Oct. 8, 1903. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



653 



Something Sug Bee=Keeping Sisters 

 in th e Winter T ime. 



We think all ladies will agree with us in saying that every man should at least under- 

 stand some business, with which, in case of necessity, he could support himself and family. 

 The wealthiest people frequently come to want, and wretched, indeed, is the man who cannot 

 earn a living after his wealth is gone. He sometimes tills the grave ot a suicide. And why, 

 in this enlightened age of progression, should not woman, as well as man, be able to depend 

 on her own resources! In case her husband dies in poverty, must she starve or depend on 

 charity* In case her husband fails to provide and grossly mistreats the woman he has sworn 

 to cherish, must she humbly submit? A THOUS.WO TIMKS, \0 ! Let every woman, 

 before she marries, have some knowledge that can be used to make her a living. Every mother, 

 rich or poor, should make her daughters, in a certain degree, independent, by giving them 

 some kind of a trade, and teaching them to be self-reliant. Mothers should have their 

 daughters learn to sew, and not neglect this important part of their domestic education. The 



daughter so taught will not only make a better wife and mother, but will also be more likely 

 to secure a better husband, and will always command his respect. He will not look upon her 

 as a helpless " know-nothing,'' hut will know that it he fails in bis duties, she can live without 

 him, and this can only strengthen the bond between them. A thorough knowledge of dress- 

 making can always be turned into gold, and bjcome the means ot support for the mother and 

 her little ones. She may never have to use this knowledge in this way, but she has a trade and 

 can use it if necessary. 



The outline cut shown herewith is a condensed copy ot THE NEW LONDO.X 

 LADIES' TAIIjOK SYSTEM for drafting and cutting ladies' and children's garments. 

 For simplicity and accuracy it has no superior among the more e.Kpensive systems. Thousands 

 of girls have learned more about drafting and cutting with this system than they knew about 

 it after serving their apprenticeship in some of the dressmaking shops of the Tnited States 

 and Canada. Thousands of the best garment cutters have laid their complicated and expensive 

 system aside, and are now using THE NEW liONDON TAII.OIl SYSTEM. Thousands 

 have been sold at -iCj.OO each, but we mail it Free to a paid-in-advance subscriber to the Amer- 

 ican Bee .lournal for sending us two new subscribers at .^l.UO each ; or we will send it to any 

 one with a year's subscription to the American Bee .Journal, both for >;l. 715; or, we will mail 

 the Tailor System alone for ^l.dii. Address all orders to 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 



144 & 146 East Erie Street. CHICAQO, ILL. 



the queen is acquiring the scent of the 

 colony. 



But Mr. Phillips goes one step fur- 

 ther. Here is a colony that is not 

 queenless, but we wish to sell the 

 queen in 2 or 3 days. He accordingly 

 cages the virgin in the hive, and 3 

 days after removes the laying queen, 

 exposes the candy of the caged virgin 

 so the bees can release her, when she 

 is immediately accepted. There, don't 

 you see, there is a lapse 'of only a few 

 hours of actual queenlessness ? We 

 will say that, in 5 hours after the lay- 

 ing queen is removed, the virgin is 

 stalking abroad over the combs, quite 

 at home. 



"■^ This thing is no experiment. We 

 have been testing it for weeks to see if 

 it would work under all conditions. 



If the virgins are hatched in nurser- 

 ies, and a supply of them is kept on 

 hand, no colony need be queenless 

 more than long enough for the bees to 

 eat out the candy, which I should say 

 would take about 5 hours as we pro- 

 vision the cages. By this plan one 

 can get almost a double output of 

 queens. 



Spraying Fruit-Bloom Proves to Be 

 a Boomerang. 



Last year I had my colonies very 

 strong in order to get as much of the 

 apple honey ,is possible, that being my 

 favorite honey ; and just when the bees 

 began to store rapidly I noticed all at 

 once thousands of them dropping 

 around the house-apiary and in my 

 yard ; and my colonies were depopula- 

 ted a half, if not more, in 2 days' time. 

 I was satisfied that poison had been 

 used in spraying fruit-bloom, and im- 

 mediately made inquiry. All parties 

 denied spraying, yet I found that one 

 had purchased a fruit-sprayer and had 

 sprayed his trees at that time, even 

 though he denied doing so. However, 

 I made a public announcement that 

 the party or part ies who killed my bees 

 by spraying his fruit during the time 

 of bloom would also destroy his own 

 fruit, and my prediction proved true; 

 for the same party that had sprayed 

 his trees at that time scarcely had any 

 sound fruit, while an orchard within 

 a stone's throw had hundreds of bush- 

 els of fine matured fruit, and no spray- 

 ing whatever had been done ; so I 

 guess there will not be any more 

 spraying done during full bloom in 

 this section. — J. A. Golden, in Glean- 

 ings in Bee-Culture. 



A Model Bee-Cellar in Northern Jlich- 

 igan. 



The cellar is 14x24 inside. It is built 

 3 feet under ground and 4 feet above. 

 The foundation is a stone wall 3 feet 

 deep with b inch studding on the wall, 

 boarded both sides, and filled in with 

 sawdust. There are also inch cleats 

 nailed on inside, and lathed and plast- 

 ered, making a 1-inch dead-air space. 



In building the stone wall we laid in 

 2x6 plank, letting them project 2 

 inches, and lathed and plastered on 

 these, making a dead-air space on the 

 stone wall, to do away with the damp- 

 ness. 



In one corner there is a tile drain, or 

 intake, for fresh air, leading out 6 rods 

 under ground, 3 feet deep. The cellar 

 is built on higher ground, which makes 

 it very convenient for underground 

 ventilation. There is also a ventilator 



