Feb. 8, 1900. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



93 



DR. MILLER'S J 



HoneyQueens I 



One Untested Queen Free as a Premium 



for sending TWO New Subscribers 



to the American Bee Journal 



for one year. 



We have been fortunate in making an 



arrangement with DR. C. C. MILLER— the 



well-known honey-specialist — to rear queens ^■ 



^ EXCLUSIVELY FOR US DURING THE ^: 



^5 SEASON OF 1900. These Queens will be mailed in rotation, begin- ^ 



-:g ning about June 1, so " first come first served." We are ready to ^ 



"^ book orders now. ^i 



i^ The Queens Dr. Miller will send out on our orders will be pre- ^ 



^2 cisely the^ same as those he rears for his own use, so of course they ^ 



"■^ will be from his best stock. His best colony in 1899 had a queen ^; 



"^ reared in 1898 ; May 5, 1899, it had brood in 4 frames, arid he gave it ^ 



:iS at that time a frame of brood without bees. It had no other help, ^ 



\^ but May 25 a frame of brood with adhering bees was taken from it, ^; 



^5 and the same thing was repeated June 3, leaving it at that time 5 S^ 



iS frames of brood. It stored 178 sections of honey, weighing 159 ^ 



;^ pounds (and that after July 20, in a poor season), being 25/,' times the ^; 



^5 average yield of all his colonies. A point of importance is the fact ^ 



:.S this colony did not swarm, and an inspection every week or 10 days Jj; 



;^ showed that at no time during the entire season was there even so ^; 



^5 much as an e.^% in a queen-cell. Dr. Miller expects to rear queens ^ 



:^ from this one during the coming summer. ^ 



:< The demand nowadays is for BEES THAT GET THE HONEY ^: 



^^ when there is any to get, and Dr. Miller has such bees. You will ^ 



^S want to have a queen from his best, we are sure. ^ 



;^ Do not send any orders to Dr. Miller, as all orders MUST come ^| 



^ thru us, according to our agreement. S^ 



vS Remember, send us $2.00 for TWO NEW SUBSCRIBERS to the ^ 



'^ American Bee Journal for one year, and YOU will get onk OF dr. ^| 



■^ miller's untested honey-queens free as a premium. Orders for ^ 



:^ queens to be filled in rotation, beginning about June 1st. ^ 



'•%. Address all orders to GEORGE W. YORK & CO., ^J 



:< 118 Michigan Street, CHICAGO, ILL. ^i 



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7 and 14 pounds. It is a good way to han- 

 dle it. 



I have my bees paokt for winter in a way 

 I never 'tried before. I set a row of the 

 hives all around the board fence tj inches 

 apart, and I'l inches from the fence, and 

 packt clover chaff in between and behind 

 them ; and then I set another row of hives 

 right on top of them, and packt them with 

 clover chaff, and covered the whole of them 

 with boards, so they will keep dry. 



I use the Simplicity hive, which is as 

 good as any. I almost always buy my 

 queens to increase with, so they will build 

 up my stock with Italians, which are my 

 choice. 



The bee-business is like any other busi- 

 ness, you can't make anything out of it 

 unless you study hard and work hard, and 

 stay with it. James Guover. 



Brown Co., 111., Jan. 16. 



A Beautiful Winter. 



We are having a beautiful winter on the 

 " Great American Desert." Our bees are 

 wintering in good shape. We are hoping 

 for a good harvest this year. Alfalfa is our 

 main honey-plant. J. C. Allen. 



Finney Co., Kan., Jan. 37. 



Wintering of Bees Assured. 



Since I wrote before (Dec. 24, 1899) we 

 have had most excellent weather. During 

 this month my bees have had flights on 14 

 days; and the last day they were out was 

 on the 23rd. Thus their wintering is pretty 

 well assured. Since yesterday cold weather 

 has set in once more, and it is very agree- 

 able to know that my bees are well cared 

 for, and ready to cope with any kind of 

 bad weather that may come. 



Wm. Stollet. 



Hall Co., Nebr., Jan. 26. 



No Winter Yet, and Bees Fly. 



We have had no snow or winter yet. 

 Bees fly nearly every day, and are in fine 

 condition. T. J. Green. 



Whitman Co.. Wash., Jan. 24. 



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Foul Brood and Moth in Colorado. 



We have foul brood in this vicinity, but 

 are fighting hard to down it. I notice Mr. 

 Root speaks of no bee-moth in Colorado. I 

 could have shown him hundreds in old 

 combs where the bees died of foul brood 

 during last June. However, I do not notice 

 that the moth damages good, healthy colo- 

 nies that are strong. 



Few bee-keepers manage their bees in a 

 skillful manner, hence it is ditficult to find 

 honey suitable to ship. It retails here at 10 

 and 1232 cents for No. 1 and 2; extracted 

 sells for 7 to 10 cents. Bees winter with 

 very little protection. They flew nicely to- 

 day, when the sun shown. It freezes every 

 night, but as there is no snow on the 

 ground it is fine when the sun shines. 



A. F. Foster. 



Boulder Co.. Colo., Jan. 22. 



A General Report^Llght Sections. 



Bees are wintering well so far, having a 

 good flight every two weeks. The last on 

 Jan. 24. 



The prospects are not very favorable for 

 honey from clover next summer, as there 

 has not been enough snow yet to cover the 

 ground at any time, and the present cold 

 and windy weather is very liable to kill out 

 the clover, as happened last winter. 



I lost 32 percent of my bees last winter, 

 but nearly made up the loss by new 

 swarms, which are strong with bees and 

 heavy with honey. Bees built up wonder- 

 fully in the spring, but came nearly starv- 

 ing in June. Then came swarming in July 

 and August, with a good crop of buckwheat, 

 heartsease, etc., storing an average surplus 

 of 45 pounds, which I sold at 12 to 15 

 cents a pound. 



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