May 3, 1900. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



283 



California Qneens. 



OF PURK ITALIAN STOCK. 



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No Other bees within a radius of TICN MILES. 

 ICig^hl years' ex})erience ia practical beeUeep- 

 iiiff. Untested (Jueens, "X) cts. each; $'' per doz. 

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 1SA131 H. L. WEEJVIS, Hanford, Calif. 



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SURE HA TCH INCUBA TOR. 



True tn its nnmi'. It Im made 

 to hatch anddoeahatch. No 

 excess heating in center of 

 egffchamber. Entirely auto- 

 matic. Hundreds in use. 

 Common Sense Brooderg 

 are perfect. Let hh malie you 

 prices laid down at your 

 fctatlon. Our Critiloffiie Is 

 chock full of pra.tlcil Poul- 

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The American Poultry Journal 



325 Dearborn Street, Chicago, III. 



A loilt*n;il ^^^^ 's over a quarter of a 

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BARNES' FOOT POWER MACHINERY 



Read what J. I. Parent, of 

 Charlton, N. Y., says: '* We 

 cut with one of ybur Com- 

 bined Machines, last winter, 

 50 chaff hives with 7-in. cap, 

 100 honey racks, 500 brood- 

 frames, 2,000 honey boxes, and 

 a ffreat deal of other work. 

 This winter we have double 

 the amount of bee-hives, etc., 

 to make, and we expect to do 

 it with this Saw. It will do all 

 you say it will." Catalof^^ and price-list free. 



Address, W. F. & John Barnes, 

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The Rural Californian 



Tells all about Uces in California. The.vields 

 and Price of Honey; the Pasturage and Nectar- 

 Producing" Plants; the Bee-Ranches and how 

 they are conducted. In fact the entire field is 

 fully covered by an expert bee-man. Besides 

 this the paper also tells you all about California 

 Ag-riculture and Horticulture. $1.00 per year; 6 

 mouths, SO cents. Sample copies, 10 cents. 



THE RURAL CALIFORNIAN, 



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 the names of 3 neig'hbors who raise poultry, 

 and we will send you, for one year, our monthly 

 paper containing- 20 or more pag'es each issue. 

 A 224-paf^e complete poultry book sent free if 

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Reirular price 25 cents a year. Sample copy 

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THE MODERN FARMER & BUSY BEE, 



EMERSON TAYLOR ApBOTT, Editor. 



A live, tip-to-date Farm Journal with 

 a General Farm Department, Dairy, 

 Horticulture, Livestock, Poultry, Bees, 

 Veterinary, Home and General News. 

 Edited by one who has had practical 

 experience in every department of 

 farm work. To introduce the paper 

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 short time to New Subscribers, one year 

 for 25 cents. Sample copies free. Best 

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MODERN FARMER, 

 9Ctf ST. JOSEPH, MO. 



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Bees Doing Well. 



My bees are cloin{< fine, all having come 

 thru the winter all right except one colony, 

 which died from exposure. I winter my 

 bees on the summer stands in dovetailed 

 hives, with no protection but the chafT 

 cushions on top. They are now bringing 

 in plenty of pollen, and the hives are full 

 of brood and young l)ees. I practice spread- 

 ing the brood-nest, and find it a great ad- 

 vantage. I expect to double the number of 

 colonies I now have by increasing. I have 

 some blacks, but will substitute them with 

 Italians, by Doolittle's plan. 



My bees did not do so well last season, as 

 the season was too dry still I can not com- 

 plain, as I got from :j() to 40 pounds per col- 

 ony, but did not increase any. I sold all 

 my honey in neighboring towns, and could 

 have sold more if I bad had it. I sold it for 

 11 to 133.^ cents, and had no trouble. I put 

 my honey up nicely, and in both small and 

 large packages, so as to please all. 



P. I. Huffman. 



Rockbridge Co., Va., April 18. 



Have Filled Twa Supers Each. 



I have 40 colonies of black bees which are 

 doing well at the i>resent time; some have 

 already filled two supers, each containing 

 IS one-pound sections. By the first of June 

 everything dries up here, so there is noth- 

 ing but grapes and fruit for the bees to 

 work on. Jas. Peterson. 



Tehama Co., Calif., April 17. 



Wintered Nicely in the Cellar. 



I put 60 colonies of bees into the cellar 

 Nov. 15, and lost 4 by starvation, being 

 rather light when put in. I took them out 

 April 3, and they carried in the first pollen 

 April 7, from soft maple and poplar. My 

 bees wintered nicely, and are strong. The 

 temperature in the cellar was mostly 3S 

 degrees above zero, and at no time 4.5 de- 

 grees. Bees seemed most quiet at 38 de- 

 grees 'My thermometer hangs about the 

 center of the cellar. G. P. Utendorfek. 



Sibley Co., Minn., April 19. 



Laying Workers and Their Progeny 



I notice on page 3'.'. some one asks what 

 makes a laying-worker. I don't propose to 

 answer this question for Dr. Miller, but con- 

 fess "I don't know." But there is one thing 

 I do know, and that is that when I am so 

 careless as to let a colony of bees get into a 

 condition to expect laying workers, I must 

 hop and skip until all of their brood is de- 

 stroyed ; and if any have emerged from the 

 cells, some of the good plans given in our 

 text-books must be speedily applied to de- 

 stroy these worthless inmates of the hive. 

 They are nothing more than "faulty 

 drones," and have given much trouble in 

 my bee-yard. 



I rear queens for my own use, and after 

 15 years of experience I boast that I know 

 pretty well how it is done. When I rear 

 fine, large, prolific queens and they mate 

 with these " faulty drones," I have a queen 

 whose daughters produce bees that are 

 weak, and in most cases have bee-paralysi?. 



Early in the spring of 1887 I bought a 

 tested Italian queen, and reared queens, di- 

 vided, and subdivided, until I had a con- 

 siderable number of colonies, and they went 

 into winter quarters swarming in a sea of 

 glory. But long before the calendar changed 

 to 1888, quite a number of the bees bad de- 

 serted their hives, and the following spring 

 found me with but few colonies and a small 

 number of bees in each. From the hive in 

 which I wintered the tested queen I noticed 

 drones flying freely. Upon examination 



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CCILONIES OK ITALIAN AND 

 CARNIOLAN BEES lOK SALE: 

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fiOOD FENCE! 



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Telia all aboui 30 varieties ot t.nls. and their 

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 last indefinitely. They are made high or 

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