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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Aug-. 15, 19' 1. 



ject connected with bee-keeping, conliihu- 

 tions (rom liim upon that subject will I'e 

 eagerly sought. Instead of a bee-jourmil 

 being a mouth-piece through which one uiau 

 seated on a pinnacle may deal out wisdom to 

 the common herd below, it is, rather, a clear- 

 ing-house through which may pass in ex- 

 change the gathered wisdom of all. 



Still greater is the mistake that a bee-jour- 

 nal should seek to repress knowledge upon a 

 subject with which the editor is not entirely 

 familiar. Having learned that an article hav- 

 ing some reference to the matter of scientific 

 ciueen-rearing had been sent to appear in the 

 columns of this journal, Mr. Thompson says: 

 ■• I fear that either it will never get there, or, 

 if it does, it will be accompanied by a crush- 

 ing footnote, written more in sorrow than in 

 anger." If he will turn to page 382, he will 

 tind the article in question, with a footnote 

 not at all "crushing,'' containing neither 

 sorrow nor anger. So far from that, he will 

 be rejoiced to tind the footnote only conutien- 

 datory, saying, " Bee-keepers have much to 

 learn from the breeders of other fine stock," 

 and his joy will be iucreased to find that suili- 

 eient progress has been made to commend 

 heartily in-breeding on the lines indicated. 



Xo, the bee-journal that seeks to repress 

 knowledge that may benefit bee-keepers in 

 general would be committing suicide. The 

 watchword with all should be, and probably 

 is. "Let there be light."— Gleanings in Bee- 

 Culture. 



Red Clover— How Important is It? 



The desire to obtain the nectar secreted by 

 red clover is one of long standing; and the 

 common impression is that a very large quan- 

 tity of nectar per acre would be secured from 

 it if the flower-tubes were not too deep for the 

 reach of the honey-bee. Latterly some dis- 

 credit has been cast upon red clover as a 

 honey-plant, even supposing that all its nec- 

 tar could be secured, by the fact that it is not 

 a plant of universal cultivation. 



There are a few plants that yield an enor- 

 mous amount of nectar ; but as they are kejit 

 only in greenhouses, averaging less than one 

 plant to the acre, they are valueless from a 

 bee-keeper's standpoint. If, however, any 

 good honey-yielder were widely distributed in 

 dense quantity over a single State, then it 

 would assume some degree of importance. 

 The buckwheat crop of the State of New York 

 would be no trifling matter, even if not 

 another acre of buckwheat were found else- 

 where in the United States. If it were pos- 

 sible to obtain certain bees that would double 

 the buckwheat honey crop of New York, the 

 amount of money gamed by that would war- 

 rant no small outlay. Is it not possible 

 that there are single States in which the nec- 

 tar secreted by red clover would amount to 

 several thousand dollars ! 



But is red clover confined to a rather limited 

 area! It would be interesting to know just 

 what is the average acreage. Lacking that, 

 some estimate may be made from the amount 

 of clover seed raised. The government statis- 

 tics give us the figures, and it is probably safe 

 to infer that by " closer .«<■«< " is meant that 

 from red clover. According to the last cen- 

 sus available, that of liloO, an amount of 

 clover seed, large or small, is given as being 

 raised in every State and Territory of 

 the United States except Montana and Wyom- 

 ing. Certainly that shows that it is not con- 

 fined to so small an area as some suppose. 



The North Central division leads with a 

 product of •2,.>14.S64 bushels. The South Cen- 

 tral comes next with 77,783 bushels; the 

 North Atlantic, 71,1'28 bushels ; South Atlan- 

 tic, 35,155 bushels; Westfrn, 24,250. Total. 

 3.753,180 bushels. 



That sho%vs a very unequal distribution ; 

 but this distribution of the growing plants is 

 by no means what the figures would indicate. 

 From the States that are the greatest pro- 

 ducers, as New York and Pennsylvania, large 

 quantities are exported, and, of course, other 

 States import, thus making the acreage grown 

 in the different States much more uniform 

 I ban the amount of seed produced. 



If all the seed raised is sown again — audit 

 is not likely that it is ever used for any other 

 purpose — and if a peck of seed is sown to the 

 acre, it would cover a little more than 11,000,- 

 000 of acres. To speculate as to the amount 



ASiiperiorRfdCloverijiieen | 



For sending- us One New Subscriber and 25 ^ 

 cents ($1.25 in all.) 



