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ner can make up here in tliis part of Can- 

 ada, as given in my communication on page 

 38u of ttie American Bee Journal lor Novem- 

 ber. I'H}. Instead of " increased from one to 

 one liundred and live in twoyears. " it should 

 read "increased from one to one hundred 

 and live in two years and tew monlliu" which 

 practically means tlirec seasons. 



I have gotten over the increase fever, and 

 last season I employed a practical apiarist 

 to run my bees for honey, as 1 had had prac- 

 tically no experience in honey producing, 

 and thought I could learn something. 1 did, 

 but 1 did not get as much honey as 1 antici- 

 pated, owing principally to weather condi- 

 tions. 



I have been working for a cross between 

 the Italian and Carniolans, which. 1 think 

 lor this climate, are just right. I have had 

 some beautiful golden Italians, which would 

 come out fairly strong in the spring, but 

 would dwindle along all spring ami do prac- 

 tically nothing all season; on the other hand 

 my pure Carniolans Wept me busy either 

 dividing or hiving swarms. 



In crossing. 1 supplied about lo Italian 

 queens to one Carniolan. which proportion 

 1 found necessary to keep an equal tiivision 

 of blood, 'i hose crosses produced comb 

 honey last season, which was beautiful, 

 being well filled and the cappings snow 

 white. My assistant, an Englishman who 

 has several medals won for comb-honey 

 production in his home land, said some of 

 this comb would be hard lo beat anywhere. 

 'X'he bees are fairly gentle, and if they are 

 in any kind of fair shape in the spring, the 

 apiarist need have no fears of spring dwind- 

 ling. D. E. McDonald. 



Rutland. B. C. Feb. i6. 



Prospects Favorable in Washington 



We have had a very mild winter. At no 

 time has the ground been frozen deeper than 

 about one inch. There has been very little 

 sunshine during the past three months, and 

 an anusual amount of precipitation, some of 

 It in the form of snow, but the greater part 

 rain. While the weather has been mild, 

 still there have been few days with sufficient 

 sunshine and warmth to coax the bees out. 

 and at this date. March i, they are in appar- 

 ently fine shape, with the greater part of 

 their winter stores untouched and ready 

 to be transformed into countless workers 

 for the coming harvest. Practically all bees 

 here in the Yakima Valley are on the same 

 stand summer and winter, and usually with- 

 out added protection for the winter months. 

 They will consume from 15 to 20 pounds 

 more honey than the colony in a cel- 

 lar in Illinois or Iowa. Our greatest 

 winter trouble, as it appears to me. is too 

 many summer days in the winter months, 

 days when the bees will convert a lot of 

 good honey into unprofitable and mis- 

 directed energy, such as scrapping with 

 their neighbor or hangingaround the grocer- 

 man's back door. 



The past winter has had very few sum- 

 mer days, and all of the beekeepers that I 

 have talked with report their bees in splen- 

 did shape. 



While it is too early to count the chickens, 

 yet we are encouraged when we know that 

 th(! old hen Is sitting on fertile eggs. 



A. E. BURDICK. 



Sunnyside. Wash.. March 2. 



Loss of 4 Out of 208 Colonies 



Bees have wintered nicely here, only lost 

 a out of 208 colonies wintered on the summer 

 stands. The weather is warm, and the bees 

 are pretty busy now. I saw some carrying 

 in pollen yesterday, but do not know where 

 they got it. We have had plenty of rain, so 

 we lowk for a good crop again this year. 



Delta. Colo. Geo. F. Lester. 



To Missouri Beekeepers 



I accepted an invitation from Dr. L. Hase- 

 man. the entomologist at our Experiment 

 Station, to come over during farmers' week 

 to have a bee-meeting there. I found there 

 my old friend. E. J. Baxter, of Nauvoo, 111,. 

 whom I was pleased to meet again. The ap- 

 pointed meeting came off with a very good 

 audience, and Dr. Haseman gave a splendid 

 talk on bees and their different races, and 

 the various kinds of aiipliances used: after 

 which the writer also had a lengthy talk, 

 and friend Baxter made a most interesting 

 and profitable si)eech. The beekeepers in 

 the audience asked questions and showed 

 that they were interested. 



