December. 1910. 



American 'See Journal 



Two years for $1.oo 



As a rule, persons subscribing for the Review after the beginning of the 

 year ask for the back numbers so that they may have a complete volume, and ex- 

 tra copies are always printed to supply this demand. That no one may be disap- 

 pointed, more copies are printed than probably will be needed. At present I 

 have nearly 200 complete sets for liUO, and rather than have them cumber my 

 shelves, and gather dust year after year, I prefer to have them out doing good ; 

 hence as long as the supply holds out, I will send a complete set to each one who 

 sends me a $1.00 for the Review for 1911. 



Back numbers of the Review are different from those of newspapers and 

 some journals. The information that they contain is just as valuable now as 

 when first published. It is impossible on this page to give much description, but 

 I will mention some of the articles that appear in the Review for 1!I10. They are 

 as follows : 



Disposing of tlie Honey Crop to 

 Best Advantage 



A special feature of tlie Review for loio. 

 is a series of articles from leading bee-keep- 

 ers on the subject. Some of them have 

 added nearly one-half to their income by 

 improvinK their metliods of marketing. 



Making 100 Percent Increase, Yet 



Getting a Full Crop of Comb 



Honey 



This would not seem possible, and yet Mr. 

 Leonard S. Griggs, of Flint. Mich., has a plan 

 that he calls "double ■ shook ■ swarming." 

 whereby he really accomplishes this feat. 

 and describes it in an article for loia. 



Freeing Extracting Supers of Bees 



Without Bee-Escapes or 



Removing Combs 



It has been considered well-nigh impossi- 

 ble to remove combs for extracting when 

 robbers are troublesome, without using bee- 

 escapes, yet three veterans. K. D. Town- 

 send. F. B. Cavanagh. and R. F. Holter- 

 mann. all describe in the Review a system 

 of management whereby this can be accom- 

 plished in a practical manner. 



A New System of Extracting 



Mr. K. 1). Towusend. of Michigan, has 

 evolved a new system of extracting honey. 

 It is radically different, and away ahead of 

 what has been done in the past. In the hrst 

 place, the combs are freed from the bees 

 without removing them from the hives, yet 

 without the use of bee-escapes. The honey 

 is freed from pieces of wax. or any foreign 

 substance, without the use of cloth strain- 

 ■ers. and every Aij^ drop of honey in the cap- 

 pings is saved. This system is illustrated 

 and described in the Review for loio. 



Rendering Old Combs into Wax, 



With Great Ease, Speed and 



Perfection 



Mr. W. J. Manley. of .Sandusky. Mich., has 

 perfected a method of wax making that de- 

 serves the above title. The Roots say that 

 it stands at the iiead of wax-rendering 

 methods. The characteristic features of 

 the plan are that of pressing only a small 

 amount of material at one time, doing it very 

 thoroughly, yet with such a system that one 

 batch can follow another in rapid succes- 

 sion; pressing the slumgum under water 

 that is boiling hot : releasing and re-applying 

 the pressure -7 Az Hershiser: getting the wax 

 up on top of the water, away from trie slum- 

 gum and the burlap packing; then pouring 

 the wax and hot water off into a cooling 

 tank ; and last, but not least, drawing off the 

 hot water from under the wax. in the cool- 

 ing tank, and using the hot water over again 

 for melting the next batch, thus saving the 

 heating of another boiler of water. I visited 

 Mr. Manley. saw the work performed, made 

 photographs of the implements (all home- 

 made), and described tliem and the process 

 in the Review. 



New York's Comb Honey Prize 

 Winner Writes for the Review 



Mr. S. D. House, of New York, has a sys- 

 tem of comb-honey production which en- 

 ables him to produce honey whereby he has 

 been able, for 14 years in succession, to 

 secure the ist premium at the York State 

 F'air; and such is the demand for it that he 

 can virtually set his own price upon it. In 

 regard to the quantity produced, per colony, 

 here is a pointer; A neighboringbee-keeper 

 told me that he had heard so much about the 

 big crops produced by Mr. House, that for 

 two or three years he had been going up 

 there in June to see the honey on the hives, 

 and it would surprise one to see the amount 

 of honey in the supers before other bees 

 had even made a start in the sections. Mr. 

 House describes and illustrates his system 

 in a series of articles in the Review for loio. 



Producing a Crop of Comb Honey 



With Only Four Visits During 



the Harvest— No Swarming 



Mrs. S. Wilbur Frey. of Sand Lake, Mich., 

 has. for 16 years, managed from two to four 

 apiaries, producing from S500 to Siooo worth 

 of comb honey yearly in the last three years 

 she has cleared Jiooo yearly . and what is of 

 much importance, she has practically solved 

 the swarming problem — no watching for 

 swarms is necessary. She does most of the 

 work herself, with the aid of a helper, when 

 necessary to do the heavy lifting. .She fias 

 developed a system of management which 

 enables her to manage an apiary with only 

 four visits during the working season. In a 

 long article in the Review for loio. she de- 

 scribes her methods. 



Wonderful Results from Care in 

 Breeding 



The one apicultural field left nearly un- 

 trodden is that of improvement in stock. 

 Xone holds out greater rewards for the ef- 

 forts put forth. This is proven by the won- 

 derful yields secured by the few enterpris- 

 ing men who have ventured into this fertile 

 realm. For instance, when attending con- 

 ventions and visiting bee-keepers last win- 

 ter in New York, I repeatedly heard of the 

 wonderful strain of Italians and the bounti- 

 ful yields secured by Geo. B. Howe, of Black 

 River. N. Y. I corresponded with Mr. Howe, 

 and learned that, for 14 years, he had been 

 working in the direction of improving his 

 stock; and that, of late, it is not unusual for 

 him to secure 200 pounds of comb honey per 

 colony. For three years he has offered, and 

 would gladly pay. $100 for a queen whose 

 bees would prove superior to his present 

 stock. Mr. Howe was induced to tell, in the 

 Review, the story of his success. How he 

 secured the best stock to begin with; how 

 the work of weeding out and selection was 

 performed; his methods of breeding— in 

 short, he gives the information that will en 

 able any other enterprising bee-keeper to 

 go and do likewise— to easily add thousands 

 of pounds yearly to his surplus. .Mr. Howe 

 tells exactly what steps he would take if his 

 present stock were all swept away, and he 

 was compelled to start all over again anew 



Please mention Am. B«e Journal when writing. 



Celluloid Queen-Buttons 



Tliuse are very pretty thiniis for bee-keep- 

 ers or honey-selk-rs to wear on their rnNt. 

 lapels. They often serve to introduce the 

 subject of lioney. wliich might frequently 

 lead to a sale. 



Note. — One bee-keeper writes: "I have 

 every reason to believe that it would be a 

 very good idea for every bee- 

 keeper to wear one [of these 

 buttons], as it will cause peo- 

 ple to ask questions about 

 the busy bee, and many a 

 conversation thus started 

 wind up with the sale of 

 more or less honey; at any 

 rate it would give the bee- 

 keeper a superior opportu- 

 nity to enlighten many a person in regard to 

 honey and bees." 



The picture shown above is a reproduc- 

 tion of a motto queen-button that we offer 

 to bee-keepers. It has a pin on the under- 

 side to fasten it. 



Prices— by mail— I for 6 cts.; 2 for 10 cts.; 

 or 6 for 25 cts. Address. 



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