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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



January 



they invariably try to locate thieir new home 

 alone a creek or where water is easily 

 reached. In the fall flowers are all gone so 

 they have nothing to work on. 1 generally 

 look along places that I would consider a 



food watering place, and if successful in 

 nding a bee I catch her. put her in the bait 

 box which I provide myself with, having 

 filled the old comb-cells with diluted honey 

 or syrup made of granulated sugar. Don't 

 make the syrup too thick, as it takes the 

 bees too long to load up and too long to un- 

 load. Also provide yourself with some old 

 comb, and in case you cannot find bees in 

 any other way burn some old comb, and if 

 you are near bees they will smell the comb 

 burning and will come to it. 



The bait box I use is about 6 inches wide. 6 

 deep, and 8 long, with a slide top or cover, 

 and a strip of glass in the top of the cover. 

 As soon as you can see the bee filling her- 

 self with the bait, gently slide the cover 

 open, and when she is filled up she will 

 come out of the box and circle around, close 

 at first, and will keep working farther away, 

 and then make three or four large circles 

 and finally dart in a straight line for home. 



Get the line and you will soon have a box 

 full, and as soon as you have lots of bees 

 working follow up the line, moving your box 

 as you go a short distance at a time. I have 

 timed bees many times when leaving the 

 bait box for home, and where they go about 

 one mile it invariably takes them about 15 

 minutes to go home, unload and get back. 



When they lead you in a thick clumpof 

 timber and you have trouble in locating the 

 tree, and you are not sure but what they 

 passed through the timber, move your bait 

 box to the opposite side, after shutting the 

 cover with a lot of bees in the box. 1 hen 

 let them out. and if they still make for the 

 thick clump of timber, you can come to the 

 conclusion they are in there somewhere. 

 Sometimes you will find them in a tree or 

 log that is lying down, and sometimes they 

 enter a standing tree down at the roots, 

 which is sometimes difficult to locate. Two 

 weeks ago I helped take the bees and honey 

 out of a down hemlock, and we got more 

 than 100 pounds of honey and saved the bees 

 and queen, brought them home, set them to 

 keeping house, pinched the queen which 

 was black, and gave them a nice Italian 

 queen in place of the black one. They were 

 as gentle as the most gentle Italian bees I 

 ever saw. John A. Stevens. 



Mio. Mich.. Nov. i5. 



The National at Madison. — The an- 

 nual meeting of the National Beekeep- 

 ers' Association will be held at Madison, 

 Wis., on Feb. 6, 7 and 8. All beekeep- 

 ers who can possibly do so are urged 

 to attend. It is hoped to develop plans 

 at this meeting which will be a distinct 

 aid to all members and all other bee- 

 keepers. 



North Carolina Meeting.— A meeting 

 of the beekeepers of North Carolina 

 will be held in Board of Trade Hall, 

 Board of Trade Building, Winston- 

 Salem, on Thursday afternoon and eve- 

 ning, Jan. 11, 1917. 



This meeting will be in cooperation 

 with the extension work lately started 

 in the State, and every beekeeper in the 

 State should make their best endeavor 

 to be present and help boost the good 

 work along. It is expected that a State 

 organization will be effected at that 

 time. 



Dr. E. F. Phillips will give an illus- 

 trated lecture and Mr. E. R. Root is ex- 

 pected to fill a large place on the pro- 

 gram. 



Several live papers will be presented 

 by local beekeepers. The North Caro- 

 lina Live Stock Show will be on in 

 Winston-Salem at that time, and many 



beekeepers will have a double reason 

 for attending. 



All beekeepers whose names are 

 listed in the department's records at 

 Raleigh, will receive a circular of the 

 meeting. If your name is not now on 

 the department's mailing list, please 

 write at once to one of the following, 

 giving your name and address, number 

 of colonies kept and kind of hives. 

 Frank Sherman, Jr., Entomologist. 

 George H. Rea, Specialist in Beekeeping. 



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. 



BE:£S AJfD QUEENS. 



Phelps' Golden Italian Queens will please 

 you. 



Three-banded Italian bees and queens 

 Send for our 1017 calendar— it's free. 



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



Bees and Queens from my New Jersey 

 apiary. J. H. M. Cook, 



lAtf 84 Cortland St.. New York City. 



Place your order early to insure prompt 

 service. Tested, li. 25; untested. $1.00. Ital- 

 ians and Goldens. John W. Pharr, 

 Berclair, Tex. 



Phelps' Golden Italian Bees are hustlers 



Vigorous prolific Italian queens. $1.00; 6, 

 $5.00. My circular gives best methods of in- 

 troducing. A. V. Small. 



2302 Agency Road. St. Joseph, Mo. 



For Sale— 7500 pounds of bees in comb- 

 less packages, starting April 1. igi7. Better 

 write us before it is too late to have your 

 order booked. Marchant Bros. 



Union Springs. Ala. 



A Little Ad in our classified columns 

 will sell that perfectly good equipment that 

 you no longer need, Only 15 cents per line 

 each insertion. 



Mv 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. 



Bees FOR Sale— 1000 lbs. in i-lb. packages 

 at $1.00 per lb. Untested Italian queens. 70c 

 extra, to be shipped April i to 20. All orders 

 must be in by April i 



T. W. Burleson. Waxahachie. Tex. 



Business First i.)ueens descriptive price 

 list tells all about them and my $10 free offer. 

 Tested queens ready now. Order early. 



