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August, 1013 



American ISae Journal 



duce at 20 cents per pound. My supers are 

 ;■» inches deep, and hold lo or ii of these 

 frames. 



There are two reasons why I follow this 

 plan in the management of comb-honey pro- 

 duction. It reduces swarming to the lowest 

 percent in the production of comb honey 

 The air in the brood-chamber finds an easy 

 means of escape up through these long 

 frames, and is. therefore, a greater relief to 

 the colony than a super of sections can 

 afford. 



When the first super is about full, another 

 is set on top. never under. I find, after a 

 very fair trial, the supers are filled much 

 better in using this plan than they are when 

 the empty one is put under the full one. 

 Each added super furnishes the bees addi- 

 tional ventilation— prevents the swarming 

 fever. Now. I have had hives setting side 

 by side with no very marked difference in 

 strength or other particulars except the 

 difference in the frames and sections I have 

 mentioned, but the supers containing the 

 frames outweigh the others from 5 to lo 

 pounds in each instance. 



Another fact I desire to relate: I have 

 some "pure bloods" and several crosses 

 between them and the common or blacks. 

 Well, this cross, crossed, or hybrids, as 

 they are called, simply work all around the 

 "pure stock." One black queen in particu- 

 lar has outstripped the others to an extent 

 that one would have to see to believe. 



These hybrids have been " on the rush" 



from the very commencement of the How. 

 but not one of them has thus far swarmed 

 June 3. while the others have swarmed, 

 someof them, three times. 



I bought several queens last year from a 

 reliable breeder, and I am sure his stock is 

 as represented so far as the race of bees is 

 concerned, but the truth is this hybrid 

 neighbor excels in honey gathering. 



K. I. Smith. 



Bowling Green. Ky.. June 8. 



A Missouri Letter 



I notice in the July number of the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal what .Mr. John H. I^ovell 

 says in regard to bees not getting any honey 

 from corn tassels. 1 cannot agree with him, 

 as I have seen bees work on corn tassels 

 often, and once we extracted just after the 

 bees had been working on the tassels quite 

 profusely. I wished to get tiiat honey off so 

 as not to get it mixed with the Spanish- 

 needle that was coming on. We got about 

 foo pounds of this honey, and when tasting it 

 we thought it would be of no use except to 

 feed back to the bees in the spring, but 

 along late in the winter we tasted it again 

 and found it to be of very good quality. 



.Mr. R S. Miles says dandelion yields but 

 little honey. It yields honey here It comes 

 very early, when the bees do not have any- 

 thing else to work on. 



Some parts of our State have had a splen- 



did honey-fiow. Foul brood is very bad in 

 many places in our county, and the inspec- 

 tor has more than he can get around to. 

 There is scarcely nothing done to eradicate 

 the disease in our county so far as I know. 

 The inspector has been here several times, 

 but he only gives instructions bow to treat 

 the bees. He has so many places to go. and 

 but few follow instructions. I doubt if there 

 is one-fourth the bees in our county that we 

 had 1 or 5 years ago. More cooperation 

 among the bee-keepers of the Slate and a 

 larger appropriation will have to be had. 

 More work must be done in the future if we 

 are ever to keep foul brood from destroying 

 all the bees in the State. 



It is astonishing how few of the bee-keep- 

 ers take any interest in securing the much 

 needed laws to eradicate bee-diseases But 

 few will lift their smallest finger to help in 

 getting the service of the inspector, or any 

 laws on bee-keeping, if it costs them any- 

 thing at all. This works a hardship on the 

 few that have to do all to secure these much 

 needed laws. I. W. Koi'SE. 



Mexico. Mo. 



Good Flow from Sweet Clover 



We have had, and are still having, an un- 

 common honey-flow from sweet clover. 

 Something we have never had here, to my 

 knowledge, before. James Civis. 



Belle Plaine. Iowa. July I5. 



Classified Department 



(Advertisements in this department will 

 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, vou must say so when ordering. 



BEES AND QUEENS. 



Nutmeg Italian Queens, leather color. 

