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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



July 30, 1903. 



PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY 



GEORGE W. YORK 8 COMPANY 



I44&I46E'. Erie St., Chicago, 111. 



EDITOR, 



DEPT. EDITORS, 



R, E.E. Hasty, Emma M.Wilson 



IMPORTANT NOTICES. 



The Subscription Price of this Journal 

 is $1.00 a year, in tlie United States, Can- 

 ada, and Mexico; all other countries in the 

 Postal Union, bO cents a year extra tor post- 

 age. Sample copy freo. 



The Wrapper-Label Date of this paper 

 indicates the end of the month to which 

 your subscription is paid. For instance, 

 "dec03" on your label shows that it is 

 paid to the end of December, 1903. 



SnbscriptiOD Receipts. — We do not send 

 a receipt for money sent us to pay subscrip- 

 tion, but change the date on your wrapper- 

 label, which shows you that the money has 

 been received and credited. 



Advertising Rates will be given upon ap- 

 plication. 



National Bee-Keepers' Association 



Objects of the Association : 



1st. — To promote the interests of its members. 



2d. — To protect and defend its members in 

 their lawful rig-hts. 



3d. — To enforce laws against the adulteratiou 

 of honey. 



Annual Membership, SI. 00. 



Send dues to Treasurer. 



President— W. Z. Hutchinson, Flint, Mich. 

 Vice-President— J. U. Harris, 



Grand Junction. Colo. 

 Secretary— George W. York, 



144 & 146 E. Erie St., Chicago, 111. 

 General Manager and Treasurer — 



N. E. France, Platteville, Wis. 



BOARD OF Directors. 



E. Whitcomb, Friend, Neb. 



W. Z- Hutchinson, Flint, Mich. 



Udo Toepperwein, San Antonio, Tex. 

 R. C. AiKiN, L/oveland, Colo. 



P. H. Elwood, Starkville, N. Y. 

 E. R. Root, Medina, Ohio. 

 Wm. a. Selser, Philadelphia, Pa. 

 G. M. DoOLiTTLE, Borodino, N. Y. 

 W. F. Marks, Chapinville, N. Y. 



J. M. Hambaugh, Escondido, Calif. 



C. A. Hatch, Richland Ctr., Wis. 



Dr. C. C. Miller, Marengo, 111. 



I^" If more convenient. Dues may be sent 

 to the Secretary, at the ofHce of the American 

 Bee Journal. 



A Celluloid Queen-Button is a very 



oreUy thing lor a bee-keeper or honey-seller to 

 wear on his coat-lapel. It of- 

 ten serves to introduce the 

 subject of honey, and fre- 

 quently leads to a sale. 



The picture shown herewith 

 is a reproduction of a motto 

 queen-button that we are fur- 

 nishing to bee-keepers. It has 

 a pin on the underside to 



fiisen it. Price, by mail, cents; two for 10c; 



or 6 for 25 cents. Send all orders to the office 



of the American Bee Journal. 



ft Tested Breedino-Qyeen'ar GIVEN FREE 



Until Sept. 1, 1903, with each 



Stanley Queen Incubator 



An Arraugemeat that Allows the Bees.Access to the 

 Cells and Queens at all Times. 



(Patent Applied for.) 



One of the greatest objections urged against 

 a lamp-nursery, or any kind of a nursery 

 where queens are hatched away from the bees, 

 is that the cells and their inmates are robljed 

 of the actual care of the bees. When the 

 bees have access to a cell, and the time ap- 

 proaches for the queen to emerge, the wax 

 over the point is pared, and, as the queen 

 cuts an opening through the cell, and thrusts 

 out her tongue, she is fed and cheered in her 

 efforts to leave the cell. A queen hatched 

 away from the bees loses all of this food, 

 cheer, and comradeship; and, until intro- 

 duced to a necleus, or full colony, has not the 

 natural food that she would secure were she 

 among the bees. 



