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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Aug. 20, 1903. 



breaks the honey, is hard to push, and some- 

 times it upsets. 



I have kept bees for 80 years ; I have never 

 made millions out of them, but they have 

 more than paid their way. We have a little 

 more than half a crop this year, and the qual- 

 ity is very fine. 



Let us hear from others — any person who 

 T^ants a honey-wagon. We can generally get 

 anything we want, if we talk right through 

 the American Bee .Journal. Oh, may it live 

 while man remains on the earth. 



D. G. Pakkek. 



Brown Co., Kans., Aug. 11. 



[ Here is a chance for bee-supply manufac- 

 turers. Bring on your honey-wagon ! — Edi- 

 tor.] 



Appreciative— Drowningr Queens. 



On page 483, appears a description of a rob- 

 ber-cloth by Dr. Miller, which, I think, is a 

 very useful article, and for which I wish to 

 return thanks. In fact, there are very many 

 things I have seen in the American Bee Jour- 

 nal for which I intended to thank the writers 

 many times. Hardly a day passes that I do 

 not feel thankful to some one who has con- 

 tributed to my knowledge in bee-keeping, and 

 I think it would be a good thing for all of us 

 to indorse a good thing when we receive it, 

 thereby encouraging a more free contribution, 

 as well as letting the writer know that his 

 efforts are appreciated. 



Right here I wish to thank Dr. Miller espe- 

 cially, for his method of arranging the brood- 

 chamber, as regards the pollen-comb described 

 by him in his " A Year Among the Bees" 

 (now out of print). This seemingly little 

 advise is of no small consequence to me, nor 

 to any one whose locality furnishes an over- 

 abundance of pollen, as it puts one in posi- 

 tion to put his hand right on the bulk of pol- 

 len in a colony instantly. 



Another seemingly small matter of no less 

 importance, is the adjusting of the brood-nest 

 in the spring with a division-board, a hi Doo- 

 little. Please accept my thanks, Mr. Doolit- 

 tle. This adjusting is of great value to me 

 in this cold climate, for with it I can fit up 

 any size colony snugly, and not have them 

 put brood in undesirable combs. 



Another very important thing to me is to 

 know how to use the most important hive- 

 tool — a very strong jack-knife, a la Heddon. 

 1 have used many different hive-tools, such as 

 a putty-knife, framing chisel, a screw-driver, 

 etc., but to my notion there is nothing that 

 can approach a " jack-knife " of the right 

 kind for convenience and handiness. It is 

 always ready for service, such as a chisel, 

 screwdriver, crow-bar, queen-clipping device, 

 drone-brood extinguisher, hive-scraper, tack- 

 hammer, etc. 



la this way I could go on mentioning im- 

 plements, methods, and the names of their 

 nventors and contributors, but space does 

 not permit, as it would fill the columns of the 

 American Bee Journal for weeks, so I will re- 

 frain from going into detail any further, but 

 thank each and all who have been contributors 

 to these columns, for even the smallest mite 

 will help to make up a complete method. 



Before I close I want to haul Dr. Miller 

 over the coals tor his putting those queens 

 Into the water. (See page 483.) He says he 

 wets them so they may introduce easier, but 



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when you read on you tind he drowns them. 

 Now, you just wait. Doctor, I am going to 

 call the attention of Miss Wilson to you, and 

 if you put any more queens into water to wet 

 them, she'll tend to you, won't you, Miss- 

 Wilson? For he will say he just wets them, 

 but afterward you see he drowns them. So 

 don't let him put any more queens into water, 

 for he will surely drown them. He thinks he 

 can introduce them easier then. May be he 

 can, but would they be worth any more than 

 those half-dead ones we get through the 

 mail? Well, we will wait and see what Hasty 

 says. Most likely he is after him by this time, 

 and the chances are he caught him. 

 Chippewa Co., Wis. A. C. F. Bartz. 



So. Dakota Prospects— Foul Brood. 



As it has been some time since I have seen 

 anything in the American Bee Journal in re- 

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 I thought I would write what they are. 



Our bees wintered well, all those with plenty 

 of stores. I winter them on the summer 

 stands, and never lose a colony on account of 

 the weather. It I lose any it is on account of 

 the queens. This is the loth year I have kept 

 bees in this place, and I produce comb honey 

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