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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Sept. 17, 1903. 



now, after 40 years' experience, if 1 can not 

 rear a queen that will live four months," etc. 

 Now, I do not believe a close observer like 

 Dr. Gallup was, had to rear thousands of 

 queens to learn how to rear a good queen. 



S. Q. CONKLE. 



Orange Co., Calif., Sept. 3. 



A Good Report. 



I started in the spring with one 3-frame 

 nucleus, increased to 2 colonies, and have 

 taken off 22h pounds of honey. I got 4 stray 

 swarms, and have taken, all together, 463 

 pounds of honey, all extracted. 



.John C. Bull. 



Porter Co., Ind., Sept. 1. 



Poorest Year for Honey. 



Yesterday I extracted 150 pounds of honey 

 from 40 colonies. A year ago I had 3300 

 pounds from 35 colonies. 



This has been the poorest year for honey we 

 have had eince I commenced keeping bees, 11 



years ago. 



Hans Christensen. 



Skagit Co., Wash., Aug. 25. 



A Beginner's Report. 



Last winter I bought 13 colonies; the un- 

 lucky one died, leaving me 12. Seven of the 

 12 were in box-hives, and I transferred them 

 into frame hives. I now have 28 strong colo- 

 nies. In July I introduced 12 Italian queens, 

 and all are doing nicely. I have something 

 near 1500 pounds of comb honey. 



Henry Co., 111., Aug. 34. 0. L. Hatch. 



Bees Have Done Well. 



I have 14 colonies. I put 9 into the cellar 

 last fall, and took out .s last spring. I do not 

 increase much, as 1 double them and put back 

 most of the swarms, and in this way I get 

 more honey. 



My bees are doing finely so far. I have sold 

 60 pounds of honey at 20 cents per pound, 

 and have about 12 supers that are about ready 

 to take off. 



I intend to make more of a business of bees 

 and poultry. 



I still want the "Old Reliable." 



Luke Simmons. 



Pope Co., Minn., Aug. 7. 



The Season's Experience. 



I have^had bees the most of the time for the 

 last 15 years. Sometimes I would have 1 or 2 

 colonies, sometimes none. I never had any 

 luck until last summer, when the bees did well 

 in storing honey but not in swarming. One 

 colony swarmed, but after I had it hived a 

 few hours they left, and I could not find 

 them. The [next day I found one swarm, but 

 it was on July 4 and 5, too late for swarms; 

 then I had two hives which I thought were 

 full of bees, so I forced a swarm out of them. 

 I took the frame with the queen and put it 

 in a hive ou'^the old stand. That worked 

 well; in a few days the new colony had 

 nearly all the bees, but in a week or two the 

 old were very strong. I Now the trouble comes. 

 I should have had a queen ready to put in the 

 old hive, but I had none, and left that to the 

 bees. Well, the one got its queen all right, 

 but the others missed it somehow ; the other 

 one also had queen-cells, but very short. 



After the cells were all opened I looked for 



Long Tongyes Valuable 



South as well as North. 



How Moore's strain of Italians roll In the 

 honey down In Texas. 



HuTTO, Tex., Not. 19, 1902. 



J. P. Moore.— Dear Sir:— I wish to write you 

 in regard to queens purchased of you. I could 

 have written sooner, but I wanted to test them 

 thoroughly and see if they had those remarka- 

 ble qualities of a three-banded Italian bee. I 

 must confess to you I am more surprised every 

 day as I watch them. They simply *' roll the 

 honey in." It seems that they get honey where 

 others are idle or trying to rob; and for gentle- 

 ness of handling, I have never seen the like. 

 Friend E. R. Root was right when he said your 

 bees have the longest tongues; for they get 

 honey where others fail. I will e.xpress my 

 thanks for such queens. I am mort* than 

 pleased. I will stock my out-apiaries next 

 spring with your queens. 



Yours truly, Henry Schmidt. 



The above is pretty strong evidence that red 

 clover is not the only plant which requires 

 long-tongue bees to secure the greatest quantity 

 of nectar. 



Daughters of my 23-100 breeder, the prize- 

 winner, and other choice breeders; Untested, 

 75 cents each; six, 14.00; dozen, $7.50. Select 

 untested, $1.00 each; six, $5.00; dozen, $9.00. 

 Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. Cir- 

 cular free. I am filling all orders by return 

 mail, and shall probably be able to do so till 

 the close of the season. 



J. P. Moore, L. Box 1, Morgan, Ku. 



31Atf Pendleton Co. 