All of these objections are overcome by an 

 invention of Mr. Arthur Stanley, of Lee Co., 

 111. Mr. Stanley makes the cell-cups accord- 

 ing to the directions given in Mr. Doolittle's 

 " Scientitic Queen-Rearing," sticking the base 

 of each cell to a No. 12 gun-wad. By the use 

 of melted wax these wads, with the cell at- 

 tached, are stuck, at proper intervals, to a 

 strip of wood exactly the length of the inside 

 width of a Langstroth brood-frame. Two 

 wire staples driven into the inside of each 

 end-bar, slide into slots cut in the ends of the 

 cell-bars, and hold them in position. 



The process of transferring larv;c to the 

 cells, getting the cells built, etc., have all been 

 described in the books and journals, and need 

 not be repeated here. When the cells are 

 sealed they may be picked off the bar (still 

 attached to the gun-wads) ; and right here is 

 where the special features of the Stanley pro- 

 cess steps in. Each cell, as it is removed, is 

 slipped into a little cylindrical cage, made of 



queen-excluding zinc, the cage being about 

 two inches long, and of such a diameter that 

 the gun-wad fits snugly, thus holding the cell 

 in place and stopping up the end of the cage. 

 The other end of the cage is plugged up with 

 a gun-wad. Long rows of these cages, filled 

 with sealed cells, are placed between two 

 wooden strips that fit in between the end-bars 

 of a Langstroth frame are held in position by 

 wire staples that fit into slots cut in the ends 

 of the strips. To hold the cages in their 

 places, holes, a tritle larger than the diameter 

 of the cage, are bored, at proper intervals, 

 through the upper strip, thus allowing the 

 cages to be slipped down through the upper 

 bar, until their lower ends rest in correspond- 

 ing holes bored part way through the lower 

 bar. 



A frame full of these cages, stocked with 

 cells, may be hung in a queenle'ss colony, and 

 will require no attention whatever except to 

 remove the queens as they are needed. The 

 workers can freely pass into and through the 

 cages, cluster upon the cells, care for them, 

 and feed the queens after they hatch, exactly 

 as well as though the queens were uncaged. 



These cages are unsurpassed as introducing 

 cages, either for fertile or for virgin queens. 

 The bees are not inclined to attack a queen in 

 a cage to which they can enter, yet they can 

 surround, caress, and feed her. They can be- 

 come acquainted with her, and give her the 

 same scent as themselves. When desirable to 

 release her, one end of the cage can be 

 stopped with candy, and the bees allowed to 

 liberate her by eating it out. 



By putting food in one end of the cage a 

 queen may be kept caged, away from the 

 bees, the same as any other cage. 



Price, $5.00 by Express, 



(Jr with the American Bee .Journal one year — both for .*.">. 50. 



Send all orders to 



GEORG-E W. YORK & CO., 



144 & 146 E. Erie Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



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: 



sm ion 25m soft 



Sweet Clover |whitel....$ .75 $1.40 13.25 J6.00 



Sweet Clover (yellow) 90 1.70 4.00 7.50 



AlslkeClover 1.00 1.80 



White Clover 1.50 2.80 



Alfalfa Clover 1.00 1.80 



Prices subject to market changes. 



Single pound 5 cents more than the 5-pound 

 rate, and 10 cents extra for postage and sack. 



Add 25 cents to your order, for cartage. If 

 wanted by freight, or 10 cents per pound if 

 wanted by mall. 



GEORGE W. YORK A CO. 



144 & 146 Erie Street, CHICAGO. ILL 



4.25 8.00 

 6.50 12.50 

 4.25 8.00 



The Emerson Binder 



This Emerson stiff-board Binder with cloth 

 back for the American Bee Journal we mall for 

 but 60 cents; 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 yon have 

 this ** Emerson** no further binding is neces- 

 sary. 



aEORQB W. YORK & CO., 

 144 & 146 Erie Street, CHICAGO ILL. 



Please mention Bee Journal 

 when writing Advertisers. 



28 cents Cash 

 for Beeswax. 



This is a g-ood time 

 to send in your Bees- 



paid for Beeswax. * l'is^T£B 



'ow, 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. 



