Sept. 5, 19J1. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



571 



Bee-Keeping In British Columbia. 



It may interest some of the readers of the 

 American Bee Journal to I<now I have 

 initiated the successful keeping of bees in 

 this section of the country. I know of no 

 other bee-keeper in this whole district— cer- 

 tainly there are no bee-keepers nearer than 40 

 miles, that is, at Nelson, and I do not know 

 of any there. 



I was told that bees would not do here. A 

 Mr. Powers brought some here a few years 

 ago, and they could not find food, and he 

 assured me I would fail. But I am a man 

 " wonderfully wedded to my own opinions," 

 and my present success is not going to make 

 me have less faith in my own ideas. 



I bought a colony of hybrid-Italians in 

 Vancouver last spring, and they have given 

 me three swarms, the first of which is doing 

 remarkably well. They have two supers over 

 a 10-frame Langstroth hive filled with honey 

 already. That means between 60 and 70 

 pounds of honey for me, and it is 25 cents a 

 section here. The original colony is not 

 doing so well. They will not take to the 

 supers, and appear lazy. Yesterday I tried 

 to stir them to activity by taking a frame of 

 honey from the brood-chamber and replacing 

 it with an empty frame. 



The other two colonies are doing pretty 

 well, and have their winter supply, but noth- 

 ing so far for me. 



I think that when Mr. Powers first brought 

 bees here there may have been no proper food 

 for bees, but since then the town site has 

 been cleared ofT, and the white clover is 

 occupying the ground. 



While writing this letter I have had a visitor 

 from Xelson, who tells me he has bees there. 



QUEENS,. 



Long^-Tongue 

 Qolden 5-Banded.. 



Now 



i the time to requeeu, 

 when you can g-et the very- 

 best strain of untested cjueens 

 for 50 cents each, or $5 50 per 

 dozen. Tested, Ho cents each, 

 the rest of this season; breed- 

 ers, $2.25 each. I make a 

 specialty of queen - rearing- 

 having- had 35 yeirs of prac- 

 tical experience with bees. I 

 have over 400 fine Queens, and can fill orders on 

 the same day 1 receive thera. We have five 

 mails a day. 



This advertisement will not appear ag-ain. Re- 

 mit by post-office money order. 



DANIEL WURTH, 

 Coat Creek, Anderson Co., Tennessee. 

 [Mr. Wurth is perfectly reliable. -Ehitok.] 



The Eaierson 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 11.40. 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. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 

 144 & 146 Erie Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



BEST - 



I uimM mm for sale | 



•^ ALL IN 60-POUND TIN CANS. ^ 



i Alfalfa 



% Honey 





This is the famous 

 White E.\lracted 

 Honey g'athered in 

 the great Alfalfa 

 regions of the Cent- 

 ral West. It is a 

 splendid honev, and 

 nearly everVbody 

 who cares to eat 

 honey at all can't 

 get enough of the 

 Alfalfa extracted. 



Basswood 

 Honey ^<^ 



his is the well- 

 twn light-colored 

 ey gathered from 

 5 rich, nectar- 

 in basswood blos- 



lad^ 



[ t has 



stronger flavor than 

 Alfalfa, and is pre- 

 ferred by those who 

 like a distinct flavor 

 in their honey. 



Prices of Alfalfa or Basswood Honey: 



A sample of either, by mail, 10 cents, to pay for package and post- 

 age. By freight — two 60-pound cans of Alfalfa, 8 cents per pound ; four 

 or more cans, 7J4 cents per pound. Basswood Honey, j4 cent more per 

 pound than Alfalfa prices. Cash must accompany each order. You can 

 order half of each kind of honey, if you so desire. The cans are boxed. 

 This is all 



ABSOLUTELV PURE HONEY 



The finest oi their kinds produced in thii 



ntry. 



Read Dr. Miller's Testimony on Alfalfa Honey: 



I've just sampled the honey you sent, and it's prime. Thank you. I feel that I'm 

 something of a heretic, to sell several thousand pounds of honey of ray own prodnction 

 and then buy honey of you for ray own use. But however loyal one ought to be to the 

 ^ honey of his own region, there's no denying the fact that for use in any kind of hot 

 i^ drink, where one prefers the more wholesome honey to sugar, the very excellent quality 

 ^ of alfalfa honey I have received from you is better suited than the honeys of more 

 id marked flavor, according to my taste. C. C. Millkk. 



^ McHenry Co., 111. 



^ Ordep the Above Honey and then Sell It. 



^ We would suggest that those bee-keepers who did not produce 



■5 enough honey for their home demand this year, just order some of the 



.S above, and sell it. And others, who want to earn some money, can get 



^ this honey and work up a demand for it almost anywhere. 



\ QEORQE W. YORK & CO., 144 & 146 Erie St., Chicago, III. 



Farm Wagon Economy. 



The economy of this proposition is not all 

 found in the very reasonable price of the wagon 

 itself, but in the great amount of labor it will 

 save, and its great durability. The Electric 

 Wheel Co , who make this Electric Handy 

 Wagon and the now famous Electric Wheels, 

 have solved the problem of a successful and 

 durable low-down wagon at a reasonable price. 



ed of the best material 

 .xles, steel wheels, steel 

 ids, etc. Guaranteed to 

 V 4*10 lbs. These Electric 

 1 Wheels are made to fit 

 wagon, and make practi- 

 .■ a new wagon out of the 

 iTU>. They can be had in 

 lietght desired and any 

 h of tire up to s inches. 



et of the 



h,-,.U 



a far 

 L'e thera with his regu- 

 ■iieels and have a high or 

 lown wagon at will. 

 Write for catalog of the full " Electric Line" to 

 Electric Wheel Co., liox Id, Quincy, 111 



Please mention Bee Journal 

 when writing advertisers. 



SXJFER-IOK, 



Red Clo ver Queens 



We have obtaiaed, this season, 150 pounds of 

 comb honey per colony, one-third red clover 

 honey. Untested, 75 cents; % doz., $4.LX). Tested, 

 $1.(N); H doz., $5.50. 



LEININGER BROS.,Ft.Jenninos,0. 



34Etf Please mention the Bee Journal 



QUEENS! QUEENS! 



From honev-gathering stock. Tested, $l.tlO; un- 

 tested, 75 cents. " Sn.-tDV Nook Apiary." 

 JAMES WARREN SHERMAN. 



29A13t Sag Hakiiok, New 'i'oRK. 



ALBINO QUEENS "^^J^^J^^ii^^^ 



want the gentlest Bees— If you want the best 

 honev-gatherers vou ever saw — try my Albinos. 

 Untested Queens in April, fl.flil; Tested. $1.50. 



iiA26t J, D. GIVENS. Lisbon. Tex. 



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