M. F. Perry, Bradentown, Fla. 



Gray Caucasians, exceptionally vigorous 

 and a long lived race of bees; are known as 

 the most gentle of all bees. Free circular 

 and price list. Orders booked now for spring 

 delivery. F. L Barber. Lowville, N. Y. 



For Sale— Apiary of bees at Tularosa, N. 

 Mex.; up-to-date appliances, good bees, good 

 bee location, and fine climate to live in. 

 Selling because of death of late owner. J. A. 

 DeWitt. N. B. DeWitI, 



Care El Paso & S. 'W. Ry,, Douglas. Ariz. 



Phelps' Golden Italian Queens combine 

 the qualities you want. They are great 

 honey gatherers, beautiful and gentle. 

 Mated, li. 00; six. Js-oo; Tested. $3.00- Breed- 

 ers. $5.00 and $io. C. W. Phelps & Son. 



3 Wilcox St., Binghamton, N. Y. 



TELL several thousand people what you 

 have for sale with a few words in this de- 

 partment. 



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. l2.oo: Breeders. $5. 00 and $10.00. 



2Att J. B, Brockwell. Barnetts. 'Va. 



Bees for Sale— A number of well estab- 

 lished apiaries in Frio. Bexar and Atascosa,. 

 Texas, in the mesQuite and guajillo belt havel 

 been listed with us for sale on their present! 

 sites. Can also furnish bees in car lots.l 

 Southwestern Bee Co.. San Antonio. Tex. 



Golden Italinan i.'ueens bred strictlj 

 for business, that produce a strong race oH^ 

 bees as honey gatherers By April i, untest-J 

 ed, 75c each; 6 for $4.25; 12, $8.co; 100. $"0.] 

 Tested. $1.50- Safe arrival, prompt delivery 

 and satisfaction guaranteed. 

 L J. Dunn, 50 Broadway Ave . San Jose. Cal.l 



Queens, Doolittle and Moore strain, also! 

 Goldens that are Golden. One select unt.f 

 $100; 6. $4.25; 12, $8 00. Tested. $125. 



Bees by the pound a specialty. One i-lb.i 

 package, $1 25: one 2 lb , $2 25; large lots less, I 

 also nuclei and colonies. Ready March isth.j 

 Booking orders now. Circular free. i 



J. E. Wing. IS5 Schiele Ave , San Jose, CalifJ 



Bees Wanted— Wanted to buy bees withJ 

 in shipping distance of Atlantic, lowaJ 

 Would prefer to buy f. o b. Atlantic, in teni 

 frame hives. Give full information concern! 

 ing hives, bees, frames, etc., together with 

 price in first letter. Would consider an 

 number from fifty colonies up to carlot. 



I^rank C. Pellett. Atlantic, Iowa, 



HONEY AND BEESWAX 



Wanted — Honey in any lots from anji 

 point. The Honey King, Mahnomen, Minn.| 



Wanted— Comb, extracted honey, and 

 beeswax. R. A. Burnett & Co., 



6Ai2t 173 S. Water St., Chicago, 111. 



Must have extracted honey at once. Write 

 to E. Strubel, 



Hiv2 Louae Ave., Milwaukee, Wis. 



Wanted— Small lots of honey for bakers" 

 use. C. W. Finch, 



1451 Ogden Ave. Chicago, 111. 



No. I white comb, $3. .so per case; No. 2. 

 $5 00. No. I fall comb, $i.oo: No. 2. $250; 24 

 sections to case. H. G. Ouirin. Bellevue. O. 



Wanted — Extracted alfalfa honey and 

 wax. Send sample of honey, price, etc. 



A. E. Burdick, Sunnyside. Wash. 



Wanted— White extracted honey also 

 light amber in any quantity. Send sample 

 and lowest cash price. 



E B Rosa. Monroe. Wis. 



Wanted— Wax and old combs for cash or 

 to make up on shares. "Best quality " foun- 

 dation made and sold cheap in small lots. 

 J. J. Angus. Grand Haven, Mich. 



Comb Honey our specialty. Highest mar- 

 ket prices obtained. Consignments of Ex- 

 tracted Honey also solicited. 



Albert Hurt & Co.. New Orleans. La. 



Wanted — Extracted white clover and 

 light amber honev. Will buy in lots of 10:0 

 pounds to a carload. I pay cash. State what 

 you have and sendsample with lowest price. 

 Write. M. E. Eggers, Rt. i, Eau Claire. Wis. 



Wanted— Well ripened white extracted 

 honey, preferably alfalfa and sweet clover 

 or white clover Send sample and price to 

 The Colorado Honey Producers' Association 

 1424 Market St.. Denver. Colo. 



Wanted— Extracted honey in both light 

 and amber grades. Kindly send sample, 

 tell how your honey is put un. and quote 

 your lowest cash price, f. o. b. Preston. 



M. V. Facey. Preston, Minn. 



For Sale— 65 cols. Italian bees $400 per 

 col.; 10 cols, hybrids. $3 50 per col. All from 

 J. T. Moore's strain, and in 8-frame hive 

 bodies in winter cases; standard full depth 

 self-spacingHoffman frames, 8 to each hive, 

 all combs straight; cols, strong and healthy 

 with stores for winter; would bunch the lot 

 for $325 per col.; a few untested Italian 

 queens. 60c each. Wilmer Clarke. 



Earlvllle. Mad. C0..N. Y. 



