May 31, 1900. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



347 



Root's Column 



GLEANINGS IN BEE-CULTURE. 



THEKEJ are some things every bee- 

 keeper must have, and we believe 

 no one can expect to succeed as a 

 bee-keeper without readincf one or more 

 good papers devoted to this industry. 

 Gleanings in Bee-Culture will not only 

 keep you posted on all important topics 

 but is always on the alert to bring to 

 its readers' notice new methods pro- 

 posed by able writers, new implements 

 for labor saving, and everything by 

 which a larger and better crop of honey 

 can be secured. We believe it pays to 

 use a superior quality of goods, and 

 there is no doubt but what improve- 

 ment can be made in the appearance 

 of honey by use of the BEST methods. 

 Gleanings tells you all these and tells 

 you where to market your honey after 

 you get it, by our HONEY COLUMN. 

 Our market reports are ALWAYS UP- 

 to-date, andean be DEPENDED upon. 

 We know of many bee-keepers losing 

 a good crop of honey by sending it to 

 some irresponsible part}'. Avoid this 

 by subscribing to Gleanings and get- 

 ting the best market reports. 



Some bee-keepers like to take a bee- 

 journal during the honey season only ; 

 some want to try it a few months be- 

 fore subscribing for a longer time. To 

 accommodate such we offer Gleanings 

 in Bee-Culture SIX months for ONLY 

 25 CENTS. There will be many im- 

 portant things brought out in its col- 

 umns during the coming six months. 

 Do not fail to send an order at once 

 for this time. 



If you wish to subscribe for a whole 

 year, we shall be glad to have j'ou avail 

 yourselves of any of the following : 



Special Otters tor 

 New Subscribers. 



Offer No. 1 1. 



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The Prairie Farmer, 1 yr 1.00 All 



The Poultry -Keeper, 1 y r 50 for 



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Regular price of all S2.50 



(If you wish we can substitute the Reliable 

 Poultry Journal for Poultry Keeper.) 



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The Prairie Farmer, 1 yr l.(X> All 



McClure's Magazine, 1 yr 1.00 for 



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Regular price of all S3.00 



(If^ you wish we can substitute Cosmopolitan 

 Magazine for McClure's.) 



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Offer No. 22.— For Sl.iM we will seud Glean- 

 ings for 1 year and an Untested Italian Queen 

 valued at 75 cents; but at this low jjricewe re- 

 serve the right to seud queen some lime in J uly 

 when we have a choice supply. 



Offer No. 25.— For $1.00 we will send Glean- 

 ings one year and a Clark Smoker, postage 20 

 cents e.xtra. Or, for $1.25 we will send the Cor- 

 neil Smoker, postage 25 cents extra. 



THE A. I, ROOT CO., Medina, Ohio, 



while friiit- 



ous spraying mixtures 

 trees are in bloom. 



We have gone thru the bulletins of 

 the e.vperiment stations on file in this 

 office, and do not lind in any of them 

 a recommendation to spray while the 

 trees are in full bloom. On the con- 

 trary, we find ailvice to tiei'er spray a 

 fruit 7tilien it is in blossom. This we 

 find italicized in Bulletin 142, Cornell 

 University E.xperiment Station, ;lth- 

 aca, N. Y. Following the above words 

 are: "You can reach the insect and 

 fungous enemies just as effectively, 

 and in some cases more so, either just 

 before or just after the trees bloom." 



The foregoing bulletin is by Prof. 

 M. V. Slingerland, one of the best en- 

 tomologists in this country, and what 

 he says upon the subject is reliable, 

 and is at variance with the advice 

 given by the manufacturer of the Stahl 

 sprayer. 



This man Wm. Stahl, while promi- 

 nent as an advertiser, may not know 

 very much about the subject of spray- 

 ing. To tell the editor of The Farmers' 

 Guide, and practically say to all exper- 

 iment stations that they are "just a 

 little behind the times," is as egotisti- 

 cal as it is impertinent. It is to be 

 regretted that the State of Illinois does 

 not have a law against the spraying 

 of fruit. Such laws are already in 

 force in Michigan, New York, Colo- 

 rado, and bills have been or are being 

 introduced before many of the State 

 legislatures. When I was in New York 

 recently I learned that the most pro- 

 gressive fruit-growers are not in favor 

 of spraying during fruit-bloom. They 

 state that it is not only unnecessary, 

 but that it actually kills their ver y best 

 friends, the bees . Of course, there ar e 

 a few who are of the contrary way of 

 thinking, but they do not represent the 

 up-to-date growers. — Gleanings in)Bee- 

 Culture. 



