July 12, 1900. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



443 



The Porter Spring tloneij- House Escape 



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Shown ia use on a window screen, reduced in 

 size one-half, and having- a part of the exterior 

 broken away to ^ive a view of the spring's, is a 

 perfect device for getting- the bees out of ex- 

 tracting-roonis, house-apiaries, piles of supers, 

 etc. It permits the bees to pass out thru it easily 

 and rapidly, yet it absolutely prevents their re- 

 turn or the entrance of the most persistent rob- 

 bers. Without a trial it is difficult to realize its 

 value to the apiarist. 



Mr. Kretcbnier says of it: " I hasten to ex- 

 press to you nij' admiration for an article I have 

 been waiting for so long a time. It is just the 

 thing." And all who have used it similarly 

 commend it. 



DiRECTioxs.—Tack the escapes as shown in 

 the engraving over holes puncht thru the wire 

 cloth at the upper corners of each window on 

 which they are to be used, or over holes bored 

 wherever convenient, if the enclosure is without 

 windows. 



Prices: Each, 25c; per dozen, $2.75, postpaid. 



The Porter Spring Hive=Escape for getting the 

 bees out ut the super automatically before re- 

 moval from the hive, which is similar to the es- 

 cape shown above, is one of the most popular 

 and useful apicultural implements of the day, 

 and its friends have been gained by substantial 

 merit alone. At the Columbian E.xposition it 

 won the highest and only award given an es- 

 cape. Leadiufj bee-keepers the world over use 

 these escapes and give them their unqualified 

 endorsement. Directions for use with each 

 escape. 



A Few Extracts from Testimonials: 



They are perfect in action. — British Bee 

 Journal. 



I would not do without them if they cost $5.00 

 apiece.— Wm. Muth-Rasraussen, Independence. 

 Calif. 



Bee-men are certainly behind the times 

 if they can afford to use them and do not. — 

 M. H. Mendleson, Ventura, Calif. 



We cannot too highly recommend them. We 

 intend to use them in all our apiaries hereafter. 

 — Chas. Dadant A: Son, Hamilton, 111. 



I have 85 of them in use and don't see how I 

 could possibly get along without them. — John 

 Nippert, Phieni.x, Ariz. 



The most sting-proof bee-keeper will appre- 

 ciate the Porter Bee-Escape with the first at- 

 tempt and place it among the indispensables of 

 the apiary. — Chas. F. Muth, in American Bee 

 Journal. 



The Porter Bee-Escape clears the super of 

 bees so quickly and perfectly and easily that it 

 makes the taking-off of honey a pleasure in- 

 stead of a dread as in former years. — G. M. Doo- 

 little, Borodino, N. Y. 



Pricks: Eacli, 2"c: per dozen, $2.25, postpaid. 



Order of your dealer, or of 



THE A. I. ROOT CO., Hedina, Oliio, 



General Agents for the U. S, 



They wintered well, and this spring- 

 when I traii.sferred them not a roach 

 was to be found. 



I set each hive on a bench two feet 

 hig-h and two feet square, with a tig^ht 

 board fence on the north and west 

 sides and cover. C. E. Mi.nki.Ek. 



Chemung- Co., N. Y., July 1. 



Good Prospect for Basswood. 



My bees came thru the spring rather 

 weak in numbers, as I lost about one 

 colony in ten during the winter and 

 spring. The pa.st winter was the hard- 

 est one on bees for 30 years, with me. 

 It is raining, and the bees can't do 

 anything today, but the honey-flow has 

 been good for 15 or 18 days from locust 

 and poplar, tho there were not half 

 enough bees to collect it all. Bees are 

 in good condition now, and the pros- 

 pect for the basswood bloom in this 

 county was never better. I hope we 

 vrill have good weather when it begins 

 to bloom, which will be about the first 

 of July. A. J. McBride. 



Watauga Co., N. C, June 16. 



Bees Doing Well. 



