1896. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



573 



cedar in a hollow tree is far more rank 

 than that of sound lumber. 



Dr. Miller's first reason probably has 

 a great deal to do with the case ; after 

 hiving a swarm it should be set in a cool 

 place. This should hardly need to have 

 been mentioned, as it is so commonly 

 known among bee-keepers. Upon hiv- 

 ing a swarm, they should also have 

 plenty of ventilation ; if the day is hot 

 and the swarm is large, raise the hive 

 from the bottom-board. 



If the above rules are observed in hiv- 

 ing swarms, provided the swarm is ac- 

 companied with a good laying queen, we 

 will guarantee there will be no trouble 

 with the " Washington Cedar" hives. 

 C. E. P. & B. 



Can't Hake Bees Pay. 



Bees do not pay in this locality. Bass- 

 wood is scarce and white clover has 

 about played out. I commenced last 

 spring with 10 colonies, and will not 

 average 20 pounds apiece : the most I 

 will get from a single colony will be 

 about 40 pounds. I will not pay ex- 

 penses, and never have yet, but I have 

 been hoping that [ would. If I were 

 the only one in this locality that did not 

 get much, I would think it was my fault, 

 but I get double the honey of any of 

 them. But a few miles from here honey 

 is plentiful. Bees and honey are not my 

 business — farming is my trade, and it 

 takes all of my time to make it a suc- 

 cess. 



I think the American Bee Journal the 

 best bee-paper I have seen. Well may 

 it prosper, and long may it live ! 



Fred C. Card. 



Burns, Mich., Aug. 25. 



A Bee-Bite — ftueen-Layin^ Story. 



I have two little neighbor boys that 

 bother me considerably ; it seems that 

 they watch my apiary as closely as you 

 ever saw a bee-martin do it — and as soon 

 as I would go to do anything with my 

 bees, here they come. The busier I 

 would be, the faster their questions 

 would come. I often left my apiary 

 when I would see them coming, to get 

 rid of the little, barefooted fellows. But 

 one day, rather to my delight and long 

 past wishes, a bee took a notion to help 

 me get rid of my pests. The first I saw 

 was little Jimmy pop up and whirl as 

 he jumped, and give a few tall leaps to- 

 ward home, some 10 rods distant, and 

 screaming at the top of his voice. The 

 bee had gotten under his waist. He 

 would stop occasionally and listen, to 

 hear the bee, then another leap into the 

 air and a whirl towards home. You 

 ought to have seen my fat sides shake ! 



His mother came to my house that 

 evening. I turned my back to her to 

 ask her if Jimmy got stung. She said, 

 "No, it didn't sting him. It only bit 

 him a little on the ear." I tell you that 

 has been an awful relief to me. 



Since that time they will venture 

 about half way and hollow, "Mr. Cot- 

 ton, is the bees mad ?"' I always say, 

 " Yes," and this is all the question I 

 have to answer these days. 



Now for something I learned to-day 

 from a man that claims to be the most 

 extensive bee-man of our county — in 

 fact, the first man that got Italian bees 

 in the county. He was on a short call 

 at my house this morning. Hearing 

 that I took the American Bee Journal, 

 he wished to get the addresses of some 



Honey-Clovers & Buckwheat 



SEED FOR SALE. 



We have made arranprements 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 



5Ib lOS) 25ft 50ft 



AlsikeClover $.70 $1.25 $3.00 $5.75 



Sweet riover 75 1.40 3.25 6.00 



White Clover 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. 

 Mention the American Bee Jmvriici, 



TmOJT 



AND LUNG DISEASES, 

 DR. PEIRO, Specialist 

 Offices: IOI9, loo State St., 

 CHICAGO. Hours 9 to 4. 



Mention the American Bee Journal. 



Sweet Clover n Canada. 



At the following prices : 



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



$1.00 $1.00 $3.75 $7.25. 



Also a quantity of Motherwort and Catnip 



seed. Prices on application. 



EGGS for Hatching. Buff Leghorns. In- 

 dian Games, & Light Brabmag. Chulce Birds. 

 A breeder for 30 years. Prices on application 



JOHN mcARTHUR, 

 881 Yonge Street, - TOKONTO, ONT. 

 15Atf iUenticmthe American Bee Jovimal. 



Van Deiiseii Foundation! 



I have some of the celebrated Van Deusen 

 Thin Foundation In 2.'3-pound boxes, that I 

 will put on board cars for $12.50 per box. 



Also IXALIAP; 



\ Queens ! 

 > Queens I 



Fine Untested Queens mailed 

 PROMPTLY at 45 cts. each, or 

 Six for $2.40. 



