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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Sept. 3, 1903. 



to lift them 'all o£E for the sake of putting the 

 empty one^^under. So, in one of the rounds a 

 week or so ago, partly because it was easier 

 ^and partly for the experiment, we lifted off 

 no supers, but just put an empty super on 

 top wherever the upper super appeared pretty 

 full. That one experiment was enough. 

 When we made the next round, four or five 

 days later, we found work not pushed' so very 

 hard in the [added super; but in the other 

 supers wax and burr-combs plastered every- 

 where in wasteful profusion, built on to the 

 separators and between the supers, spoiling 

 the appearence of some of the sections, be- 

 sides a waste of wax that might have paid for 

 the extra work. It only two supers had been 

 on the hive, so that the upper empty super 

 would have been nearer the brood-nest, likely 

 the bees would have begun work in it more 

 promptly, but the burr-comb biisiness would 

 have been worse." 



Scissors for Queen^Clipplng. 



Some time ago I ran across a peculiar pair 

 ot scissors that looked promising. The price 

 ssemed a trifle high, but as > a venture I 

 bought them, and now [could I not get an- 

 other pair 1 would not part ,with them for 

 twenty times their cost. Clipping with them 

 is a real pleasure, and one is half inclined to 

 try fancy trimming of^the workers' wings just 

 for the fun of it. The handles three inches, 

 blades one inch long, but their virtue lies in 

 the shape of their blades, which are exceed- 

 ingly slender, with finely rounded points, and 

 all parts but the culling edges are rounded 

 aad polished. They slip under the tiueen's 

 wings almost of their own volition. There is 

 no danger of impaling the (|ueen on any sharp 

 points, or of denting her abdomen with the 

 sharp side of a wide blade. It is not even 

 necessary to pick the queen from the combs, 

 butjust hold her still by pressing her thorax 

 against the comb with one finger, and then 

 snip the desired wing or wings. 



Good tools pay, and he who works with poor 

 tools is more than twice tired.— Arthur C. 

 Miller, in American Bee-Keeper. 



Reading Bee Bool<s and Papers. 



For a beginner to take a bee-paper and not 

 have a good text-book on the subject of bees 

 is about like a child being started to learn to 

 read in the third reader before he has learned 

 his A B C'^, for many of the questions that 

 puzzle the beginner are fully answered in the 

 text-books, but are seldom ever referred to in 

 the bee-papers. Let it not be considered, 

 however, that a single text-book and one bee- 

 paper are sufticient for the progressive bee- 

 keeper, for no author of any book is in- 

 fallible, and while he may cover certain sub- 

 jects thoroughly, another author may handle 

 some other subject more ably, and the practi- 

 cal bee-keeper has no time to waste on any 

 method that is not the shortest and best way 

 of accomplishing the desired effect. 



On the other hand, the bee-keeper should 

 not make a book-worm of himself. In the 

 long, winter eveniags, he may profitably read 

 nearly all that appears in the bee-papers, but 

 in the busy time, when the bees are requiring 

 his attention, and he has many other things to 

 look after, when the time between dark and 

 bed-time is short, he can not hope to read all, 

 if he is taking several papers. He must be 

 able to run through them and decide from the 



Tnoysands ot Hives ■■ Millions oi 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., WatertowM, Wisconsin, U.S.A. 



28 cents Cash 

 for Beeswax. 



This is a good time 

 to send in your Bees- 



paid for Beeswax. ^ ^i^c.Zri^^i^i 



K**"** »WM a^^-w*^ TT •^.rm.. ♦^ CASH— for best yel- 

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

 Address as follows, very plainly, 

 GEOROP W. YORK S CO.. 144 S 146 Erie St.. Cliicaeo. 111. 



A QUICK 

 CALL 



Many times a life de|)eiKls 

 on securing: immeiliate aid 

 from a pliysii-iau orsurgeoii. 

 With a .Siromberjr-C'arlson 

 ti.'lephone in thi' house you 

 oan call the doctor in a few 



seconds in case of accident or sudden illness. A rural 

 telephone line saves time and puis you in close touch 

 with your neighbors and the rest of llie world. Gives 

 earliest market news, alarms the whole neighborhood 

 in ease of fire and helps in hundreds of other ways. 

 Tlie SI romljerg-Carlson telephones ai'e the easiest 

 1(1 opeiate. most modei-n and most durable on the 

 market. Once tried tbe.v supercede all others. All parts 

 i;uaranteed live years. Send for our Farmers' book Ko. F i 

 telling all about Rural telephones. It is an interesting story. 

 Sent I'ree to anyone iiitere';ied. 



StromberJ-Carlson Telephone Mf^. Co., Cliicajo, 111. 



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Dittmer's Foundation ! 



This foundation is made by a process that pro- 

 duces the superior of any. It is the cleanest and 

 purest. It has the brightest color and sweetest 

 Retail and Wholesale. odor. It is the most transparent, because it has 



the thinnest base. It is tough and clear as crystal, and gives more sheets to the pound than any 

 other make. 



WorkiiifS^ wax into Foundation for Casli a Specialty. Bees'vrax 

 always ^vanted at liig'heiiit price. 



Catalog giving FULL LINE OF SUPPLIES with prices and samples, FREE on application. 

 E. Grainger & Co., Toroato, Out., 



<?oli. 4p-i>nto for Caaada. 



GUS, DITTMER, Augusta, Wis. 



. lu work for us. We wlU start yo 

 .ouslneBS and famish the capital. Work 

 |light and easy. Send 10 cents for full 



Hives, Sections, Foundation, 



etc. We can save you money. Send list of g-oods 

 wanted and let us quote you prices, ROOT'S 

 GOODS ONLY. Send for Catalog. 



M. H. HUNT & SON, Bell Branch. Mich. 



(|ueeDS M Ready to Supply m Return Hail 



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

 from selected mothers ; have proven their qualities as great honey-g'atherers. 



Have no superior, and few equals. Untested, 

 75 cents ; 6 for S4.00. 



D J r* I rv-j 70f rii «£»£»«-■ C which left all records behind in honey- 

 IVCU C/IOVCr V,IUecnS, gathering. Untested, Sl.OO; 6 for $5.00. 



/^ ^^^•|^_^_ — Thev are so highly recommended, being more gentle 

 WarmOlarld than a'U others. Untested, $1.00. 



ROOT'S GOODS AT ROOT'S FACTORY PRICES. 



Oil 111 llfCDCD 21.46-2148 Central Avenue. 

 ■ III Iff ■ If LDCIl) CINCINNATI, OHIO. 



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



Please Mention the Bee Joornal iJlJrS^S'.?... 



Golden Italians 



