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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



May 7, 1903. 



SWEET CLOVER 



And Several Other Clover Seeds. 



We have made arrangements so that we can 

 furnish Seed of several of the Clovers by freight 

 or express, at the following prices, cash with 

 the order: 



5ffi ion 250) son 



Sweet Clover (yellow).... I .90 $1.70 $«.00 $7.£0 



Alsllce Clover 1.00 1.80 4.25 8.00 



White Clover 1.50 2 80 6.50 12,50 



Alfalfa Clover 100 1.80 4.25 8 00 



Prices subject to market changes. 



Single pound 5 cents more than the 5-pound 

 rate, and 10 cents extra tor postage and sack. 



Add 25 cents to your order, for cartage, if 

 wanted by freight, or 10 cents per pound If 

 wanted by mail. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO. 

 144 & 146 Erie Street, • CHICAGO, ILL 



PRAVING 



Ourllne of sprayera ana applj. 

 ancee (Ha every man's needs. 

 Hand,Kr\apsack,Bucket» 

 Field, Barrel, and Pow^er 



THE DEMING CO., Sale: 



Business Queens. 



Bred from best Italian hoaev-galherin^ stock, 

 and reared in HULL COLONIES by best known 

 methods. Guaranteed to be trood Queens and 

 free from disease. Untested, 75c each; 6. $4.00. 

 Tested, $1.25 each. Untested ready July 1st. 

 Tested about July 15th. Address, 



CHAS. B. ALLEN. 

 IS.Vtf Central Square. Oswego Co , N. Y. 



C alifctfrtia f It yon care to know of lt« 

 Vi/aillUrnid l Fruits, Flowers, Climate 

 or Resources, send for a sample copy of Call- 

 ornia's Favorite Paper— 



The Pacific Rural Press, 



The leading Horticultural and Agricultural 

 paper of the Pacific Coast. Published weekly, 

 handsomely illustrated, $2.00 per annum. Sam- 

 ple copy free. 



PACIFIC RURAL PRESS, 

 330 Market Street, - San Francisco, Cai. 



Italian Queens, 



Bees and Nluolei. 



We have a strain of 

 bees bred specially for 

 honey - gathering and 

 longevity, at the follow- 

 ing prices : 



One Untested Queen $1.00 



One Tested Oueen 1.35 



One Select Tested Oueen . 1.50 



One Breeder Queen 2.50 



Oce - Comb Nucleus (no 

 Queen 1.40 



■ Tested ready now; un- 

 tested in May. Safe ar- 

 rival guaranteed. For price on Doz. lots 

 send for catalog. J. L. STRONG, 



16Atf 204 E. Logan St., CLARINDA. IOWA. 

 Mease mention Boe Journal -when ■writing 



Founfl al) Last ! 



A place where I am 

 rearing QUEENS for 

 Business, Gentleness, 

 Beauty, and For Sale. 

 Prices : 



Untested, each, 75c; doz.$7.50 

 Tested,eath,$1.09; doz ,$10. 



Either Golden or 

 leather-colored strains 

 warranted pure. 



Remit by Postal 

 DANIEL WURTH, 



Queen Specialist, 

 City, Karnes Co., Texas, 



Money Orders. 



17D4t K.irxe; 



BIG BARGAINS IN BUCCIES 



O^ltvUone of our full-rig^e'i T.^p 

 Buggies Oil tempered springs; fine finish; 

 worth double the price. We mako 

 hBrncHS too. Write for Catalog 



ViV^E- >' INDIANA STEEL Bt WIRE CO. 



WIRE MUNCIE.IHDIAMA. 



SDtf Please mention the Bee Journal. 



Ssi-- Rearlno Qoeens 



and having a breeding queen that is two years 

 old» whose bees are so geoile they can be hand- 

 led most of the time without smoke, besides be- 

 ing the greatest honey-gatherers I ever saw, I 

 have decided to offer her daughters during the 

 season of 1%3 at the following prices. Terms 

 cash: 



Reared bv Doolittle Method. 



Untested Queen, 7Sc; 6 for $4.00 



Tested Queen, $1.00; 6 for 5.00 



Natural Swarming and Supersedure. 



XTntested Queen, $1.25; 6 for 6.00 



Tested Queen, $1.75; t» for 9.00 



CHESLEY PRESSV;JOD, McDONALD, TENN. 



13D4t Please mention the Bee Journal. 



^/i 7-/;o or-.s^a^/c£A. 



— ^=B— — — . -^ 



Everything used by bee-keepers. 



POUDER'S HONEY-JARS. Prompt 



service. Low Freight Rates. 



NEW CATALOG FREE. 



■--^ ^^ f liicoloniesltalian Beesin 



l-<Or ^dl6 >^°°^ condition in dove- 



■ ^-'" *^***^ tailed hives — painted; 

 Hoffman frames. Price, fS.SO for 8 frame, and 

 $4.00 forlO-frame. F.V.DAVIS, 



19Alt 424 River St., Hanistee, riich. 



