June 27, 1901. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



413 



ooiiinion wrappinif-twiue Ion;,' eiuiiif;h to tie 

 around the frame. Then la.v a frame on tlie 

 strings and take the ends of thestrin^'s that ari- 

 under the bottom-bar and lift them on top. 

 Against the l30ttom-bar of tlie frame on the 

 strings I la3' a thin strip of wood the same 

 width as the bottom-bar, and just long enough 

 to fit inside of the end-bars of the frame, and 

 I am then ready to place the combs in the 

 frame. I have them as near the full size of 

 the frames as the combs will permit, keeping 

 the combs against the top-bar, and then cnt- 

 ting them even on the lower side, so that the 

 strip that fits inside the brood-frarae will 

 touch the lower edge of all the pieces of the 

 comb, always fitting as nearly square as pos- 

 sible. In tying the combs in I press the strip 

 of wood firmly against the bottom of the 

 comb, so as to tighten the comb against the 

 top-bar of the frame, and hold it firmly till 

 my helper ties the strings, trimming off the 

 strings to within ^^ of an inch of the knot, 

 always having the knot come on the edge of 

 the top-bar. 



I then take another board larger than the 

 brood-frame, and press hard enough with it 

 to level the " crinks '' out of the comb. I 

 next take the first board, comb, frame and 

 all, to the hive I wish to put the bees into, 

 put the frame into the hive, and proceed thus 

 until all the combs are used, and the work is 

 done for a week. After that length of time I 

 take the stick off, and what strings the bees 

 haven't removed, and as a rule I get as nice 

 combs as if the bees had done the work in the 

 first place, full sheets of foundation excepted. 

 It is always easiest to transfer during fruit- 

 bloom. ARTHfR A. HorsER. 



McDonough Co.. III., June .5. 



Cold Spring Hard on Bees. 



I have had to feed my bees a good deal this 

 spring, because it has been so cold until now, 

 when they are beginning to store a little 

 honey. D. J. Blocheh. 



Stephenson Co., 111., June 6. 



First Honey Taken Off. 



I took off my first section of honey to-day. 

 It is light amber, and has a very fine rtavor, 

 but I have had nothing In my past experience 

 that will aid me in determining what source 

 it was gathered from. Can you or your 

 Pennsylvania readers give me any assistance i 



I planted two acres of buckwheat. May 24, 

 1900, and kept record of the work done on it 

 by the bees. Do you want the notes ? It was 

 successful owing to fortunate .showers, but 

 would not always prove so. 



Bees wintered very poorly in this locality. 

 I have 36 colonies left out of 52, and all but 

 five of these are strong enough to store sweet 

 clover as soon as it blooms. 



L. C. S.4LiSBruv. 



Bradford Co., Pa., May 30. 



[Perhaps some of our Pennsylvania siili- 

 scribers can answer as to the source of that 

 first honey. 



Yes, we are always glad to receive notes of 

 an interesting or helpful kind, bearing on the 

 subject to which the Bee Journal is devoted. 



— EUITOR.] 



80 Percent of the Bees Dead. 



This is a very poor year for honey in this 

 locality, and .SO percent of the bees are dead. 

 It is so dry that most of the blacks have 

 starved. 1 still have 16 colonies. 



Geo. W. Shrader. 



Carroll Co., Mo., June 6. 



Comments on the Score-Card. 



.\s a member of the committee on score- 

 cards. I wish to say to Mr. Hasty that the 

 reason why I ignore drones is because the 

 County and State fairs are lield in September, 

 andthe drones are mostly killed off in August. 

 I believe it is a rare thing to see drones in 

 nuclei in September, unless they are <iueen- 

 less. 



To that item of "Color and Markings.'' 1 

 would prefix the word "Uniformity," so that 



Lon^-Ton^ue Adels 



BlAVER, P.A., April 4, IIUI. 



From one 3-franie uucleus you seat me I took 

 213Ji pounds of e.\tracted honey. 



Wm. S. B.^kclay. 

 Each Queen, SI.cii. 

 Essay, " How Not to Rear Queens," sent free. 



24A4t HENRY ALLEY, Wenham, Mass. 



Please mention Bee Journal when •writinB 



Northern Italian Queens ! 



Reared from Imported riothers. 



Our stock is so carefully bred and selected, 

 as to secure car-loads of honey. Locality free 

 from foul brocd and other bee-diseases. Prices: 



1 untested Queen, $1.00, 6 for $5.00; 1 tested 

 Queen, $1.50, 6 for $7.50; best imported Queens, 

 $6.00; fair imported, $S.0O. 



ADA L. PICKARD, 



l.SETt RICHLAND CENTER, WIS. 



Vlease mention Bee Journal when -wrltine. 



Gnld&n - all - 

 Queons, by r 



The Sv 



-er - tonir - To/ig-ued 



[rn mail, $l.iM(, Address, 



*THMOKE AriARIES, 



SWAKTHMOKE, Pa. 



Please mention Bee Journal -when writing, 



The Emerson Binder 



This Emerson stiff-board Binder with cloth 

 back for the American Bee Journal we mail for 

 but 60 cents; or we will send it with the Bee 

 Journal for one year— both for only $1.40. It is 

 a fine thing to preserve the copies of the Jour- 

 nal as fast as they are received. If you have 

 this " Emerson " no further binding is neces- 

 sary. 



