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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



March •!, 1900. 



much less time. With large machines it is 

 the inertia to be overcome in starting and 

 stopping that takes muscle. Starting is 

 usually done by a push on the basket-reel 

 with the left Jiand, anyway, and the brake 

 does the stopping with ease; and I have 

 found it necessary to slow down when using 

 the big extractor, to avoid injury to combs 

 after getting used to rapid turning with a 

 smaller one. 



"It isn't the distance travelled, but 'tis 

 the pace that kills "—holds true in extrac- 

 tors. S. A. NiVEB. 



Tompkins Co., N. Y. 



Extracting-House on Wheels. 



Can any reader of the American Bee 

 Journal furnish information as to bow best 

 to build an extractinghouse on wheels, so 

 it can be easily transported and operated 

 from place to place, very near to the hives, 

 with two horses ? If so, let him kindly 

 arise and explain. I want to build one. 



La Salle Co., III. A. Mottaz. 



Building Up Weak Colonies. 



Many colonies of bees are lost during 

 April and May that might have been profit- 

 able to their owners if judicious care had 

 been given them. During my first years of 

 bee-keeping I used to let them go it alone, 

 live or die, and they generally came out the 

 latter way. 



My practice with weak colonies during 

 my last years of bee-keeping was to give 

 them young bees from strong colonies as 

 soon as they were hatcht. The bees should 

 be shaken into a dish in order to return the 

 queen if she should happen to be shaken off 

 with the bees. When running them into 

 the colony use a little smoke. 



A few bees from five or six strong colo- 

 nies will build up a weak one and enable 

 them to care for a frame of brood. If there 

 are not enough strong colonies to spare the 

 necessary amount of bees at one time, wait 

 a few days and repeat the operation before 

 giving them brood. J. H. Anhke. 



Tioga Co., N. Y. 



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The Novelty Pocket=Knife. 



Vour Name and Address on one side— Three Bees on the other side. 



Couveutioti Notices. 



HOWARD M. MELBEE, 



HONEYVILLE, O. 



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Your Name on the Knife.— When ordering, be sure to say just what name and 

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Utah.— The Utah State Bee-Keepers* Associa- 

 tion will hold its semi-annual convention id the 

 City and County Building, Salt Lake City, Apr. 

 6, 1900, at 10 o'clock a.m. A full program in the 

 interest of the industry will be presented, and 

 all our bee-keepers can help themselves by aid- 

 ing" the Association, and in order to create a 

 closer bond of union among our bee-keepers. As 

 a further incentive to the success of the bee-in- 

 dustrj-, it is very desirable to have our bee-keep- 

 ers from all parts attend the spring convention. 

 J. B. Fagg, Sec. 



HONEY MOMEY 



results trom the best cans of the 

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enown here iHnueoi s]ieciul merit. 

 Equip[tL-ii with Super Brood 

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