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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



May 



one frame of brood, and fill up each hive 

 with frames filled with foundation. 1 hat 

 leaves the new colony without a queen. How 

 are they to be supplied with a Queen ? 



2 You mention a good bee-bpolt. Uadant- 

 Langstroth. Where can I get this book and 

 what is the price? . j„ ,„ 



5 How can I tell when a colony is ready to 

 bl divided ? COLORADO. 



Answers.-i. You can give the queenless 

 bees on the new stand a queen, or you can 

 give them a ripe queen-cell-a queen-cell 

 from which the queen will emerge in a day 

 or so-or you can leave them to themselves 

 and they will rear a queen. 



2 You can get the book from theofticeol 

 the American Bee Journal The price is 

 ti 50. or with the American Bee Journal one 

 year, $2 00. 



3 You will be pretty safe to divide about 

 the time the bees in your locality begin to 

 swarm naturally, and dont divide theni 

 until a colony is strong, having brood in at 

 least six frames. , 



^OATNOTiCE 



THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HONEY 

 PRODUCTION 



WE call the attention of our readers 

 to the appeals to the beekeep- 

 ers in these columns for a 

 strenuous effort in honey production 

 Tnd food conservation. . A call was 

 made for the consideration of these 

 matters at Washington April 23. The 

 bee editors, teachers, extension work- 

 ers and supply manufacturers were in- 

 vited to this meeting on short notice. 



The conference drew up a series of 

 recommendations which are given here- 



""Committees were appointed as fol- 

 lows ■ (1) To obtain an increased allot- 

 S of funds for the Office of Bee 

 Culture Investigations for this emer- 

 aencv (2) To ascertain the available 

 fupply' of honey containers and to 

 urge the commission which is deal- 

 ing with this general subject to in- 

 clude honey containers in their plans; 

 (3^ To learn what markets are available 

 for exports of honey; (4).To ascertain 



tSe supply of P^PVhe°haT'('5VTo re 

 tin or glass cannot be had, (.6) io re 

 Quest the postal authorities to permit 

 the mailing of combless packages of 

 bees Thefe committees .began work 

 promptly on the following . morning 

 ^ A tuJir renorts wil be issued as 

 nufckly as poTible. The Office of Bee 

 Culture Investigations was requested 

 to notify Texas beekeepers of the short- 

 age of bees in parts of the Northwest 

 Smce prospects are poor in Texas it 

 was suggested that many beekeepers 

 Tould a'dfantageously sell bees to bee- 

 keeoers in the Northwest. ^ , , „ 



The meeting also passed the follow- 

 ing res"utions addressed to the Secre- 

 afy of Agriculture concerning the pos- 

 3?bU increase of honey production : 



1 People who have no land may keep 

 bees and produce 50 to 100 pounds of 

 honey "rom each colony. Thousands 



"'I ThlVr°esen"productionof 300,000,- 



rariea^tm0l0.^00To-^^^^^^^^ 

 dCand,and.tof^ve times as much as 



-rEvVrr'poind"orhon'e1'%arbohy. 

 drate) produced will release one pound 

 of butter or sugar for other purposes 



°V°Wi'th a prospective shortage of 

 sugar a large production of honey .s 

 imperative. 



5. To bring the 800,000 existing and 

 many more prospective beekeepers to 

 the highest point of efficiency, we ask 

 for the Bureau of Entomology, Divis- 

 ion of Bee Culture, a reasonable sum 

 out of the emergency appropriation of 

 $25,000,000 for the Department of Agri- 

 culture. To enable them to extend 

 their work at once in every State of the 

 Union, it would require an appropria- 

 tion of 4 percent or $100,000. 



(Signed) 

 Francis Jager, 



President National Beekeepers' Assn. 



G. E. Bacon, 



G. B. Lewis Co. 



E. R. Root, 



Editor of Gleanings in Bee Culture. 



A. L. BOYDEN, 



Secretary The A. I. Root Co. 



Burton N. Gates, 



Massachusetts Agricultural College. 

 Amherst. Mass. 



The American Bee Journal is heartily 

 in favor of the above suggestions and 

 of anything which will increase the 

 production of food articles. We hear 

 from private sources that in many 

 countries the sugar supply is short. 

 Now is the time to urge the most exten- 

 sive production of honey which it is 

 possible to secure. 



Classified Department 



B££S AND QUEENS. 



Phelps" Golden Italian Queens will please 

 you . 



Fulmer's Gray Caucasian queens are 

 winners; also by fram e and pound. 



Minnesota bred Italian queens. Virgins, 

 45c; mated, $1.00. O. C. Wa ndrie, Prazee,Minn 



Bees and Queens from my New Jersey 

 apiary. J H. M. Cook. 



lAtf 84 Cortland St.. New York City. 



Try Alexander's Italian queens for re 

 suits. Untested, each, 75c; 6 for $4.25; $8.00 

 per dozen. C. F. Alexander, Campbell. Cal 



Try my very best Caucasian-Italian tested 

 queens at $1.00 each. Hybrids at 25c each. 

 Peter Schaffhauser. Havelock. N. C. 



Golden Italian Queens, no better honey 

 gatherers anywhere at any price. Untested, 

 $1,00. Tested. $2.00. Wallace R. Beaver. 



Lincoln. III. 



Italian Queens from the E. E. Mott's 

 strain of bees. Unt.. 00c each; $0.00 per doz. 

 Safe delivery guaranteed. 



Zarl E. Mott. Glenwood, Mich. 



I AM now booking orders for my 3-banded 

 Italian queens, for delivery after May 20. 

