June ?o, 1903. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



413 



TDousands ot Hives ■■ Millions ot Sections 



Ready for Prompt Shipment. 



We are not selling goods on NAME ONLY, but on their quality. 

 In addition to the many car-loads we are shipping to all parts of the United 

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



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



paid 



28 cents Cash 

 for Beeswax. 



This is a good time 

 to send in your Bees- 

 wax. We are paying 

 28 cents a pound — 

 CASH— for best yel- 



low, upon its receipt, or 30 cents in trade. Impure wax not taken at any price. 

 Address as follows, very plainly, 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 144 & 146 Erie St., Chicago, 111. 



We are tlie Largest Mannfactnrers of Bee-Keepers' Supplies in tlie Nortliwest J 



Send for catalog 





Minneapolis, Minn. 



We Have tie Best Goods, Lowest Prices, and Best Sliipping Facilities. 



please zaentioxi Bee jonmai when 'writing 



Natick House, '"" toS angeles. 



HART BROS., Proprietors. 



•'The Popular Hotel," remodiled; 75 additional rooms, all aewly furnished. Everything 

 strictly first-class. Elevator. American plan, $1.25 to $3.00; latter includes suites with private 

 baths. European plan, 50 cents up. 



HEADQUARTERS of the Nation.ii. Bee-Keepers' Association during the Convention, 

 Aug-, is, II and 20 



Excursions to Boston 



June 25th to 27th, inclusive ; also July 

 1st to 5th, inclusive, via Nickel Plate 

 Road. Especially low rates. Liberal 

 return limits. Particulars at City 

 Ticket Office, 111 Adams St. , and Union 

 Ticket Office, Auditorium Annex. Chi- 

 cago. 'Phones Central 5057 and Har- 

 rison 2208. 18— 2SA3t 



Business Queens. 



Bred from best Italian honev-gathering stock, 

 and reared in FULL 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. 

 l>Aif Central Square, Oswego Co., N. Y. 



Italian Que€^ns, 



Bees and Nuoiei. 



We have a strain of 

 bees bred specially for 

 honey - gathering and 

 longevity, at the follow- 

 ing prices : 



One Untested Queen $ .SO 



One Tested Queen 1.00 



One Select Tested Queen. 1.25 



One Breeder Queen 2.00 



One - Comb Nucleus (no 

 Queen) 1.10 



Queens sent by return 

 mail. Safe arrival guar- 

 anteed. For price on Doz. lots send for 

 catalog. J. L. STRONG, 



16Atf 204 K. Logan St., CLARIXDA, IOWA. 

 Please mention Bee JoumaX -wQen yriting. 



Queens Now Ready to Supply m Returu Mail 



stock which cannot be excelled. Each variety bred in separate apiaries, 

 from selected mothers ; have proven their qualities as great honey-gatherers. 



Have no superior, and few equals. Untested, 

 75 cents ; 6 for $4.iiii. 

 r)_J r*l^-«7-/z»». r^««£kCk«-io> which left aH records behind in honey- 

 KCQ Clover l^UeenS, gathering. rntested,S1.00;6 for $5.00. 

 —They are so highly recommended, being more gentle 

 than all others. Untested, SI. 00. 



Golden Italians 



Carniolans 



ROOT'S GOODS AT ROOT'S FACTORY PRICES. 



C. H. W. WEBER, ^-^' 



48 Central A\ enue, 

 CINCINNATI, OHIO. 



(Successor to Chas. F. Muth and A. Muth.) 



side of the bellows next to the stove. This 

 lets the hand hang in the natural position 

 without any twist at the wrist. To handle 

 the smoker, proceed as follows: 



Stand in front ot Ihehive, with the entrance 

 at the left and the smoker in the riy/il hand. 

 With the left, pry the cover loose, ihen with 

 the other holding the smoker in a perpendicu- 

 lar positioQ, or only slighly tilted, perhaps, 

 blow a little smoke over the tops of the 

 frames. After the cover is removed, and the 

 bees have been sufficiently quieted, set the 

 smoker down close to the 'j'«'X- (>«r/ ( not the 

 front) of the hive on the ground. In doing 

 this, the position of the wrist and hand does 

 not have to be changed. Now, then, if the 

 bees begin to act obstreperously, all one has 

 to do is to reach down, grab the smoker in the 

 most easy and natural way, and blow the 

 smoke over the frames without twisting the 

 wrist or the hand in an awkward, angular 

 kink. 



If one gets to using an implement wrongly, 

 he will waste seconds, minutes, and hours of 

 time as the weeks and months roll by. Every 

 movement should be calculated to get the 

 maximum results with the minimum ot time 

 and actual muscular force expended. 



I have seen bee-keepers pick up the smoker 

 in the left hand, hold it in an awkward way 

 which I can hardly describe, and then when 

 they were through lay the smoker down in 

 front of the entrance, right in the height of 

 the honey-tlow. Or perhaps they will lay it 

 on its side behind the hive; then when they 

 want it for an emergency it can not be found. 



Outlook None Too Good. 



The outlook in this part of the State is none 

 too good. We have had no rain since March, 

 and cold weather in April, and a very windy 

 and dry May. I figure on a small average 

 crop, and would be surprised to see prices go 

 below the last year's, especially since South- 

 ern California is complaining, too. 



Sebastian Iselin. 



San .Joaquin Co., Calif., .June S. 



A TeFFible Season. 



We are having a terrible season so far. It 

 has been cold and stormy, and bees have done 

 little or nothing. But we yet hope for the 

 best. It looks pretty slim for a honey crop. 

 W. W. Whipple. 



Arapahoe Co., Colo.. June". 



Working for Section Honey. 



The way in which I find it necessary to 

 work to get the best out ot a colony is to 

 work for section honey in a shallow hive ("J^- 

 inch frames). First, we will consider that 

 our colonies are in good condition for the 

 main flow, aljout .June 12. Now, if all of my 

 bees would swarm about 15 days before, I 

 would be pleased ; I should consider lack of 

 nectar the only drawback. I hive the swarm 

 on the old stand with one-inch space under 

 the frames, and in three days put on sections. 

 The object in having a deep and large en- 

 trance is. that it is a great step in having all 

 worker-comb built. It is a well-known fact 

 to bee-keepers that bees wish to store this 

 treasure away from the entrance and light. 

 Therefore, the deep entrance forces the 

 honey to the sections above, and the bees 

 have a desire to build only worker-comb be- 

 low. 



Now. the parent colony: I shake and brush 

 all of the bees it has on the frames, 14 days 

 after the first swarm issues, into a new hive 

 on 7 or S frames, with one-inch starters, the 

 same as I did the first swarm, putting the 

 frames in the same hive I take them from. In 

 seven days more I again complete the last 

 brush from the frames to the parent colony, 

 and now the old stock is as strong as the first 

 swarm, and will take a super and a few more 

 frames of starters in the brood-chamber. If 

 you prefer 1 1 do) to feed honey in the frames 

 ih place of sugar syrup, just place the frames, 

 which now have no bees on them, over the 

 parent colony, and as it is just in the height 

 of the honey-flow, and with drawn comb the 

 parent colony will store more honey than the 

 first swarm will in sections. The comb of 



