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September. 1914. 



American IBee Journal 



white clover and chestnut all bloom in rota- 

 tion. Basswood. sumac, sourwood. white 

 alder, and various other flowers furnish 

 nectar until cold weather. Bees eg into 

 winter with a full supply of stores. 



1 winter out-of-doors, and rarely lose a col- 

 ony. My best colony stored 200 pounds of 

 comb honey this year, which sold at $20 per 

 hundred; the rest averaged about 100 

 pounds. I expect about "^o pounds per col- 

 ony from the fall flow, which is general ly 

 heavy. The fields before frost are a solid 

 bank of flowers. Some colonies store more 

 thin 150 pounds from this source. 



Gimlet, Ky . luly 21. Cecil Wmxr. 



Crop Report 



-Pleasant Slimmer in Cali- 

 fornia 



Honey is still coming in on many southern 

 California ranges, and will probably reach 

 60 percent of a crop over the unirrigated 

 sections. 



The summer has been one of the most 

 pleasant I have experienced in my 18 years 

 of California beekeeping. Honey is of good 

 body, nice flavor, but not as white as that 

 produced some years ago. 



Corona. Calif. L.L.Andrews 



Discouraging 



I have 55 colonies of bees. They have done 

 but little good this year. We had no white 

 clover, and it is dry. I think they will not 

 gather any honey this fall. I haven't taken 

 any off yet. My bees wintered good, and 

 were in good shape this spring- Swarming 

 has not bothered much. I am discouraged, 

 but will not give it up; will try again. 



llasco. Mo.. Aug. 14. S. P. Yoi'NG. 



Too Dry in Illinois 



My bees were strong in the spring, and 

 started to swarm early, as I had the first 

 swaimMayii. I have nothing but Italians, 

 and there are no bees around this part of 

 the country for miles. I run my bees for 

 comb honey, as I sell all my honey at home. 

 The weather in Illinois has been too dry; 

 but the second crop of red clover is now 

 blooming, and the bees are working on that. 



L. A. TORNi.iUIST. 



New Windsor, III., July 27. 



125 Pounds Average 



We had a short honey flow from clover 

 and basswood. but our bees were in excel- 

 lent condition, and our 16 frame colonies 

 averaged 125 pounds per colony of the finest 

 quality of extracted honey, with plenty yet 

 in the hives for winter. We seldom get any 

 honey after basswood. The rainfall has 

 been light, and a severe drouth is damaging 

 young clover: alsike is our main depend- 

 ence. J. E. Hand. 



Birmingham. Ohio. Aug. 12. 



A Thousand Pounds from 70 Colonies 



My bees have given me very little surplus 

 this year. It has been very dry here and 

 very little clover. The bees are very strong, 

 and I think they will get plenty of winter 

 stores. I had very few swarms, though the 

 hives were full of bees. Krom '>'j colonies, 

 spring count, 1 will have about loao pounds 

 of honey, most of it dark, and have increased 

 to Qo. Hoping for a better crop next year. I 

 will try and be content. 



Howard T. Knoi.l, 



Clarksbrg. Ont., Aug. n. 



Fire Blight Alarming Orchardists in 

 Yakima Co., Wash. 



In Yakima Co.. Wash., there are 55,000 

 acres set to orchard I'ire blight made its 

 appearance about three years ago. Orchard- 

 ists were warned of itsexistenre. and urged 

 to use every effort to stamp It out, and a 

 fairly vigorous effort by resideni owners has 

 been made to eradicate it, but at this time 

 it is recurring to a more alarming extent 

 than at any previous time. Orchardists are 

 thoroughly alarmed. In the list of agencies 

 that transmit the bacteria of blight they 

 have placed the honey-bee 'and naturally the 

 apple raiser is gelling hostile They are 

 holding meetings and organizing so-called 

 protective leagues, or rather clubs. 



At the request of the (5randview orchard 

 ists. Gov. Lister attended a meeting, and it 

 was reported in a local paper he stated that 



he believed they would be justified without 

 warrant of law in going to the orchards of 

 owners who refused to combat the disease, 

 and cut them down and burn them. 