Safe delivery and satisfac- 

 tion guaranteed. Address. 



F. ORABBG, 



LiiiEiiTWiLLE, Lake Co., III. 

 26 Atf Mention the American Bee Journal 



||A|VCty We have No. 1 Alfalfa, also White 

 nVilU I and Sweet Clover Honey we will sell 

 cheap. 



Honey and lieeswax Wanted. 



BOSS Dee-escape plest and quickest Escape 

 on the market. Sent postpaid to any address 

 for 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 Cer't^d'wi-c'i.T 



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

 easiest, quickest hive to handle for the pro- 

 duction of comb or extracted honey. 



E. S. LOVESY & 4<0., 

 355 6th Bast St., SAJ;T LAKE CITY, UTAH. 

 iSemion true American Bef Jamraa,. 9Atf 



WOVEN W!Bi FENCE 



OverSOStyles 



The lie~:t on Earth. Horse hi^'h, 

 Hull t>trong, Pit? and Chicken I 

 ti^'lit. Voucan make from 40| 

 to 60 rods per day lor from 



14 to 22c. a Rod. , 



lUii-tiated t'atalopue Free. 



KITSELMAN BROS., 

 Ridgevitle, - Indiana, j 



men that had queens for sale. I entered 

 into conversation with hira in regard to 

 the laying capacity of a queen. He said 

 he could not tell the numoer of eggs or 

 supposed number, that a queen would 

 lay, but said one thing he did know, that 

 he had tried, and that was, to take a 

 window glass and smear it evenly and 

 thin with honey, and put a queen on it, 

 and she would start across the glass and 

 lay a string of eggs as she went, faster 

 than 10 men could count them. I said, 

 " Mr. Curl, wouldn't you like to take the 

 Bee Journal a year ? It is full of in- 

 formation, and all men that are well 

 posted on the bee-question have free 

 access to its columns."' He took a back 

 number to peruse, and went on to his 

 appointment to preach to-day. 



Now, Mr. Editor, if you should happen 

 to get Mr Curl's subscription before you 

 publish this letter, please omit the part 

 referring to him, for I sometimes hate 

 to see facts in print, even on preachers. 

 But "let her rip, " as I have my wife for 

 a witness to the facts as given. 



Pollock, Mo. Andrew Cotton. 



P. S.— How well I would like to see 

 answers to my two queries as to eggs 

 found in a queen, and drones mating 

 with workers. Come on boys, the water 

 is not deep. A. C. 



Cedar Hives All Kight. 



For the benefit of one of the Washing- 

 ton State subscribers, and also for the 

 benefit of others who may have gotten 

 the same notion in regard to bees leav- 

 ing cedar hives on account of their odor, 

 I wish to say that I have at the present 

 time 125 prosperous colonies, all in 

 cedar hives with the exception of about 

 10, which are in fir hives, and I have 

 never yet had a swarm leave the hive 

 after having been properly hived, so I 

 do not think there can be anything 

 at all wrong with cedar for hives. I 

 write this because I have been asked 

 very many times if cedar would do to 

 make hives of, and I think it the best 

 wood for the purpose which grows in 

 these parts. 



So far this has been one of the poorest 

 seasons for honey in many years, al- 

 though it looks very favorable for a good 

 fall flow. P. M. Little. 



.Junction City, Wash., Aug. 17. 



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48Ktf menlion Ike Averican Bee MumM. 



500 (Jueeus Ready to Ship ! 



For the next 60 days we will sell Queens 

 bred from best Imported stock or from one of 

 Doollttle's best Queens, at the following low 

 prices: Warranted Queens, each. 45 cents; ^ 

 doz.. $2.60. Untested, each. 40 cts.; (4 dozen, 

 $2.40. Tested, each. 55 cts.; H doz., $3.20. 



AH Queens promptly sent by return mail. 



Leininger Bros., Ft. Jennings, 0. 



34Etf Mention the American Bee Jourtuu. 



CARLOADS 



Of Bee-Hives, Sections, Ship. 

 ping-Cases. Comb Foundation, 

 and Everything used in the 

 Bee-Industry. 



I want the name and address 

 of every Bee- Keeper In Amer- 

 ica. No reason why you can- 

 not do business with me. I have 

 Cheap Lumber and Experienced Workmen ; 

 a good Water Power Factory and hnow how 

 to run it. I am Kupplylng Dealers as well as 

 consumers. Why not you ? Send for Cata- 

 logues, Quotations, etc. W. H. PUTNAM, 

 IK KivEH Falls. Pierce Co., Wis. 



Mention the j&m^/rUxjn Bee >Pi»M4fflit 



