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March, 1913. 



American l^ee Journal 



honey evenly and snow-white, and will 

 work when other bees do nothing But as 

 to their gentleness I do not hnd them as 

 gentle as some claim. I am satished they 

 are a good all-around bee. iRA Walton. 

 Gotham. Wis.. Jan. S. 



Finding Bee-Trees 



The front cover picture of this Journal 

 shows part of the tree cut away, the swarin 

 exposed to view, and me hunting for the 

 queen. After removing lo pounds of honey 

 and three frames of brood which they had 

 built in two months. I brushed the bees into 

 the hive, used smoke on them while doing 



Tlie best way to find bee-trees is to follow 

 up little streams or creeks in the woods 

 during the dry season. If there are any bees 

 around, vou are sure to tind their watering 

 place When vou have found it, watch 



my best apiaries, where it burned the honey 

 house and 41 colonies of bees. It has badly 

 injured or destroyed our bee-range. Under 

 the circumstances we have sold some 500 

 colonies and partly gone out of the bee-busi- 

 ness for a while until the sages, etc.. grow 

 again 



"Everything was dry as tinder, for they had 

 no rain until three or four days ago 



The greatest cold I haveknownsince I left 

 the East in 1875. has covered California and 

 hit the oranges and lemons very hard, prob- 

 ably ruined half of the crop. Orange and 

 lemon growers smudged every night for over 

 a week. They took 75 to 100 carloads of oil 

 out every day and made solid clouds of 

 smoke, and yet lost. 



Mat. Geo. F. Merriam. 



Los Angeles. Calif. 



B.F.Schmidt Cutting a Bee-Tree. 



This swarm was followed from his yard in 



June. 1012 and recovered 2 months later. 



where they go. If they fly low down they 

 are not far. but when they go high up in a 

 circle their home is quite a distance. 

 Watch several bees to be sure you get the 

 right line, and then look at every tree as you 

 go. low and high, and you will soon find 

 them. , , . , , 



Another way to locate bee-trees is to set a 

 bait of thinned honey on a stump or rock, 

 and near it burn some old combs to attract 

 the bees. If there are any bees around they 

 will find the bait in an hour, and you can 

 watch the direction of their flight easily. 



The month of October, or during a dry 

 season, is the best time to hunt bees with 

 bait, as at that time there are usually but 

 few if any flowers for the bees to work on. 

 B. F. Schmidt. 



N. Buena Vista, Iowa, Oct. 12. 1912. 



First, the rough side does not attract the 

 sun's rays near so much as does a surfaced 

 board, which will help to keep the board 

 from warping, and also help to keep a cool 

 hive. 



Second, paint will last more than twice as 

 long, and will not peel, blister nor crack. 



Puente. Calif . Jan 10. H. M. Hess. 



Crop Below the Average 



Our bees for the first time in 10 years did 

 not come up to the average. I took some 

 3500 pounds from 29 colonies— all comb honey. 

 The honey season closed about Aug. 25, and 

 after that no more honey was gathered. .\11 

 through September it snowed and rained. 

 J. D. Kaufman. 



Kalispell. Mont.. Jan. 28. 



A Tall Bee -Tree 



Is this the tallest bee-tree? T. F. Strain, 

 of Tacoma. Wash., told me he cut a large 

 tree in 1870. to clear the ground. He did not 

 know it was a bee-tree It was 350 feet high, 

 and was 8 feet across the stump. After be- 

 ing sawed off. the tree stood for two weeks 

 before it fell, as the wind had to blow before 

 he expected it to fall- It fell late in the 

 afternoon, and at supper time a bee was 

 seen on the window, the first they had ever 

 seen in that country. L. W. Benson. 



Galena. Kan. 



California Prospects 



To date this has been the driest season 

 known in southern California for many 

 years. Since July i but i.tb inches of rain 

 has fallen, and dry winds have absorbed the 

 moisture, so that our hills areas brown as 

 in mid-summer Last week a freeze de- 

 stroyed millions of dollars worth of citrus 

 fruits, young trees and vegetables. Pros- 

 pects for the apiarist are not encouraging. 

 « Eugene B.\ker. 



Los ."Angeles. Calif.. Jan. 14. 



Advantages of Redwood Lumber 



I am a builder by trade, and have used 

 many thousand feet of redwood lumber, and 

 my experience is that it is far superior to 

 pine in a great many ways. Most of the ma- 

 terial that is exposed to the weather in the 

 buildings of wood in California is redwood, 

 with the rough side exposed to the weather. 

 Whle it may not look quite so nice to an 

 easterner, it is all the go here. 



The Bee Journal a Great Help 



The Bee Journal has be^n a gteat help to 

 me, and I shall recommend it to all bee- 

 keepers. Henrv^. Schuchert. 



Elgin. III. ^ 



Apiary DestroyeiJ;*y WSt' 



The day after ChristmqSa"^*^'^"^^ 

 some 3 miles from my old home in San Diego 

 county. With an eastern gale it ran over 

 three ranges of mountains, finding one of 



Good Crop in Illinois 



The bees worked good, and there was con- 

 siderable swarming the past year. My son 

 started an apiary and had fine success for a 

 beginner. Our best colony produced 214 

 pounds of extracted honey. The strong 

 colonies produced five supers. 



