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AMERICAN BEE TOUKNAL 



June 27, 1901. 



Standard Bred Queens. 



Acme of Perfection. 



Not a Hybrid Amonii^ Them. 



inPROVED STRAIN GOLDEN ITALIANS. 



World-wide reputation. 75 cts. each: 6 for $4.ik;i. 



Long-Tongued 3°Banded Italians 



bred from stock whose tongues measured 25- 

 lOo inch. These are the red clover bustlers of 

 America. 

 $1.00 each, or 6 for $5.00. Safe arrival gnaratt- 



teed. Fred W. Muth & Co. 



Headquarters for Bee-Keepers' Supplies, 

 S.W. Cor. Front and Walnut Sts. 

 Catalog on application. Cincinnati, O. 



.^MANUFACTURER GFi^ 



BEE-HIVES 



Sections, Shipping-Cases— Everything used by 

 bee-keepers. Orders filled promptly. We have 

 the best shipping facilities in the world. You 

 will save money by sending for our Price-List. 

 Address, Minn. Bee-Keepers' Supply Mfg. Co., 

 Nicollet Island Power Bldg., 

 16Atf MINNEAPOLIS. MINN. 



3-!raiiiG Nuclei For Sale 



Can supply 100 or 15o at $2 00 each, with one 

 empty e-xtra comb; 2-frame Nuclei, $1.50. All 

 f.o.b. R. R. Bees on Langstroth frames. 



W. T. LEWIS, Lewlsburg, Miss. 



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Tennessee Queens 



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FOR HIS 



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Liberal Discounts to tbe Trade. 



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Fine lot of Choice Tested 

 Queens reared last season, 

 daughters of select imported 

 and select golden queens, 

 reared 3K miles apart, and 

 mated to select drones, $1.50 

 each ; untested warranted 

 Queens, from same breeders, 

 either strain, 75c each. No 

 bees owned nearer than 25^ 

 miles. None impure within 

 3, and but few within 5 miles. 

 28 years' experience. Discount 

 on large orders. Contracts 

 ffith dealers a specialty. JOHN M. DAVIS, 

 6A26t Spring Hill, Tenn. 



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Prospects Poor— Queenless Colony. 



There is no prospt'ot of a honey crop here, 

 as it rains nearly every day, and all bees that 

 haye swarmed go strai^rht for the woods. We 

 had an open winter, and bees wintered with- 

 out loss. Four of my colonies lost their 

 queens, and have been robljed out. I 

 think it better it rolibers get started on a 

 queenless colony in the spring, to let them 

 go, as they are never worth trying to save, for 

 the bees are all old, and it spoils a good col- 

 ony to open the hive before fruit-bloom here. 

 C. G. ASC'HA. 



Berkshire Co., Mass.. .June S. 



45 Pounds from One Colony. 



My bees are doing well, and I have had live 

 swarms so far this spring. I have taken 

 about 45 pounds of honey from one colony, 

 and there is that much more that is not quite 

 ready to be taken off. C. C. Yost. 



Berks Co. Pa., June 10. 



Has Had 3 Swarms Up to Date. 



My Ijees are in good condition. 1 have had 

 three swarms up to date, and now have 20 

 colonies. 



Most of my neighbors lost from 50 to 75 

 percent of their bees in wintering. The 

 honey-erop last vear was a total failure here. 

 J. H. Rupp. 



Washington Co., Kans., June S. 



Bees Wintered in Fine Condition. 



We have 84 colonies of bees whieli came 

 through the winter in line condition, only 

 four being lost; but the spring being wet and 

 cold has thus far been very unfavorable for 

 them. We have had no swarms as yet. 



Crawford Bros. 



Oscoda Co., Mich., June 1. 



Prospects of a Good Honey Crop. 



The past year was very disastrous to the 

 bee-business in this locality, as there was no 

 honey gathered last season, and fully half of 

 the bees died of starvation. But the outlook 

 is good for a honey-crop this season, as white 

 clover is doing well. 



I fed my bees last fall. I lost one colony in 

 eight through spring dwindling, and now 

 have 10 colonies, most of which are in fair 

 condition. J. Seibold. 



Champaign Co.. 111., June 3. 



Imported Queens— Transferring. 



The weather has been so dry that the pros- 

 pect for white clover honey is slim. Bees 

 have built up quite well, and are ready for 

 work. There was considerable loss among 

 some of the bee-keepers here, one man losing 

 34 colonies out of "o. while others lost 10 or 

 12 out of 40 or 50. The loss was caused 

 mostly by the queens dying. 



My imported queens wintered well. I have 

 received some more queens from Italy in the 

 finest condition of any I have yet had. It 

 pays me to get the best of queens, as it was 

 the imported stock that gave me all the sur- 

 plus honey I got last season* and it I get any 

 this year it will be from them, if strong colo- 

 nies count for anything. 



Some bee-keepers stand up for the little 

 Ijlack bees, which may he all right for their 

 locality, but not for ours, or at least I have so 

 found it. I have three colonies of blacks on 

 trial that I transferred about two weeks ago. 



I have read of a good many different ways 

 of transferring, so I will give my plan : I 

 first tit up a light board larger than the brood- 

 frames, by laying on it four or five strings of 



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which can not be EXCELLED 1 1 1 

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GOLDEN ITALIANS, the' GREAT HONEY- 



GATUERERS. They have no SUPERIOR 



and few equal. 75c each; 6 for $4.(X). 



RED CLOVER QUbENS. the LONG-TONGUED 



ITALIANS, which left all RECORDS 

 behind in GATHERING HONEY, $1 each; 5 



for $5. Safe Akkiv.1l Goakaxteed. 

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