 After June I, 5i. 00. A. W. Yaies. 



Hartford. Conn. 



Golden Queens that produce sandbband 

 bees Untested. $1 00; Tested. $3.00. 

 lAgt Robert Inghram. Sycamore, Pa. 



For Sale— Pure Italian Queens, by return 

 mail; no disease. C M. Scott & Co. 



1004 Wash. St.. Indianapolis. Ind. 



Bees and Queens from my New Jersey 

 apiary. J. H M. Cook. 



lAtf 70 Cortland S t.. New York City. 



For Sale— Choice Golden Queens that 

 produce Golden bees equal to any. 



Wm. S. Barnett. Barnett's. Virginia. 



Fop. S.ale — Golden untested queens 70 cts. 

 each, or 57. 2^ a dozen. Safe arrival guaran- 

 teed. U. F. Talley. R.F .D. 4. Greenville. Ala. 



Hardy Northern-reared Queens of Moore's 

 strain of Italians: ready June 15. Untested. 

 $1.00; 6 for S; 00; 12 for Sq ofi. See testimonial 

 on page 210. P. B. Ramer. Harmony. Minn. 



Virginia three-banded Italian queens. Un- 

 tested. 75 cts. Tested Si. 00. All dead queens 

 replaced free. Ready May 15. 6A4t 



S. Click. Box 16. Rt. 2. Mt. Jackson. Va. 



Day-old Virgin Queens will please you. 

 Good way to get fine Italian stock: so cents 

 each; $5.00 per doz. Untested. $1.00. Tested. 

 $1.50. Geo. H. Rea. Reynoldsville. Pa. 



Improved golden-yellow Italian queens for 

 1013: beautiful, hustling, gentle workers. 

 Send for price list. E.E.Lawrence. 



-Au Doniphan, Mo. 



For Sale.— Untested queens that produce, 

 75c; tested. $1.00; hybrids, 30c, S H, Rickard, 

 SA5t 506 Machesney Bldg., Pittsburg. Pa. 



Italian Queens by return mail. Untest- 

 ed, one. 75c; six. $4.25: doz., $8.00. Tested, 

 one. $1.25; six. S6.50; doz , $12 00. 8Ait 



L. E Altwein. St. Joseph. Mo. 



Will Requeen part of my colonies with 

 Adels. Queens removed are of the Golden 



Italian strain I offer the one-year old for 

 =;oc; this season's for ;5c; virgins. 40c. 



J. T. Elkinton. Jennings. La. 



For Sale.— Fine Golden Italian queens; 

 no foul brood here. Tested, $1.00 each: se- 

 lect tested. Si. 25 each. Untested, one, 60c; 

 doz . S7.00. D. T. GdSter, 



8Ait Rt. 2, Randleman. N. C. 



For Sale. — Untested Golden Italian 

 queens 50c each: 4 hybrid tiueens. Si 00. 

 8.A2t J. F. Michael. Winchester. Ind. 



For Sale— 300 colonies of bees and equip- 

 ment. Excellent location. Paying proposi- 

 tion. 8Ait F. W. Pease. Lansing. Iowa. 



Queens — Improved red-clover Italians, 

 bred for business; June i to Nov. 15. Un- 

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

 each. Safe arrival and satisfaction guaran- 

 teed. lAiy H. C. Clemons. Boyd. Ky. 



Untested Dark Italian Queens: Howe 

 strain, select mated. No other bees in mat- 

 ingdistance Send for circular. OneforSi.oo; 

 6 for S4. so; 12. $8 ;o. Orders filled by return 

 mail. D. G. Litttle. Hartley. Iowa. 



Italian Queens— 3-band bred from the 

 best stock procurable for honey-gathering 

 j qualities. Untested. June. Si 00: after. 75c. 

 i'ested. Si 50: select tested. $2.00 5A4f 



R. A. Shulis. R. F. D. 3. Cosby. Tenn. 



Fine Italian Queens — Three-banded. 

