1896. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



365 



DO NOT ORDER UNTIL YOU HAVE 

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The "Boss" Oiie-Piece Section 



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Also D. T. Hives, Shippings-Crates 

 and Other Supplies. 



We have completed a large addition to our 

 Factory, which doubles our tioor room; we 

 are therefore in better shape than ever to fill 

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J. FORNCROOK, 



Watertown, Jeff. Co., Wis., Jan. 1st, 1896. 



Barnes' Foot-Power Machinery. 



Read what J , I. Parent, o 

 Charlton. N.Y.,8a78— "We 

 cut with one of your Com- 

 bined Machines, last winter 

 50 chaff hives with 7-ln. cap, 

 100 honey-racks, 500 broad 

 frames, 2,000 honey-boxes 

 and a Kreat deal of other 

 work. Thiswiuter we have 

 double the amount of bee- 

 hives, etc., to make and we 

 expect todo ilwiththisSaw. 

 Itwiil do all you say it will. 

 Catalogue and Price - J^ist 

 Free. Address, W. F. & JOHN BARNES, 



45Ctf No. 995 RubySt.. Rocbford. III. 



Tlie RURAL CALIFORNIAN 



Tells all about Bees in California. 

 The Yields and Price of Honey; the Pastur- 

 ape and Nectar - Producing- Plants; the Bee- 

 Kanches and bow they are conducted. In fact 

 the entire field Is fully covered by and expert 

 bee-man. Besides this, the paper also tells 

 you all about Oaliroriila Asriciilture and 

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. KRETCMER, RED OAK, IOWA. 



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^Sections & Fonndation Reduced.:^ 



I am now selling Root's best polished SEC- 

 TIONS at Sa.oO per 1,000: 2,000 forMoO; 

 3.000, $6.4.3; .'i.OOO. $10.00. Tlie New Weed 

 Procesii Comb Foundation reduced 3c. 

 per pound. See prices on page 14 of our Cat- 

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M. H. HUNT, 



19D4t BELL BRANCH, MICH. 



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W. H. BRIGHT'S 



CIRCULAR FOR 1896, describes everythinr 

 needed In the apiary. Bees, Queens, Hives, 

 Sections, Spraying Pumps, and Brigbt's Comb 

 Foundation, sold at bottom prices. Send for 

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VVni. H. BRIGHT, 

 17D4t MAZBPPA, MINN. 



Pull CalhllU'V "^ Italian Bees for $4.00. 



1 uii v<»lullHjv5 H'or particulars see larger ad. 

 on page :i.iO of this paper. Tested Queens, 

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Address. T. H. KLOER, 

 426 Willow St., TEKKE HAUTE, IND. 



2 3 A4 1 Mention the American Bee Journal. 



May 18. I try, by changing hives, to 

 equalize the bees, and forming new colo- 

 nies to prevent swarming as much as I 

 can ; still, they will swarm in spite of 

 me, once in awhile, especially those in 

 8-frame hives. 



Our bees wintered In excellent condi- 

 tion on fall honey. We did not have to 

 feed any sugar, and they were appar- 

 ently as strong when brought out this 

 spring as when put, into the cave last 

 fall. We have fed no sugar this spring, 

 but before flowers were plenty we sup- 

 plied them with artificial pollen, and 

 equalized the stores so that all had a 

 plenty. 



During the breeding season, in early 

 spring, I disturb the interior of the hive 

 as little as possible, managing to do 

 most of the work without tearing the 

 brood-nest all to pieces. 



When our hives are brought out of the 

 cellar they are placed in pairs on the 

 stands. A glance tells their condition 

 with regard to stores, and brood or eggs 

 indicates the presence of the queen. 



When they get so full of bees they be- 

 gin to hang outside, and show symptoms 

 of swarming, I fill a hive with brood and 

 honey by taking one or two frames from 

 several hives that can spare them, put- 

 ting in empty combs or full sheets of 

 foundation in their places, move two of 

 the strong colonies from their stands to 

 a new place, and set the hive in the 

 middle of the stand where they stood. 

 They can be given a queen or cell 

 nearly ready to hatch, or be allowed to 

 rear a queen for themselves. Having 

 all the flying bees from the two hives 

 moved away, they are very strong in 

 bees, and ready for business right away ; 

 while the colonies moved will not swarm 

 for awhile, and it disturbs them less 

 than to tear the hive all to pieces hunt- 

 ing for queen-cells, which is no pleasant 

 job at the best. 



Mrs. a. L. Hallenbeck. 



Millard, Nebr., May 21. 



One of the Old-Timers Expected. 



Bees are just rolling in the honey here. 

 I look for one of those old-timers thi.« 

 year. Prospects were never better. 



A. Cabdeb. 



Tracy City, Tenn., May 28. 



Why Fumigate Honey ? — Outlook. 



While reading " Fumigation of Comb 

 Honey," by C. Davenport, on page 274, 

 the query arose in my mind, Why is it 

 necessary for him to fumigate his honey? 

 My experience in handling comb honey 

 is this : 



When we first produced honey we used 

 a box extending across the hive with 

 glass in the ends and holes in the bottom 

 for the bees to enter; later, we used a 

 box composed of two-pound sections 

 nailed together, and glass in the ends. 

 When these boxes were removed from 

 the hive, and free from bees, paper was 

 pasted over the bottoms so nothing could 

 enter. We never were bothered with 

 moth-grubs in any honey kept in this 

 way, but one box ; and on examining it, 

 found that there was asmallhole broken 

 in the glass, and we inferred that the 

 moth entered through this and deposited 

 her eggs. 



Since using the one-pound sections, as 

 soon as the cases are removed and free 

 from bees, they are piled one upon 

 another, leaving no aperture for moths, 

 ants or bees to enter, and the uppermost 



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Bee-keepers should (rive it a test, and my All- 

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 better made, as six years agro I discarded the 

 old way of dipping for wax sheets, and a new 

 invention of my own was discovered, which 

 enables me to make the toughest kind ot 

 Foundation; also, no acid used to purify the 

 Beeswax, and It preserves the smell ot honey, 

 which Is more acceptable to the bees. Now Is 

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BEGINNERS. 



Beginners should have a copy of the 

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Fnr QalD HOME, APIARY, 



rui jgiK —QUEENS.— 



Yz Block ot t^round, some (rult, good G-room 

 dwelling-, shop, stable, honey-house and poul- 

 try-house [over 3.000 square feet of floor], 

 100 colonies of bees in chaff hives and fully 

 equipped for comb honey, all in town of 1000 

 population and proodalfalta range and g-ood 

 water. Price. $;i,000. If unsold June 15th. 

 will unqueen, and offer 2 year clipped queens 

 at 25c.; 1 year, undipped, at 50c. each. July 

 15th and alter, yhung queens at fiOc. each — 

 all Italian and safe arrival guaranteed. This 

 Is a rare har^'alu. but I must get my wife to a 

 lower altitude. Uouk your orders iit ouce If 

 you want these queens. 



lOAtr K. V. AIKIN, Lovoland, Colo. 



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