Bees are doing a very good business 

 at present, but we need rain very badly, 

 as everything is drying up. I have 64 

 colonies all in good condition, and 

 have already taken off some nice sec- 

 tion honey. I have lots more almost 

 capt. John J. Cox. 



Chippewa Co., Wis., June 29. 



A Busy Bee-Keeper. 



With 24 colonies of bees that have 

 cast 22 swarms, all successfully hived, 

 besides two from somewhere unknown ; 

 putting up all my supplies myself, and 

 running a jewelry store with a good 

 line of repairing done by me, keeps me 

 busy. Bees are doing well. 



E. L. Dunham. 



Weld Co., Colo., July 2. 



No Swarms and Little Honey. 



I have had no swarms and there is 

 no immediate prospect of any. Bees 

 are getting enough to live on from 

 white clover. We generally get sur- 

 plus honey here from goldenrod. 



O. C. M.ASTIN, M.D. 



Holt Co., Nebr., June 25. 



Dry Weather and No Honey. 



Bees are in fine condition, very few 

 swarms, and white clover is abundant, 

 but the dry weather has cut us out of a 

 good yield of honey. C. Zoli,. 



Marion Co., 111., July 2. 



Finding the Queen. 



I read recently an article by Mr. Root 

 telling how he finds queens. I find 

 that the best way for me to find those 

 black queens (the kind that will run all 

 over the hive and hide in the corner or 

 under the bottom-bars), is to put a su- 

 per on top if the hive has none on, and 

 smoke and drum them up into it ; then 

 place an empty super (with perforated 

 zinc nailed to the bottom), on top of 

 the hive, putting the super containing 

 the bees on top of the one with the per- 

 forated zinc bottom, and the work is 

 done. I hardly ever miss a queen — al- 

 ways find her on the zinc trying to 



California Queens. 



OF PURK ITALIAN STOCK. 



(THKEK-BANDED.) 



No other bees within a radius of TEN MILKS. 

 Ki(^ht vears' experience in practical bee-keep- 

 irij,'-. Llntesteci Oueens, 90 cts. each; $•) per doz. 

 Discounts after July 1. Write for price-list. 

 ISAUt H. L. WEGMS. Hanford, Calif. 



Please mention Bee Journal when "writing. 



Queens 



YES, WE HAVE 



a deal of cnmpt'titinn in prlccH, hut not In quality. 

 VAUK WOVKN WIUE FKNCKCO., ADUUK,3IICH. 



Please mention Bee journal when -WTitinft. 



, UNTESTED ITAL- 

 IAN, 5U cents each; 

 tested,$l each. Queens 

 larg-e, yellow and pro- 



'lific. Circular free. 



21Atf Address, (£. W, HAAG, Canton. Ohio. 

 Please mention Bei3 journal when writing- 



Yellow Sweet Clover Seed 



WE HAVE IT AT LAST ! 



We have finally succeeded in g-etting- a small 

 quantity of the seed of the yellow variety of 

 sweet clover. This kind blooms from two to 

 four weeks earlier than the common or white 

 variety of sweet clover. It also g^rows much 

 shorter, only about two feet in higrht. It is as 

 much visited by the bees as the white, and usu- 

 ally comes into bloom ahead of white clover 

 and basswood. We offer the seed as a premium 



A QUARTER POUND FOR SENDING 

 ONE NEW SUBSCRIPTION. 



So loug- as it lasts, we will mail a quarter 

 pound of the seed to a leg-ular paid-up subscri- 

 ber who sends us ONE NEW subscriber for the 

 American Bee Journal one year, with $1.00; or J^ 

 pound b3' mail for 30 cents. 



We have been trying for years to secure this 

 seed, and finally succeeded in g-ettiug- it. It is 



Yellow Sweet Clover i?i Bhom. 



new seed, g-athered last season by an old per- 

 sonal friend of ours, so we know it is all rig-ht. 

 But we have only a small supply. When nearly 

 out we will mentioa it. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO. 



118 Michigan St., 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



