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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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ITALIAN QUEENS h% ■t^r^n'r^fil; 



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 his own use, and valued at $50. Queens, 50c ; 

 6 for $'2.7.) ; or $5.00 per dozen. 



lieatlier Colored Queens from Koot's best 

 imported stock same price. Bees from my 

 Queens are excellent workers on red clover. 

 1 guarantee safe delivery. N. B.— I sent more 

 than 200 Queens safely to California last sea- 

 son. H. C QIJIRIN. Bellevne, Ohio. 



23 Al 6 Mention the Amifrican Bee Jo"mM 



Why Did They Do It? 



George H. Curtis, farmer, lives 2^ miles from 

 Adrian. Eight years ago put up Page fence along the 

 highway. This spring he took it down and replaced 

 it with a Page of finer mesh to match his elegant 

 dwelling. Three limes he was offered half price for the 

 old fence, by as many different farmers, who had seen 

 it in service all that time. 



See picture in HusfJer. 



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removal of the queen, and while the con- 

 struction of queen-cells goes on, there is 

 no noticeable slacking-up in the work of 

 the bees. They seem to work on, so far 

 as I can see, about as contentedly as if 

 they had their queen among them. But 

 after the destruction of the queen-cells 

 there is a noticeable let-up in the ener- 

 gies of the bees. After the queen has 

 been re-introduced into the hive, and 

 she has been accepted, and has com- 

 menced to lay, the bees begin to work 

 with much more energy and vim. There 

 being plenty of empty cells in the combs, 

 the queen can exercise her laying 

 powers to the fullest extent, and all 

 desire to swarm is for the time being 

 expunged. If some honey has accumu- 

 lated in the cells from which young bees 

 have emerged, it will be removed by the 

 workers into the sections, to give room 

 to the queen. As the full strength of 

 the colony, excepting the bees taken for 

 the nucleus, has been held together, and 

 even constantly augmented by the 

 hatching brood, the colony is in good 

 condition to store honey. The season of 

 comparative sluggishness during the 

 hopeless period is, under natural swarm- 

 ing, often equaled by the sulkiuess of 

 the bees, which sometimes seem to be 

 unable to make up Iheir mind as to 

 whether they want to swarm or not, 

 during which time of indisposition they 

 do no work. — T. H. Klokr, in Gleanings. 



Starters vs. Full Sheets in Sections. 



A fact that is pretty well recognized 

 among comb-houcy producers may per- 

 haps be touched upon here by way of 

 confirmation. When we put up supers 

 containing sections for general stock, 

 only small starters are used, for the 

 reason that full sheets would not ship. 

 Well, during the last few days during 

 the pinch we had to use something that 

 was right ready, and accordingly a num- 

 ber of these supers were used; but as 

 soon as our employees in the factory 

 could get at it they fixed up supers con- 

 taining full sheets. It was evident that 

 the bees accepted the latter much more 

 readily ; and it was evident, also, that 

 partly drawn-out sections shaved down 

 a la Taylor were much more readily ac- 

 cepted yet. B. Taylor's idea of using 

 natural comb shaved down by means of 

 a comb-leveler is all right, — Gleanings. 



Sweet Clover for 1896. 



Although sweet clover has, in the last 

 few years, been spreading enormously 

 along the highways and railroad-cuts, it 

 seems to be making unusual spread and 

 growth this year. The majority of peo- 

 ple consider it as a noxious weed, not- 

 withstanding it makes a fine hay for 

 stock, and that it seldom if ever grows 

 on cultivated lands. Its vigorous growth 

 and rapid spread over the country give 

 us hope that it will largely take the 

 place of white clover that seems to have 

 run out for the last four or five years. 

 This year sweet clover follows right on 

 after basswood. I'erhaps in many local- 

 ities it will enable the bees to complete 

 some otherwise unfinished sections. — 

 Gleanings. 



Please Send TJs the Names of your 

 neighbors who keep bees, and we will 

 send them sample copies of the Bkk 

 Journal. Then please call upon them 

 and get them to subscribe with you, and 

 secure some of the premiums we o£fer. 



Honey-Clovers & Buckwheat 



SEED FOR SALE. 



We have made arrangements so that we 

 can furnish seed of several of the Clovers 

 and Japanese Buckwheat, by freight or ex- 

 press, at the following prices, cash with order: 



550 10ft 25ft) 50ft 



AlsikeClover $.70 $1.25 $3.00 $5.75 



SweetClover 75 1.40 3.25 6.00 



WhiteClover 1.25 2.00 4.50 8.00 



Alfalfa Clover 65 1.10 2.70 5.00 



Crimson Clover 55 .90 2.00 3.50 



Jap. Buckwheat... .20 .35 .90 1.25 

 Prices subject to market changes. 



Add 25 cents to your order, for cartage, if 

 wanted by freight. 



Your orders are solicited. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 



CHICAGO, ILLS. 



Sweet Clover n Canada. 



At the following prices : 

 5 lbs. 10 lbs. 25 lbs. 50 lbs. 



$1.00 $1,60 $3.75 $7.25. 



Also a quantity of Motherwort and Catnip 

 seed. Prices on application. 



EGGS for Hatclilng. Buff Leghorns. In- 

 dian Games, & Light Brahmas. Choice Birds. 

 A breeder for 30 years. Prices on application 



JOHN McARTHUR, 

 881 Yonge Street. - TOUONTO, ONT. 

 loAtt yt'vtiontlie American Bee Jiyixmai^ 



Promptness h VViiat Counts ! 



Honey-Jars, Shipping-Cases, and every- 

 thing that bee-keepers use. Root's 

 OoodM at Root's Prices^ and the 



best shipping- point in the country. 

 Dealer in Honey and Beeswax. Cata- 



imAve. Walter S. Ponder 



INDIANAPOLIS. IND. 



||A\IIJ117 We have a large amount of Pure 

 nifllLl No. 1 Alfalfa we will sell cheap. 



Wax Waiited. 



Raw hpA av^<inA Warranted the best, sim- 

 DUtSo UOtj'CSlJ(l|Hj plest and quickest Escape 

 on the market. Sent postpaid to any address 

 lor 30 cts. It can be returned at our expense 

 if it is not as represented, or we will send the 

 Escape on trial to any bee-keeper wishing: to 

 test it in good faith. We are agents for the 



Ferguson Patent Hive rup'er1Z''lv,-c'ife'^ 



Gate Honey-Board, with the Escape. It is the 

 easiest, quickest hive to handle for the pro- 

 duction of comb honev. Address, 



E. H. LOVESV A. CO., 

 355 6th East St.. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. 

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Glueens ! 

 Q,ueens I 



Fine Untested Queens mailed 

 cuoMPTLV at 60 cts. each, or 

 Si.Y for $3.30. 



Safe delivery and satisfac- 

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P. OR4BBE, 



Liberty viLLE, Lake Co., Ill, 

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 Amateur Bee-Keeper, a 70-page book by 

 Prof. J. W. Rouse. Price 25 cents: If 

 sent by mail, 28c. The little book and 

 the Progressive Bee-Keeper (a live, pro- 

 gressive 28-page monthly journal) one 

 year, 65(^ Address any first-class dealer, 

 or 

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Cull Tnlimi/i^ "' I'»l'an Bees for $4.00. 

 t Ull l;UH)llll'!> H or parliculars eee larger ad. 

 on page 350 of this paper. Tested Queens, 

 a fine lot. by return mail. 50 cts. each. 

 Address. T. H. KLOEIC, 

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