic lUTriirations I use a tin c-iip. or 

 siiitietliin;;- siiiiilaiMci dip out tlie wax and ]«iiir 

 it into a tiili half full of cold water, to be caked 

 up in the usual way later. 



The beauty of this method lies in the fact 

 that we can keep a good fire going and keep 

 putting in combs and taking out wax, and to 

 facilitate matters have a wash-boiler of hot 

 water on the cook-stove, from which we can 

 get warm water when needed, instead of using 

 cold water. After too much refuse accumu- 

 lates in the kettle, throw out the mass and 

 Ijegin with a new batch. 



I melted the combs from 17 of my hives last 

 season, besides working up those from .50 or 

 7.5 on shares. Those that we workt on shares 

 we melted in the woods near a pond, and used 

 three kettles witli fire under each. 



Instead of there being 50 or 75 hives of 

 combs I workt u)i what was left from about 

 145 colonies of bees. There were from KO to 

 :15 bushels of combs after they were stamjit 

 down in the wagon-box. That put the per- 

 forated pail to a severe test, and it workt 

 siilendidly. 



I ilon't think the different solar wax-extract- 

 ors are to be compared with my method of 

 rendering wax. C. A. Bunch. 



Marshall Co., Ind., Feb. 2.3. 



Poor Seasons— Producing Extracted 

 Honey. 



I began the spring of 1900 with 100 colonies, 

 and secured 3,S00 pounds of surplus honey, 

 about 500 of it being comb, but secured no 

 increase in colonies. 



We have had three poor honey seasons in 

 succession, and beekeepers are blue, but I 

 expect to hang on to the bees until the good 

 seasons come again. Tlie coming season will 

 be my 31st one in bee-keeping. I have been a 

 constant reader of the American Bee Journal 

 for about l.s years, and consider it the best 

 bee-paper publisht. 



I notice that some of the expert bee-keepers 

 allow the queen to roam around at her own 

 sweet will, when working for extracted 

 honey. My experience is that a first-class 

 article of extracted honey can not be produced 

 in this way, as pollen is sure to be stored 

 around where the brood is reared, and this 

 will cause the extracted honey to taste bee- 

 hready (as we call it). This I know to be a 

 fact here. From an experience of about 30 

 years in producing extracted honey. I claim 

 that the place for the queen is in the brood- 

 nest, and I would have queen-excluders for 

 this purpose, if they cost ?I1.00 apiece. I don't 

 want them when working for comb honey, as 

 the queen seldom lays in the sections. 



We should take as much pains to produce a 

 No. 1 article of extracted honey as of comlj, 

 and ill order to do this where much pollen is 

 galliercil wc iiiiist keep the queen out of the 

 surplus dcparliiient. B. W. Peck. 



Ashalabula to.. Ohio, Feb. 8. 



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nal. 



Southern Callfopnia— Queenless 

 Colony. 



The old saying. "It never rains but it 

 pours," comes nearly being verified io Soutli- 

 eru California this winter. Up to the last of 

 January it lookt as tho we were bookt for an- 

 other dry season, at least in San Diego County, 

 but it rained every day but one from Feb 1st 

 to loth, and the ground got such a soaking as 

 it has not received in 3 years. And now till 

 arc rejoicing, for it is pretty certain that wc 

 will liavi' Li'ociil hav and grain crops, and when 



tlit'M- rniit-unj I we are sure of a good 



lioii.\ cr.ip. li \v ill also be a great benefit to 

 niclianl.s ami \ uicyards — even to those that 

 Ikhi- water for irrigation in summer. We 

 have had a few showers since the soaking, and 

 vegetation is coining on rapidly. Bees are 

 rearing brood, and they are bringing in more 

 than enough hrniey to supply their needs. I 

 have found 3 or 3 frames of new honey in 

 some hives. 



A friend who had a couple of colonies, did 

 not care to kce]i them, so gave them to tne, 

 .saying that it tlicy stored any honey the com- 

 ing season. I could give him what I thought 

 was right. After getting them home I found 



BeiQlan Hares 



CHEAP. 



PEDIGREED AND COMMON 5TOCK. 



Having boutjrbt a Job Lot of a neighbor and 

 added to what I had, I must dispose of same to 

 make room fur mv increase. They are mostly 

 young— 3 mouths aud over— with a few bred 

 Does. ALSO 



Italian Queens 



of last season's reariog, ready as soon as the 

 weather is warm enough to send thru the mail. 

 Write for prices. Address, 



J. L. STRONG, 



iiAtf Clarinda, Page Co., Iowa. 



one !!$tar 



Establisht 1885. Fairview, Wilson Co., Wis. 

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ALBINO QUEENS ^U^c 



* 'he gentlest Bees— If >oi 



t the most 

 ■ns— If you 

 It the best 

 ■gatherers vou ever saw try mv Albinos. 

 Untested Oueens in April. JMO; Tested. $1.50. 

 UA26t J, D. GIVENS. Lisbon, Tex. 



Bee=Supplies 



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 AT THEIR PRICES for southern Ohio, 

 Indiana, Illinois, West Virginia, Ken- 

 tucky, and the South. 



MUTH'S SQUARE CLASS HONEY-JARS, 

 LANGSTROTH BEE-HIVES, ETC. 



Lowest Freight Rates in the country. 

 Send for Catalog. 



C H. "W. "WBBEJK,, 



Successor to C. F. Muth & Son, 

 2146-tS Central Ave., CINCINNATI, O. 



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Fred W. Muth & Go. 



S.W. Cor. Front A: Walnut Sis., Cinci.n-xati,0. 

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HOHE'SEEKERS' EXCURSIONS. 



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 each month the Chicago, Milwaukee & 

 St. Paul Railway will .sell round-trip 

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 North Dakota, and other Western and 

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 Take a trip West and see the wonderful 

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 Further information as to rates, routes, 

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