174 



May, 1916. 



American ^Bee Journal 



BO that want to get away from their old 

 home. Please understand that these bees 

 which were formerly so attached to their 

 home that they would have willingly sacri- 

 ficed their lives in its defense have under- 

 gone an entire change of heart. Instead of 

 pining for home, they would as soon, or 

 rather, go somewhere else. So if A and B 

 swarm at the sametime andcluster together 

 and then find there is no queen with thenv 

 the bees of A may make a start to return to 

 their own home, and the call at the entrance 

 is due to notice to the bees of B that there's 

 a place where they will be kindly received, 

 and they go there in preference to going to 

 their own home. Suppose, however, that a 

 Quarter of an hour before A and B swarmed 

 C hid swarmed and were returning to their 

 own hive at the time A and B issued. It is 

 Quite likely that A and B. hearing the call at 

 the entrance of C would go there in prefer 

 ence to going to A, 



Whether my interpretation of the feelings 

 of the bees be correct or not. you may rely 

 upon it that the actions of the bees are as 

 stated, for I have observed it many and 

 many a time. 



Weak Colony— Best Stales for Honey Yielding 



1. In examining my bees this spring I found 

 one of them had perished during the winter, 

 although they had plenty of honey and 

 ventilation throughout the winter. 



2. What State in the Union is the best 

 honey vielder? Pennsylvania. 



Answers.— I. Likely the colony was weak, 

 and was caught clustered away from the 

 main stores in a cold spell so long that all 

 the stores within reach were consumed and 

 then the colony starved with plenty of 

 stores in the hive but out of reach. 



2. Rather hard to say. California and 

 Texas claim preeminence. 



Putting Starters in Super— Mixing of Bees 



III. Last season I put a super on a late col- 

 ony of bees, but they did not make honey in 

 it. During the winter they removed all the 

 starters from the section. Must I refill 

 them this spring? 



2 I have a hive of pure Italians in an api- 

 ary with black bees. Will the swarms 

 which come from it be pure Italians ? 



Subscriber. 



Answers.— I. It will be necessary for you 

 to refill the sections from which the bees 

 have torn the starters. These supers should 

 have been taken off just as soon as the 

 honey flow was over last summer or fall, 



2, When the swarm issues it is likely that 

 the old Queen will go with it, and therefore 

 the swarm will be headed by an Italian 

 Queen and will be also pure Italian. The 

 parent colony will rear a new Queen which 

 is pretty apt to be a cross between Italian 

 and blacks. 



Late Swarms 



1. I had three swarms last season that 

 came after Aug. 8. Knowing that it was too 

 late for them to make enough to winter on. 

 I put each one in hive bodies thai had been 

 extracted and partly filled again Appar- 

 ently the swarms went tiirough the winter 

 all right; but a few days ago I discovered 

 one of them was not flying out much, and on 

 examining found but a small handful of 

 bees. They had 20 or 25 pounds of nice 

 honey and no eggs nor young bees, but I 

 found some dead brood, there was no odor 

 about the combs; they had no queen. What 

 do you think was the matter ? Uo you think 

 it was foulbrood ? 



2. If it was not foulbrood would it do to 

 save the combs and honey and give them 

 to other swarms ? 



3. How can you tell when there is foul- 

 brood ? 



4. I have three other hive-bodies on top 

 with nice combs with honey in. Would it 

 be advisable to save them and give them to 



other swarms whenr.hey came ? Texas. 



Answers.— I. You say there was no queen. 

 That is enough to account for the whole 

 trouble. There was some dead brood that 

 was near to emerging, and that may have 

 been there a long time, probably outside the 

 brood-nest, where it had chilled to death. 

 From what you say there was no indication 

 of foulbrood. 



2. Yes. 



3. In American foulbrood you are likely 

 to find here and there a hole in the center of 

 the capping over a brood-cell; and if you 

 stick a tooth pick into the dead larva it will 

 string out as you withdraw the pick; and 

 there is also a very foul odor. In European 

 you will find larvs not yet large enough to 

 be sealed that have quite a yellowish color- 



4. Yes, if there is no disease present. 



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, you must say so when ordering. 



BSES AND QUEENS. 



Finest Italian Queens. Send for booklet. 

 Jay Smith, iiso DeWolfe St.. Vincennes, Ind, 



Phelps' Golden Italian Queens will please 

 you. 



More Bees than I have room for. Will sell 

 50 colonies. E. L. McDowell. McGregor, la. 



Twenty-Five colonies of bees for sale. 

 G. W. Lindle. Muscatine, Iowa 



For Sale cheap 45 colonies of bees, ex- 

 tractor and other supplies. Write. 



Mary Vernon. Carlyle. III. 



Fine three-banded Italian queens. Circu- 

 lar and price list free. J. L. Leath. 

 Corinth. Miss. 



Tell several thousand people what you 

 have for sale with a few words in this de- 

 partment. 



Bees and Queens from my New Jersey 

 apiary. J. H. M. Cook. 



lAtf 70 Cortland St.. New York City. 



Northern Bred Itallans, "Nutmeg" 

 straiTi. Circular. A. W. Yates, 



3 Chapman St.. Hartford. Conn. 



Phelps' Golden Italian Bees are hustlers 



Queens from the Penn Co. See our large 

 ad. elsewhere in this Journal. 