I am informed that at one of these meet- 

 ings one of the speakers made the statement 

 that he knew of a way to get rid of the bees, 

 and that it was to spray with an arsenical 

 solution when the trees were in full bloom 

 Iliat an apiary of 40 colonies had been taken 

 care of in that way near Sunnyside. Bees 

 in the neiborhood of Sunnyside were badly 

 injured by spray this season, but so far as 1 

 know no colonies were destroyed. 



We are too inclined to be satisfied if it is 

 the other fellow's ox that is being gored. 



During the season of 1011, a pear tree in a 

 small orchard owned by the wrKer began to 

 blight. Taking the view commonly accepted 

 that it was due to a transmissible organism, 

 I watched the tree closely, cutting off the 

 diseased limbs from time to time and burn- 

 ing them. An apiary of about Bo colonies of 

 bees stood 8 or to rods distant, and at no 

 time did I see a single bee visit the diseased 

 tree, and while this does not prove that bees 

 do not carry the infective agent of blight, 

 yet it is just as conclusive as the prevalent 

 belief that they do. What we need in all 

 cases preceding actual proof is men with 

 open minds, minds that refuse to accept 

 suggestions or be swayed by beliefs. 



A. E. BuRDiCK. 



Sunnyside. Wash.. June 8. 



The Boyum Escape Improvement 



I notice in the August American Bee Jour- 

 nal a bee-escape board improved by Geo. A. 

 Boyum. A similar device was illustrated in 

 some of the journals 12 or 15 years ago. I 

 don't remember theoriginator. but I remem- 

 ber the pleasure I felt in making an im- 

 provement by running a strip from each cor- 

 ner of the board across to the hole in the 

 escape; atrial quickly convinced me that 

 supers were cleared no sooner than before, 

 and others reported the same result. As an 

 amateur, I suggest that when the first 

 frightened bee finds the way to safety 

 through the escape, her fanning wings in- 

 stantly send the news throughout the supers 

 and a line of march starts immediately for 

 the opening, and with or without the device 

 the supers will be cleared as fast as the 

 capacity of the escape will permit, or as the 

 bees desire to leave. E. M. Cole. 



Audubon, Iowa, .\ug. 17. 



Classified Department 



(Advertisements in this department will 

 be inserted at 15 cents per line, with no dis- 

 counts of any kind . Notices here cannot be 

 less than two lines. If wanted in this de- 

 partment, you must say so when ordering. 



BEES AND QUEENS. 



Phelps' Golden Italian Queens will please 

 you. 



For Sale— Untested Golden Italian queens 

 60c each; 4 hybrids. $1,00. 



J. F'. Michael, Winchester, Ind. 



Bees and Queens from my New Jersey 

 apiary. J. H. M. Cook, 



lAtf 70 Cortland St., New York City. 



For Sale— Choice Golden Queens that 

 produce Golden bees equal to any. 



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



LEA-niER-CoLOKEi) Italian Queens for 

 sale. Send for price-list. 



Geo. B. Howe. Black River, N. Y 



Pure Tunisian Queens, tested, $1.00; 2-lb. 

 bees with tested queen, $4 00 Safe arrival 

 guaranteed. Lenoel. Nabeul, Tunis. 



Reduced Prices for August and Septem- 

 ber. Untested queens of my 3-banded Ital 

 ian stock One for 70 cts.; 6 for $,) 00; 12 or 

 more at 60 cts. apiece. No disease and no 

 better queens at any price. Full colonies 

 and several apiaries for sale. 



H. D. Murry, M»tliis, Tex. 



Three-banded Italian Queens, bred fo 

 business. Satisfaction guaranteed. Untest 

 ed. 75 cts.; six, $4 2.5 



Chas W. /welly, Lemont, 111. 



Queens of Qualitv— Three-band leather 

 color. Unt . 50 cts. each: sel. unt , 60 cis. 

 each. A few sel. tested at $100 .Satisfac 

 tion guaranteed. J. I Banks, Liberty. Tenn 



During Sept. I will sell untested queens 

 of Robey stock mated to Howe's strain of 

 drones at 50 cts each; pure mating guaran- 

 teed D. G. Little. Harlley, Iowa. 