 One untested. 75c; 6. $4 25; 12. $8. 00. Tested 

 queens. $1.50. Robt. I}. Spicer.Wharton.N. J, 



For Sale— iooo lbs. of bees in 2-lb. pack- 

 ages. I to 40 2-lbs. bees in package. $2.25 

 each; 50 to 500 2-lbs. bees in package. $2.12)^ 

 each. Untested Italian queens, 75c extra. 

 H E Graham. Gause, Tex. 



Rhode Island Queens, Italian. Carniolan. 

 Caucasian and Banats. Tested in May. $2.00. 

 Untested. $1.50. Full colonies and bees by 

 the pound. Send for circular. 



Edwin Tuttle. Woonsocket. R. I. 



Queens of Quality— Select 3-band leath- 

 er colored Italians, bred for honey produc- 

 tion. Untested queens, 75c each; six, $425; 

 12, $8.00. Circular free. 



J. I. Banks, Dowelltown. Tenn. 



Finest Italian Queens. Send for circu 

 lar and prices. May to November. 

 J. W. Romberger,3ii3LocustSt..Sl. Joe, Mo, 



Tested leather-colored queens. $2 00; after 

 June I. $150; untested. $1,00; $io per dozen 

 A. W. Yates. 3 Chapman St., Hartford.Conn 



Place your order early to insure prompt 

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

 ians and Goldens. John W. Pharr, 

 Berclair, Tex. 



For Sale— Golden untested queen. $1,00; 

 6for$5.oo. For quantities, write me. Satis- 

 faction guaranteed. R. O. Cox, 



Rt. 4. Greenville, Ala. 



For Sale— 200 Colonies Italian Bees in 

 lo-fr. hives. All worker comb, extracting su- 

 pers and section-holders. J. B. Merwin. 

 Prattsville. N. Y. 



Phelps' Golden Italian Bees are hust lers 



Vigorous prolific Italian queens $1.00; 5. 

 $5 00. June ist. My circular gives best meth- 

 ods of introduction. A. V. Small. 

 2303 Agency Road. St. Joseph. Mo. 



For Sale— 7500 pounds of bees in comb- 

 less packages, starting April I, IQI7. Better 

 write us before it is too late to have your 

 order booked. Marchant Bros. 



Union Springs, 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. 



For Sale— Bright Italian queens at 75c 

 each; $7.50 per doz. Ready April 15, Safe 

 arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. 



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



Goldens that are true to name. Write for 



testimonials; one race only. Unt, each, 75c; 



6. $4,25; 12, $8.25; 50, $32.50; 100, $60. Tested, 



$1.50. Sel. test., $2,00. Breeders, $5 00 and $10. 



Garden City Apiaries. San Jose, Calif. 



Queens— 3-banded Italians, Bred strictly 

 for business. Untested, 60c. Tested, $1.00. 

 Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed or 

 money refunded. Sinking Creek Apiaries, 

 Gimlet, Ky. 



For Sale— a fine apiary of os colonies, to- 

 gether with all fixtures. Good location for 

 honey. Never had a failure. Reason for 

 selling, death of wife. For further particu- 

 lars, address H C. Gadberry. Miami, Mo. 



For Sale— 2-fr. nuclei 3-band Italians with 

 queen, $2,25; i-lb. bees with queen, $1.65. 

 Hoffman frames wire and foundation at cata- 

 log prices. J. B. Marshall & Son, 

 Rosedale Apiaries, Big Bend, La. 



Leather colored 3-band Italian bees, $1.25 

 per pound. Tested queens, $1 00; untested, 

 75c each; 2-fr. nuclei, $2.00. Delivery after 

 April 15. C. H. Cobb. Belleville. Ark. 



Well Bred 3-banded Italian queens' 

 Prices for June, one, $i.oc; 6 for $5.00. 'rested. 

 $1.25; 6 for $7,00. Write for circular. Nuclei 

 and full colonies readv now. 



J. F. Diemer. Rt. 3, Liberty, Mo. 



To Inquirers:- I sell no queens directly 

 but have an arrangement with the Stover 

 Apiaries, Starkville, Miss., which I keep 

 supplied with best breeders, and they can 

 supply you with my stock. 



C. C. Miller, Marengo, 111, 



Golden Italian Queens by June ist. Un- 

 tested, 75c, or six for $4 25; doz., $3 00. Select 

 untested, $i.co. Tested, $1.25; six for $7.00. 

 Breeders, $5.00. Pure mating guaranteed. 

 Send for circular. J. I. Danielson, 



Fairfield, Iowa. 



My Bright Italian queens will be ready 

 to ship April i at 75c each; virgin queens, 

 30c each. Send for price list of queens. Bees 

 by the pound. Safe arrival and satisfaction 

 guaranteed. W. W. Talley, 



Rt. 4. Greenville. Ala. 



SwARTs' Golden Queens of quality; pro- 

 duce bees that are not surpassed by any 

 bees, in any way, anywhere. Satisfaction 

 guaranteed. Mated, $1,00. Select, $125; for 

 $5.00. Tested, $1.75, Select, $2.00. 



D. L. Swarts. Rt. 2. Lancaster, Ohio. 



Fine Italian Queens— Can furnish select 

 stock at the following prices: Single queen, 

 $1.00 each; 2 queens. $1.75; 3 queens. $2.50: 12 

 queens. $0.00. Six or more at dozen rates. 

 No disease. Safe arrival. Can begin filling 

 orders about May 15. Give me a trial. 



Chas. M. Darrow. Star Rt., Milo, Mo. 



