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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



May 14, 1903. 



Tlioosands of Hives = Millions ot Seciions 



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 States, we have just made one shipment of five car-loads to England. 



G. B. LEWIS CO., Watertowu, Wisconsin, U. S. A. 



This foundation is made by a process that pro- 

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 purest. It has the brightest color and sweetest 

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It is tough and clear as[crystal, and gives more sheets to the pound than any 



Dittmer's Fonndation ! 



Retail 

 the thinnest base, 

 other make. 



Working; Max into Foundation foi- Cash a Specialty, l BeesM'ax 

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Catalog giving FULL LINE OF SUPPLIES with prices and samples, FREE on application. 



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 depositing return portion of ticket with 

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It^lmn Queens, 



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We have a strain of 

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One Untested Queen $1.00 



One Tested Queen 1.35 



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CINCINNATI, OHIO. 



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other after-swarm issued, and came to the 

 hive where I was at work, and they went in 

 without clustering. I considered this an ad- 

 vantage for it made a good, strongcolonj- that 

 has wintered well, and is one of my best. 



Last year was a poor one for honey. I got 

 only about 300 pounds ot comb honey from 16- 

 colonies, spring count. I lost a number of 

 colonies from spring dwindling and being 

 robbed. My bees have wintered very well. I 

 lost two colonies in the cellar. I put the bees 

 out the first day of April. A few days after 

 being taken from the cellar two colonies went 

 into other hives near by . I suppose they were 

 queenless. I now have IS colonies, strong 

 and healthy, and working well when the 

 weather admits. It has not been very cold 

 since they were taken from the cellar, but 

 there has been too much rain for the good of 

 the bees. To-day (April 30th) is the coldest 

 we have had. The ground is covered with 

 snow and the temperature this morning was 

 24. Bees are in better condition and working 

 better than they did last spring. 



I approve of nearly all the modern meth- 

 ods ot handling bees, yet I am plodding along 

 in the same old rut. I have for years been 

 letting my bees swarm naturally. I do not 

 clip the wings of queens, yet I have lost only 

 three queens by absconding during the last 

 ten years. I would rather not have any after- 

 swarms, yet I do not cut out queen-cells, and 

 if after-swarms come out I put two together, 

 if possible, and so tar I have been quite suc- 

 cessful in doing it. 



If our large apiarists read this article they 

 will smile at my methods, and say they are 

 old and out-of-date. This is true, and so am, 

 I old an out-of-date. I am 7i) years old today. 

 The modern methods and improvements are 

 all right, but. at my advanced age, I find it 

 difficult to keep up and adopt all of them. I 

 am an old soldier, and can't keep up with the 

 army, but when night comes I will try and be 

 in camp, and " When the Roll is Called Up 

 Yonder," I'll be there. S. B. Smith. 



Millelacs Co., Minn., May 4. 



Bad Weather for Bees. 



It has been very bad bee-weather for the 

 last two weeks, in this locality. It freezes 

 nearly every night, and this morning a snow- 

 storm visited us, covering the ground with 

 nearly two inches of snow. We are having a 

 great deal ot rain, which I hope will make a 

 good honey season. I wintered but "i colon- 

 ies out ot 4, the 2 that died being moldy. But 

 each had nearly 30 lbs. of honey left. I sold 

 some ot it at 1.5 cents per pound, and used the 

 rest to feed the other colonies, which are in 

 good condition at present. 



I watch for the American Bee Journal every 

 Thursday ; it is a welcome visitor here. 



B. F. Schmidt. 



Clayton Co., Iowa, May 1. 



Look fop a Good Year. 



Our bees came out ot the winter in good 

 shape, with no loss to speak ot. We winter 

 them here on the summer stands. We have 

 had an immense fruit-bloom, but the weather 

 has been so cold that the bees could not work 

 more than half the time, but they have filled 

 up their brood-chambers and are in excellent 

 shape tor white clover, which is abundant 

 everywhere. We look for a good year. I 

 found the first white clover blossom to-day, 

 which is nearly one month early. Success to 

 the American Bee Journal. C. Zoll. 



Fulton Co., III., May 2. 



The Emerson Binder 



This Emerson stlfF-board Binder with cloth 

 back for the American Bee Journal we mail for 

 but 60 cettt!<; or we will send it with the Bee 

 Journal for one year— both for only $1.40. It is 

 a fine thing to preserve the copies of the Jour- 

 nal as fast as they are received. If you have 

 this "Emerson" no further binding is neces- 

 sary. 



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