1896. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



91 



THIRTY THOUSAND FOUNDS DEESWAX 



Is our present stock for this year's sales of Foundation. But still 'We 'Want 

 More Bees'wax and pay a good price. 



Don't Delay Ordering' Your FOUNDATION. You will pay more by and 

 by than you would now. Remember that we make the BEST, and everybody 

 acknowledges this. 



Now is the time to read the work of the Late Father Langstrotli— 



Langstroth on the Honey-Bee, Revised. 



The Price of this Work is now Reduced from $1.40 to $1.25, by mail. 

 Send us your address for Catalogue of Bee-Supplies, etc. 

 CHAS. DADANT & SON, 



nuvtwn tne American Bee Journal. HAMIIiTON, Hancock Co., HiL. 



I NCUBATORS 



132 

 Yards 

 High ^ 

 Class 

 Fowls 



SELF REGULATING 



WE WARRANT 

 ^ THE RELIABLE 



To hatch 8o per cent of the fresh and fertile eegs. Hundreds of recent 



testimonials! Have this year (1896) issued our Eleventh Annual 



Poultry Guide and Combined Catalogue in one valuable book. 



PROFITS IN POULTRY ! 



This 148-page, fully illustrated Poultry Guide tells you about profits in 

 poultry; about hatching eggs with machines; about brooding chicks 

 without hens. We have for sale sixteen popular kinds of thoroughbred 

 fowls, also full line of Poultry Supplies— anything you want. Price of Guide, lO cents in 

 stamps— worth one dollar. Address. RELIABLE INCUBATOR AND BROODER CO., Quincy, Hi. 



CHEAP SECTIONS \ CHEAP SECTIONS ! 



We have at this Branch among the Stock purchased of Thos. G Newman the I'ollowiDg 

 Stock of Sections— not of our manufacture— which we desire to close out to make room for our 



Superior Extra Polished Sections. 



In order to close them out quickly we offer them for the next 60 days, or while they last, at 

 these special prices ; 



Wliite Sections, 4>ix4?4. Cream Sections, 4^x4^. 



40.000 1 15-16 1 .1,000 for Jl. 75 10.000 115-16 1 1,000 for $1.25 



50.000 17i > 2.000 for 3.00 20,000 171 > 2,000 for 2.00 



80,000 7-to-ft. ) 5,000 for 7.00 1.000 7-toft. ( 5,000 lor 4.50 



With all orders for less than 5,000, add 25 cts. for cartage. 

 These Sections are of Wisconsin manufacture, and when made were doubtless considered 

 as good as the best: but as compared with our Extra Polished Sections they are not up to the 

 standard of to-day. but a decided bargain and should be closed out quijkly at these very low 

 prices. If j'ou prefer a sample before ordering we will mail one for 5 cts. to cover postage. 



The A. I. Root Co., 56 5th Ave., Chicago, 111. 



250,000 Peach Trees 



100,000 Plum, best European and Japan. 



150,000 Pear, Standard and I>warf. 



75,O0O Clicrry, Morellos, Hearts, etc. 



150,000 .Vpplc, Quince, Apricot. 



100,000 Kut Beariita: Tree.*, 



2,000.000 Small Fruits and tirapes. 



7 50,000 Roses, Kvcrblooniint and Hardy. 



1,000 Car Loads Ornamentals. 



Full supplv Flower and ■Vesetahle Seeds, Plants, 

 -Bi!ll>«, etc-. E'lettant 168 puce CiitaloKue Tree, btnd for 

 ' it l.i-liire t.uvinE. Everythine miiils,ize postpaid. LarEer by c.x- 

 i,r(ss<>r freit'lit Safe arrival and satisfaction KUarantucd. We 

 o.cui.v 1'., niiluson the hank of LaKe Erie. Ni> hardier, bealtliier 

 trefsare lirown on the continent. Why not procure the best 

 di rect from the erower and avoid all commissions. It 

 Avili save you money. 

 42nd YEAR. 1000 ACRES. 29 GREENHOUSES. 



