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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



May 17, 1900. 



Bee= Books 



aENT POSTPAID 3V 



George W. York & Go. 118 Mich. St. Chicago. 



Bees and Honey, or Management of an Apiary 

 for Pleasure ami Profit, by Thomas (i. New- 

 man.— 1 1 is nicely illusiraieil, contains 160pag'es, 

 beautifully printed in the hig-hest style of the 

 art, and bound in cloth, g^old-lettered. Price, ia 

 clotb, 75 cents; iu paper, 50 cents. 



Lang:stroth on the Honey-Bee, revised by 

 Dadant.— This classic in bue-culture bas been 

 entirely re-written, and is fully illustrated. It 

 treats of everything^ relating" to bees and bee- 

 keepmjT, No apiarian library i^ complete with- 

 out this standard work by Rev. L. L. Lang- 

 stroth— the Father of American Bee-Culture. 1', 

 has 52l) pai^es, bound iu cloth. Price, 51.25. 



Bee=Keepers' Guide, or Manual of the Api?.ry, 

 by Prut. A. J. Cook, of the Michig-an Agricultu- 

 ral Coll'ire.— This book is not only instructive 

 and helpful as a g-u de in bee-keeping, but is 

 i me resting- and ihuroly practical and scien- 

 tific. It contains a full delineation of the anat- 

 omy and ijhysiolog'y of bees. 460 pages, bound 

 in cloth and fully illustrated. Price, $1.25. 



Scienti ic Queen-Rearing:, as Practically Ap- 

 plied, by G. M. DooUttle.— A method by which 

 the very best of queen-bees are reared in per- 

 fect accord with Nature's way. Bound in cloth 

 and illustrated. Price, $1.00. 



A B C of Bee=Culture, by A. I. Root.— A cyclo- 

 predia of 4ii0 pages, describing everything per- 

 taining to the care of the honey-bees. Contains 

 30<J engravings. It was written especially for 

 beginners. Bound in cloth. Price, 51.20. 



Advanced Bee^Culture, Its Methods and Man- 

 agement, by W. Z. Hutchinson. — The author of 

 this work is a practical and entertaining writer. 

 You should read his book-; 90 pages, bound in 

 paper, and illustrated. Price, 50 cents. 



Rational Bee=Keeping, by Dr. John Uzierzon. 

 — This is a translation of his latest German 

 bool< on bee-culture. It has 35J pages, bound in 

 paper covers, Sl.Oif. 



Bienen^Kultur, by Thos. G Newman. — Thit. 

 is a German translation of the principal portion 

 of the T>Mok called " Bees and Honey." lUO-page 

 pamphlet. Price, 25 cents. 



Biencnzucht und Honiggewinnung, nach der 

 neuesteti methode (German) by J. !■'. loggers. — 

 This book gives the latest and most approved 

 methods of bee-keeping in an easy, comprehen- 

 sive style, with illustrations to suit the subject. 

 50 pages, board cover. Price, 50 cents. 



Bee^ICeeping for Beginners, by Dr. J. P. H. 



BrowTi, i)i (ieorgia.— A practical and condenst 

 treatise on the honey-bee. giving the best modes 

 of management in order to secure the most 

 profit. 110 pages,' bound in paper. Price, 50 cts. 



Bee-Keeping for Profit, by Dr. G. L. Tinker. 

 — Revised and enlarged. It details the author's 

 *' new system, or how to get the largest yields of 

 comb or extracted honey.'' SO pages, illusfated. 

 Price, 25 cents. 



Apiary Register, by Thomas G. Newman. — 

 Devotes two pages to a colony. Leather bind- 

 ing. Price, for SO colonies, 51.00; for 100 colo- 

 nies. Si. 25. 



Dr. Howard's Book on Fou! Brood.— Gives the 



MclCvoy Treatment and rtr views the experi- 

 ments uf others. Price, Z5 cents. 



Winter Problem in Bee^Keeping, by G. R. 



Pierce.— Result of 25 years' experience. 30 cts. 