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$300,000,000.00 A YEAR 



and yoQ may have part of it If you work 

 for U8. Uncle Sam'8 poultry product pays 

 that Bum. Send 10c for samples and partic 

 ulars. We furnish capital to start you in 

 business. Draper PablUlilii{Co.,Chlc<{o,IU. 

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f^/vf Colfik For want of time to attend — . 

 rui OttIC „jii sell njy BEES at , lie .jery 



low prices following. Good Italian Blood. 

 Strong colonies in 10-frame Langstroth Sim- 

 plicity and Dovetailed Hives, wiih honey for 

 winter. All perfectly healthy and excellent 

 condition. Price per single hive, $4; 5, at $3.50; 

 10, at $3.25; 20 or over, at $3. F.O.B. here, cash 

 with order. Reference: State Bank of Evanston. 

 E. E. Starkkv, H2f) Benson Ave., Evanston, 111. 

 37Atf Please mention the Bee Journal. 



Italian Queens, 



Bees and Nuelei. 



We have a strain of 

 bees bred specially for 

 honey - gathering and 

 longevity, at the follow- 

 ing prices : 



One Untested Queen $ .60 



One Tested Queen 80 



One Select Tested Queen. 1.00 



One Breeder Queen 1.50 



One - Comb Nucleus (no 



Queen) 1,00 



These prices are for the re- 

 mainder of the season. 

 Queeni sent by return mail. 

 Safe arrival guaranteed. For price on Doz. lots 

 send for Catalog. J. L. STRONG. 



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Alliance, Ohio. w 



a queen, but no queen was to be seen. I 

 looked again and again, but no queen. In 

 about five or six weeks I looked again and 

 found plenty of eggs, but they were scattered, 

 so I thought it was not the work of a queen. 

 In some of the cells were six, eight or ten 

 eggs. By reading what others said I con- 

 cluded they must have a laying worker, but 

 the eggs hatched ; they also have queen-cells. 

 What will become of this thing? I have a 

 queen on the frame in the box that came by 

 mail. I will let her out soon, but I expect 

 she will be killed. 



I also had a colony which became queen- 

 less last spring, so I bought a queen that was 

 a beauty ; she is nearly as yellow as butter. 

 A. S. Beiler. 



Results of the Season. 



My bees did very little good last year, and 

 I lost several colonies, but saved 14 to begin 

 with last spring, and they did very well this 

 season. I now have 3S, with what I caught 

 in the woods. 1 think I will get about 1000 

 pounds of honey, possibly more. 



1 will just give a history of a swarm that 

 came to me about the last of May.. They have 

 filled two supers and the third one nearly 

 full, and cast two swarms. The first one has 

 filled one super and has the second nearly full, 

 and the second swarm has the first super just 

 about ready to take off ; so I will get about 

 six supers of honey, or nearly 144 pounds. I 

 think I can safely count on 1.30 pounds from 

 one swarm. These were part blacks, but 

 mixed with some as bright three-banded bees 

 as you would wish to see, and they are very 

 gentle. Geokgb H. Wells. 



Johnson Co., Mo., Sept. 2. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



Illinois —The annual meeting of the Northern 

 Illinois Bee-Keepers" Association will be held 

 in the Court House, in Rock ford. III., Tuesday 

 and Wednesday, net. 20 and 21, 1''03. A good 

 program is being prepared, and all interested 

 in bees are invited to attend. 



Cherry S' alley, III. B. Kennedy, Sec. 



Utah.— The Utah Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will meet in the City and County Building in 

 Salt Lake City, Oct. 5, commencing at 4:30 

 o'clock p.m. Among the subjects discussed 

 will be the winter problem and the best method 

 to promote the interest of the State and National 

 Associations. E. S. Lovesv, Pies. 



SWEET CLOVER 



And Several Other Clover Seeds. 



We have made arrangements so that we can 

 («rnlsh Seed of several of the Clovers by freight 

 or express, at the following prices, cash with 

 the order: 



SB! 109> 251IS SOD) 

 Sweet Clover Iwhitei.... I .75 $1.40 $3.25 16.00 



Sweet Clover (yellow) 90 1.70 4.00 7.50 



Alsike Clover 1.00 1.80 4.2S 8.0O 



.Thlte Clover 1.50 2.80 6.S0 12.50 



A. If alf a Clover 1.00 1.80 4.25 8.00 



Prices subject to market changes. 



Single pound 5 cents more than the 5-ponnd 

 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 mail. 



GEORGE W. YORK A OO. 



1+4 4 146 Erie Street, - CHICAGO. ILl. 



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