Dec. 24, 1903. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



827 



Something SSr 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 g-one. He sometimes fills the grave of 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 THOUSAND TIMES, NO! 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 

 asa helpless " know-nothing," but will know that if he fails in his 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 become 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 of -THE NEW LONDON 

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

 For simplicity and accuracy it has no superior among the more expensive 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 United States 

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

 system aside, and are now using THE NEW LONDON T.AILOR SYSTEM. Thousands 

 have been sold at -So. 00 each, but we mail it Free to a paid-in-advance subscriber to the Amer- 

 ican Bee .Journal for sending us t\vo new subscribers at .?1.00 each ; or we will send it to any 

 one with a year's subscription to the American Bee Journal, both for $1.75; or, we will mail 

 the Tailor System alone for $1.00. " -^ . Address all orders to 



GEORGE W. YORK &X0., 



: 144 & 146 East Erie^Street, CHICAao, ILL. 



I have again bought the increase from father's 

 old colony, and have gone into winter quar- 

 ters with 10 colonies, and the nucleus still 

 remains. 



It would make a small book if I were to go 

 into the details of my experience with the 

 honey part of this subject, so I will cut it off 

 here. 



I have been assisting a Mr. Myers in put- 

 ting his bees into the cellar to-day. We 

 weighed a great many hives (10-frame Lang- 

 stroth, single-walled hives, without the top), 

 and they ranged from 48 pounds to SI' j. Of 

 til which we put in to-day, the larger portion 

 of them ranged from .% to 75 pounds each. 

 Charles F. Clemons. 



Scott Co., Iowa, Dec. 1. 



Bees Wintering Well. 



Bees are wintering finely, and are well sup- 

 plied in stores, with the exception of late 

 swarms. Since the first of J uly the bees never 

 did better or obtained more honey. 



Cass Co., Nebr., Dec. 4. .1. M. Young. 



Best Crop in 15 Years. 



We have had a better honey crop this sea- 

 son than for 15 years, and the most of the 

 honey was gathered from white clover. I sold 

 nearly all of my extracted honey for $1.50 per 

 gallon. Charles Diclos 



Saginaw Co., Mich., Deo. 4. 



Clipping and Introducing Queens- 

 Other Kinks. 



Our Editor York has called for an examina- 

 tion, and it is likely he will not rest easy un- 

 til he has had us all '' upon the carpet." 



I have no college qualifications to parade 

 before the eyes of the readers, but I have 

 found a few gaps in bee-keeping which may 

 be of interest to the beginners. I will not tell 

 how many colonies of bees I have, or how 

 much honey I got the past season, for the rea- 

 son that it would not throw any light on the 

 question asked ; but I will say that our bees 

 beat a 160-acre farm, and it will not take all 

 the surplus to feed them while they are pro- 

 ducing another crop, either. 



First, I will tell which is the most suitable 

 time for me to clip queens. Formerly I did 

 this job in early spring, but the past season 

 stores were low, nothing coming in, and as 

 soon as a hive was opened the robbers started ; 

 a tent was a botheration, the wind would blow 

 it over, and the limbs of trees in the grove 

 aided in the trouble, and I abandoned clip- 

 ping, thinking I must try one season without 

 it ; but the tall trees were an eye-sore to me, 

 and just before swarming-time I determined 

 to clip the queens, and be boss of the yard. 

 The hives were heavy in bees, but honey was 

 coming in, and I could, by opening the hives 

 early in the morning, as soon as I could see 

 to tell a queen, find and clip from 8 to 12 

 wnile the " old lady " was getting breakfast. 

 It took but a very little smoke, and often 

 none at all. In the middle of the day I had 

 lots more hunting to do to find them; the 

 smoke would scare them off the combs, so I 

 abandoned it and waited for early mornings. 

 By so doing I did the clipping the easiest and 

 most agreeable way I have ever done it since 

 I have been in the business. 



The increase was managed in a different 

 way from what I formerly used, and I like it. 

 When a swarm came off, heretofore, I had 

 increased one, but this season I divided the 

 old colony's combs and made two 4-frame 

 nuclei, and gained an additional one over the 

 old method. I wanted to increase to 30, so 

 the first 15 swarms gave the desired increase, 

 and what swarmed after that was returned to 

 the old hive, by removing the queen when 

 they issued. The hives of these 4-frame ones 

 I filled with drawn combs. I made sure to 

 take an outside frame for each nucleus, as 

 the outside frames usually carry more honey 

 than brood. I took care that each hive had a 

 (lueen-cell; if it was on the bottom of combs I 

 cut it out and placed it, as the Bee .Journal 

 told us, in the center, and close to the top-bar, 

 that it might not chill. I got fooled with one 

 where 1 had placed division-boards instead of 

 frames, and before I learned it they had 