Bees Building Up Well. 



My bees wintered well, are building 

 up well, and there is clover enough to 

 make at least a good prospect. 



Harry LaThrop. 



Green Co., Wis., May 19. 



Heavy Loss in Wintering. 



There was great loss in bees in this 

 section last winter. I have only 6 col- 

 onies left out of over SO. There is more 

 than J.s of the bees dead in this local- 

 ity. There is a bee-keeper near me 

 who has only one colony left oat of 48. 



I have been working for a day or two 

 cleaning out the hives and frames, and 

 there is no dead brood in the frames 

 but quite a lot of honej'. Some hives 

 have from 25 to 30 pounds in them. 

 The top-bars and the sides are all 

 daubed up as if some one had turned 

 black molasses on thein, and some of 

 them do not smell the best. My bee- 

 yard makes me think of the cemetery 

 just across the road from me — lots of 

 monuments but no life. The empty 

 hives are there to mark the place of a 

 once active city of bees. It would be 

 enough to discourage a novice, but I 

 have had the experience once before. 



Wholesale 

 and kctall 



DITTMER'S 

 FOUNDATION 



This foundation is made by an absolutely 

 uon-dippitig process, thereby producin^f a per- 

 fectly clear and pliable foundation thai retains 

 the odor and color of beeswax, and is free from 

 dirt. 



WorkinK" wax into foundation for cash, a 

 specialty. Write for samples and prices. 



A full line of Supplies at the very lowest 

 prices, and in any (juantity. Jiest quality and 

 prompt shipment. Send for larg'C, illustrated 

 catali'tr- 



GUS, DITTMER, Augusta, Wis, 



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y ATnu with the perfect, B^lf- 

 n A I Wfl reg:nlatine, 1 o w i> h t 

 priced first claea batcher — the 



EXCELSIOR Incubator 



Hatches the larjT'^Ht iJfT cent, of 

 fertile eggs at tbe lowL-Ht c 



• .«u°-'c.i.?og. I <:E0. II. STAHL, Quln 



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44A26t 



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100 



COLONIES OF ITALIAN AND 

 CARNIOLAN BEES fok SALE; 

 all ia new movable-frame hives. 

 Seud stamp for price-list. 



WM. J. HEALY. 

 ISASt Mineral Point, Iowa Co., Wis. 



Pl«aR« TYT^r.+irin Rrp Tnnmal ■wrhen ■writinfo 



PATENT WIRED COfflB FOUNDATION 



Has no Sag in Brood-Frames. 



Thin Flat-Bottom Foundation 



Has no Fishbone in the Surplus 



Honey. 

 Being- the cleanest is usually workt 

 the quickest of any foundation made. 



J. A. VAN DEUSEWt, 



Sole Manufacturer, 

 Sprout Brook, Montgomery Co., N.?. 



I BEE-SUPPLIES! I 



r^ ^eS^Root's Goods at Roofs Prices'^:* ^, 



■ ^ Pouder's Honey-Jars and every- ^^ 

 ^^5 thing used by bee-keepers. Prompt ^> 



■ ^» Service — low freig-ht rate. Catalog" ^' 

 ^ free. WALTER S. POUDER, ^ 



>^ 512 Mass. Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. ^- 



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 **"IF YOU WANT THE 



BEE-BOOK 



That covers the wnole Apicultural Field more 

 completely than any other publisht, send $1.25 

 to Prof. A. J. Cook, Claremont, Calif., for his 



B66-K66D6rs' Guide. 



(^..iberal Discounts to the Trade. 



Here we are to the front 

 for 1900 with the NEW 



CHAMPION CHAFF -HIVE, 



a comfortable home for the bees in 

 summei and winter. We also carry 

 a complete line of other SUPPLIES. 

 Catalog free. R. H. SCHMIDT & CO, 

 Sheboygan, Wisconsin. 

 Please mention Bee Journal -when -writine. 



w fldei Queens « 



Practically mni-swarming and non-stinging-; 

 cap honey snow-white and solid: S banded bees 

 and great workers. Tested Queens, each, $1.00. 

 No foul brood, pickled brood, black brood, nor 

 any other disease in my apiary. 4(.)ih annual 

 catalog giving description of bees, now ready. 



2oAtf HENRY ALLEY, Wenham, Mass, 



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