Nov. 5, 1903. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



717. 



5 Percent Discount During November! 



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 hand ready for use. 



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G. B. LEWIS CO., Manufacturers' of Bee-Keepers' Supplies, 



WATERTOWN. WISCONSIN, U.S.A. 



RUBE'S SURPRISE. 



Well, I'll Be Bumped! 



I don't see what I have been thinking- of all summer. Here I 

 could gest as well sent to Griggs Bros, for my Supplies and saved 

 all this freight I've been throwing away and. got my goods 

 cheaper, too. Don't see why I didn't send them a trial order 

 sooner and find out what I was doin', long as they sell Root's Goods at 

 their factory prices, gest as they said. 

 A A Word to the Wise is Sufficient. 



\ GRIGGS BROS., ■ TOLEDO, OHIO. 



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process that produces Ihe superior of any. It is the 

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Bees- 



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(fl cleanest and purest. Il has the 



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i' M'as always ^vanted al liijfhesi price. 



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GIS. DITTNER, Augusta, Wis. 



TRYING TO BREAK 



the world's record, a powerful rurmway auto, at 

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 ind directions how to begin. 



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This Emerson stiff-board Binder with cloth 

 back for the American Bee Journal we mall for 

 bnt 60 cents; or we will send It with the Bee 

 Journal for one year— both for only $1.40. It is 

 a fine thing to preserve the copies of the Jonr- 

 oal as fast as they are received. If yen have 

 this " Emerson " no further binding Is neces- 

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State quantity and kind wanted, and T will quote you price. I do business on the cash 

 basis, id buyit g- or selliag-. 



Full stocli of Bee-Supplies, the best made. Root's Goods 

 at their factory prices. SEEDS of Honey-plants. 



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your tanks full and a snap of cold 

 weather backing- you up, what will fol- 

 low ? You will come along the fourth 

 or fifth day and have a look at your 

 tanks and find little or no scum on 

 them. Why ? The honey is too cold 

 and thick to let the air-bubbles rise. 

 Then you will come along again in 

 about nine or ten days, and say, 

 "Well, I must can up some of this 

 honey to make room for more." What 

 is the result ? Some of your honey 

 goes to market not properly ripened, 

 carrying a scum on the top of it. 



If we have an artificial system of 

 purifying our honey similar to the 

 above, we would avoid our honey going 

 to market below standard, and it would 

 only take a short time to heat your 

 honey up to a certain temperature, in- 

 dependent of the weather. 



In the same paper, Geo. Packender 

 says : 



When honey is kept at a temperature 

 from 122 degrees to 130 degrees F. for 

 several hours, all impurities, every- 

 thing foreign to pure honey, will come 

 to the surface, which can easily be 

 skimmed off, and its good qualities re- 

 tained and a clear, inviting appearance 

 imparted. When the honey is purified 

 it can easily be syphoned off into a 

 lower tank to be packed for market. 



The smaller bee-keeper — he who 

 thinks the foregoing method too ex- 

 pensive, but at the same time wishes to 

 obtain the highest prices for his honey 

 — should utilize the heat of the sun to 

 gain his end. He should place a shal- 

 low tank in a room with alow, flat roof, 

 the tank to be connected with the ex- 

 trator to get its supply of honey. It 

 should have a cap on top, painted 

 black, likewise the walls, to draw the 

 heat. The roof should be constructed 

 so that part of it could be removed 

 easily to admit the rays of the sun. 

 The sun striking the black surface of 

 the tank for several days in the heat of 

 summer, will soon bring all impurities 

 to the top, which can easily be skim- 

 med off. Such arrangement would be 

 inexpensive and practicable, and honey 

 thus treated will soon cast up all im- 

 purities, give off surplus moisture, 

 present a clear appearance, and retard 

 granulation. 



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FROM MANY FIELDS 



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A Good Year for this Canadian. 



This has been a good year for us. 

 Bees were not in good shape in May, 

 but white clover came in bloom earlier 

 than ever before, and is still blooming, 

 though ,of course, not yielding honey. 

 I have increased to 205 colonies, and ex- 

 pect to make that 300, at least, next sea- 

 son. This year my average was about 

 120 pounds per colony, mostly extracted 

 honey. Morley Pettit. 



Ontario, Canada, Oct. 20. 



Prevention of Swarming. 



We keep the bees in 8 frame portico 

 hives of a pattern similar to the Lang- 

 stroth, but with middle bars in the 

 frames, and a plain front hive, similar 

 to the Simplicity hive ; I like the por- 



