September, 1910. 



American l^ee Journal 



ily were obliged to dwell in similar insani 

 tary conditions. Tliey are sick from foul 

 air! And that's not all, the queen is pack- 

 ine up and Betting ready for a trip to the 

 health resort. To live and keep her health 

 she must look about for relief, and she finds 

 it only through swarming. I have had them 

 so sick and disgusted with conditions that 

 they would "pull out" without even making 

 any preparations iqueen-cells). 



How do you expect to have healthy queens 

 and do as you do ? Every so often you go 

 and unpack her baggage, which the bees 

 have put up in good faith that mother might 

 have a change. Then the bees are not so 

 bad off, for they can go out and in as they 

 choose, but .t/;c must remain with the condi- 

 tion. You remove the queen-cells, and by 

 so doing keep her at home. 



Take two i-fra me observation hives; select 

 2 equally good queens; along with each 

 queen place an equal amount of bees; place 

 one of these in each hive— one you stint with 

 air. and she soon makes preparation for 

 swarming; the otiier one give all the air she 

 requires, and she stays with that single 

 comb all summer. So then don't talk room 

 for brood, to me. 



It looks queer when the 10- frame colonies all 

 swarm and the 8 frame ones do not, when all 

 are opened wide at each end of the bottom- 

 board just alike. There's the condition that 

 no bottom ventilation reaches, but zigzag 

 the supers and out goes your gas, and the 

 bees stay at home. Always two ways to skin 

 a cat. I do not zigzag, nor do I care to. 

 Learn the cause and then hunt the relief. 



What happens after removingquecn-cells? 

 After a while her needed trips to a health 

 resort which you stopped has got her quite 

 sick; in fact, has become chronic with her. 

 and after a while may be it's foul brood. 

 You call the doctor (inspector); he recom- 

 mends the removal of all old work, and to 

 put 'em on the health-resort treatment for a 

 cure. You remove the cause, and may be 

 her. too, but you have had a strenuous time; 

 lots of bother and worry— a lot more than it 

 takes to furnish them with plenty of pure, 

 fresh air, which will keep them alf well, and 

 you happy. J. P. Bl.LNK. 



Moorland, Iowa. 



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Wants, Exchanges, Etc. 



(Advertisements in this department will 

 be inserted at 15 cents per line, with no dis- 

 countsof any kind Notices here cannot be 

 less than two lines. If wanted in this de- 

 partment, you must say so when ordering.) 



For S.^le- Sweet Clover Seed after Sep- 

 tember ist. Wm. Craig, Luce, Mich. 



For Sale— i6o-lb. honey-kegs at 50c each f. 

 o.b. factory. N. L. Stevens, Moravia, N. Y. 



Italian Untested Queens, 7'! cents; Test- 

 ed, J1.25. Breeders, Ss.oo each. E. M. Collyer. 

 8.-\i2t 75 Broadway, Ossining, N. Y. 



For .Sale. — Alfalfa honey in new cans and 

 cases; -',: cts. per lb,, f. o. b. oAst 



Geo. E. Coffin. Route 2. Parma, Idaho. 



Maine-Bred Italian Queens— Untested 75c 

 Tested $1. Nuclei and full colonies. Red-clo- 

 ver strain. 'Write for price-list. 8A3t. 

 Eugene 'Watson, R. F. D. 2, Madison, Maine. 



For Sale— Golden Queens that produce qo 

 to 100 percent 5-banded bees. Untested, Si; 

 Tested $Lf;o; .Select Tes, S2; Breeders,?'; toSio 

 »Ai2t J. B. Rrockw ell, Bradley's Store, Va. 



For Sale.— About bo colonies of bees in 8- 

 frame hives, all heavy with honey. Price, 

 Sl.St* per colony, f. o. b. shipping point. 



'jAtf Robert Bute, K iith St., Troy, N. Y. 



Mv AiMARV of 157 colonies and all the 

 things used to run it will be for sale in Octo- 

 ber. Price will be low. Parties interested 

 write for full particulars. 



''Atf Edwin Bevins, Leon, low 



For Sale or Exchange for small farm- 

 Novelty Mfg. Plant-building, lot, engine, 

 planer, matches etc. -full equipment, (iood 

 business. Will deal all or part. Address. 

 A care American Bee .lournal. 