Complete Line of Lewis' Matchless Dovetail Hives and 



Supplies at Factory Prices. 

 HIGH-CLASS QUEENS, — Buckeye Strain Red Clover 



Queens, they roU in the honey while the ordinary starve. 



Muth Strain Golden Italians, superior. Carniolans, Betler. 



We guarantee safe arrival by return mail. 



APRIL. MAY. JUNE. 



Best money 



Untested Il.nO each; 6 for $ 5.00 I I 



Select Untested .. 1.25 each; 6 for 6.00 2 



Tested 2 00 each; 6 for 10.00 



Select Tested ... 3.00 each; 6 for 15.00 | 



Send for Citaloff and see SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS. 



THE FRED W. MUTH CO. 



buv f.^.oOeach. 



ath Select Untested 



$115 



Please ineutioa Bee iottmai wnen -wTltii^i 



in his lecture, and most positively asserted 

 that the people need never be afraid o( pur- 

 chasing- comb honey; and also emphatically 

 denied that the bees injured perfect fruit, but 

 that other insects did, and that the bee natur- 

 ally sucked the juice from the inviting hole. 



This man is trying to lead the people aright, 

 just on the subject of ants and bees. 



Chas. E. Kemp. 



Baltimore Co., Md., April 23. 



Too Cool for Bees. 



As it is too cool to-day for me to be out I 

 will write about my bees. They came through 

 the first part of the winter in very good con- 

 dition, and were breeding up very fast, but 

 now, April 23, it is unusually cold, and I can- 

 not say how they will do. I hope it will turn 

 warm soon. There are thousands o£ bloom 

 out now, but so cold that the bees cannot fly. 

 A. J. McBkide. 



Wautauga Co., N. C, April 24. 



SpFing Robbing Among Bees. 



I see that some one in Pennsylvania has 

 trouble with his bees robbing back and forth 

 in the spring. Now, it is a common thing, 

 where bees are wintered in a cellar, and all 

 come out with nearly the same scent, for 

 some of them to get to plundering from each 

 other, and keep it up until some of them are 

 entirely used up. I am surprised that Dr. 

 Miller, with his 40 years among the bees, has 

 never had a case. 



The surest remedy I have ever found is tf> 

 feed each colony so engaged a quart or so of 

 feed scented with something that will give 

 each colony a different scent. To No. 1 I give 

 feed scented with peppermint; to No. 2 win- 

 tergreen, and so on until all that are engaged 

 in plundering carry a different scent. A few 

 slices of onion put into one hive will fix that 

 colony so they will meet with a warm recep- 

 tion wherever they go. Essences of all kinds 

 are better than the oils, as the oils will not 

 mix with the feed as well as essences. 



I use quart fruit-jars, and put the feed in at 

 night when all are at home. Use an exten- 

 sion-bit to make a hole in the top board, and 

 set the bit so it will cut the hole just large 

 enough to receive the mouth of the jar. Fill 

 the jars full, then tie over a single thickness 

 of cheese-cloth. Have the feed rather thin, 

 so the bees can get it readily, turn the jars 

 over with a (|uick motion, and it will not run 

 out any faster than the bees draw it out 

 through the cloth. The hole in the top-board 

 should be directly over the bees, so .that the 

 feed is right with the bees where they can 

 work at it at night and day as long as it lasts. 

 The cap of the hive should be put over the 

 jar when on, so that no bees can get a taste 

 of the feed from the outside. Use enough of 

 the scenting material to give the feed a per- 

 ceptible flavor of the different kinds which 

 you use, and that kind of plundering will 

 soon cease after they get the feed. 



The bees are in fine shape here, but the 

 weather is cold ; there is scarcely a day when 

 they can fly with safety. Ira Barber. 



St. Lawrence Co., N. Y.. April 20. 



An Experienee with Bees. 



In the spring of 1901 I bought 2 colonies of 

 bees in old-fashioned shallow hives, haying 

 room in each super for 40 sections. They cast 

 6 swarms. I kept 4 and gave away 2. I got 

 200 pounds of honey in the fall. The 6 colo- 

 nies came through the winter all right, being 

 buried in straw, all save the entrance or south 

 side. They cast only 7 swarms last year, the 

 most of them very late, as I will more fully 

 explain later. I kept .5 and gave away 2. I 

 got only about 40 pounds of honey from the 

 11 colonies, for, as all know, last year was a 

 very poor honey-yielder. 



Having put the 5 new swarms in s-frame 

 dovetailed hives, and being desirous of hav- 

 ing toy little apiary uniform, I sold all of my 

 old-fashioned hives, keeping only the .5 new 

 ones. I bought 4 more colonies, from a neigh- 

 bor, that had come off very late, and were 

 put' in the 8-frame hives, so if you are keep- 

 ing up with me you will see that in the fall of 

 1002 I had 9 colonies of bees in S-frame hives. 