QEORQE W. YORK & CO., 



144 & 146 Erie Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



I am Now Prepared 



to fill orders promptly for Untested Queeas 

 reared from a breeder of the HUTCHINSON 

 SUPERIOR STOCK, or a select GOLDEN 

 breeder, and mated to Golden drones, at 75 cents 

 each; $4.00 for 6, or, $7.50 per dozen. 

 Money order office, Warrentown, N. C. 



W. H. PRIDGEN, 



22Atf Creek, Warren Co , N. C. 



Please mentior Bee Journal when writing. 



ALBINO QUEENS I'^ZZTenl^'-.Z 



want the gentlest Bees— If you want the best 

 honey-gatherers you ever saw— try my Albinos. 

 Untested Queens in April. $1.00; Tested, $1.50. 



iiA26t d.D. GIVENS. Lisbon, Tex. 



Please mention Bee Journal when writing. 



BEE 



HIVES,SECTIOHS AND ALL 

 BEE-KEEPERS' SUPPLIES. 



Big Catalofr Free. Write 

 now. Leahy Mfg. Co., 2415 

 Alta Sita, E. St. Louis, 111. 

 6A26t Mention the American Bee Journal. 



Send for circular S'^r°'-''«'^^ 



and most 

 improved and ortt.'-inal Biufrham Bee-Smoker. 

 For 23 Ye-^ks the Best on Earth. 



2SAtf T. F. BINGHAM, Farwell, Mich. 



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Low Rates to Buffalo Exposition 



via the Nickel Plate Road. 3 through 

 trains daily, with vestibuled sleeping-- 

 cars and excellent dining-car service, 

 meals being served on the American 

 Club Meals plan ranging in price from 

 35 cents to f I.nii. Chicago Depot, Van 

 Buren Street and Pacific Ave., on the 

 Elevated Loop. 



Write John Y. Calahan, General 

 Agent, 111 Adams St., Chicago, for full 

 information and beautifully illustrated 

 descriptive folder of the Exposition 

 Buildings and tirounds. 11 — 24A3t 



it would read " Uniformity of Color and 

 Markings," especially where the golden Ital- 

 ians and the leather-colored compete in the 

 same class. 



I like to see the comments and criticisms on 

 the score-card, and hope it will be perfected 

 at the next meeting of the Association. 



Juneau Co., Wis,, June 10. F. Wilcox. 



Bees Numb With the Cold— Clovers. 



Early yesterday morning (June !1) I noticed 

 bees around their drinking-places numb with 

 the cold. I have many times warmed up the 

 water to prevent them from getting chilled. 



Last fall white clover was very abundant — 

 almost like blue-grass sod. But it was not 

 protected by the snow during the winter, and 

 much of it was destroyed. It is only to be 

 found in hollow places, and where it was 

 protected. 



Basswood trees have no buds, as far as I 

 have been able to ascertain. Sweet clover is 

 very rank and abundant; the yellow variety 

 is gaining a foothold yearly, and its friends 

 are increasing. We have had no swarms as 

 yet, and there are no prospects of any. 



Mrs. L. Harrison. 



Peoria Co., 111., June 0. 



Frost and lee the Last of May, 



We had a frgst here last night, and ice 

 formed. Bees are killing oft drones this 

 morning. C. J. Anderson. 



Cook Co., 111., June 1. 



Influence of Queens. 



D. B. Norton says in the American Bee- 

 Keeper: 



It is a notion with me that a young Italian 

 <iueen from good stock is a panacea for all 

 Iwe-diseases. Many a colony dwindles in 

 spring, or is robbed during a dearth of honey 

 in summer because its (lueen lacked spirit, 

 either from age or some other cause. If you 

 would see the influence of a queen on her 

 bees, take the mildest colony that you have, 

 and also the most irritable, and exchange 

 their queens and note the effect SO hours after 

 the queens are liberated. 



Wintering in an Inside Cellar. 



Ira Barber claims that for the best success 

 in wintering not the slightest quantity of air 

 should be allowed to enter directly from the 

 outside, the slightest breath of outer air mak- 

 ing the bees anxious to get out. An experi- 

 ence at Mediaa makes Editor Root seem in- 

 clined to become a disciple of Mr. Barber. 

 Thirty-eight colonies were wintered in au in- 

 side cellar in the basement of the machine 

 shop. This basement (perhaps it ought to be 

 called a cellar) is SlixOtj feet, with a floor 

 above 7 inches thick, and inside of this was an 

 apartment .S feet square with no provision for 

 entrance of air only as it entered through 

 several thicknesses of heavy matting and 

 carpeting which formed one of the inside 

 walls. The temperature in the bee-chamber 

 stood at -ts degrees, and there was plenty of 

 fresh air in the surrounding larger room at 40 

 degrees or more, outer doors or windows 

 being opened whenever necessary to keep 

 down the temperature to 40 or 45 degrees. 

 Notwithstanding the bees were left entirely 

 alone, subject to the trampling of feet and 

 the rumbling of machinery above, the first 

 examination (Feb. 21) showed the bees per- 



