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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



July 23, 1903. 



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Treatment of Bee-Stings. 



Do wit rub the place when a sting is re- 

 ceived; (-h) nut resort to medicines applied 

 over the spot, as they can do little or no good ; 

 do not lose your temper. Do at once, if the 

 sting appears to be a severe one, and you have 

 time, scrape out the sting with the flnger-nail ; 

 grasp, with the thumb and linger, the skin 

 where the puncture is located, and raise from 

 the flesh underneath, and pinrli it hard, hold- 

 ing it firmly until, on letting loose, the pain 

 no longer returns. Resume your work with 

 the charitable thought toward the bees that 

 they do not sting you in a spirit of malice, 

 but in the legitimate defense of their home 

 and property.— D. A. McLean, in Gleanings 

 in Bee-Culture. 



Summer Dress for Bee.Keepers. 



During the principal part of the honey-flow, 

 a prominent element of hardship is the en- 

 durance of the heat. Somtimes the heat has 

 really made me sick, so that in spite of a 

 press of work, I have been obliged to give up 

 work, and lie down for an hour or two. At 

 such times you may be sure that I am not 

 very warmly clad. One straw hat and veil, 

 one cotton shirt, one pair of cotton overalls, 

 one pair of cotton socks and one pair of shoes, 

 comprise my entire wearing apparel. Before 

 noon shirt and pants are both thoroughly wet 

 with perspiration. 



In this heated condition, I sponge myself 



Italian Queens, by Mail. 

 Golden and Honey Queens. 



July and August. 1 



Honey Queens (Untested). .$ .75 

 *' " (Tested).... 1.25 



Golden *' (Untested).. .75 

 " " (Tested).... 1.25 



2-frame Nucleus (no queen) 2.00 

 Breeders, $3.00 each, after June 1. 



Add price of any Queen wanted ■ 



Our bees are shipped in lig-ht shipping-'cases. 

 Purchaser pays express on Nuclei. 



Safe arrival guaranteed of all stock sent out. 

 Batavia, III., Aug. 21, 1901, 



Dear Sir:— I thought I would let you know as 

 to results of the nucleus sent me. They were 

 placed in 10-frame hives and now they are in 

 fine condition. From one I removed 24 pounds 

 of honey and had to give 6 of them more room, 

 as they were hanging out. They have more 

 than reached ray expectations. 



Yours respectfully, E. K. Meredith. 

 Davenport, Iowa, Dec. 31, 1901. 



Your queens are fully up to standard. The 

 honey queen that yon sent my brother lakes the 

 lead. She had a rousing colony when put up 

 for winter. The goldens can be handled with- 

 out smoke or veil. Very truly yours, 



John Thoeming. 



Notice. — No tested stock sent out before 

 May 15. Send money by P. O. Money Order or 

 Express Order. D. J. BLOCHER, 



17Atf PEARL CITY, ILL. 



If you want the Bee-Book 



That covers the whole Apicultural Field more 



completely than any other published, 



send $1.20 to 



Prof. A. J. Cook, Claremont, Cal.. 



FOR HIS 



"Bee- Keeper's Guide." 



Liberal Discounts to the Trade. 



oil with cold water before dinner, put on dry 

 eliirt and pants, and hang up the wet ones in 

 the sun to be put on the next day. I am sure 

 that by this refreshing change I am able to do 

 more work. 



It might be thought that applying cold 

 water all over the body, when every part is 

 dripping with perspiration, might make me 

 take cold. I have never found it so, even if 

 followed up every day. The body is so thor- 

 oughly heated that it easily resists the shock, 

 and a brisk rubbing leaves one in a fine glow. 

 — Dr. Miller, in " Forty Years Among the 

 Bees." 



Changing or Replacing Queens. 



I do not think that the question of age 

 should be considered in the matter of chang- 

 ing queens, except so far as it may be taken 

 as a sort of a rule to judge of when they will 

 be apt to fail. I would not replace a queen 

 so long as she lays up to her full average, 

 especially at this time of the year, for during 

 the month of .June any queen that has even 

 less than the average value can supply eggs 

 which will turn out into bees at the right 

 time for the honey harvest ; while if a general 

 change is made, many colonies are liively to 

 lose thousands of eggs at best, and not only 

 this, the young queen is often very liable to 

 bring a lot of workers on the stage of action 

 in time to become consumers rather than 

 producers. 



A change in early spring would have been 

 worse yet, as it would have resulted in a loss 

 of bees at just the time when each bee is of 

 the greatest value to push forward the rear- 

 ing of others for the honey harvest. 



If queens must be changed I would advise 

 waiting till the harvest of white honey is 

 over, for the loss of eggs usually sustained 

 through a change of queens will then be little 



A STANDARD=BRED 



QUEEN-BEE FEEE 



To Our -Regular Pald-lu-Advauce -Subscribers. 



We have arranged with several of the best queen-breeders to supply us during 1903 with The Very Best Untested 

 Italian Queens that they can possibly rear — well worth $1.00 each. We want every one of our present regular subscribers 

 to have at least one of these Queens. And we propose to make it easy for you to get one or more of them. 



In the first place, you must be a regular subscriber to the American Bee Journal, and your own subscription must 

 be paid in advance. If it is not already paid up, you can send in the necessary amount to make it so when you order one 

 of these fine Queens. 



A QUEEN FREE FOR SENDING ONE NEW SUBSCRIBER. 



Send us Si. 00 and the name (not your own) and address of One NEW subscriber for the American Bee Journal, and 

 we will mail you one of the Queens free as a premium. 



Now, go out among your bee-keeping neighbors and friends and invite them to subscribe for the old American Bee 

 Journal. If you want some to show as samples, we will mail you, for the asking, as many copies of the American 

 Bee Journal as you can use. 



Should there be no other bee-keepers near you, and you desire one of these fine Queens any way, send us $1.50 and 

 we will credit your subscription for one year and also mail you a Queen. Of course, it is understood that the amount sent 

 will pay your subscription at least one year in advance of the present time. So, if your subscription is in arrears, be sure 

 to send enough more than the $1.50 to pay all that is past due. 



We prefer to use all of these Queens as premiums for getting new subscribers. But if any one wishes to purchase 

 them aside from the Bee Journal subscription, the prices are as follows : 

 One Queen, 75c.; 3 Queens, $2.10 ; 6 Queens for $4,00. 

 We expect to fill the orders almost by return mail. 

 _^^^_^__, Now for the new subscribers that you will send us — and then the 



v/~*' __-^^?l^^^^ '^ Queens that we will send you I Address, 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 144-146 E. ERIE ST., CHICAGO, ILL. 



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