March 22, 1900. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



187 



Root's Gommn 



FIRST RUN 



OHIO 



MAPLE SUGAR 



—AND- 



SYRUP. 



CR-OF OF l^OO. 



DO YOU KNOW that Ohio produces 

 the finest Maple Sug-ar and Syrup 

 to be had anywhere ? 



DO YOU KNOW that, according to 

 the pure-food laws of this State, 

 every gallon of syrup put up here 

 must have the name of the producer 

 on the label, and there is a heavy 

 fine for adulteration ? 



THE RESULT is that Ohio Maple can 

 be depended on every time. Do you 

 want something- fine, something that 

 will please all of your family ? then 

 order some of our Maple Syrup at 

 once. In one-gallon cans, $1.00 ; 

 same in lots of 10 one-gallon cans at 

 90 cents per gallon ; 25 one-gallon 

 cans at 85 cents per gallon. 



SUGAR a: j?v ::%. 



New Maple Sugar, No. 1, at 10 cents 

 per pound ; No. 2, at 9 cts. per pound; 

 SO pound lots at % cent per pound 

 less ; barrel lots of about 200 pounds 

 at one cent per pound less. 



ORDER AT ONCE and get the first 

 run, which is something fine. 



IF YOU EXPECT to send an order 

 later for bee-supplies and want some 

 sugar or syrup reserved for you, send 

 along your order and make this 

 request. 



The A. 1. Root Co, 



MEDINA, OHIO. 



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Bees Wintered All Right. 



The bees have come thru the winter 

 all right ; 90 colonies, and no loss so 

 far. They are having a nice time after 

 the stormy weather. They have no 

 dysentery — have not spotted the hives 

 any. I wintered them out-doors alto- 

 gether. I pack with forest leaves on 

 top and between the outside shell and 

 hive proper. I use the Gallup frame, 

 run for comb honey, and do all my own 

 work. I am 73 years old. The Amer- 

 ican Bee Journal is all right. 



D. C. McEbod. 



Cheshire Co.. 111., March 11. 



Clipping Queens- Euphorbia. 



I am one that does not like to see a 

 queen's wings dipt, but I practice clip- 

 ping as a dire necessity, for reasons 

 that have often been given. I make 

 the clipping serve to show me how old 

 the queen is whenever I see her again, 

 as well as to prevent her flight, thus : 



Of those reared one year I clip the 

 left wing straight across ; of those 

 reared the next year, a slanting cut on 

 the same wing ; the next year a slant- 

 ing cut on the right wing ; and the 

 fourth year, a cut straight across the 

 right wing. As a queen seldom lives 

 over 4 years, I can go over the same 

 rotation in succeeding years. 



On page 767 (1899) I tried to describe 

 a plant that I thought might prove of 

 value to bee-keepers, and later I was 

 askt for a further description of it, 

 which I was not able to give until re- 

 cently. My neighbor who raises it 

 says the name that the florists give it 

 in their catalogs is Euphorbia Heto- 

 philla, or Mexican fire-plant. The 

 plant exudes a milk wherever broken 

 or cut. like the milkweed. When the 

 whole plant is cut off the bees will 

 work on the stubble for some days. 

 Branches cut off and stuck in water 

 will keep fresh for months, and when 

 the sun shines on it the little nectar- 

 cups will fill, and new flowers continue 

 to form. I intend to plant some soon 

 to see if it can be raised easily enough 

 to justify its cultivation for honey or 

 forage, or both. T. W. Livingston. 



Sumter Co., Ga., March 9. 



Domesticating the Bumble-Bee. 



Doubtless there is no other subject 

 that interests the bee-keepers more at 

 present than that of establishing a 

 strain of bees for business. 



When I was a boy I found a bumble- 

 bees' nest in a hollow stump, some SO 

 yards from my father's house. The 

 stump was somewhat decaj'ed and not 

 more than 2 feet high. The entrance 

 was in the top of the stump and ranged 

 downward. 



Oh, how eager I was to transfer these 

 bumble-bees into a frame hive so I 

 could handle their combs, rear queens, 

 etc. 



So I made a small hive with frames 

 in it ; secured the help of my younger 

 brother, and got a glass fruit-jar that 

 would hold a quart or more. Mother 



Sharpies Cream Separators:Profitable Dairyiuff 



f«A Good Sign •• 



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jird.-ii in IM 

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% Irml nil, have dour* rto for yearn and 



;iro jin lur fiht-ari an t-ver in the riuf. 



PLANT 



MAULE'SSEEDS 



ill 1 '.'inland have the finest ^urdou in your 

 niL(j:lil>orhood. Our new catuloKUe, tH 

 till- hfHt need book of thf* year. It con- 

 _ tains Inindredrt of iiluntrationM, four 

 ^ I'olorpd plateH, np-to-daft- cuitiirHl di- 

 ^ rc'tions and others ^'2/1)1(1,1 ju caMli Z 

 prizr-i. II j\ fif- I'l all. AVrit« for it J 



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A.litr<-»". 

 WM. HENRY MAULE. 



PHILADELPHIA. 

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 giving It n triftl. The Urni v. ho ^\ill not 

 sell on trial have no faitti in their 

 tnacblnes. W> sell the oelebral-jd PREMIER 



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begins ivith good wheels. TnlcM 

 the wheelH ore cood the wocon la 

 a fnlliire. IF YOU RI'V THE 



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f; mad? t'. lit any wa^on—yoTir wagon 



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