July 30, 1903. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Alfalfa 

 Honey JX 



This is the famous 

 White Extracted 

 Honey gathered in 

 the great Alfalfa 

 regions of the Cent- 

 ral West. It is a 

 splendid honey, and 

 nearly everybody 

 who cares to eat 

 honey at all can't 

 get enough of the 

 Alfalfa extracted. 



Basswood 

 Honey J^ 



This is the well- 

 known light-colored 

 honey gathered from 

 the rich, nectar- 

 laden basswood blos- 

 soms. It has a 

 stronger flavor than 

 Alfalfa, and is pre- 

 ferred by those who 

 like a distinct flavor 

 in their honey. 



:-^ YVrite for Quantity Prices by Freight, if Interested. ^ 



^ A sample of either, by mail, 10 cents, to pay for package and postage. ^ 



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^ We would suggest that those bee-keepers who did not produce ^ 



• enough honey for their home demand this year, just order some of the ^ 



^ above, and sell it. And others, who want to earn some money, can get ^ 



^ this honey and work up a demand for it almost anywhere. ^ 



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Golden Italians 



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 $4.00. 

 r> J Citwrctf CitiCkCki^C which left all records behind in honey- 

 ■V^i^U WlUVer V^UCClldf gathering. Untested, $1.00; 6 for $5.00. 

 C rk ff\ i/-kl a f^ £7 — They are so highly recommended, being more gentle 

 WCirni(jiana than aU others. Untested, $1.00. 



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to '^wy tin- ^I'jLled combs a darker appearauce 

 than tliiit trapped by the blacks, the latter 

 leaving a little air-space between the capping 

 and the honey, thus giving the combs a 

 snowy-while appearance. The blacks are 

 good worliL-rs when the harvest is abundant 

 and near ai liand, but lack the slaying quali- 

 ties ot tlie Italians when nectar must be 

 searched for far and wide. For the produc- 

 tion of extracted honey (that thrown from 

 the combs by centrifugal force, the combs be- 

 ing returned to be refilled) the Italians are the 

 ideal bees, unless it may be in the warmer 

 countries, as in Cuba, where the honey-flow 

 comes in winter, and as the Italians are apt to 

 slack up in breeding as the season advances, 

 the approach of winter finds the colonies too 

 weak in numbers to take advantage otthe 

 harvest. — W. Z. Hutchinson. In Country 

 Life in America. 



Don't Invite Trouble. 



Some bee-keepers imagine that because the 

 National Association has always been 

 triumphant when there has been an effort to 

 drive some member, or his bees, outside the 

 corporation, they can keep bees in almost any 

 way in almost any situation. I am glad to 

 see that Manager France does not propose to 

 defend every member whose bees are declared 

 a nuisance, regardless of whether they are 

 a nuisance or not. All bee-keepers well 

 know that a large apiary might be so managed 

 as to become a terrible nuisance to near 

 neighbors in a city or village. I investigated 

 a case last year in which the bee-keeper was 

 decidedly to blame. He even went so far as 

 to stir up his hybrids purposely, on hot after- 

 noons, that he might hoot and jeer at his 

 neighbor when they had to " cut for the 

 house." Then he boasted that he belonged 

 to the National Association, a thousand strong, 

 which would stand by him. It stood by him 

 by advising him to move his bees out of the 

 village. Of course, this is an extreme case; 

 but we all know that, even with the best of 

 management, bees will sometimes prove an 

 annoyance, if not a nuisance. — Editorial in 

 the Bee-Keepers' Review. 



Feeding Back Extracted Honey. 



Feeding back extracted honey in order that 

 comb honey may be obtained is something 

 that has tjeen tried by very many ot our best 

 apiarists, and still remains, if I am right, an 

 unsolved problem with some of those who 

 have tried it. Some have reported success 

 and others a failure; but it I am right again, 

 and I think I am from what I have read and 

 heard, those who consider it a failure, to a 

 greater or less extent, far outnumber those 

 who considLT it a success. 



From my experience in the matter I feel 

 like saying that, if any one must feed ex- 

 tracted honey to his bees in order that comb 

 honey may be produced, it could be better 

 fed in the spring, in order to hasten brood-rear- 

 ing, thus securing multitudes of bees in time 

 for the honey harvest; then by putting on the 

 sections in the right time, a large crop of comb 

 honey may lie secured if the flowers do not 

 fail to bloom or secrete nectar. 



My experience led me to believe that it is 

 better to secure the honey in the sections in 

 the first place, rather than have it stored in 

 frames of comb, and then thrown out with 

 the extractor that we and the bees may go 



