Aug. 8, 1901. 



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regrarding' 

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 20A13t Sag Harbor, New York. 



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We have a small quantity of Catnip 

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 ers. Some consider catnip one of the 

 greatest of honey-yielders. We will 

 mail to one of our regular subscribers 

 one ounce of the seed for sending us 

 ONE NEW subscriber to the American 

 Bee Journal for a year with SI. 00 ; or 

 will mail to any one an ounce of the 

 seed and the American Bee Journal one 

 year — both for f 1.30; or will mail an 

 ounce of the seed alone for, SO cents. As 

 our stock of this seed is very small, 

 better order soon. 



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A Queen. Rearing Agent. 



If that is the projier tt'rm to apply to the 

 man foutemplated in .1. U. Martin's scheme, 

 he is strongly endorsed l>y Mrs. A. J. Barljer in 

 the Rocky Mountain Bee .lournal. Referring 

 to the difference in bees,, she says that last 

 year one of her colonies produced 216 sec- 

 tions, two others 168 each, while the rest pro- 

 duced from nothing to !Hi sections each, and 

 continues; 



Now it seems to me that if we had a kind of 

 iiueen-rearing station somewhere, in charge 

 of a competent person, that it would pay us 

 to look out for such queens and send them to 

 the place to breed queens from, thus securing 

 stock that had been tested as to its working 

 i|uality. I would gladly furnish two or three 

 of my Ijest queens every year for the sake ot 

 being able to get queens that were reared 

 from a really well-tested stock. I mark my 

 hives of the colonies that make an extra 

 record every year, always expecting to rear a 

 lot of queens " next year," Next year always 

 finds me just a little busier getting a honey 

 crop than I was the year before, so I am 

 lucky if I get a dozen queens from any 

 selected stock, after all. I would rather pay 

 a good price for queens from stock that had 

 had a practical test as honey-gatherers, than 

 to have the kind of queens we usually get, 

 given to me. If all my queens last year had 

 been as good as the three best, I should have 

 been several hundred dollars ahead. Can't 

 we do something along this line ? Have the 

 honey-producers furnish stock that has had a 

 practical test, and get somebody to take it tar 

 enough from common bees to keep them sep- 

 arate, and rear queens for us. 



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Staying Foundation with Wood- 

 Splints. 



B, F. Averill speaks very highly of these in 

 Gleanings iu Bee-Culture. His plan seems to 

 be an improvement on that of Dr. Miller. He 

 says there is no need to have the splints 

 waxed, although Dr. Miller says when they 

 were not waxed the bees tore them out. Mr. 

 Averill says further ; 



These splints were 3-32 by 1-16, and l-i inch 

 longer than the inside depth ot the frames. A 

 saw-kerf is required in both top and bottom 

 bars for the insertion ot the ends ot the 

 splints. These should be 'g deep. No fasten- 

 ing is required it the sheets of foundation 

 touch the top-bars the entire length. Other- 

 wise the foundation bulges from the weight 

 ot a new swarm, and irregular, wavy combs 

 are the result. Seven splints will answer to 

 the frame with medium-brood foundation; 

 for light-brood, eight splints would probably 

 be required. With foundation wired from 

 the mill, the foundation would still have to 

 t]e attached to the frames; with the splints, 

 the foundation is put in the frames, and 

 securely stayed at the one operation. I could 

 put in fraiiies from lOU to 12.5 sheets per 

 hour, with the splints, and I never have seen 

 more perfect comljs, all things considered. 

 They stand extracting remarkably well. No 

 cracks appear in the conilts from this strain. 

 as with horizontal wiring. I wrote you a 

 few years ago about this matter, and again 

 am prepared to say that you can advocate the 

 general adoption of wood-splints for founda- 

 tion brood-coombs, without hesitation as to 

 tlieir giving any dissatisfaction. 



In putting in the splints, aboard of suitable 

 thickness is placed inside the frame. Put 

 four splints in place, tlun lay on the sheets of 

 foundation; then put the other splints in 

 place, and roll them ilown with moderate 

 pressure. Turn the frame and roll down the 

 first splints; and this completes the jot>. 



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Or, ITIauiial ot the Apiary, 



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460 Fa^es-16th (1899) Edition-18tli Thon- 

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 \o bee-keeper is fully equipped, or his library 

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This 16th and latest edition of Prof. Cook's 

 magnificent book of 460 pag-es, in neat and sub- 

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 to our present subscribers, for the work of get- 

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Given tor TWO New Subscribers. 



The following- offer is made to present sub- 

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 the two NEW subscribers — simply the Bee Jour- 

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Send us two new subscribers to the Bee 

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 of Prof. Cook's book FREE as a premium. 

 Prof. Cook's book alone sent for $1.25, or we club 

 It with the Bee Journal for a year— both for only 

 $1.75. But surely anybody can get only TWO 

 new subscribers to the Bee Journal for a year, 

 and thus get the book as a premium. Let every 

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