Chicago. 111.. Jan. iq. Tim O'Donnell. 



Classified Department 



Fine Prospects in Vermont 



Bees are having an open winter here. We 

 have had but 2 inches of snow to date. I ex- 

 pect to see the bees winter the best they 

 have in years. W'e are looking for a big 

 yield. I never saw clover look better than 

 it did last fall. My average was 40 pounds 

 per colony, but I had to feed some in the 

 fall. M. C. Young. 



Rutland. Vt . Ian. 30. 



Mild Winter in France 



The year lonwill count among the poorest 

 for bee-culture in France, and especially in 

 Brittany, where the winter losses were 

 great, owing to short stores. . 



We are having a very mild winter Un 

 Jan. 6 I saw bees bringing in pollen gathered 

 on furze blossoms. The hazel is in bloom. 1 

 also saw yesterday some swelling buds ot 

 pear blossoms. Etienne Giraud. 



Le Landreau. France. Jan. 15. 



[The above locality is in Eastern France, 

 near the River Loire, at the 47th degree of 

 latitude.-EDiTOR.l 



Bees in South Dakota 



I was in southeastern South Dakota three 

 weeks last September. They are getting 

 lots of bees up there. It is going to make a 

 a good bee-country, lots of hearts-ease, 

 white clover and alfalfa. .. . t 



The bees here were in fine condition tor 

 winter, and they had a fine flight on Christ- 

 mas day. I. N- Arnold 



Kalona, Iowa. Jan. 8. 



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 be inserted at 15 cents per line, with no dis- 

 counts of any kind . Notices here cannot be 

 less than two lines. If wanted in this de- 

 partment, you must say s o when ordering. 



BEES AND QUEEXS. 



N'utmeg Italian Queens, leather color. 

 After June i, $1.00. A W Yates, 



Hartford. Conn. 



Golden Queens that produce sandbband 

 bees. Untested. $1,00: Tested. $3.00. 

 lAot Robert Inghra m. Sycamore. Pa. 



Bees and Queens from my Xew Jersey 

 apiary J H M. Cook. 



lAtf 70 Cortland St., New York City. 



Improved golden-yellow Italian queens for 

 IQI3- beautiful, hustling, gentle workers 

 Send for price list. E. E^ Law-rence 



iA8t Doniphan. Mo. 



Place Your Order Now for early de- 

 livery. Untested Queens, one for St. 00: 6 for 

 is 40 Tested Queens, one for $1.50; 6 for S8 40, 

 Write for prices of Nuclei and full colonies. 

 W. J. Littl efield. Little Rock. .■\rk. 



How About those beautiful untested 

 three-band Italian queens for 1013 ? " e 

 have them and know how to rear them; 30 

 years' experience. We rear queens that 

 make bees that gather us heavy crops of 

 honey, and we will send you the same kind 



at 75c each; $4.25 for 6; $S.oo per dozen. Safe 

 arrival and satisfaction always guaranteed. 

 Rialto Honey Co .. Rialto. California. 



Italian Queens ONLV-Untested. Ji.cw. 

 sel. tested, Slso Bees by pound and half- 

 pound. Plans, " How to Introduce Queens, . 

 15c; "How to Increase." isc: or both 25c 

 Descriptive list free. , , 3-'^?' 



E. E. Mott. Glenwood. Mich, 



Golden Queens that produce Golden 

 Workers of the brightest kind. I will chal- 

 lenge the world on my Goldens and their 

 honey getting qualities. Price. $1 00 each; 

 "Tested, $2.00: Breeders, $5.00 and $10.00. 



2.^tf J. B Brockwell. Barnetts. \ a. 



Queens— Improved red-clover Italians, 

 bred for business; June i to Nov. if. Un- 

 tested queens. 75c; select. $1.00; tested. I1.25 

 each. Safe arrival and satisfaction guaran- 

 teed, i.-^iy H. C. demons. Boyd. Ky. 



Golden and 3-band Italians, also gray Car- 

 niolan queens. Tested. $1 00 each; 3 or more 

 00c each. Untested. 75c each; 3 to 6, 70c each: 

 6 or more, bsc each. Bees per lb . $1.25; nu- 

 clei per frame. $1 so. A discount on orders 

 booked 30 davs before shipment. lAtf 



Bankston ^; Lyo n. Buffalo. Leon Co.. Tex. 



Quirin's famous improved Italian queens, 

 nuclei, colonies, and bees by the pound, 

 ready in Mav. Our slock is northern-bred 

 and hardy; five yards wintered on summer 

 stands in luoS and 1000 without a single loss. 

 F'or prices, send for circular. 

 Quirin-the Queen-Bre eder. Bellevue, Ohio. 



Golden and 3- band Italians, also gray Car- 

 n'olan queens. Tested. $1.00 each; } or more 

 Qoceach. Untested. 75c each; 3 to 6. 70c each: 



