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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



June 7, 1900. 



combs where the sun will shine on 

 them, and that is the whole process. 



I build a frame on the south side of 

 my honej'-house, and cover the same 

 with cotton-cloth. A door opens from 

 the houey-house into this room. I place 

 shelves on the side and ends of this 

 room, the bottom shelf being a wide 

 board to be used as a table. I place 

 the combs on these shelves so that the 

 sunlight will stril^e them. Dark combs 

 will require several hours. This plan 

 •will whiten dark combs here in Cali- 

 fornia. If j'ou fumigate a few combs, 

 then place them on a window-sill where 

 the sun will shine on them, you will be 

 convinced. 



In placing the sections on shelves in 

 the morning, I find the following plan 

 good : On the shelves at the east and 

 west end of the room I place section.s 

 end to end lengthwise of the shelves, 

 two rows on each shelf, one row on the 

 outer, and the other on the inner edge. 

 The morning sun strikes one side, and 

 the afternoon sun the other side. On 

 the front shelves I set them crosswise 

 of the shelf, far enough apart so as not 

 to shade each other. 



I pack them away every evening ; all 

 not white I put out again next morn- 

 ing. Some of them will bleach quite 

 slowly, but I have been able to whiten 

 the worst ones by perseverance. — A. E. 

 White, in Gleanings in Bee-Culture. 



Texas.— The Central Tex.-is Bee-Keepers* As- 

 sociation convenes in seventh annual conven- 

 tion, .It Hutto, Tex., July 12 and 13, 1900. All are 

 cordially invited to attend. Excursion rates, 

 and no hotel bills to pay. 



Hunter, Tex. Loots ScHOLL, Sec. 



H. a. Quirin. the QUEEN-BREEDER, is as usual 

 again on hand with his improved strain of 



+5^Qolden Italian Queens^ 



Our lartrest orders come from old customers, 

 ■which proves that our stock grives satisfaction. 

 There is no bee-disease in our locality. We have 

 12 years' experience in rearing' queens, and if 

 there is any one thing we pride ourselves in. it 

 is in sending all queens proniptlj- BY RETURN 

 MAIL. We g'uarantee safe delivery. 



Price of queens before July 1st: 



Warranted as queens average 



Selected, warranted 



Tested 



Selected tested 



Extra selected tested,the best 

 that money can buy.- 



12 



$ 8.IW 

 0.50 

 15.00 



Address all orders to 



H. G. QUIRIN, Parkertown, Erie Co., Ohio. 



iMoney Order Office, Bellevue, O.) 



23A16t Please mention the Bee Journal. 



W A MTPf^ To Exchansre— 30 colonies of 



yy t\\^ 1 1_,L» BEES of 8-frames each, val- 

 ued at J3.00 each, for beeswax. 



H. VOQELER, New Cast'e, Calif. 



Please mention Bee Journal -when Tpritinp 



fl[l6lQy66j!S,$l EacD. 



Send postal for dozen rates and description 

 of bees. HENRY ALLEY, Wenham, Mass. 



23Atf Mention the American Bee Journal. 



M. H. HUNT «& SON, 



SELL ROOT'S GOODS at ROOT'S PRICES." 

 Our inducements are first-class g^oods, cheap 

 freight rates, and prompt shipments. Send for 

 catalog. BELL BRANCH. MiCH. 



Please mention. Bee Journal ■when ■writing. 



inely markt — 



r o m freshly 



imported NEW 



Address all orders to 



Italian QiioGns I 



stock, iiv mail, price, $1 



WILLIAM DELINE, 



23A4t WYMORE, NEBRASKA. 



Please mention Bee journal "when writing. 



Fruitful Fields of Waste=Places. 



The great West contains vast 

 stretches of the richest land, which 

 needs only water to transform into 

 fruitful fields. In many places also 

 the water is available, but rtinning to 

 waste, and all that is needed is the ex- 

 pense of labor to create farming lands 

 of the most profitable character, and at 

 nominal prices. 



The possessor of an irrigated farm is 

 in a measure independent of the 

 weather. The drouth at the seeding or 

 in the growing time or rain at the 

 time of harvest have no terrors for 

 him, but he can apply water when and 

 in quantities as needed to produce the 

 largest yield, and pursue his harvest 

 at his leisure, sure of a full yield and 

 a perfect product. 



There are many thousands of irri- 

 gated systems in successful operation ; 

 in fact, this is perhaps the oldest and 

 most scientific system of farming. 

 Many systems have also failed because 

 the promoters have over-reacht them- 

 selves in trj'ing to acquire riches by 

 bonding and stocking such systems too 

 heavily, and expecting the settler to 

 step under and shoulder the load, 

 which he is wisely wary of doing. 



Some prominent members of the 

 rural press have undertaken to make a 

 large body of about 100,000 acres of 

 very valuable land near Denver, Colo., 

 available by the application of water, 

 utilizing for the purpose the joint 

 funds of those who want to occupy or 

 invest in the land. In this way the 

 lion's share of the profits, which 

 usually goes to enrich the capitalist 

 who supplies the funds, is saved to the 

 purchaser of the land. As a conse- 

 quence, the settler or investor is sup- 

 plied with land and water at a mere 

 nominal price without subsequent 

 charges for water rental. In addition 

 also under the plan thepiotieers — those 

 who subscribe for portions of the first 

 10,000 acres of the tract, and thus sup- 

 ply the initial capital — are given a 

 share in the profits which will result 



from the sale of the water-rights to 

 the balance of the tract, town lots, etc. 

 There is reason to believe sufficient 

 profit will be made, even while selling 

 the land and water-rights to the bal- 

 ance of the tract at a nominal price to 

 eventually pay each back the amount 

 of his original investment, giving these 

 pioneer purchasers their land and water 

 free. The first subscribers are also 

 given a concession of over one-third in 

 the purchase price. 



Another commendable feature of the 

 plan is that each of these pioneer pur- 

 chasers, being interested, becomes an 

 active agent in assisting in selling the 

 balance of the trust. Also this very 

 liberal policy insures rapid settlement 

 and a rapid sale of the balance of the 

 tract. 



The plan is proving a great success. 

 From the announcements in one farm 

 paper alone over 8,000 acres of the first 

 division of 10,000 acres have been sub- 

 scribed for in about 4 weeks' time. 

 Twelve other influential farm papers _ 

 have now been enlisted in the work, so 

 that it will be widely and influentially 

 advertised. 



There are about 2,000 acres of the 

 first 10,000 left. If any of the readers 

 of this paper want an irrigated farm, 

 or to invest money in a substantial 

 way to great advantage, they will do 

 well to investigate at once, while the 

 opportunity remains to get in on the 

 ground floor. 



The land is adjacent to two trunk 

 lines of railway, only 36 miles from 

 Denver. That city and the mines af- 

 ford a home market at good prices for 

 all products. Five tons per acre of al- 

 falfa per year can be produced upon 

 this land. There is also an unlimited 

 stock range adjacent. The opportuni- 

 ties for stock, dairying or poultry- 

 raising are above the ordinary. Also 

 grains, vegetables and fruits may be 

 produced in more than ordinary abun- 

 dance. 



The climate of Colorado is proverbial 