OAKS HOTEL CO. 



THE K E N M R E 



ALBANY, N. Y. 



ONE OF THE BEST HOTELS IN THE CITY. 

 European Plan $1.50 and Upwards 



Within five minutes walk of Capitol Building, and one block from Union Depot. 



Busses meet 

 ALL TRAINS 

 and BOATS 



100 Rooms and 

 Bath; 175 Rooms 

 ^ with Hot and Cold 

 Running Water 



J. A. OAKS, IVIanager. 



ALSO THE LAKESIDE HOTEL, newly built in IKOT, Thompson's Lake, N. Y., 

 in the Helderberg Mountains, 17 miles from Albany. Altitude lU-id ft. Hot 

 and cold running water; tub and shower baths. Service unexcelled. Rates 

 moderate. Boating, fishing, hunting, golf, tennis, etc. Good livery. Send 

 for Booklet. 



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J. iVI. OAKS, IVIanager. 



Wanted.— Sweet Clover Seed.— Submit 

 sample with price, f. o. b. Chicago, stating 

 amount, kind, etc. Address. 



Arnd Honey ^i Bee-Supply Co., 

 148 W. Superior St., Chicago, Hi. 



Wanted— Fancy Comb & Extracted Hon- 

 ey from producers, in large Quantities. Send 

 Sample of Extracted and prices. 



C. W. Harmon Co., 31 Josephine St., 



8Atf Asheville, N. C. 



Wanted— Some one who wants a good lo- 

 cation for bees, to take up a homestead or 

 Government land. 1 know a few nice vacant 

 pieces. Address, Jas. M. Level, a.^tf 



Yacolt, Clark Co., Wash. 



FVjR Sale— Choice extracted honey for ta- 

 ble use, mostly sweet clover— water-white, 

 thick, well-ripened, flavor simply delicious. 

 Price, QC per lb. in 6olb, cans. Sample, loc. 

 J. P. Moore, Queen-Breeder, Morgan. Ky. 



FOK Sale— 75 to too Colonies Italian Bees 

 in 8-frame hives; hives nearly new, and all 

 heavy with honey. No disease. Price. S^.oo 

 per colony f. o. b. shipping-point. Address. 



8Atf Wm. J. Healy. Mineral Point. Wis. 



For Sale.— About a ton of fine White 

 Clover Honey, all capped before extracted. 

 Price, S.S 40 for one ho-lb. can. or S'jc per lb. 

 for larger orders. Sample mailed for inc. 



gAtf f)r. S. B. Smith. Willow Springs, 111. 



F"oR Sale— Extracted honey gathered while 

 the country around was covered with white 

 clover bloom. Was extracted from sealed 

 combs. If you want something that will sat- 

 isfy, send $5,511 per can, for two or more 60- 

 pound cans. ICdwin Bevins, 8.-\tf 

 Rt, 2, Leon, Decatur Co.. Iowa. 



For California.— I have to sell an out- 

 yard of 100 colonies of bees (more or lesS', 

 built on full br. F., full stores, in L. size, b. 

 and sh. s., dovet. redw. ; 3 coats white, 

 sheeted cover, each hive and colony a 

 model. A snap for the buyer. .Address. 



losepli Wallralh. Antioch. Cal. 



For ,S.\le.— ^000 lbs. new crop Sweet Clover 

 .Seed. Hulled, yellow, 4 lbs, by mail, pre- 

 paid. Si. 00; 10 lbs to too lbs., 15c per lb. Un- 

 hulled yellow, 4 lbs. by mail, prepaid, aSc; 

 10 lbs.. Si. 2u; ioolbs..Sio, White variety same 

 price. R. L. Snodgrass, 



oA3t Rt, 4, Augusta, Kan, 



For Sale.-As I wish to go out West and 

 take up a homestead. I will sell a lo-acre 

 mountain farm, suitable for a peach orchard; 

 some fine strawberry ground, also 75 or 80 

 colonies bees, mostly in double deck 10- 

 franie hives, dovetailed and Dan/enbaker; 

 60 twin-mating hives; all necessary tools for 

 queen-rearing; extractor, wax-press, 300 sec- 

 tions, comb foundation, etc. Never-failing 

 spring of soft cold water, 



gAtf A- H. Kau.igy. Kishacoguillas. Pa 



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