July, 1915. 



American ^ae Journal 



247 



States, and boiiBht a tosled queen I started 

 for the shatiy spot with an a-fraine hi\'e 

 hlled with medium weiiilit foudation. re- 

 moved two frames of brood all capped from 

 one of the strongest colonies, placed them 

 in a new iionie and closed the entrance 

 with a wire screen nailed to a strip of wood 

 the width of the hive Then I introducetl 

 the queen. On reopenint; the hive I found 

 that the bees were doinu well: in fact.il 

 showed a number of newly-HIIed cells. Hut 

 a few days later I found that I provided the 

 hive with more frames than the workers 

 could well cover; the result was that I dis- 

 coved the South was well inlested with the 

 bees" greatest enemy— the bee moth. 



I did not know or realize the destructive- 

 ness of these pests, so I just removed the 

 frames that were the most affected and de- 

 stroyed them. But the moth had done their 

 work secretly, for as I opened the hive 

 again shortly after. I found neither queen, 

 worker nor drones But 1 was a little sur- 

 prised to find the queen clinging to the side 

 of the parent colony, bei^giny lor admittance. 

 I sent to the same breeder for another tested 

 queen, successfully introduced her. but she 

 again proved a failure as a breeder. A good 

 deal, in fact the principal cause of my fail- 

 ure, may be attributed to the scarcity of 

 natural food for the bees to work on. as the 

 South, like most sections of the Ufiited 

 States, suffered last year from a long drouth 

 as never before. Of couse. beedom suf- 

 fered in consequence. 



I did tinally succeed, however, in making 

 a divide which grew into a strong colony, 

 and was wintered successfully. 



Nashville. Tenn. Frederick Bender. 



Louisiana Beekeepers to Hold Meeting. 



— A field meet of the Louisiana State 

 Beekeepers' Association will be held 

 Saturday, July 17, at G. Frank Pease's 

 apiary, five miles northwest of Shreve- 

 port, on the Mooringsport model road. 

 Demonstrations and talks on bee cul- 

 ture will be the order of the day, fol- 

 lowed by a business meeting of the 

 association to transact all business that 

 may properly come before the body. 

 Everybody interested in bees is cor- 

 dially invited to attend. Automobile 

 service from Shreveport to apiary. 



L. T. Rogers, Scc.-'J'reas. 

 G. Frank Pease, Fres. 



Conference of Inspectors and Instructors 



in Bee Culture of the United States 



and Canada 



On Sept. 8, the day following the 

 joint field meeting of the Iowa, Illinois 

 and Missouri beekeepers at the Dadant 

 apiaries at Hamilton, 111 , a meeting has 

 been arranged for the inspectors and 

 instructors in apiculture of the United 

 States and Canada. These two meet- 

 ings, coming together at such a central 

 point, should draw beekeepers from 

 many States. All beekeepers are in- 

 vited to attend both meetings, and to 

 take part in the discussion. The meet- 

 ing of the inspectors and instructors 

 will be held at Keokuk, Iowa, just 

 across the river from Hamilton. 



The program is not yet complete, but 

 will be in part as follows : 



"Cooperation of Inspectors" — N. E. 

 France, of Wisconsin. 



" Educational Work of Inspectors" 

 —Dr. E. F. Phillips, Washington, D. C. 



" Place of Botany in Beekeepers' 

 Education" — Dr. L. H. Pammel, Iowa. 



Papers have also been promised by 

 Prof. Jager of Minnesota, Inspector 

 Crane, of Vermont, Wesley Foster, of 

 Colorado, and several other prominent 

 men have been invited to speak who 

 have not as yet been heard from. 



The big dam across the Mississippi 



river, together with two big days of 

 field meeting and convention should 

 insure a large attendance. Remember 

 the dates, Sept. 7 at Hamilton, and 

 Sept. 8 at Keokuk, and plan to attend. 

 Frank C. Pellett. 



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. 



BEES AND QIIEENS. 



Phelps' Golden Italian Queens will please 

 you. 



Bees and Queens from my New Jersey 

 apiary. J. H. M. Cook. 



lAtf 70 Cortland St.. New York City. 



Golden all-over Queens. Untested. Xi.oo. 

 Tested, Jj.oo. Breeders. S5.00 and $10. 



Robert Inghram. Sycamore. Pa. 



Phelps' Golden Italian Bees are hustlers. 



Queens from the Penn Co. See our large 

 ad. elsewhere in this Journal. 



Vigorous prolific Italian queens. $1.00 

 each; 6 for $500. A. V Small. 



2302 Agency Road. St. Joseph. Mo. 



Archdekin's fine Italianqueensand bees. 

 See larger ad. in this issue. 



J. F. Archdekin. Big Bend. La. 



Golden all-over Queens of Quality. Un- 

 tested. 75c; tested, Ji. so. 



A. O. Heinzel, Rt. 3. Lincoln. III. 



Queens of Moore's strain of Italians Un- 

 tested. $1.00 each; 6 for $5 00. Less in larger 

 numbers. P. B. Ramer. Harmony, Minn. 



For Sale — Bright Italian queens at 55 cts. 

 each, or $6.00 per dozen. Safe arrival and 

 satisfaction guaranteed. 



W. W. Talley. Rt. 4. Greenville. .■\la. 



Goldens thai are golden. Untested. $1.50 

 Tested. $3 00 to $20.00. Send for booklet. 

 Geo M. Steele. 

 4527 Sansom St., Philadelphia. Pa 



Italian and Carniolan Queens, the ear- 

 liest and best to be had of either race. My 

 circular and prices are free. 



Grant Anderson, San Benito. Tex. 



Italian Queens for sale this season at 

 60c each; J- 00 per dozen. Ready April I3. 