« We arranged with one of the oldest and best queen-breeders (having many 



^ years' experience) to rear tiueens for us this season. His bees average quite a 



5 good deal the longest tongues of any yet measured. The Breeder he uses is di- 



^ rect from Italy, having imported her himself. Her worker-bees are large, some- 



^ what leather-colored, very gentle, and scarcely requiring veil or smoke. They 



^ stored red clover honey last season. ^ 



-^ All queens guaranteed to arrive in good condition, and all will be clipped, 



5 unless otherwise ordered. 



2 We would like each of our present readers to have one or more of these fine 



^ Queens. Simiily send us the name and address of a new subscriber for the Amer- 



5 lean Bee .lournal for one year, and "25 cents extra, and the Queen will be mailed 



^ to you. Our (lueen-rearer is now caught up with orders, and expects to be able 



^ To mail them hereafter within 48 hours after we receive the order. He is in an- 



^ other State, and we will send him the Queen orders as fast as we get them at this 



^ otllce. He is prepared to rear and mail a large number. 



5 The cash prices of these Queens are .«il.00 each : 3 for S2.70 ; or 6 for ?.5.00. 



^ Send all orders to 



S GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 



2 144 & 1 46 Erie Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



FREE FOR A MONTH .... 



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 you cannot afford to be without the best 

 Sheep Paper published in the United States. 

 Wool Jnarkets and Sheep 



has a hobby which is the sheep-breeder and 

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 Are you interested? Write to-day. 



WOOL MARKETS AND SHEEP. CHICAGO, ILL. 



QUPSS 



QUIRIN— The Queen-Breeder — has 

 now on hand, ready to mail, 500 youogr, loue"- 

 tongned Red Clover Queens, Golden or Leather 

 Colored. 



We have one of Root's best breeders from his 

 $200, loner-tongued. Red Clover Queen, and a 

 Golden Breeder which we are told is worth *100, 

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



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

 the colony having- one of our queens, stored over 

 400 pounds (mostly combl honey in a single sea- 

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

 extra fiae, while the editor of the American Bee 

 Journal tells us that he has good 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 $ 4.00 $ 7.00 



Tested 1.00 5.00 3.O0 



Selected tested 1.50 S 00 



Extra selected tested, the 



best that money can buy, 3.00 



H. G. QUIRIN, 



Parkertown, Ohio. 



(Parkertown is a Money-Order Office.) 

 By contract this ad. will appear twice per 

 month only. 

 27D6t Please mentioa the Bee Jon r 



al. 



COnPLETE POULTRY BOOK FREE. 



Contains 20s 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. 

 Inland Povltky JotJRN.AL, Indianapolis, Ind. 

 29Dtf Please mention the Bee Journal. 



Red Clover Queens ! 



bred from a daughter of the A. I. 

 Root Co. long-tongue $2011.00 Queen, 

 and mated in my apiary where there 

 is nothing but the best Italian slock. 

 I have drones flying in my apiary from sevel* 



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



dozen. Safe arrival. 



W.J. FOREHAND, 



2iDt3t FORT DEPOSIT, ALA. 



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SWEET CLOYER 



And Several Other Clover Seeds. 



We have made arrangements so that we can 

 furnish Seed of several of the Clovers by freight 

 or express, at the following prices, cash with 

 the order: 



Stt ions 25* SOUS 



Sweet Clever (white) $.70 $1.20 $2.75 $5 00 



Sweet Clover (yellow).... 1.00 1.80 4.2S S.OO 



Alsike Clover 90 1.70 3.75 7.00 



WhiteClover 1.00 l.'iO 4.50 8.50 



Alfalfa Clover 80 1.40 3.25 6.00 



Prices subject to market changes. 



Single pound 5 cents more than the 5-pound 

 rate, and 10 cents extra for postage and sack. 



Add 25 cents to your order, for cartage, if 

 wanted by freight, or 10 cents per pound if 

 wanted by mail. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO. 



144 & 146 Erie Street, - CHICAGO, ILL. 



1901— Bee-Keepers' Supplies ! 



We can furnish you with The A. I. Root Go's 

 goods at wholesale or retail at their prices. We can 

 save vou freight, and ship promptly. Market price 

 paid for beeswax. Send tor our latil catalog. 

 M. H. HUNT & SON. Bell Br anch, Wayne Co., Mich 



Daily Excursions to Buffalo and 

 New York, 



via Nickel Plate Road. Through trains 

 to New York City without change. 

 Vestibuled sleepers Chicago to Boston. 

 Dining-cars on all trains. Meals served 

 on American Club plan, at from 35 

 cents to $1.00. Write John Y. Calahan, 

 General Agent, 111 Adams St. .Chicago, 

 for particulars. 20 — 3t 



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