Italian Queens that produce hustlers. 

 Nuclei and pound packages. 



A. E. Crandall & Son. Berlin, Conn. 



Italian Bees for sale in «-frame hives. 

 $5.00 per colony. Satisfaction guaranteed. 

 L Boomhomer. Freehold. Greene Co.. N. Y. 



Doolittle & Clark's Italian breeding 

 queens will be ready for delivery May i. 

 Prices, $10. $5 00, and $2.50. Marietta, N Y. 



Ready now i-lb. 3-band Italian bees with 

 queen, $1.65. 2-fr. nuclei with queen. $2.25- 

 Rosedale Apiaries. J. B. Marshall. 



Big Bend, La. 



Bee-Keeper. let us send our catalog of 

 hives, smokers, foundation, veils, etc. They 

 are nice and cheap. White Mfg. Co., 



4Atf Greenville, Tex. 



Fine Italian queens by return mail Is- 

 land bred. Tested, ti for J6.00; 12 for $11 Un- 

 tested. 6 for t^i.oo; 12 for $u 00. 



E. T. Blaine, St. Petersburg, Fla, 



Vigorous prolific queens, ti 00; 6 $5.00; 

 June I. My circular gives best methods of 

 introducing. A. V. Small. 



2302 Agency Road, St. Joseph, Mo. 



Place your order early to insure prompt 

 service. Tested, $1.25: untested. $1.00. Ital- 

 ians and Goldens. John W. Pharr, 

 Berclair. Tex. 



If You wish to get early queens and comb- 

 less packages place your orders early with 

 the Marchant Bros.. Union Springs, Ala. 

 See our ad elsewhere in this Journal. 



Indianola Apiary offers bees and queens 

 for sale. Untested. 75c. Tested, $[.25, Bees 

 in i-lb. packages. $1 00; i-frame nucleus, Ji 25. 

 Add price of queen if wanted. 



J. Warren Sherman. Valdosta. Ga. 



Queens of Quality— The genuine "qual- 

 ity " kind of dark Italians bred for business. 

 Guaranteed to please or your money back. 

 Circular free. J. I. Banks, 



Dowelltown, Tenn, 



For Sale— Bright Italian queens at 75 cts. 

 each: I7. 50 per dozen or $60 per 100. Ready 

 April 15. Safe arrival and satisfaction 

 guaranteed. W W Talley, 



Rt. 4. Greenville. Ala. 



For Sale— Bright Italian queens this sea- 

 son. 75c each; $8 00 per dozen. Safe arrival 

 and satisfaction guaranteed. 



T. J. Talley. Rt. 3, Greenville, Ala. 



My Bright Italian queens will be ready 

 to ship after April ist at 60c each. Send for 

 price list. Safe arrival and satisfaction 

 guaranteed. M. Bates. Rt. 4. Greenville, Ala. 



Three-Banded Italians ready May and 

 June, Ji 00 each; 6 for J5. 00; i2for$«.oo; after 

 June. 75c each; 6 for $4.25: 12 for $8.00. For 

 larger lots write Curd Walker, Jellico, Tenn. 



Queens from my honey-gathering strains 

 will be ready to ship April ist. In honey- 

 getting qualities they have few equals. See 

 my advertisement elsewhere in this Jour- 

 nal. D. E. Brothers. Attalla. Ala. 



Golden Italian Queens Select tested, 

 $1.25- Tested. $1.00. Untested. 70c; 12. $8.00. 

 Select untested. 80c; 12, $g.oo. Untested, 

 July, IOC off each; $1.00 per doz. off. No foul- 

 brood. D. T. Goster, Rt. 2, Randleman, N, C. 



For Sale— Forty or 50 colonies of bees 

 with good straight combs built mostly from 

 full sheets of foundation. Bees are nearly 

 all Italian with some hybrids. Write me at 

 once. B. A. Manley, Milo. Iowa. 



Quirin's superior northern-bred Italian 

 bees and queens are hardy, and will please 

 you. More than 20 years a breeder. Orders 

 booked now. Free circular. Honeydew for 

 bee food. 5C a lb. H. G. Quirin, Bellevue, O. 



For Sale— In order to make room for early 

 cells we are offering select tested queens 

 for $1.00 each if taken by April 15th. These 

 are young queens and were reared late last 

 fall. M. C . Berry & Co.. Hayneville, Ala. 



A Limited number of new colonies three- 

 banded Italians in nearly new eight-frame 

 hives. $6.50 each. This includes one super. 

 Strawberry bed. postpaid. $i.oj. 



Cherry Grove Fruit Farm. Dows. Iowa. 



Italian Queens, prompt service; queens 

 mailed to purchaser in new style of intro- 

 ducing cage that is safe and sure. Bees 

 from a one-frame nucleus to a carload. 

 Write for price list on colonies, queens and 

 nuclei. J. F. Diemer. Rt 3. Liberty. 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. $i.oo each; 

 "Testecf. $2.00: Breeders. $5.00 and $10.00. 



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



Gray Caucasians— Early breeders; great 

 honey gatherers; cap beautifully white; 

 great comb builders; very prolific; gentle; 

 hardy; good winterers. Untested. Ji.oo. Se 

 lect untested, $1.25. Tested. Ji 50. Select 

 tested. $2.00. H. W. Fulmer, 



BoxTio, Andalusia, Pa. 