 Especially prolific, hardy, and gentle. Unex- 

 celled as honey gatherers. Vou will make no 

 mistake if you order them. " Come early and 

 avoid the rush." Si 00 each; d for $5.50. 6A4t 

 J. ¥. Archdekin. Rt. 7. St. Joseph. Mo. 



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, S2.00; Breeders. S5.00 and Sio.oo. 



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



Montana Queens, bred in the Mussel- 

 shell Valley. No other bees within 60 miles: 

 foul brood unknown; all queen candy boiled. 

 Three-banded Italian queens ready June i. 

 Untested. Si. 00. Tested. $1 fo. Cirdeis booked 

 now. 6A4t Elso Apiary. Elso, Mont. 



SrECiAi. — Golden -all -over queens that 

 produce workers of the brightest kind, sooo 

 mated queens was my sales last season. I'n- 

 tested queens each 75c; 50. S 12, 50; 100. $6u.uo. 

 Tested. $123. Select-Tested, S2 00. Breeders. 

 $5.00 and $10.00. J. T. Dunn. Queen Breeder. 



6A7t Rt. 3. San Jose. Calif. 



Untested Italians of J. P. Moore's and 

 Doolittle's stock: 60c apiece; $500 a dozen. 



No disease; safe arrival guaranteed. 

 6.A3t Edward O. Meserve. Ventura. Calif. 



The Two B s of quality— Italian Bees and 

 Sicilian Buttercups. For all that is best, un- 

 excelled Untested queens $1 00 each; six for 

 $5. no. 2-frame nucleus with untested queen, 

 53 50; 3 frame nucleus. S4.00. Buttercup eggs 

 and stock in season. 6.^4! 



H. William Scott. Barre. \'ermont. 



Golden and 3-band Italians, also gray Car- 

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

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

 6 or more. 65c each. Bees per lb . $1 25; nu- 

 clei per frame. $1.50. A discount on orders 

 booked 30 days before shipment. i.A.tf 



Bankston & Lyon. Buffalo. Leon Co.. Tex. 



Quirin'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 i'vo3 and iooq without a single loss. 

 For prices, send for circular. • 

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



Golden and 3-band Italians, also gray Car- 

 niolan queens. Tested. $1 ooeach; 3 or more 

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

 b or more. 65c each. Bees per lb . $1.25; nu- 

 clei per frame. Si. so. A discount on orders 

 booked 30 days before shipment 3Atf 



C. B. Bankston. Buffalo. Leon Co.. Tex. 



Moore's Strain and Golden Italian Queens. 

 Untested. Si 00: six. Ssoo: twelve. So. 00. Car- 

 niolan. Banat andCaucasian Queens, select. 

 Si 25; six. St). 00: twelve. Sio.oo Tested, any 

 kind. Si. 50; six. SSoo Choice breeders. S3 00. 

 Circular free. W. H. Rails. Orange. Calif. 



One of our customers J. A. Carnes. M. D.. 

 Mt. Carmel. Pa writes: "Your bees are 

 evenly marked: all golden but the tip. They 

 are the most GENTLE bees I ever handled." 

 Untested queens. St 00 each. .Send for whole- 

 sale prices. C. W. Phelps & Son. 



3 Wilcox, St.. Binghamton. N. Y. 



Three-Banhed Italian Queens and Bees. 

 Untested queen, 75c each; six. $4.25; twelve. 

 SS no. Tested. Si. 25 each; six, $7.00: twelve, 

 St2.oo. For select queens add 25c each to the 

 above prices. Nuclei without queens, i- 

 frame St. 5": 2-frame. S2 50; 3-frame, $3 00. 1- 

 Ib- bees. Si .^0: ^-Ib. bees. St. 00. Add price 

 of queen wanted witli bees. 



Robert B. Spicer. Whanon, N. J. 



We will requeen all our 2000 colonies this 

 spring with young queens bred from our 

 best home and imported Italian stock. We 

 offer the one-year old queens removed from 

 these hives at 40c each; untested queens, 

 this year's breeding, 00c each. Special re- 

 duced prices for too or more, either old or 

 young. We breed for business, not look 