 Safe arrival guaranteed. T. J. Talley, 

 Rt. 3. Greenville. Ala. 



Place your order early to insure prompt 

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

 ians and Goldens. John W Pharr. 

 Berclair. Tex. 



QuiRiN's superior improved queens and 

 bees are northern bred, and are hardy. Or 

 ders booked now Over 20 years a breeder. 

 P'ree circular H G. Quirin. Bellevue. Ohio. 



Mv Famous Bright Italiam Queens will 

 be 55c each after July i. Send for price list. 

 Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. 

 M. Bates. Rt. 4. Greenville. Ala. 



Golden Italian Queens, about June i. 

 Untested 75c; half doz.. J400. Tested. |i. 25. 

 Pure mating guaranteed. 



J. I. Danielson. Rt. 7. Fairfield. Iowa. 



A One Pound Swarm of bees with choice 

 Italian queen. $2-5o; six for $13. A splendid 

 way to make increase cheaply with good 

 stock. Untested Italian queens. 75c each; 

 six, t4 00; 2S for ii';. Order now, 



J. B. Hollopeter. Pentz, Pa. 



Italian Queens — Breeders. J2 50 . Ls.oo 

 and $iii. Untested. $1 ou each; six for $5.00; 

 Vi.no per dozen. Doolittle & Clark. 



Marietta. N. Y. 



Italian Bees. 2 lbs. $I^o. orwith queen 

 and frame of brood. $2. so; black bees. 6.sc a 

 pound. Fine fruit and pasture land. $4.00 an 

 acre. (,', H. Cobb. Belleville. Ark. 



QuFENS.— The quality kind. 3banded Ital- 

 ians only. Winners at Hartford and Berlin, 

 lyU. Untested. $1.00 each; $q. 00 per dozen. 

 A. E Crandall & Son. Berlin, Conn. 



Pure Italian QuEENs-Guaranteed; by 

 return mail. One. $100; 6. $4.25; 12. $8.00; 50, 

 $32; luo, $60. Also bees by the pound, nuclei 

 and full colonies. Please send for free cir- 

 cular. J. E. Wing. 



I5S Schiele Ave , San Jose. Calif. 



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, Ji.oo each; 

 Tested. J2.00; Breeders. $5.00 and $10.00. 



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



Italian Queens, also the Golden Beau- 

 ties and Carniolans Tested. $1.00. Untested, 

 75c each For bees by the pound and queens 

 in lots write for prices. Page Bankston. 

 Buffalo. Tex. 



For Sale— Fine honey gathering strain ol 

 Italian bees in pound packages. One lb., 

 $1 .so; 10 lbs. $1250; 100 lbs.. $100. Special 

 prices on larger quantities Small shipments 

 by return mail. Leib& Miller. 



R. F. D. 7. San Jose. Calif. 



The Secret of Success is in having your 

 colonies headed by good prolific queens. 

 We have good Italian queens at 75c for un- 

 tested and $1.00 for tested G. W. Moon. 

 igo4 Adams St., Little Rock, Ark. 



Queens, improved three - band Italians 

 bred for business. June i to Nov. 15. Un- 

 tested Queens, 75ceach; dozen. $8.00; Select, 

 $1.00 each; dozen. $10. Tested Queens. $1.25; 

 dozen. $12. Safe arrival and satisfaction 

 guaranteed. H. C. Clemons. Boyd. Ky. 



Golden and 3-banded Italian and Carnio- 

 lan queens, ready to ship after April ist. 

 Tested. $:.oo; 3 to 6. 05c each ;6 to 12 or more. 

 goc each. Untested. 75c each; 3 to 6. 70c 

 each; 6 or more. 65c. Bees, per lb.. $1.50; 

 Nuclei, per frame, $1.50. C. B. Bankston, 

 Buffalo, Leon Co.. Tex. 



Three-Banded Italian Queens ready 

 April I. of an exceptionally vigorous and 

 long-lived strain of bees They are gentle, 

 prolific, and good honey gatherers. Untest- 

 ed. $i. 00; 3. $250; 6. $4. 50: 12. $800. Tested, 

 $1.25; 6. $650; 12, $12. Jno G.Miller. 



723 So Carrizo St . Corpus Christi. Tex. 



Notice— R. A. Shulis will sell Italian 

 queens in the season of icis. Untested. $1.00. 

 Afterjune I. 73c; tested. $1. 5": select tested. 

 $2.00 Breeders. $5.00. Bred from Moore 

 and Doolittle stock. R. A. Shults 



R. F. D 3. Cosby. Tenn. 



Phelps' Golden Italian Queens combine 

 the qualities you want. They are great 

 honey gatherers, beautiful and gentle. 

 Mated. $1.00; six. $5.00; Tested. $3 00; Breed- 

 ers. $5.00 and $10 C. W. Phelps & Son. 



3 Wilcox St.. Binghamton. N. Y. 



I CAN supply you with Golden or three- 

 banded Italian queens. Tested. $1 00 each; 

 six or more. 8sc each; untesied. 75c each; six 

 or more, 65c each. Bees, per pound. $1.25. 

 Nuclei per frame. $i.2s. Write for priceson 

 large orders. Everything guaranteed 



1. N. Bankston. Buffalo, Tex. 



Gray Caucasians— Their superior quali- 

 ties are early breeding; great honey gather- 

 ers; cap beautifully white; very prolific; 

 very iientle; great comb builders; not much 

 inclined to swarm; give better body to 

 honey; not much inclined to rob; very 

 hardy; never furious; good winterers; 

 everywhere the best all-purposed bee. Give 

 me a trial order for a queen or nucleus. 

 Prices on application. J. J. Wilder. 



Cordele, Ga 