Dr. Haseman has taken up bee-culture a 



the station, to teach the pupils who are in- 

 terested. He had some ten members in his 

 class last season, and expects perhaps 

 to double that number this time This 

 work is taken up towards spring They 

 have a few bees at the station, for demon- 

 stration only. Our State association is in- 

 terested in this work, and we want to give 

 it all the encouragement possible, as we 

 hope it may be of much help in time, more 

 especially to the young generation, as they 

 enter life's duties. We may have some great 

 beekeepers coming from this work. We 

 hope so. 



The committee appointed to investigate 

 the matter of incorporation for our State 

 Beekeepers' Association are at work with 

 their duties, and the secretary. Mr. Diemer. 

 writes me that he hopes to succeed, but we 

 must have more help than we now have, 

 otherwise it would put considerable bur- 

 den on a few. for it takes some expense to 

 incorporate. 



A great numberof beekeepers of the State 

 will see this. Now won't you send your 

 membership fee right away to the writer, 

 or. better still, to the secretary. Mr. I. F. 

 Diemer. of Liberty, Mo.? It is only $100, 

 and you owe it to yourself, as well as to the 

 bee-industry of the State, to help the cause. 

 Our State has a splendid record as a honey- 



producing State, but we do not have the 

 membership we should have in ourassocia- 

 tion. We hope lo get a better appropriation 

 to do inspection work, to eradicate foul- 

 brood which is gaining fast in the State, as 

 we have not had enough inspectors in the 

 field. Then we hope to get enough appro- 

 priation to publish our reports and give 

 much valuable knowledge and information 

 on beekeeping. Many other States are 

 doing this, and Missouri should not be left 

 behind. 



It depends largely upon you. dear reader: 

 do not let others bear the burden and take 

 no part in it yourself. If many do their 

 duty it will not be a burden on any one 

 May we not hope you will do your part. 



1, W. Roi'sE. 



Prcs. Missouri Slutc lictkit:l'Crs' AssiH iatiifri. 



An Entrance Stopper 



Here is the kind of an entrance stopper I 

 use: Rip off a piece of pine board H inch 

 thick and 14/4 inches lony. Cut a rtiece of 

 wire-cloth 6x14 '4 inches and bend it V shape. 

 Put a strip of wood !jx%xi4'1 between the 

 two edges and tack both sides. When the 

 entrance is closed with this stopper the 

 bees can get plenty of air. 



Elizabeth. III. Henry Price. 



Henry Price's Entrance Closer. 



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BEES AJSTD QUEENS. 



Queens, improved Red Clover Italians, 

 bred for business, June i to Nov, 15. Un- 

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 Ji. 00 each; dozen. Jio. Tested Queens, $1.25; 

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For Sale— Choice Golden Queens that 

 produce Golden bees equal to any. 



Wm. S. Barnett. Barnett's. Virginia. 



PhelI'S' Golden Italian Queens will please 

 you. 



Bees anu Queens from my New Jersey 

 • piary, J. H. M. Cook. 



lAlf 70 Cortland St.. New 'it j. 



Golden all over Queens. Untested. $1.00. 

 Tested. $3 00, Breeders. Js.oo and $ii>. 

 2Atf Robert Inghram. Sycamore. Pa. 



WAN'tEii— To sell untested queens from 

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1014 Queens— Moore's strain of leather 

 colored Italians. In April at 75c. Bees by 

 the pound and Tested queens. Write us 

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Ogden Bee & Honey Co.. Ogden. Utah. 



Italian Queens— Bees by lb. Descriptive 

 List free. Apiaries under State inspection. 

 Leaflets. " How to Introduce Queens." 15c. 

 " How to Increase." 15c; both. 25c. 2Ait 

 E. E. Mott.Glenwood. Mich. 



Queens— 10 percent discount for orders 

 received before May I. to be filled in May 

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 Dead ones replaced free. 2Aot 



S. Click. Rt. 2. Box II.. Mt. Jackson. Va, 



PnELi's' (iolden Italian Bees are hustlers. 



California's Golden and .i-banded equal 

 the best. Try them March i. No. culls. 

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 12. S8.U0: 50. $12: 100. $60. 



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Italian Queens, .li-banded. forsale. Ready 

 April 15. Untested queens. 75c each, or $7.25 

 per dozen. Safe arrival guaranteed. 



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3Atf Rt. 4. Greenville. Ala. 



Queens bred from Moore's and Doolittle's 

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 per dozen: $50 per 100. Tested, yoc each; 

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 price of above queen wanted. 



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