Caucasian and Carniulan queens from 

 the original imporier. See larger adv't. 

 Frank Benton. P. O. Box 17. Washington. D.C. 



Untested Queens. 75c each; $7.50 per doz. 

 Nuclei $1 25 per frame. Bees. $1.50 per pound. 

 Full colonies, 8-frame, $6.50; 10-frame, $7.50. 

 Stover Apiaries, Mayhew. Miss. 



For Sale— Fine Italian Queens. See my 

 large ad. in this issue. 



J F. Archdekin, Rt. 7. St. Joseph. Mo, 



Italian Queens for sale. Untested. 90 cts; 

 six for $1.75. All queens are reared from my 

 imported mother. Jul. Buegeler, 



Rt, I, New Ulm, Tex. 



1014 Queens— Moore's strain of leather- 

 colored Italians. In April at 75c. Bees by 

 the pound and Tested queens. Write us 

 for prices on nuclei. Address. 



Ogden Bee & Honey Co.. Ogden, Utah, 



Queens, improved Red Clover Italians, 

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

 tested Queens, 7Sceach; dozen, $8,00; Select. 

 {1.00 each: dozen, $10, rested Queens, $1.25: 

 dozen. $12. Safe arrival and satisfaction 

 guaranteed. H. C, demons, Boyd, Ky. 



Queens— 10 percent discount for orders 

 received before May I. to be filled in May 

 and June. Tested. $i.oo; untested 75c. 

 Dead ones replaced free. 2Aot 



S. Click. Rt. 2. Box 16. Mt. Jackson. 'Va. 



We Will be in the field with good Italian 

 Queens in June for $1.00 each; 6 for $5 00. 

 Two-frame nuclei in June without aueen. 

 $2.50: with queen. $100 extra. 



D.J Blocher. Pearl City. 111. 



Northern-reared Queens of Moore's 

 strain of leather-colored three-banded Ital- 

 ians. After lune is. untested, $1.00; 6 for 

 I5.00: 12 for tooo. 



Ramer & Gluen, Harmony. Minn. 



Phklps' Golden Italian Bees are hustlers. 



Italian Queens, s-banded. forsale. Ready 

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

 per dozen. Safe arrival guaranteed. 



W. W. Talley. Queen Breeder, 



3Atf Rt. 4, Greenville. Ala, 



For Sale— MI) hatch sel, tested. Aug. $1 00 

 each: Sept.. 75c each as long as they last: 

 wish to replace with 1014 for IQ15 sales. Will 

 sell a good breeder for (i 50. 



E. E. Mott. Glenwood. Mich. 



High Grade Queens by return mail. 

 Tested, $1.25: warranted, 75c each; choice 

 breeding queens, $2 50 each, Italian Carnio- 

 lan or Caucasian. Virgins of any of the 

 above strain. ) for Si 00, Stanley & F'inch. 

 1451 Ogden Ave.. Chicago. III. 



Pure Golden Queens, the best that twelve 

 years can produce. Untested, $1.50 each. 

 Select tested, $1,00 each. Breeders. $5.00 to 

 $50, Send for booklet on "Bees and Dis- 

 eases." Geo. M. Steele. 

 30 South 40th St.. Philadelphia. Penna. 



Queens by return mail or your money 

 back Guaranteed purely mated. J. E. 

 Hand strain of 3 banded Italians Bred for 

 genlleness. honey gathering and wintering. 

 State in^pector's certificate. Select un- 

 tested, one. 75c: SIX. $4. 00; 12. $7.00. Tested, 

 one. Si 00; six, S5.00: 12, So. 00; Select tested, 

 one. $1 25; six, S7.00; 12, Sl3 Breeders. S4.00 

 each. Write for price on large orders. Safe 

 delivery and satisfaction guaranteed in U. 

 S. and Canada. Ten percent discount on 30 

 days' advance orders. Reference, F'irst Na 

 tional Bank. J. M. Gingerich, Arthur, 111 • 