Foul Brood Treatment, by Prof. F. R. Che- 

 shire.— Us Cause and Prevention. , Price, 10 cts. 



Foul Brood, by A. R. Kohnke.— Origin, De- 

 velopment and Cure. Price, 10 cents. 



Capons and Caponizing. by Dr. Sawder, Fanny 

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 onizing f*:)wls, and tlius how to maUe the most 

 money iu poultry-raising. 64 pages. Price, 20c. 



Our Poultry Doctor, or Health in the Poultry 

 Yard and How to Cure Sick Fowls, by Fanny 

 Field.— Everything about Poultry Diseases and 

 their Cure. 64 pages. Price, 20 cents. 



Poultry for Market and Poultry for Profit, by 

 Fanny Field.— Tells everything about Poultry 

 Business. 64 pages. Price, 20 cents. 



BY RETURN MAIL. 



Golden Beauty Italian Queens, 



Reared froni irapurted mothers. 



Bees Wintered Well. 



The bees have wintered well, so far 

 as I have been able to learn, in this 

 section of the country. I lost but one 

 colony out of 42. The heaviest loss 

 that I have heard of near here was S 

 percent. The colonies are very strong 

 for this time of year, and will certainly 

 be in great shape for the honey-flow 

 when it comes. Ed. JollEV. 



Venango Co., Pa., April 28. 



Perhaps the Queen's Mating. 



I wish to tell of something I witnest 

 among my bees _vesterday that I have 

 never seen described, altho I have read 

 a great deal of bee-literature. About 

 2 p.m. I was plowing near the apiarj-, 

 and coming to the end nest to the bees 

 I noticed that they were making con- 

 siderable noise, so I lookt that way to 

 see if there was not a swarm in the air. 

 There were some low bushes between 

 me and the hive, but I saw rising above 

 them a small cluster of bees about as 

 large around as my hat. Every little 

 while a point would shoot out and the 

 mass would assume the shape of a half 

 open fan, about 2 feet long and 10 or 12 

 inches wide at the widest part. It 

 wavered about somewhat but the move- 

 ment was generally upward, not bj' a 

 regular ascent but with loops and 

 bends; sometimes almost still, when it 

 would assume the circular form, then 

 the point or apes would dart upward 

 again until it reacht about SO feet in 

 length, when it suddenlj' vanisht. The 

 distance was too great for me to dis- 

 tinguish single bees in flight, but the 

 cluster was so intense that its outlines 

 were plainly visible. I immediately 

 conjectured that it was a virgin queen 

 taking her wedding-flight followed by 

 a retinue of rival drones, and as soon 

 as the nuptials were accomplisht they 

 disbanded, and were no longer visible 

 to me. I immediately went to the hives 

 known to contain virgin queens, hop- 

 ing to see her return, but I was disap- 

 pointed. J. S. Sargent. 



Lee Co., Fla., April 23. 



Untested, so eta.; 12 Untested, 55.50; Tested, 51- 

 J. S. TERRAL & CO , Lampasas. Texas. 



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Rendeping Wax— Honey-Dew— 

 Toads. 



In regard to the article on rendering 

 was (page 251), I should say, in trj'ing 

 anything that does not have reason in 

 sight, one should espect a failure. If 

 those who have a little was or bits of 

 comb to save will nail together four 

 boards 12 inches wide, making the 

 ends and sides to suit the glass, tack 

 strips on either side from one end to a 

 little past the middle, the strip being 

 3 inches from the top at the end, and 9 

 inches to the top at the other end, put 

 in a V-shape center, tack on a sheet of 

 tin, nail on a bottom, and frame a 

 glass for the top, they will have a solar 

 was-estractor costing not over 38 cents 

 — the price of the tin and the glass. 

 Block up one end, and be sure to have 

 the V-center at least one or two inches 

 from the end of the tin, lest the wax 

 runs down the strip. 



I note what A. J. McBride says about 

 honey-dew (see page 253). Let ine say 



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PATENT WIRED COMB FOUNDATION 



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Honey. 

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