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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



March 14, 19i 1. 



$1,000.00 IN CASH 



Agricultural Epitomist 



ridiltiiral Paper Eililed B 



making the largest yield from 

 one quart of "EPITOMIST 

 PRIZE" White Dent Corn. 



$-J5II.OO fur largpst f irid $50.00 for 4th'largesl yield $10.00 for 7lhlarees( jleld 

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MAKING A TOTAL OF $1,000.00 



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"'»'''^..?S«F ''EPITOMIST PRIZE" 

 White Dent Corn 



the \ 



will produce eig: 

 '•nally valuable. 



enough seed to plant 

 lundred acres of land— 

 ACRES. 



.liarti'teiistlcs. It pro- 



I 11)11 ii^'lity bushels to 



. I [i. ni.iwed it down. 



■ ■-v ii'(-' It uji. and, owing 

 iiUnl, ii i-fceivea but one 

 •Is to the acre under such 



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WHITE I>E\T tt^an early variety that will mature any- 

 fit, and to those wlii> appreciate the value of 

 ids itself, as it produces a luxuriant growth of 

 ur fields, were fifteen feet high. It is certainly 

 that we have ever grown or seen grown, and 

 that it contains an uiiusual percentage of pr 



i per centage of pi 



ckof all kinds thi 



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valu 

 as fed almo 



ble the 



s done upon the Epiti 



The Epitomist Experiment Station, 



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■ riching, etc.. aM to be ncUi 



experiments which will be '. ---- 



the Epitomist from month 

 onth It is our purpose to experi 

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incbes io circumferencei weight. 17 ounces. Thl, ConUBt Is lor EI'ITOMIST Subscriber. Only. 



one colony (lueenless with queen-cell6 sLirted. 

 I thought it very doubtful if any queen would 

 become fertilized at that time of the year 

 (Dec. 17.) as I had only two other colonies at 

 home, and no drones to be found in any of 

 them. (My apiary is 3 miles away.) Indue 

 course of time brood was sealed, but every one 

 a drone, so I concluded that the next thing to 

 do was to find a virgin queen, then the pro- 

 cesses of Nature might go on unhindered. In 

 looking over another colony for eggs I found 

 a frame with a queen-cell nearly ready to be 

 capt, which I gave to the queenless colony 

 after removing the drone-layer, and putting 

 all frames containing eggs and brood into an- 

 other hive. In two days other queen-cells 

 were started, then I put the drone-brood back 

 and left them to work out their own family 



affairs. Tweiity-seven days from the time of 

 putting in the frame of eggs, I opened the 

 hive and found a ciueen with eggs in two 

 frames, and plenty of drones. I expected to 

 have a case of supersedure in the hive from 

 which I took the queen-cell, but yesterday I 

 found plenty of eggs and brood, and conclu- 

 ded that her majesty had a greater reserve of 

 vitality than her subjects gave her credit for. 

 F. C. Wiggins. 

 San Diego Co., Calif., Feb. 20. 



Using Chaff Cushions in Summep. 



1 have practiced leaving the chatT cushions 

 on my hives all summer as well as winter, the 

 last (i or T years. I have tried both ways, and 

 I find I gain at least 25 percent from the chaif- 



covered hives. I have noticed in very hot 

 weather the hives not covered with chatT 

 would be nearly empty from 10:30 a.m., to 

 2:30 p.m., while those jirotected with chaff 

 cushions from 3 to (i inches thick, would be 

 apparently as full of bees as they could be and 

 do their work. 



My wife often says that I do too much ex- 

 jieriinenting, but I find it brings me the 

 kiiiiwledge I am seeking for. .There is no 

 liranch of bee-keeping in which I have not ex- 

 perimented. This is a progressive age, and I 

 feel that we can not do too much to further 

 the work of our industry. A. D. D. Wood. 



Ingham Co.. Mich., Feb. 15. 



Last Season a Failure. 



My bees did very poorly last season, getting 

 no surplus whatever. I hope for better things 

 this year. C. H. Davidson'. 



Delaware Co.. X. Y., Feb. is. 



Poor Report for 1900. 



The year 1900 was a poor one for bees in 

 this part of Missouri. We got no honey at 

 all. and I am afraid that two-thirds of the bees- 

 will die during this winter. 



John N. Michael. 



Caldwell Co., Mo., Feb. 19. 



Bees Wintering Poorly. 



I fear my bees are wintering badly. The- 

 weather has been very cold and windy here 

 for about four weeks. We have had no rain 

 since last November, and but little snow. 



Henry Alley. 



Essex Co., Mass., Feb. 25. 



Dispersing Robber Bees with Gun- 

 Powder. 



I have been a keeiier of bees since the early 

 sixties, and it goes without saying that I have- 

 experienced the usual ups and downs common 

 to the craft; also many of the pleasant (!) 

 experiences, as. for instance, a bad case of 

 robbing — in short, I have been "up against 

 it " many times. 



During all these years I have read many 

 ways of stopping this trouble, in the current 

 bee-literature of the times, but I have never 

 seen mentioned a plan that I have often used 

 with unfailing success. I learned it years be- 

 fore I kept bees, from my grandfather who- 

 ofti'U quelled disturbances with old-time and 

 V i-ll-trii-d remedies. His plan was to " blow 

 iqt " till' rubber-bees with gunpow'der. About 

 a tca.spoonful of powder is pusht into the en- 

 trance and then " toucht off." I never knew . 

 this to fail but once, when I had an extremely 

 bad case that had to be treated 3 times — the 



Dittmer's Foimdation ! 



Retail— Wholesale— Jobbing. 



I use a PROCESS that produces EVERY 

 ESSENTIAL necessary to make it the BEST 

 and MOST desirable in all respects. My PRO- 

 CESS and AUTOMATIC MACHINES are my 

 own inventions, which enable me to SELL- 

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Full Line of Supplies, 



with prices and samples, free on application. 

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We ran furnish you with 'Ihi- A. 1. Kuot Cu's- 

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 laid lor beeswax. Send for our 1901 catalog. 

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