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April, 1913 



Amc»rican l^ee Jonrnal 



colonies with healthy looking queens were 

 found without brood or eggs, while others 

 not so strong had brood in all stages, some 

 of it emerging. 



These broodless colonies were looked into 

 every day for over a week before I discov- 

 ered that they were entirely out of pollen. 

 I immediately began feeding rye flour mixed 

 in coarse sawdust in the boxes, as shown in 

 the photograph, and in three days 4<j colo- 

 nies used up is pounds of flour. A large 

 feeder containing sugar syrup was hardly 

 noticed while the flour held out. 



Three days after they started on the flour, 

 eggs in plenty were found in the broodless 

 • colonies. I have found it necessary to feed 

 them only one spring since, which was when 

 a severe freeze killed all the bloom and 

 leaves on the early pollen-bearing trees, 

 leaving no other source until dandelion 

 bloom, which came that year in June. 



Bees are wintering finely, and there is a 

 heavy growth of white clover, which seems 

 to be all right so far. though the ground is 

 very dry with little snow. We need rain 



just as soon as the ground thaws out. to save 

 the clover. D. G. Little. 



Hartley. Iowa. 



Brood-Rearing Begins 



I found brood in one of my colonies about 

 Tan. 15, and now over half of them have 

 started brood-rearing. It is down to nearly 

 zero now. and has been below several times 

 this winter. My bees are all on summer 

 stands. K. R. Victor Tippert. 



Quays. Ont. Canada. 



L. L. Andrews' Experience 



I am enclosing some pictures taken at va- 

 rious times during my 17 years" experience 

 among the bees in sunny southern California. 



Beginning the business 17 years ago this 

 winter, by taking 24 colonies from the cliffs 

 and trees near theborder line of Orangeand 

 Riverside counties, in the Santa Ana Moun- 

 tain. I have increased by buying, etc . to 



about 1200 colonies. I have made in one sea- 

 son all the way from a complete failure to 

 as high as an average of 200 pounds per 

 colony. 



Anticipating a short crop last year. I 

 shipped two carloads to northern Utah, and 

 secured a good crop there, after I had taken 

 the orange honey here. L. L. Andrews. 



Corona. Calif. 



Bees Winter Well in a Cave 



I examined my bees in a cave today. They 

 are in fine shape, and the temperature is 45 

 degrees. I have never lost a colony in the 

 cave yet. The cave is below the level of the 

 ground, and there are three doors to enter 

 it. John DtJFFOED. 



Atlantic. Iowa. Feb. 10 



Bees Getting Flolr for Pollen. 



Not Bee-Keeping Alone, but Pleasure, 

 too. —Mr. Andrews Back FromaIHunt. 



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BEES AND QUEENS. 



Xltmeg Italian Queens, leather color. 

 After June I. $1.00. A.W.Yates, 



Hartford. Conn. 



Golden Queens that produce 5and6band 

 bees. Untested. Jr. 00; I'ested. J3.00. 

 iA9t Robert Inghram. Sycamore. Pa. 



Bees and Queens from my New Jersey 

 apiary. J. H. M. Cook. 



lAtf 70 Cortland St.. New York City. 



I.mproveu golden-yellow Italian queens for 

 1913: beautiful, hustling, gentle workers 

 Send for price list. E. E. Lawrence. 



iA8t Doniphan. Mo. 



I SHALL requeen all of my colonies this 

 spring. Will sell all one-year old queens 

 for 40 cts. each: $4,20 3 dozen. lAit 



Ventura. Calif. E. O. Meserve. 



For Sale— Golden untested queens 80 cts. 

 each, or SB. 00 a dozen. Safe arrival guaran- 

 teed, D. F. Talley. R.F.D, i. Greenville. Ala. 



Select Mated Howe strain Queens. Send 

 for circular. One untested. $1.00: six for 

 S4.50; Ss.soperi;. Ready about June 10. 



D. G. Little, Hartley. Iowa. 



Queens — Improved red-clover Italians, 

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

 tested queens. 75c; select. Si-oo; tested. $1.25 

 each. Safe arrival and satisfaction guaran- 

 teed. lAiy H. C. demons. Boyd. Ky. 



Italian Queens ONLv-rUntested. $1.00; 

 sel. tested, Si-so Bees by pound and half- 

 pound. Plans. " How to Introduce Queens.'. 

 I5C; "How to Increase." isc; or both 25c" 

 Descriptive list free. 3A2t 



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. J5.00 and Sio.oo. 



2Atf J. B. Brockwell. Barnetts, Va. 



Bees in 14 and i pound packages without 

 queen. $1.25 and $2.ou. These are young bees 

 free from disease, and will greatly stimulate 

 your weak colonies. We will make good 

 any serious loss in transportation if same is 

 vouched for by your express agent. 



Charles C. Schneider. Dancy. Ala. 



Golden Italian Queens, of best strain. 

 All cells built in strong colonies. No foul 

 brood or other disease. L'ntested. $i.co; 

 tested. 5i. so. Cash with order. Booking or- 

 ders now. Delivery about April i?. 



4.-\;^t Ben Robinson. Taylor. Tex. 



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. 65c each. Bees per lb . $1.23: nu- 

 clei per frame. $1 50. A discount on orders 

 booked 30 days before shipment. lAtf 



Bankston ^: Lyon. Buffalo. Leon Co., Tex. 



Quikin's famous improved Italian queens, 

 nuclei, colonies, and bees by the pound, 

 ready in May. Our stock is northern-bred 

 and hardy: five yards wintered on summer 

 stands in 1008 and 1000 without a single loss. 

 For prices, send for circular. 

 Quirin-the-Queen-Breeder. Bellevue, Ohio. 



Three Banded It.\ll\n Queens and bees 

 of Superior Red Clover Strains no other 

 races in my apiaries'; 15 years a breeder. 

 After May i. untested queen. Si.*i; tested. 

 $1.50. Best breeder. $5.00: 2-fr. nucleus. $2.51). 

 Full colony in lo-fr. Dovetail or Danz. hive. 

 So. 00. Add price of queens wanted with 

 nuclei and colonies. Better book orders 

 now. Circular free. J. W. Leib. 



iAit So. Ohio .Ave.. Columbus, Ohio. 



Golden and 3-band Italians, also gray Car- 

 niolan queens. Tested. Si.ixi each: 3ormore 

 wc each. Untested, 7Sc each; 3 to 6. 70c each; 