TKE STORRS & HARRISON CO., Painesvllle, 0. Box 223 



The Patent Wood Veneer FOUNDATION 



has no sag in full sheets. Extra Thin Foun- 

 dation 13 square feet to the pound. Working 

 Wax Into Foundation— if sent to me— a spe- 

 cialty. Send for prices, samples cS: Catalogue. 

 Wax wanted. AUG. WEISS 



2A5t HORTONVILLE, WIS. 



For Sale— A Bargain. 



119 Colonies of Italian Bees in Chaff Hives. 

 Good House, and 2 acres of Land, with excel- 

 lent well of water. E. L. C4RRINGTON. 

 5A4t PBTTUS, BeeCo.,TEX. 



Mention the American Bee JounuiK 



Qcrjeral Hcn)s^ 



Another Way to Number Hives. 



In reg^ard to numbering hives — I thinly I 

 have a better way than any of the experts. 

 I take a large, soft graphite pencil, and put 

 the number on the left hand upper corner 

 of the rear end of the hive ; there they will 

 not get rubbed out by handling the hive. 

 In the fall, after all moving of hives is over 

 for the season, I paint the numbers over 

 with white paint, and number them. When 

 an old colony is removed to a new stand, 

 the date is put on it, and the number shows 

 where it came from. Also, the date of the 

 swarm is marked on its hive. There are no 

 loose tags to move or take care of. 



Waterville, Ohio. Lewis Eastwood. 



Mr. StoUey's Sweet Clover Article. 



Friend York: — Allow me to thank you 

 and Dr. Miller for bringing Mr. StoUey, of 

 Grand Island, Nebr., to the stand, and 

 giving us such valuable evidence in favor 

 of sweet clover. I was much pleased with 

 the way Mr. StoUey wrote up all about it. 

 I have seen Mr. John McArthur's bees, at 

 North Toronto, storing large quantities of 

 sweet clover honey when the bees in other 

 parts of the Province of Ontario were starv- 

 ing for the want of something to gather 

 honey from. Wm. MoEvoy. 



Woodburn, Ont. 



Longevity of ftueens.' 



On July 1. 1884, I received three queens 

 from J. T. Wilson, of Kentucky. The first 

 one died in 1888, and the second one in 

 18!)0 ; the third one is still living, and I have 

 reared 43 queens from her this year. I 

 have put her into winter quarters this year, 

 apparently all right. In 1893 I had one of 

 her daughters that was two years old, that 

 became a drone-layer, and I had to dispense 

 with her ; a similar case occurred again in 

 1895. 



There can be no mistake about this 

 queen, as she has been in the same hive 

 (No. .54) all the time, and has never 

 swarmeti. The right wing is clipped off 

 angling. She could not have been_ super- 

 seded, as it would be a matter of impossi- 

 bility. These bees are of no use to produce 

 comb honey, but are good for extracted. 

 They are easy to handle during the honey- 

 flow, but as soon as it stops they become 

 very cro.ss, and hard to handle. Should 

 this queen live through the winter, and 

 come out all right in the spring. I will re- 

 port again. J. G. A. Wallace. 



Ontario, Canada. 



Bees Did Very Well. 



My bees did very well last year. I 



started in the spring with 7 good colonies, 



and I have :S now. in good condition. I 



got about 500 pounds of fine honey.; i 13 



James Jardine. j 



Ashland, Nebr., Jan. 3. 



Sweet Clover, Alsike and Crimson. 



I have just read with considerable pleas- 

 ure Mr. StoUey's article on sweet clover, on 

 page 806 (1895), but there are yet a few 

 facts that we should know in regard to it. 



1. Will it do to sow with oats in the 

 spring ? If so, can a crop of hay be cut the 

 the next year ? 



3. Is the hay good for milch cows '. and 

 do they do as well on it as on red clover ? 



3. Is there any tendency in the clover to 

 slobber horses or cows, as white, or even 

 red, clovers will do in wet years ? 



4. Will a common threshing machine 

 thresh it ; and what is the usual .yield of 

 seed per acre ? What does it cost per 

 bushel to thresh ? 



Last spring I tried crimson clover, Alsike 



