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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Aug. 1, 19(il. 



QUPSS 



QUIRIN-The Queen-Breeder — has 

 now on hand, ready lo mail, 500 youo^r, lonc- 

 tongued Red Clover Queens, Golden or Leather 

 Colored . 



We have one of Root's best breeders from his 

 $2(X), loue-todgrued. Red Clover Queen, and a 

 Golden Breeder which we are told is worth $UK), 

 if there is a queen in the U. S. worth that sum. 



J. L. Gandy, of Humboldt, Nebr., tells us that 

 the colony having- one of our queens, stored over 

 400 pounds (mostly comb) honey in a single sea- 

 son. A. I. Root's folks say that our queens are 

 extra tiae. while the editor of the American Bee 

 Journal tells us that he has g-ood reports from 

 our stock from time to time. 



We have years of experience in mailing- and 

 rearing- Queens. Queens positively by return 

 mail from now on. Prices for balance of season 

 as follows: 



1 6 12 



Selected $ .75 $ 4.i>0 f 7.00 



Tested 1.00 5.00 9.00 



Selected tested 1.50 S 00 



Extra selected tested, the 



best that money can buy, 3.00 



H. Q. QUIRIN, 



PaFkertown, Ohio. 



(Parkertown is a Money-Order Office.) 

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 month only. 14El3t 



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J Davenportp Iowa l 



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Red Clover Queens ! 



bred from a daughter of the A. I. 



Rout Co. long-tongue $2ULi.OO Queen, 



and mated in my apiary \vhere~there 



is nothing but the best Italian stock. 



I have drones living in my apiary from seven 



different States. Untested, 5oc each, $5.50 per 



dozen. Safe arrival. 



W. J. FOREHAND, 

 29Dot FORT DFPOSET, ALA. 



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COnPLETE POULTRY BOOK FREE. 



Contains 208 pages, profusely illustrated, plans 

 for houses, incubators, brooders, coops, etc. 

 Given free if you send this advertisement and 

 25 cents for a year's subscription to our Journal. 

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QUEENS! 



Having cauffht up with nivmanv orders at 

 last, I am now prepared to send LONG-TONGUED 

 RED CLOVER OUEeNS by return man. " y bees 

 cannot be exct- lied Ivr beauty and for houey- 

 gatherintr qualities. 



This is a Post-Office Money Order Office. Re- 

 mit 65 cents and get one of the nicest and best 

 Queens you ever owned, from the Queen Spec- 

 ialist— DANIEL WUKTH. 



29D2t CoalCkeek, Anderson Co., Tenn. 

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That covers the whole Apicultural Field more 



completely than any other published, 



.sendll.2Sto 



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

 " Bee=Keeper's Guide." 



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cells will surely be found here. In fact, if 

 the frames are well filled with combs, as they 

 usually are in this hiye, queen-cells are rarely 

 found in other parts of the hive. 



When the season and weather conditions 

 are favorable for swarming, we look in this 

 bee-space. It there are queen-cells that show 

 egffs only, we mash them down and close the 

 hire. That colony is safe for another week. 

 If there are queen-cells eontaininfj larvse, we 

 proceed to divide the colony at once. A few 

 vigorous puffs of smoke into the top of the 

 brood-chamber will usually drive the queen 

 into the lower part of the hive. We place 

 this part of the hive at one- side, with its en- 

 trance facing at right angles to the old stand. 

 On the old stand place the balance of the 

 brood-chamber on another hive-boltoin. put- 

 ting a case of empty combs, foundation, ur 

 starters under each part of the divided colony. 

 Divide the surplus cases between the two 

 hives, and give more surplus room if it seems 

 necessary. Treat each colony in the yard 

 that is Ukely to swarm in the same way. 



It convenient to look at the hives just be- 

 fore dark, it is easy to tell where the queens 

 afe. The queenless bees will be uneasy, and 

 crawling about the front of the hive, appar- 

 ently hunting for their queen. It it should 

 appear that she is in the part of a colony left 

 on the old stand, exchange places with the 

 removed part. By morning the queenlessness 

 will not be so apparent, iff is better to have 

 the titieen removed from the former stand, as 

 most of the field-bees will return to the old 

 home, although this is not really essential. 

 The weakening of the colonies, and the addi- 

 tional room given, will almost always cure 

 them of the swarming-fever. 



At the next examination, a week later, it 

 will lie easy to determine in which part ot the 

 divided colony the queen is, by the eggs in 

 the brood-combs. Place all the surplus cases, 

 and the hive that has the queen, on the old 

 stand, and put the queenless brood and a few 

 bees in a hive at one side. This small colony 

 may be used for strengthening a weak colony. 

 as a nucleus for queen-rearing, for increase of 

 colonies, or as a surplus case on any hive in 

 the yard. 



Bait-Sections. 



1 was glad to see Mr. Doolittle standing up 

 so staunchly tor these. Several emiuent bee- 

 keepers some time ago contended that they 

 were fit onlj' for being smashed up and made 

 into wax. I woukl have every single un- 

 finished section carefully preserved, and one 

 or two placed in the center of every super. 

 But I would have them all nicely cleaned up 

 by the bees before storing them away, as I 

 fear any granulated honey they might eon- 

 tain would be a source of •• infection." and 

 granulate the new crop stored in them. This 

 seems to be a moot point, however. I ■• blue- 

 pencil " all these sections, and seldom find 

 that they show any detect of construction 

 or finish. — British Bee Journal. 



Prolong Lives of Best Queens. 



Says a Stray Straw in Gleanings in Bee- 

 Culture : 



Longevity in bees is coming to the front. 

 Assuming that in harvest time a worker lives 

 six weeks, and goes afield when 16 days old, 

 if its lite were prolonged a week it could store 

 •J7 jicrcent more. If one queen lives twice as 

 long as another, will not her workers live at 

 least a little longer ; Is it not possible that, 

 by proper selection continuously exercised, 

 we might add that week to the life of the 

 worker ? If we could add a sixth to its sum- 

 mer life, that ought to add & sixth to its winter 

 life. In that case, a bee born Oct. 1. which 

 now lives till April 1, would live till May 1— 

 quite a help in the wintering problem. 

 Another thing: We can tell better what a 

 c|ueen is by two or three seasons' work than 

 we can by a single season's work. The one 

 tliat shows herself best for three seasons is a 

 <afc cMie to breed from. I have queens born 

 ill l^'.ii that are among the best — one ot them, 

 1 tliiuk. the very best I have. — [While this is 

 true, the average queen, I think, would better 

 lie displaced in two years by a young one. — 

 Editor.] 



EMERSON TAYLOR ABBOTT, Editor. 



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